04 February - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, February 04 is the day number 35 in a given year. February 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.
February 04 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 211 | Roman emperor Septimius Severus died of illness while on a military campaign in Eboracum (modern York, England). |
| 960 | Emperor Taizu began his reign in China, initiating the Song Dynasty period that would eventually last for more than three centuries. |
| 1169 | A strong earthquake struck the eastern coast of Sicily, causing an estimated 15,000 deaths. |
| 1713 | Tuscara War: The Carolina Militia under Colonel Jem Moore left Fort Reading to continue the campaign against Tuscarora. |
| 1738 | The court Jewish Joseph Sue Oppenheimer was executed in Württemberg. |
| 1783 | A massive earthquake in Calabria, Italy, killed 50,000 people. |
| 1787 | Shesh \ failed in the revolt of Massachusetts. |
| 1789 | George Washington was elected President of the United States and John Adams as Vice-President. |
| 1789 | George Washington was unanimously elected the first President of the United States. |
| 1790 | Louis XVI of France announced in the National Assembly that he would uphold constitutional law. |
| 1794 | The French First Republic abolished slavery. |
| 1797 | More than 41 thousand people died in the devastating earthquake in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. |
| 1847 | America's first telegraph company was established in Maryland. |
| 1849 | The University of Wisconsin starts in 1 room with 20 students. |
| 1859 | German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovered theCodex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, inSaint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt. |
| 1881 | The first issue of the daily newspaper Kesari in the editing of Lokmanya Tilak appeared in the market. |
| 1896 | The International Association for Bridge and Structural Iron Workers was established in Pittsburgh. |
| 1899 | The Philippine–American War opened when an American soldier,under orders to keep insurgents away from his unit's encampment, fired upon a Filipino soldier in Manila. |
| 1920 | First airline started from London to South Africa. |
| 1929 | One millionth A-Ford model completed. |
| 1938 | The country's famous Kathak artist Birju Maharaj was born. |
| 1948 | Sri Lanka, then called Ceylon, was free from British rule. |
| 1955 | Baghdad Treaty: Military treaty signed between Iraq and Turkey. |
| 1969 | Yasser Arafat was elected chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization. |
| 1974 | American newspaper heiress and socialite Patty Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, which she later joined in one of the most well-known cases of Stockholm syndrome. |
| 1974 | The Provisional Irish Republican Army bombed a motor coach carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel and their family members, killing twelve and wounding fifty more. |
| 1974 | Physicist Satendra Nath Bose, who discovered God particle, died. |
| 1976 | A massive earthquake in the American countries of Guatemala and Honduras killed 22,000 people. |
| 1990 | Ernakulam district of Kerala was declared a fully literate district in the country. |
| 1991 | A new world record was made by Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones who made 467 STAND AGAINST Sri Lanka. |
| 1992 | cancer Research UK, the world's largest independent cancer research charity, was formed from the merger of two competing cancer charities. |
| 1994 | 20 people died in armed assault on mosque in Khartum in Sudan. |
| 1995 | Sandra Volker, the female European swimmer swims 50 m back stoke which was recorded about 27.77 seconds. |
| 1997 | Margaret Albright, the secretary of US announced that she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish. |
| 1997 | On the way to Lebanon, 43 people were killed when two Israeli army-transport helicopters collided. |
| 1998 | A pie was thrown on to the face of Bill Gates, the richest person in the world. |
| 1999 | Amadou Diallo, a 23-year-old immigrant from Guinea, was shot and killed by four New York City Police Department plain-clothes officer, prompting outrage both within and without New York City. |
| 1999 | The Panamanian-flagged freighter New Carissa ran aground near Coos Bay, Oregon, causing one of the worst oil spills in Oregon history. |
| 2002 | Cancer Research UK, the world's largest independent cancer research charity, was formed from the merger of two competing cancer charities. |
| 2004 | Four Harvard University students launched the popular social networking website Facebook from their dorm room. |
| 2004 | Mark Zuckerberg founded the social networking website Facebook. |
| 2006 | A stampede at the Phil Sports Stadium in Pasig City, Metro Manila, in the Philippines, killed 78 people and injured about 400. |
| 2008 | The London low emission zone , governing what types of vehicles may enter Greater London, came into being. |
| 2009 | The Indian Academy of Acupressure Sciences honored Baba Ramdev with the Live Time Achievement Award for his services. |
| 2010 | The company of Yahoo! sold Hot Jobs to Monsters.com for a reported $225 million. |
| 2011 | Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, commented that the 2011 Egyptian protests and Tunisian uprising are a result of Islamic awareness. |
| 2012 | Florence Green who was the last known veteran from World War I, died in the United Kingdom at the age of 110. |
| 2013 | The officials at the Kremlin announced that in the year 2014, G8 summit will be held at Sochi, in its Southern Black Sea resort. |
| 2014 | Google and Microsoft reported that the National Security Agency ordered them to provide information on 10,000 accounts over a six months period in 2012 and 2013. And Yahoo reported that they complied with government request for information on more than 40,000 accounts. |
| 2014 | Satya Nadella was named CEO of Microsoft in Steve Ballmer. |
Famous Birthdays of February 04:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1505 | Mikołaj Rej / Author / Poland |
| 1982 | Chris Sabin / Wrestler / United States of America |
| 1982 | Ivars Timermanis / Basketball Player / Latvia |
| 1979 | Giorgio Pantano / Racing Car Driver / Italy |
| 1981 | Johan Vansummeren / Cyclist / Belgium |
| 1930 | Arthur E. Chase / Politician / United States of America |
| 1982 | Tomas Vaitkus / Cyclist / Lithuania |
| 1987 | Lucie Šafářová / Tennis Player / Czech Republic |
| 1897 | Ludwig Erhard / Politician / Germany |
| 1740 | Carl Michael Bellman / Poet / Sweden |
| 1936 | David Brenner / Actor / United States of America |
| 1971 | Eric Garcetti / Politician / United States of America |
| 1990 | Jake Friend / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1984 | Sandeep Acharya / Singer / India |
| 1912 | Ola Skjåk Bræk / Politician / Norway |
| 1975 | Natalie Imbruglia / Writer / Australia |
| 1954 | Andrei Karlov / Diplomat / Russia |
| 1904 | MacKinlay Kantor / Author / United States of America |
| 1891 | Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Ayyang / Politician / India |
| 1925 | Russell Hoban / Author / United States of America |
| 1906 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer / Pastor / Germany |
| 1983 | Lee Stempniak / Ice Hockey Player / United States of America |
| 1575 | Pierre de Bérulle / Cardinal / France |
| 1973 | Oscar De La Hoya / Boxer / United States of America |
| 1903 | Alexander Imich / Chemist / United States of America |
| 1891 | M. A. Ayyangar / Politician / India |
| 1896 | Friedrich Glauser / Author / Switzerland |
| 1980 | Raimonds Vaikulis / Basketball Player / Latvia |
| 1875 | Ludwig Prandtl / Engineer / Germany |
| 1918 | Ida Lupino / Actress / United Kingdom |
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Read in Hindi : 04 फरवरी की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं