On December 4, history records 48 notable events, 8 famous births and 90 deaths, spanning the years 771 to 1786.
Events on this day include: Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne king of the now complete Frankish Kingdom. (771); The Kingdom of Jerusalem captures Sidon. (1110).
Notable people born on December 4 include Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe (1428), Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche (1506), Heinrich Meibom (poet) (1555).
Notable figures who died on this day include John of Damascus (749), Carloman I (771), Suairlech ind Eidnén mac Ciaráin (870).
Events on 4 December 48
See all →Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne king of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.
Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
The final session of the Council of Trent is held. (It had opened on December 13, 1545.)
Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."
Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek. (The mission would later grow into the city of Chicago.)
Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.
Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.
At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.
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Birthdays on 4 December 8
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