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

Found 44 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 46 BCE

  Julius Caesar defeats Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
• 871

  Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army.
• 1490

  Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the King of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lèse-majesté.
• 1642

  King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England’s slide into civil war.
• 1649

  English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.
• 1717

  The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.
• 1762

  Great Britain declares war on Spain and Naples.
• 1798

  Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.
• 1847

  Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
• 1853

  After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northrup regains his freedom; his memoir 12 Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.
• 1854

  The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
• 1863

  The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
• 1865

  The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
• 1878

  Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule.
• 1884

  The Fabian Society is founded in London, England, United Kingdom.
• 1889

  The Oklahoma Land Run opens 2 million acres of unused Oklahoma Territory to first serve first come settlers on April 22.
• 1896

  Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
• 1903

  Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. Thomas Edison’s movie company shoots the film Electrocuting an Elephant of the execution.
• 1912

  The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
• 1944

  World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.
• 1948

  Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1951

  Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
• 1955

  The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
• 1958

  Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit.
• 1959

  Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
• 1965

  United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his “Great Society” during his State of the Union address.
• 1966

  A military coup takes place in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution.
• 1970

  A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes Tonghai County, China, killing at least 15,000 people.
• 1972

  Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England.
• 1974

  United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.

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