Talk:August 4

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August 4

Mount Asama

1356 – Hundred Years' War: A large-scale mounted raid by Anglo-Gascon forces began under the command of Edward the Black Prince.
1783 – Mount Asama (pictured) in Japan began a climactic eruption, which exacerbated the Great Tenmei famine and led to thousands of deaths.
1892 – Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother were found murdered in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts; Borden was later tried and acquitted for the murders.
1972 – President Idi Amin announced the expulsion of Asians from Uganda.
1983 – Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, the president of Upper Volta, was ousted in a coup d'état led by Thomas Sankara.

Lady Zhen (d. 221)
Percy Bysshe Shelley (b. 1792)
Osbert Lancaster (b. 1908)
Margarito Bautista (d. 1961)

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Brittany[edit]

I removed the entry about Brittany’s union with France: as the entry about the Unit says it took place on the 13th 86.183.184.132 (talk) 13:47, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Toddst1 (talk) 15:31, 30 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]