On May 4, history records 46 notable events, 195 famous births and 95 deaths, spanning the years 1256 to 1799.
Events on this day include: The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae. (1256); Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance. (1415).
Notable people born on May 4 include Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1008), Henry I of France (1008), Alice Spencer, Countess of Derby, Baroness Ellesmere and Viscountess Brackley (1559).
Notable figures who died on this day include Venerius (bishop of Milan) (408), Arbeo of Freising (784), Herman II, Duke of Swabia (1003).
Events on 4 May 46
See all →The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae.
Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance.
Assassination of the Swedish rebel (later national hero) Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson
Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales.
Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Line of Demarcation.
Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.
King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce allegiance to King George III.
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam: The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is invaded and Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George Harris.
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Birthdays on 4 May 195
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Deaths on 4 May 95
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