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File:Engelbert Dollfuss.png|Engelbert Dollfuss |
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*[[1681]] - [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] granted '''[[William Penn]]''' a land charter. |
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*[[1865]] - '''[[Abraham Lincoln]]''' gives his famous [[Lincoln's second inaugural address|2nd Inaugural Address]]. |
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*[[1877]] - [[Emile Berliner]] invented the '''[[microphone]]'''. |
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*[[1944]] - [[Murder, Inc.]] leader '''[[Louis Buchalter]]''' was executed. |
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*[[1975]] - Actor '''[[Charlie Chaplin]]''' was knighted by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]]. |
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| [[1789]] – As per the [[Constitution of the United States|Constitution]], the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] '''[[History of the United States Congress|officially replaced]]''' the [[Congress of the Confederation]]<!--not bolded, needs more footnotes--> as the legislative body of the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]]. |
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| [[1814]] – [[War of 1812]]: An American raiding party '''[[Battle of Longwoods|defeated]]''' an attempt by British regulars, volunteers from the Canadian militia and Native Americans to intercept them near present-day [[Southwest Middlesex, Ontario|Wardville, Ontario]]. |
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| [[1877]] – Russian composer [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]'s ballet '''''[[Swan Lake]]''''' debuted at the [[Bolshoi Theatre]] in Moscow. |
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| [[1933]] – All three presidents of the [[National Council (Austria)|Austrian National Council]] '''[[Self-elimination of the Austrian Parliament|resigned]]''', and Chancellor [[Engelbert Dollfuss]] later used that pretext to create an authoritarian government. |
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| [[1982]] – '''[[Bertha Wilson]]''' became the first female [[List of Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada|Puisne Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of Canada]]. |
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* [[306]] – Roman [[Jovians and Herculians|Herculian guard]] '''[[Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia|Adrian of Nicomedia]]''', who had converted to [[Christianity]] after being impressed with the faith of Christians that he had been torturing, was [[martyr]]ed. |
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* [[852]] – '''[[Trpimir I|Trpimir I]]''', the founder of the [[Trpimirović dynasty]] of Croatia, issued a document that contains the first known use of the name ''[[Croats]]''. |
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* [[1461]] – [[Wars of the Roses]]: [[Henry VI of England|{{nowrap|Henry VI}}]]<!--Not bold, refimprove section-->, the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] king of England, was deposed by his [[House of York|Yorkist]] cousin, who succeeded him as '''[[Edward IV of England|{{nowrap|Edward IV}}]]'''. |
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*[[1853]] - '''[[Franklin Pierce]]''' was inaugurated as the 14th [[President of the United States]]. |
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* [[1675]] – '''[[John Flamsteed]]''' ''(pictured)'' was appointed the first [[Astronomer Royal]] by King [[Charles II of England]]. |
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*[[1841]] - '''[[William Henry Harrison|William Harrison]]''' inaugurated as 9th [[President of the United States|U.S. President]]. |
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* [[1681]] – King [[Charles II of England]] granted [[Quakers|Quaker]] '''[[William Penn]]''' a charter for the [[Province of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania Colony]].<!--not bold, refimprove--> |
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*[[1829]] - '''[[Andrew Jackson]]''' inaugurated as 7th [[President of the United States|U.S. President]]. |
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* [[1776]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: Using [[Noble train of artillery|artillery transported from Ticonderoga]], the [[Continental Army]] '''[[Fortification of Dorchester Heights|occupied Dorchester Heights]]''', forcing the British to abandon [[Boston]] two weeks later. |
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*[[1837]] - '''[[Martin Van Buren]]''' inaugurated as 8th [[President of the United States|U.S. President]]. |
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* [[1804]] – Irish [[Convicts in Australia|convict]]s formerly involved at the [[Battle of Vinegar Hill]] during the [[Irish Rebellion of 1798]] began '''[[Castle Hill convict rebellion|an uprising]]''' against British colonial authorities in [[New South Wales]], Australia. |
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*[[1837]] - [[Illinois]] granted '''[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]''' a city charter. |
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* [[1824]] – The '''[[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]]''', a charity that saves lives at sea around the coasts of the [[British Isles]], was founded as the ''National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck'' by author and philanthropist [[William Hillary]]. |
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* [[1837]] – '''[[Chicago]]''' was incorporated as a city. |
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* [[1890]] – The '''[[Forth Bridge]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''-->, a railway bridge connecting [[Edinburgh]] to [[Fife]] over the [[Firth of Forth]], opened, eventually becoming an internationally recognised Scottish landmark. |
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* [[1918]] – The [[United States Navy]] suffered its largest non-combat loss of life when the [[collier (ship)|collier]] '''{{USS|Cyclops|AC-4|6}}'''<!--[[USS Cyclops (AC-4)]]--> set sail from [[Barbados]] to [[Baltimore]] and was never seen again, presumably disappearing in the [[Bermuda Triangle]]. |
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* [[1933]] – '''[[Frances Perkins]]''' was appointed [[United States Secretary of Labor]], making her the first female member of the [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]]. |
