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The following events took place on February 4. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 47 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 211

  Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians. He leaves the empire in the control of his two quarrelling sons.
• 634

  Battle of Dathin: Rashidun forces under Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan defeat the Christian Arabs around Gaza (Palestine).
• 960

  The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.
• 1169

  A strong earthquake struck the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in Catania.
• 1454

  In the Thirteen Years’ War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master.
• 1555

  John Rogers was a clergyman, Bible translator and commentator, and the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I of England.
• 1703

  In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master’s death.
• 1758

  Macapá, Brazil is founded.
• 1789

  George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
• 1794

  The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French First Republic. It will be reestablished in the French West Indies in 1802.
• 1797

  The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
• 1801

  John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
• 1810

  The Royal Navy seizes Guadeloupe.
• 1820

  The Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completes the 2-day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and 2 ships.
• 1825

  The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.
• 1846

  The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Salt Lake Valley.
• 1859

  The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
• 1861

  American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
• 1899

  The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
• 1932

  Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
• 1936

  Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
• 1941

  The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
• 1945

  World War II: Santo Tomas Internment Camp is liberated from Japanese authority.
• 1945

  World War II: The Yalta Conference between the “Big Three” (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opens at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea.
• 1945

  World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
• 1948

  Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
• 1961

  Angolan War of Independence begins.
• 1966

  All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
• 1967

  Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.
• 1969

  Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

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