04 March - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on March 04, the day number in a year is 63 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 64. March 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.
March 04 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 306 | Roman Herculian guard Adrian of Nicomedia, who had converted toChristianity after being impressed with the faith of Christians that hehad been torturing, was martyred. |
| 1386 | Grand Duke of Lithuania Jogaila was crowned Wladyslaw IIJagiello, King of Poland, beginning the Jagiellonian dynasty. |
| 1461 | Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI was deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then became King Edward IV. |
| 1681 | King Charles II of England granted Quaker William Penn acharter for the Pennsylvania Colony. |
| 1769 | French astronomer Charles Messier first noted the Orion Nebula, a bright nebula situated south of Orion's Belt, later cataloguing it as Messier 42 in his list of Messier objects. |
| 1789 | As per the U.S. Constitution, the bicameral U.S. Congressofficially replaced the unicameral Congress of the Confederation as thelegislative body of the federal government. |
| 1789 | The first US Congress completed and declared the constitution. |
| 1791 | Vermont was accepted as the 14th US state. |
| 1793 | George Washington was sworn in as President of the United States for his second term in Philadelphia. |
| 1797 | John Adams became the second President of the US, before he was the Vice President. |
| 1797 | John Adams was sworn in as the second President of the United States. |
| 1801 | Thomas Jefferson was sworn in as the third President of the United States. |
| 1805 | Thomas Jefferson was sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. |
| 1809 | James Madison was elected as the fourth President of the United States. |
| 1813 | James Madison was sworn in as President of the United States for a second term. |
| 1814 | War of 1812-An American raiding party defeated an attempt byBritish regulars, volunteers from the Canadian militia and NativeAmericans to intercept them near present-day Wardville, Ontario. |
| 1817 | James Monroe was sworn in as the fifth President of the United States. |
| 1821 | James Monroe began his second term as President of the United States. |
| 1823 | In the war between the Osmani regime and Greece, the Greek army massacred 12 thousand Muslims in the city of Tripoliza. |
| 1825 | John Quincy Adams was sworn in as the sixth President of the United States. |
| 1829 | Andrew Jackson was sworn in as the seventh President of the United States. |
| 1833 | Andrew Jackson was sworn in for his second term as President of the United States. |
| 1837 | Martin Van Buren was sworn in as the eighth president of the United States. |
| 1841 | William Henry Harrison was sworn in as the ninth President of the United States. |
| 1877 | Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake debuted at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. |
| 1881 | James A. Garfield was sworn in as the 20th President of the United States. |
| 1882 | The first electric-powered tram operated in East London. |
| 1885 | Grover Cleveland was sworn in as the 22nd President of the United States. |
| 1889 | Benjamin Harrison was sworn in as the 23rd President of the United States. |
| 1890 | The Forth Bridge, a railway bridge connectingEdinburgh to Fife over the Firth of Forth, opened, becoming aninternationally recognised Scottish landmark. |
| 1893 | Grover Cleveland sworn in as the 24th President of the United States. |
| 1894 | More than 1000 houses were destroyed in the horrific fire in Shanghai. |
| 1899 | Cyclone Mahina struck Bathurst Bay, Queensland, killing over400 people, the deadliest natural disaster in Australian history. |
| 1905 | Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as President of the United States. |
| 1908 | Transvaal University College established the University of Pretoria. |
| 1909 | William Howard Taft was sworn in as the 27th President of the United States. |
| 1913 | Woodrow Wilson was sworn in as the 28th President of the United States. |
| 1918 | The first known case of the so-called Spanish flu was firstobserved at Fort Riley, Kansas. |
| 1921 | Popular Hindi writer Phanishwarnath Renu was born. |
| 1930 | More than 700 people died in the terrible floods in France. |
| 1931 | Declaration of consultation and conciliation in the British Viceroy, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) on the release of political prisoners and the exemption of public use of salt. |
| 1933 | Frances Perkins was appointed United States Secretary of Labor,making her the first female member of the Cabinet. |
| 1936 | For the first time in Germany, the Hindenburg airplane took official flight. |