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* [[1941]] – [[World War II|Second World War]]: British [[Commandos (United Kingdom)|Commandos]] successfully executed '''[[Operation Claymore|a raid]]''' on the [[Lofoten|Lofoten Islands]] in [[German occupation of Norway|German-occupied Norway]]. |
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* [[1943]] – [[The Holocaust]]: Almost all '''[[The Holocaust in Bulgarian-occupied Greece|Jews in Bulgarian-occupied Western Thrace]]''' were deported to [[Treblinka extermination camp]] to be killed. |
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* [[1944]] – [[Murder, Inc.]] leader '''[[Lepke Buchalter]]''' was executed, becoming the only [[American mafia|American mob boss]] to receive the [[Capital punishment in the United States|death penalty]] after being convicted of murder. |
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* [[1966]] – During an interview, [[John Lennon]] of [[the Beatles]] argued that the band had become "'''[[more popular than Jesus]]'''". |
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* [[1979]] – The space probe [[Voyager 1|{{nowrap|Voyager 1}}]] discovered the [[rings of Jupiter]], the third ring system to be discovered in the Solar System, after those of [[rings of Saturn|Saturn]] and [[rings of Uranus|Uranus]]. |
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* [[1987]] – U.S. president [[Ronald Reagan]] made a nationally televised address in which he accepted full responsibility for illegal actions in the '''[[Iran–Contra affair]]'''. |
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* [[1990]] – [[College basketball]] player '''[[Hank Gathers]]''' died after collapsing during a [[West Coast Conference men's basketball tournament|West Coast Conference tournament]] semifinal game in Los Angeles. |
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* [[2007]] – Fourteen-year-old English schoolgirl '''[[Death of Charlotte Shaw|Charlotte Shaw]]''' drowned on [[Dartmoor]], becoming the first person to die in connection with the annual [[Ten Tors]] challenge. |
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* [[2009]] – President '''[[Omar al-Bashir]]''' of Sudan [[International Criminal Court investigation in Darfur|was indicted]] by the [[International Criminal Court]] on charges of [[war crime]]s and [[crimes against humanity]] committed during the [[War in Darfur]]. |
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* [[2012]] – '''[[Brazzaville arms dump blasts|A series of blasts]]''' occurred at an arms dump in [[Brazzaville]], Republic of the Congo, killing at least 300 people and injuring 2,500 others<!--, and leaving more than 13,800 people homeless-->. |
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* Born/died: | '''[[Stephen III of Hungary|Stephen III of Hungary]]'''<!--King--> |d|1172| '''[[Hans von Aachen]]'''<!--German painter--> |d|1615| '''[[Jack Sheppard]]'''<!--English criminal--> |b|1702| '''[[John Rolph]]'''<!--Canadian politician--> |b|1793| '''[[Mariano Moreno]]'''<!--Argentine politician--> |d|1811| '''[[Edwards Pierrepont]]'''<!--American lawyer--> |b|1817| '''[[Paul Lacôme]]'''<!--French composer--> |b|1838| '''[[Robert Emden]]'''<!--Swiss astrophysicist--> |b|1862| '''[[Ernest Titterton]]'''<!--British-Australian physicist--> |b|1916| '''[[Jane Fawcett]]'''<!--English codebreaker/conservationist--> |b|1921| '''[[Miriam Makeba]]'''<!--South African singer--> |b|1932| '''[[Izaak Kolthoff]]'''<!--Dutch/American chemist--> |d|1993| '''[[Bobbi Kristina Brown]]'''<!--American singer--> |b|1993| |
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'''[[March 4]]''': [[Calendar of saints|Feast day]] of '''[[Saint Casimir]]''' ([[Catholic Church|Catholicism]]) |
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* [[1386]] – Jogaila, [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Grand Duke of Lithuania]], was crowned [[List of Polish monarchs|King of Poland]] as '''[[Władysław II Jagiełło|Władysław II Jagiełło]]''' ''(pictured)'', beginning the [[Jagiellonian dynasty]]. |
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* [[1773]] – [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] departed Italy after the last of '''[[Mozart in Italy|his three journeys there]]'''. |
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* [[1899]] – '''[[Cyclone Mahina]]''' struck [[Bathurst Bay]], Queensland, killing over 300 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in Australian history. |
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* [[1918]] – A case of influenza was recorded at [[Camp Funston]], Kansas, conventionally marking the beginning of the '''[[Spanish flu]]''' pandemic. |
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* [[2017]] – Construction began on a {{convert|69|m|adj=on}} statue of the [[The Buddha|Buddha]] at '''[[Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen]]''' in [[Bangkok]]. |
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{{Born and died list| '''[[Hindal Mirza]]'''<!--Indian prince--> |b|1519| '''[[Rosalind Pitt-Rivers]]'''<!--English biochemist--> |b|1907| '''[[Harold Barrowclough]]'''<!--New Zealand jurist--> |d|1972|'''[[Gary Gygax]]'''<!--American game designer--> |d|2008}} |
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This is a list of selected March 4 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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King Edward IV of England
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1789 – As per the Constitution, the U.S. Congress officially replaced the Congress of the Confederation as the legislative body of the federal government. | refimprove section |
1814 – War of 1812: An American raiding party defeated an attempt by British regulars, volunteers from the Canadian militia and Native Americans to intercept them near present-day Wardville, Ontario. | citations needed |
1877 – Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake debuted at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. | refimprove section |
1933 – All three presidents of the Austrian National Council resigned, and Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss later used that pretext to create an authoritarian government. | citations needed |
1982 – Bertha Wilson became the first female Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. | refimprove section |
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- 306 – Roman Herculian guard Adrian of Nicomedia, who had converted to Christianity after being impressed with the faith of Christians that he had been torturing, was martyred.
