December 4 in history: • 1370 – Hundred Years' War: In two separate engagements in the Battle of Pontvallain (depicted), French forces wiped out an English army which had split up because of a dispute between the commanders. → go there • 1905 – The Great Seimas of Vilnius met to discuss national concerns within Lithuania: they decided to demand wide political autonomy within the Russian Empire. → go there • 1915 – World War I: Senior British and French figures, including prime ministers H. H. Asquith and Aristide Briand, met at Calais to discuss the future of the Salonika Front. → go there • 1992 – U.S. president George H. W. Bush ordered American troops into Somalia to help provide humanitarian aid and restore order during the ongoing Somali Civil War. → go there Born 1585: John Cotton Wiki link Died 1845: Gregor MacGregor Wiki link Born 1955: Gabriel Dessauer Wiki link Died 1975: Hannah Arendt Wiki link Pictured: The Battle of Pontvallain.