| 1941 | Second World War: British Commandos successfully executed Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands of Norway. |
| 1944 | Murder, Inc. leader Louis Buchalter was executed, the onlymajor mob boss to receive the death penalty in the United States afterbeing convicted of murder. |
| 1961 | India's first aircraft carrier warship INS Vikrant was deployed. |
| 1972 | Libya and the Soviet Union signed a cooperation treaty. |
| 1976 | The Magire was convicted for possessing seven explosives which sentenced him to 14 years in prison. |
| 1977 | An earthquake in Romania killed 1541 people. |
| 1980 | Robert Mugabe of the Zimbabwe African National Union waselected to head the first government in Zimbabwe. |
| 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. |
| 1989 | 5 were killed and 94 were injured in a train accident at Purley station in London. |
| 1991 | Iraq released 6 U.S., 3 British and 1 Italian POW. |
| 1997 | Brazil Senate has allowed women to wear slacks. |
| 1997 | Scientists have stated that Comet Hale-Bopp directly above the Sun (1.04 AU). |
| 1997 | Russia has launched Zeya Start-1. |
| 1997 | US President Bill Clinton withheld federal funds for any research on human cloning. |
| 2001 | A bomb exploded at the BBC Television Center in London, UK. |
| 2002 | Landslides in Afghanistan killed 150 people. |
| 2007 | Fourteen-year-old English schoolgirl Charlotte Shaw drowned onDartmoor, becoming the first person to die in connection with the annualTen Tors challenge. |
| 2009 | Gunmen attacked a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore, Pakistan. Eight people are killed and several people are injured. |
| 2009 | The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant forPresident of Sudan Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimesagainst humanity regarding his actions during the War in Darfur. |
| 2009 | The new version of the BrahMos missile was tested from Pokhran in Rajasthan. |
| 2010 | A magnitude of 6.4 earthquake hit Taiwan. Twelve people are injured. Communications and rail services are disturbed. |
| 2012 | The People's Republic of China will increase its defence spending by 11.2 per cent in the year 2012. |
| 2012 | Vladimir Putin won the presidential election of Russia. |
| 2012 | Vladimir Putin won Russia's presidential election amid allegations. |
| 2013 | Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim tops the list of the 'Forbes' list of wealthiest people. He is having a personal fortune of $73 billion dollars. |
| 2013 | The process of selecting the successor to Pope Benedict XVI has begun. More than 100 Catholic cardinals meet in Rome, Italy. |
| 2013 | An attack in Iraq killed 40 Syrian soldiers. |
| 2014 | President Obama presented his 2015 budget to Congress. He announced that it is a roadmap for creating jobs with good wages and expanding opportunity for all Americans. |
Famous Birthdays of March 04:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1957 | Mykelti Williamson / Actor / United States of America |
| 1954 | Catherine O'Hara / Actress / United States of America |
| 1951 | Pete Haycock / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1901 | Charles Goren / Author / United States of America |
| 1948 | Chris Squire / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 1976 | Tommy Jönsson / Footballer / Sweden |
| 1651 | John Somers / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1970 | Caroline Vis / Tennis Player / Netherlands |
| 1811 | Sir John Lawrence / Governor General / United Kingdom |
| 1984 | Raven Quinn / Writer / United States of America |
| 1881 | Todor Aleksandrov / Educator / Bulgaria |
| 1927 | Robert Orben / Author / United States of America |
| 1980 | Jack Hannahan / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1966 | Fiona Ma / Politician / United States of America |
| 1983 | Jaque Fourie / Rugby Player / South Africa |
| 1909 | George Edward Holbrook / Engineer / United States of America |
| 1951 | Edelgard Bulmahn / Politician / Germany |
| 1923 | Francis King / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 1974 | ICS Vortex / Singer / Norway |
| 1996 | Lukas Webb / Footballer / Australia |
| 1951 | Sam Perlozzo / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1952 | Svend Robinson / Politician / United States of America |
| 1719 | George Pigot / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1875 | Mihály Károlyi / Politician / Hungary |
| 1882 | Nicolae Titulescu / Politician / Romania |
| 1972 | Katherine Center / Author / United States of America |
| 1946 | Danny Frisella / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1876 | Theodore Hardeen / Magician / United States of America |
| 1988 | Gal Mekel / Basketball Player / Israel |
| 1931 | William Henry Keeler / Cardinal / United States of America |
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