- 852 – Trpimir I, the founder of the Trpimirović dynasty of Croatia, issued a document that contains the first known use of the name Croats.
- 1461 – Wars of the Roses: Henry VI, the Lancastrian king of England, was deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who succeeded him as Edward IV.
- 1675 – John Flamsteed (pictured) was appointed the first Astronomer Royal by King Charles II of England.
- 1681 – King Charles II of England granted Quaker William Penn a charter for the Pennsylvania Colony.
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Using artillery transported from Ticonderoga, the Continental Army occupied Dorchester Heights, forcing the British to abandon Boston two weeks later.
- 1804 – Irish convicts formerly involved at the Battle of Vinegar Hill during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 began an uprising against British colonial authorities in New South Wales, Australia.
- 1824 – The Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a charity that saves lives at sea around the coasts of the British Isles, was founded as the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck by author and philanthropist William Hillary.
- 1837 – Chicago was incorporated as a city.
- 1890 – The Forth Bridge, a railway bridge connecting Edinburgh to Fife over the Firth of Forth, opened, eventually becoming an internationally recognised Scottish landmark.
- 1918 – The United States Navy suffered its largest non-combat loss of life when the collier USS Cyclops set sail from Barbados to Baltimore and was never seen again, presumably disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle.
- 1933 – Frances Perkins was appointed United States Secretary of Labor, making her the first female member of the Cabinet.
- 1941 – Second World War: British Commandos successfully executed a raid on the Lofoten Islands in German-occupied Norway.
- 1943 – The Holocaust: Almost all Jews in Bulgarian-occupied Western Thrace were deported to Treblinka extermination camp to be killed.
- 1944 – Murder, Inc. leader Lepke Buchalter was executed, becoming the only American mob boss to receive the death penalty after being convicted of murder.
- 1966 – During an interview, John Lennon of the Beatles argued that the band had become "more popular than Jesus".
- 1979 – The space probe Voyager 1 discovered the rings of Jupiter, the third ring system to be discovered in the Solar System, after those of Saturn and Uranus.
- 1987 – U.S. president Ronald Reagan made a nationally televised address in which he accepted full responsibility for illegal actions in the Iran–Contra affair.
- 1990 – College basketball player Hank Gathers died after collapsing during a West Coast Conference tournament semifinal game in Los Angeles.
- 2007 – Fourteen-year-old English schoolgirl Charlotte Shaw drowned on Dartmoor, becoming the first person to die in connection with the annual Ten Tors challenge.
- 2009 – President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan was indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the War in Darfur.
- 2012 – A series of blasts occurred at an arms dump in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, killing at least 300 people and injuring 2,500 others.
- Born/died: | Stephen III of Hungary |d|1172| Hans von Aachen |d|1615| Jack Sheppard |b|1702| John Rolph |b|1793| Mariano Moreno |d|1811| Edwards Pierrepont |b|1817| Paul Lacôme |b|1838| Robert Emden |b|1862| Ernest Titterton |b|1916| Jane Fawcett |b|1921| Miriam Makeba |b|1932| Izaak Kolthoff |d|1993| Bobbi Kristina Brown |b|1993|
March 4: Feast day of Saint Casimir (Catholicism)
- 1386 – Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, was crowned King of Poland as Władysław II Jagiełło (pictured), beginning the Jagiellonian dynasty.
- 1773 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart departed Italy after the last of his three journeys there.
- 1899 – Cyclone Mahina struck Bathurst Bay, Queensland, killing over 300 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in Australian history.
- 1918 – A case of influenza was recorded at Camp Funston, Kansas, conventionally marking the beginning of the Spanish flu pandemic.
- 2017 – Construction began on a 69-metre (226 ft) statue of the Buddha at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen in Bangkok.
- Hindal Mirza (b. 1519)
- Rosalind Pitt-Rivers (b. 1907)
- Harold Barrowclough (d. 1972)
- Gary Gygax (d. 2008)