December 4

Today in History
• 1259 - Treaty of Paris: English king Henry III and French king Louis IX
• 1563 - Council of Trent holds its last session, after 18 years
• 1644 - 1st European peace congress opens in Munster
• 1674 - Father Marquette builds first dwelling in what is now Chicago
• 1682 - First General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)
• 1783 - General Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC
• 1812 - Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, patents a horse-drawn mower
• 1843 - Manila paper (made from sails, canvas and rope) patented in Massachusetts


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Cabernet Franc Day
• Global Fat Bike Day
• International Cheetah Day
• National Sock Day
• Santa’s List Day
• Tupou I Day (in lieu)
• Wear Brown Shoes Day
• World Wildlife Conservation Day

Birthdays
• 1443 - Pope Julius II, 1503-13, patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael
• 1584 - John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony
• 1803 - Augustus diZerega, American ship owner (Red Z Line)
• 1840 - Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (Battle of the Little Bighorn)
• 1858 - Chester Greenwood, American inventor (invented earmuffs at 15)
• 1865 - Edith Cavell, British nurse in World War I who was executed by Germany
• 1888 - Aleksandar I, King of Yugoslavia (1921-34)
• 1905 - Emilio Medici, president Brazil, 1969-74