December 04

Cartoon character Desperate Dan first appeared in the Dandy comic

December 4, 1937

Richard Bagwell, Irish historian, dies

December 4, 1918

Winifred Carney, trade unionist and revolutionary, is born in Bangor, Co. Down

December 4, 1887

Special inquiry into the Phoenix Park murders, in which Parnell is falsely implicated

December 4, 1882

Sir Hamilton Harty, musician and composer, is born in Hillsborough, Co. Down

December 4, 1879

Thomas Carlye, Scottish historian, born

December 4, 1795

James I, is released from 18 years captivity in England

December 4, 1423

King William I (Lion). died at Stirling

December 4, 1214