Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 4

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 * 1448 – Skanderbeg and Gjergj Arianiti sign a peace treaty to end the Albanian–Venetian War.
 * 1633 – Forces from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth break the Russian siege of Smolensk.
 * 1862 - American Civil War: Union forces capture Galveston, Texas.
 * 1876 – Texas A&M University opened as the first public institution of higher education in the U.S. state.
 * 1917 – First World War: The Allies devastated the German defence at the Battle of Broodseinde, prompting a crisis among German commanders and causing a severe loss of morale in the 4th Army.
 * 1925 – Great Syrian Revolt: Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji captured the city of Hama from the French Mandate of Syria.
 * 1943 – World War II: Allied forces execute Operation Leader, an air raid against German shipping near Bodø, Norway.
 * 1941 – Willie Gillis, one of Norman Rockwell's trademark characters, debuted on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
 * Born/died: | Gabriele Paleotti |b|1522| Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton |d|1581| Anna of Tyrol |b|1585| John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll |d|1743| Amaro Pargo |d|1747| Joseph A. Lopez |b|1779| Charles Pearson |b|1793| Townsend Harris |b|1804| Jenny Twitchell Kempton |b|1835| Lucy Tayiah Eads |b|1888| Carl Josef Bayer |d|1904| Mary Two-Axe Earley |b|1911|  Zinha Vaz |b|1952| Jack Warhop |d|1960| Graham Chapman |d|1989