04 August - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on August 04, the day number in a year is 216 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 217. August 04 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
August 04 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 70 | First Jewish–Roman War-The Roman army, led by the futureEmperor Titus, conquered the city of Jerusalem and destroyed the SecondTemple. |
| 1265 | Second Barons' War-Royal forces under Prince Edward defeatedBaronial forces under Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester at theBattle of Evesham near Evesham, Worcestershire. |
| 1327 | First War of Scottish Independence-James Douglas led a raidinto Weardale and almost killed Edward III of England. |
| 1730 | Crown Prince Frederick of Persia survived forcefully from England. |
| 1735 | The jury accused John Zanger NY Weekly Journal) of suing for treason by King's politician (victory for freedom of the press). |
| 1753 | George Washington created a master mason. |
| 1783 | A cataclysmic eruption of Mount Asama, the most active volcanoin Japan, killed roughly 1,400 people and exacerbated a famine,resulting in another 20,000 deaths. |
| 1790 | A newly passed tariff act in the United States established theRevenue Cutter Service, an armed maritime law enforcement service thatwas the forerunner of the U.S. Coast Guard. |
| 1791 | The Treaty of Systova was signed, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg War. |
| 1796 | French Revolutionary Wars-The French Army of Italy underNapoleon crushed an Austrian brigade in the Battle of Lonato. |
| 1796 | French Revolutionary War - Battle of Lonana: Italy's French army under Napoleon crushed an Austrian brigade. |
| 1862 | The US government ordered its first income tax collected. |
| 1870 | The British Government established the British Red Cross Society. |
| 1875 | Danish writer Hans Christian Anderson was born. He was famous for writing beautiful stories for children. |
| 1886 | Colombia passed the country's constitution to this day. |
| 1914 | England declared war against Germany. |
| 1929 | On this day, the most famous playback singer of Indian cinema, actor, singer, director Kishore Kumar Khandwa, was born in Madhya Pradesh. |
| 1930 | Legislation was enacted in Europe for the wages of young children in Belgium. |
| 1944 | 15-year-old Jewish diarist Anne Frank and her family has been arrested by The Nazi Gestapo in a sealed-off area of an Amsterdam warehouse |
| 1947 | The Supreme Court was established in Japan. |
| 1961 | America's first black and 44th President Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. |
| 1964 | American civil rights movement workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after mysteriously disappearing on June 21. |
| 1964 | A second U.S. Navy destroyer wasreportedly attacked by North Vietnamese forces in the Gulf of Tonkin,leading Congress to authorize the use of military force in SoutheastAsia. |
| 1974 | A bomb placed by a neo-fascist group exploded on a train of theFerrovie dello Stato while on the Bologna–Florence railway. |
| 1983 | A coup d'état organised by Blaise Compaoré and supported byLibya made Thomas Sankara President of the Republic of Upper Volta (nowBurkina Faso). |
| 1983 | Thomas Sankar became the President of Upper Volta. |
| 1984 | Exactly a year after he came to power in the Republic of UpperVolta through a military coup, President Thomas Sankara changed its nameto Burkina Faso. |
| 1991 | An explosion on the Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos ruptured itshull and it sank off the east coast of South Africa, but all 571 onboard were saved. |
| 1992 | Yohei Kono, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, issued a formalapology for forcing women into sexual slavery during World War II. |
| 1995 | The Croatian Army initiated Operation Storm, the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence and the largest European landbattle since the Second World War. |
| 1997 | Mo. Khatami was sworn in as the new president, winning the election in Iran. |
| 1999 | The Bank News Network has found that there has been a fall in the usage of ATM machines. Angry consumers are irritated by the service charges for ATM usage, and there is a 2.9% decrease in ATM transactions. On the other hand, Debit card transactions have risen by 35%. |
| 1999 | China refused to allow regular flights of US Army aircraft to land in Hong Kong. |
| 2001 | Russia and North Korea signed a strategic agreement. |
| 2002 | The 17th Commonwealth Games ended in Manchester, England. |
| 2004 | NASA named Altix supercomputer Casey as Kalpana Chavna. |
| 2006 | 2 men accused of 35 murders have been arrested by the police of Arizona, United States. |
| 2006 | Sri Lankan Civil War-Seventeen employees of the French INGOACF International were massacred in Muttur. |
| 2007 | The completion of a natural gas pipeline between Turkey and Greece will allow gas to be transferred from the Middle East to Europe. |
| 2007 | Airport police officer María del Luján Telpuk discovered asuitcase containing US$800,000 as it went through an x-ray machine in Buenos Aires, sparking an international scandal involving Venezuela and Argentina known as 'Maletinazo'. |
| 2007 | America's space agency NASA launched Phoenix Spacecraft for Mars. |
| 2007 | The US launched the Phoenix Mars Lander, an American spacecraft whose job was to search for Mars. |
| 2007 | NASA built the Phoenix spacecraft. |
| 2008 | As per reports, 11 climbers from an international excursion have been found dead due to icefall, which damaged their fixed ropes. |
| 2008 | The Indian government gave Navratna status to the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI). |
| 2010 | Approximately 70 Indian police people are thought to be missing in the Chhattisgarh forests among a major engagement with Maoist guerrillas; however they are later found. |
| 2011 | Kraft Foods publicizes that it will divide into two operations. One of them will consist of its North American grocery business and the other one will consist of its global snack foods business. |
| 2013 | The United States shuts down 22 embassies in the Middle East and North Africa due to the knowledge acquired about an Al-Qaeda attack. |
| 2014 | According to The World Health Organisation the death toll from the Ebola virus crisis can be as high as 887. |
| 2014 | Agreed to a ceasefire for Hamas and Israel for 72 hours. |
Famous Birthdays of August 04:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1978 | Siri Nordby / Footballer / Norway |
| 1987 | Tomoya Warabino / Actor / Japan |
| 1958 | Ian Broudie / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1920 | Helen Thomas / Author / United States of America |
| 1981 | Meghan Markle / Actress / United States of America |
| 1958 | Mary Decker / Runner / United States of America |
| 1944 | Doudou Ndoye / Politician / Senegal |
| 1887 | Albert M. Greenfield / Business Man / United States of America |
| 1960 | Chuck C. Lopez / Jockey / United States of America |
| 1222 | Richard de Clare / Soldier / United Kingdom |
| 1967 | Michael Marsh / Sprinter / United States of America |
| 1952 | Gábor Demszky / Lawyer / Hungary |
| 1986 | Cicinho / Footballer / Brazil |
| 1949 | John Riggins / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1978 | Ricardo Serrano / Cyclist / Spain |
| 1981 | Abigail Spencer / Actress / United States of America |
| 1946 | Maureen Starkey Tigrett / Hairdresser / United Kingdom |
| 1941 | Andy Smillie / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1904 | Joe Tate / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1954 | Steve Phillips / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1931 | Naren Tamhane / Cricketer / India |
| 1992 | Cole Sprouse / Actor / United States of America |
| 1986 | Nick Augusto / Drummer / United States of America |
| 1957 | Brooks D. Simpson / Author / United States of America |
| 1957 | Valdis Valters / Basketball Player / Latvia |
| 1721 | Granville Leveson-Gower / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1986 | David Williams / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1912 | Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov / Mathematician / Russia |
| 1940 | Larry Knechtel / Pianist / United States of America |
| 1961 | Barack Obama / Politician / United States of America |
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Read in Hindi : 04 अगस्त की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं