March 4

From -, March 4 was  for the. Beginning in, Inauguration Day has been.

Events

 * -, later to become , is given the title (head of the youth).
 * or -  of.
 * - Croatian  issued a, a document with the first known written mention of the  name in Croatian sources.
 * - Translation of the of , Prince of the.
 * - is elected  of the.
 * - King makes an  to the  as a  to gain the support of.
 * - The was fought in the northern part of the present-day  of  between the  Hordes of  and the Russians under  of  during the  of.
 * -  observe a  of the.
 * - becomes King of.
 * - (Jogaila) was crowned.
 * - in :    is deposed by his  cousin, who then becomes King.
 * - King concludes an  with  against.
 * - Explorer arrives back in,  aboard his ship  from his discovery voyage to . He returned to  on.
 * - arrives in  in search of the  civilization and their wealth.
 * - King bans foreign  students.
 * - is appointed.
 * -, is renamed.
 * -, which had the role of colonizing the Americas, is granted a.
 * - Samuel Cole opens the first in.
 * - King  declares war on  which marked the start of the.
 * - appointed first  of.
 * - grants a land charter to  for the area that will later become.
 * - First sighting of by.
 * - The American : The Americans capture "" dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts.
 * - The voted to  both the  and the  with . The two treaties were the first entered into by the  government.
 * - In, the first meets and declares the new  is in effect.
 * - is divided into 83 s, which cut across the  in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.
 * - is admitted as the 14th.
 * 1791  - A  is introduced by the  in  which envisages the separation of  into   and.
 * - troops conquer,.
 * - The to the  was passed by the.
 * - In the first ever peaceful transfer of power between elected leaders in modern times, is sworn in as, succeeding.
 * - The, colony of , when Irish convicts (some of whom had been involved in Ireland’s  in ) led the colony’s only significant convict uprising.
 * - n troops fighting the army of reach  in  and the  garrison  the city without a fight.
 * - defeat the  at the  between  and Thamesville near present-day,.
 * - The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" was founded in the, later to be renamed The in.
 * - becomes incorporated as a city.
 * - signs the ' that will later represent the first  of the '
 * - First national flag of the (the 'Stars and Bars') adopted.
 * - Third (and last) national flag of the adopted.
 * - 's  premiers at the  in.
 * - 's first electric trams run in.
 * - unveils his first  which he test runs in  and,.
 * - The longest bridge in the, the (1,710 ft) in  is opened by the , who later became King.
 * - : The army of attacks the, enabling him to transport his troops across the Upper  and, capture Nyangwe almost without an effort.
 * - Great fire in . Over 1,000 buildings are destroyed.
 * - sweeps in north of, , with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland - over 300 dead.
 * - In, the is established.
 * - : n troops in retreat toward  followed by 100,000 ese troops.
 * - The, near , , kills 174 people.
 * - (Wisconsin) becomes the first   in.
 * - of  becomes the first female member of the.
 * 1917  - 's renunciation of the  is made public, and Tsar  of  publicly issues his  . The victory of the February Revolution.
 * - becomes the first  to have his  broadcast on radio.
 * - becomes the first.
 * - Terrible floods ransack and the surrounds in south-west, resulting in twelve departments being submerged by water and causing the death of over 700 people.
 * - The British of,   and   meet to sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing that salt is freely used by the poorest layers of the population.
 * - becomes, first female member of the.
 * 1933  -  is appointed as first woman to sit on the.
 * 1933  - The  is suspended because of a quibble over procedure -   initiates  rule by decree (see ).
 * - The launches  on the, during.
 * 1941  -  applies pressure on  to join the.
 * - First daylight bombing of  and Anti- strikes in northern.
 * - In the, , later to become Queen Elizabeth II, joins the as a driver.
 * 1945  - :  declares war on.
 * - in Boston, Massachusetts, announces the first successful.
 * - The  is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
 * -  misses  and becomes the second ( first) artificial planet.
 * - freighter 'La Coubre' explodes in,  killing 100.  blames the
 * - announces that the first atomic power plant at  in  is in operation.
 * 1966  -  -43 explodes on landing at, killing 64 people.
 * - submarine  explodes.
 * - and the  sign a cooperation treaty.
 * - The is formally dissolved in  resulting in  of  from  via the.
 * - The in southern and eastern  kills more than 1,500.
 * 1977  - The first   is shipped to the,.
 * - The first written by,  ( for "The Redeemer of Man") is d less than five months after his installation as.
 * - leader  wins a sweeping election victory to become 's first black.
 * - launches "Intelsat V".
 * - The approves a  for, used since then for screening all s in the.
 * -, the , returned to his country for the first time since 's invasion.
 * -  ( 16) launches into orbit.
 * 1994  - 's  and  sign an agreement to form a  in a loose economic union with.
 * - US President bans federally funded  research.
 * - : : The rules that federal laws banning on-the-job  also apply when both parties are the same sex.
 * - : a massive car bomb explodes in front of the in, seriously injuring 11 people. The attack was attributed to the.
 * 2001  -, a bridge collapses in northern , killing up to 70 people.
 * - bans human   but permits government-funded scientists to use embryos left over from  treatment or.
 * 2002  - : Seven American  soldiers are killed as they attempt to infiltrate the  on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
 * - The car of released hostage  is fired on by  in, causing the death of an Italian Secret Service Agent and injuring two passengers.
 * 2005  -  warns that about 90 million  could be infected by the  in the future without further action against the spread of the disease.
 * - Final contact attempt with by the . No response was received.
 * - : Approximately 30,000 voters take advantage of, the world's first nationwide voting where part of the votecasting is allowed in the form of remote via the.

Births

 * -, wife of (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. c.)
 * -, Italian composer of Renaissance music (d. )
 * -, English portraitist and painter (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Swedish soldier (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * -, English burglar and escapee (d. )
 * -, Danish architect and architectural writer (d. )
 * -, British statesman (d. )
 * -, British governor of Madras (d. )
 * -, English composer (d.)
 * -, American Revolutionary War general (d. )
 * -, Scottish painter (d. )
 * -, American educator and philanthropist (d. )
 * -, Swiss folklorist (d. )
 * -, American inventor (d. )
 * -, German philologist (d. )
 * -, American statesman, jurist and lawyer; 34th (d. )
 * -, German-born harpist (d. )
 * -, French mathematician (d. )
 * -, American Civil War Union cavalry officer (d. )
 * 1826  -, American railroad engineer (d. )
 * -, English neurologist (d. )
 * -, Austrian chemist (d. )
 * - Sir, British meteorologist (d. )
 * -, English and French poet and author (d. )
 * 1856  -, English painter (d. )
 * -, Russian physicist (d. )
 * -, Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist (d. )
 * -, British zoologist (d. )
 * 1863  -, American jurist and expert in the law of evidence (d. )
 * -, U.S. Navy architect (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (d. )
 * -, American humorist and poet (d. )
 * 1873  -, 54th Governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut (d. )
 * -, former and  (d. )
 * -, French poet (d. )
 * 1876  -, Magician and stunt performer, founder of the Magician's Guild (d. )
 * -, Russian composer (d. )
 * 1877  -, German ethnologist (d. )
 * 1877  -, American inventor (d. )
 * -, American songwriter and pianist (d. )
 * 1878  -, Russian philosopher (d. )
 * 1878  -, Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist (d. )
 * -, Slovenian poet (d. )
 * -, American playwright and critic (d. )
 * -, 19th century Bulgarian revolutionary (d. )
 * 1881  -, American actor (d. )
 * 1881  -, American writer (d. )
 * 1881  -, American mathematical physicist (d. )
 * -, Romanian diplomat, government minister, and former President of the League of Nations (d. )
 * -, Canadian boxer (d. )
 * -, American professional baseball player (d. )
 * -, French cellist (d. )
 * -, American Broadway theatre actress (d. )
 * -, American professional baseball pitcher (d. )
 * 1888  -, American football player and coach (d. )
 * -, Italian mathematician (d. )
 * 1889  -, 10th Territorial Governor of Hawai'i (d. )
 * 1889  -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American Major League Baseball pitcher (d. )
 * 1891  -, founder of  (d. )
 * -, Norwegian violinist (d. )
 * 1895  -, American comic book illustrator (d. )
 * 1895  -, American comedian  (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, French philologist (d. )
 * -, Spanish poet and editor (d. )
 * -, American screenwriter (d. )
 * -, American bridge player and writer (d. )
 * 1901  -, Malagasy/French poet (d. )
 * -, Spanish statesman (d. )
 * 1903  -, American immunochemist (d. )
 * 1903  -, British-born actress (d. )
 * 1903  -, American magician (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian-born physicist (d. )
 * 1904  -  Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (d. )
 * 1904  -, American-born Old Settler Cherokee Indian stage and film actor (d. )
 * - American author (d. )
 * 1906  -, Belgian national cyclo-cross and world champion road bicycle racer (d. )
 * 1906  -, American businessman (d. )
 * -, wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley (d. )
 * -, American civil rights leader (d. )
 * -, American real estate entrepreneur (d.)
 * -, Italian painter (d. )
 * 1912  -, British character actress (d. )
 * 1912  -, American documentarian (d. )
 * -, Algerian writer and singer (d. )
 * 1913  -, American actor (d. )
 * 1913  -, American guitarist (d. )
 * - (Luigi Colaussi), Italian footballer (d. )
 * 1914  -, American cartoonist (d. )
 * 1914  -, American physicist, sculptor and architect (d. )
 * -, Spanish composer (d. )
 * -, American actor, producer, writer and director (d. )
 * 1916  -, Italian writer (d. )
 * 1916  -, German-born psychologist (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American tennis player
 * -, American racecar driver (d. )
 * -, French politician (d. )
 * 1920  -, Scottish actor (d. )
 * -, Egyptian-born composer
 * 1921  -, English actress (d. )
 * 1921  -, Guyanese writer
 * 1921  -, Australian tennis player
 * -, American cinematographer and film director (d. )
 * 1922  -, American film actress (d. )
 * 1922  -  (Deena Pathak), Veteran Gujarati theatre and film actress (d. )
 * -, British astronomer
 * -, aide to US President John F. Kennedy (d. )
 * -, French musician (d. )
 * -, American billionaire, co-founder of
 * 1926  -, Former Mayor of Florissant, Missouri (d. )
 * 1926  -, Argentine flyweight boxer (d. )
 * 1926  -, English jazz musician and arranger
 * 1926  -, American singer
 * -, 29th Governor of the U.S. state of Idaho
 * 1927  -, American actor (d. )
 * 1927  -, American magician
 * 1927  -, American tennis player
 * 1927  -, American jazz musician (d. )
 * -, American composer
 * 1928  -, English writer
 * -, Dutch conductor
 * 1929  -, Catalan composer
 * -, American journalist and television host (d. )
 * 1931  -, American ice hockey coach (d. )
 * 1931  -, American Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal
 * 1931  -, American economist
 * -, Polish journalist (d. )
 * 1932  -, South African singer
 * 1932  -, American car designer (d. )
 * 1932  -, American entertainment businessman (d. )
 * -, Dutch jazz singer (d. )
 * 1933  -, British sculptor
 * 1933  -, former Italian sports car racing and  driver
 * -, Argentinian composer
 * 1934  -, American bluegrass musician (d. )
 * 1934  -, American actress (d. )
 * 1934  -, American singer and actress (d. )
 * 1934  -, Slovenian physicist
 * 1934  -, Russian priest and dissident
 * -, Danish chess player
 * 1935  -, Scottish folk singer (d. )
 * -, Scottish Formula One racing driver (d. )
 * 1936  -, German composer
 * -, New Zealand cricketer
 * 1937  -, American foreign policy advisor
 * 1937  -, Russian cosmonaut (d. )
 * 1937  -, French jazz saxophonist (d. )
 * -, American percussionist (d. )
 * 1938  -, American football player
 * 1938  -, American actress
 * 1938  -, Polish diplomat and researcher
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1939  -, Brazilian actor
 * -, Ukrainian flatwater canoer
 * -, American actor
 * 1941  -, English film director
 * 1941  -, American jazz musician
 * -, American gospel songwriter
 * 1942  -, 31st Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
 * 1942  -, American keyboardist, pianist, and arranger
 * -, Italian singer and songwriter
 * 1943  -, Hungarian composer
 * -, German singer-songwriter (d. )
 * 1944  -, English engineer and race car designer (d. )
 * 1944  -, American singer
 * -, British socialite (d. )
 * 1945  -, Swiss singer
 * 1945  -, Swedish football manager
 * 1945  -, American basketball coach
 * -, English entrepreneur
 * 1946  -, Ethiopian filmmaker
 * 1946  -, British impresario
 * -, American screenwriter
 * 1947  -, Norwegian musician
 * 1947  -, Icelandic actor
 * 1947  -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Australian author
 * 1948  -, American writer
 * 1948  -, American baseball player
 * 1948  -, American baseball player
 * 1948  -, American gay and lesbian rights activist and politician (d. )
 * 1948  -, English bassist
 * 1948  -, Welsh singer
 * -, Canadian country singer and songwriter
 * -, Mexican actress and screenwriter
 * 1950  - ,
 * -, German politician
 * 1951  -, Scottish footballer and manager
 * 1951  -, American novelist (d. )
 * 1951  -, American Major League Baseball manager (Baltimore Orioles)
 * 1951  -, American light heavyweight boxer (d. )
 * 1951  -, English singer
 * 1951  -, Japanese singer
 * -, American actor
 * 1952  -, Italian singer
 * -, Cuban percussionist
 * 1953  -, Ugandan-born film director
 * 1953  -, Polish football manager and former footballer
 * 1953  -, American actress
 * 1953  -, American politician
 * -, American author and editor (d. )
 * 1954  -, French politician, Prime Minister of France
 * 1954  -, American professional golfer
 * 1954  -, Canadian actress
 * 1954  -, Russian writer and dissident
 * 1954  -, English snooker player
 * 1954  -, American actor
 * - (Boon Gould) English musician
 * 1955  -, French actor
 * -, American jazz bassist
 * -, American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner
 * 1957  -, American NASCAR driver
 * -, American actress
 * 1958  -, British artist
 * -, Australian news presenter
 * -, Finnish singer and songwriter
 * 1960  -, Ugandan boxer
 * 1960  -, former German athlete
 * 1960  -, American actor
 * -, former German track athlete
 * 1961  -, American boxer
 * 1961  -, American actor
 * 1961  -, South African golfer
 * -, British comic book artist
 * 1962  -, French actress (d. )
 * 1962  -, American footballer
 * 1962  -, English actor
 * -, Polish politician
 * 1963  -, English singer, author, television presenter and radio disc jockey
 * 1963  -, American bassist
 * 1963  -, American actor
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, English filmmaker
 * 1965  -, English journalist, scriptwriter and broadcaster
 * 1965  -, American actress
 * 1965  -, American country singer
 * 1965  -, Afghan author and physician
 * 1965  -  (Maximillian Lenz), German rave techno DJ
 * 1965  -, Russian cosmonaut
 * -, American actress and international model
 * 1966  -, Italian Australian actor
 * 1966  -, Italian actress
 * 1966  -, Hungarian speed skater
 * 1966  -, American basketball player
 * 1966  -, American author
 * 1966  -, American rapper
 * 1966  -, English gay porn film director
 * -, South African cricketer
 * 1967  -, American musician
 * 1967  -, English writer
 * 1967  -, former Turkish-Swiss footballer
 * -, Venezuelan baseball player
 * 1968  -, English actress
 * -, American actress and gay rights activist
 * 1969  -, Italian football manager
 * 1969  -, Taiwanese actress
 * 1969  -, Swedish experimental pop singer, songwriter and musician
 * 1969  -, Canadian actor
 * 1969  -, American artist and record producer
 * -, American actress
 * 1970  -, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
 * -, Canadian soccer player
 * 1971  -, Irish drummer
 * 1971  -, Japanese racing driver
 * 1971  -, American actor-turned film director, writer, film producer and editor
 * 1971  -, American actor
 * 1971  -, Serbian footballer
 * -, North Korean gymnast
 * 1972  -, American composer and singer
 * 1972  -, American footballer
 * 1972  -, Dutch Formula One driver
 * 1972  -, British singer
 * -, American actress
 * 1973  -, American footballer
 * 1973  -, American director
 * - (Simen Hestnæs), Norwegian vocalist
 * 1974  -, Slovak tennis player
 * 1974  -, Argentine footballer
 * 1974  -, American baseball player
 * -, German hurdler
 * 1975  -, German-born professional basketball player
 * 1975  -, South Korean actress
 * 1975  -, Dutch field hockey player
 * 1975  -, Canadian rock singer-songwriter
 * -, Puerto Rican baseball player
 * 1976  -, American film producer
 * 1976  -  (Stza Crack), American musician ( and )
 * 1976  -, Belgian field hockey player
 * 1976  -, American archer
 * -, Mexican athlete
 * 1977  -, Finnish professional poker player
 * 1977  -, German footballer
 * 1977  -, American musician
 * -, British-American logician and wrestler
 * 1978  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1978  -, Italian rugby union footballer
 * 1978  -, Canadian model and actress
 * -, New Zealand flatwater canoeist
 * 1979  -, Australian swimmer
 * 1979  -  (John Fratelli), Scottish singer
 * -, Mexican footballer
 * 1980  -, South Korean actress (d. )
 * 1980  -, American baseball player
 * 1980  -, American sportswriter
 * -, Filipina singer and celebrity
 * 1981  -, English punk rock singer
 * -, Argentine racing driver
 * 1982  -, American soccer player
 * 1982  -, American actress
 * -, Colombian writer
 * -, Japanese actress
 * 1984  -, American-born English soccer player
 * -, American football player
 * -, American actress
 * 1986  -, Belgian footballer
 * 1986  -, Ukrainian footballer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress, singer, and fashion model
 * -, daughter of
 * -, American actress
 * 1993  -, British actress
 * 1993  -, American actress

Deaths

 * - (b. )
 * -, Kurdish sultan (b. )
 * -, wife of (b. )
 * 1238  -,  of  (b. )
 * -, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. )
 * -, Prince of Poland (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, English clergyman, "Apostle of the North" (b. )
 * -, Italian theologian (b. )
 * -, German painter (b. )
 * -, wife of (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, French naval commander (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, German fresco painter (b. )
 * -, French admiral (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, daughter of King , granddaughter of King (b. )
 * -, French scholar (b. )
 * -, British explorer (b. )
 * -, Russian writer (b. )
 * -, German geologist (b. )
 * -, U.S. naval officer (b. )
 * -, influential Californian Unitarian minister during the American Civil War (b. )
 * -, Irish founder of the (b. )
 * -, American pioneer of the (b. )
 * -, Danish poet (b. )
 * -, former Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. )
 * -, American philosopher (b. )
 * -, English novelist (b. )
 * -, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. )
 * -, Swedish physicist (b. )
 * -, inventor of (b. )
 * -, German artist (b. )
 * -, American entertainer (b. )
 * -, Polish/German composer (b. )
 * 1925  -, English psychologist and philosopher (b. )
 * 1925  -, American baseball player (b. )
 * - American chemist (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * 1938  -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, American novelist (b. )
 * -, German pacifist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Jewish American mobster (b.) (executed)
 * 1944  -, New York organized crime figure (b. ) (executed)
 * 1944  -, American hitman (b. ) (executed)
 * 1944  -, American educator and political activist (b. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * 1945  -, American film director, writer and producer (b. )
 * -, Danish big-game hunter (b. )
 * -, French actor/director (b. )
 * -, the only man in recorded human history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant (b. )
 * -, English scientist, (b. )
 * -, English composer, (b. )
 * -, American athlete (b. )
 * -, 51st Governor of the US State of Maryland (b. )
 * 1960  -, American baritone (b. )
 * -, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, Croatian and Serbian writer (b. )
 * 1967  -, Spanish poet and writer (b. )
 * 1967  -, Swiss mathematician (b. )
 * -, Russian-born film empresario (b. )
 * -, British scientist and expert on spectroscopy (b. )
 * -, American painter (b. )
 * -, German physicist (b. )
 * -, Colombian writer (b. )
 * 1977  -, Romanian actor (b. )
 * 1977  -, German politician and former Chancellor of Germany (b. )
 * -, former Governor of the U.S. State of Arizona (b. )
 * -, American mountain climber (b. )
 * -, American lyricist (b. )
 * 1981  -, Indian actor (b. )
 * -, Canadian novelist (b. )
 * 1984  -, American actress (b. )
 * 1984  -, British actor (b. )
 * -, American songwriter (b. )
 * 1986  -, Canadian musician  (b. )
 * -, American jazz and R&B guitarist (b. )
 * -, American basketball player (b. )
 * -, American animator (b. )
 * -, American jazz pianist (b. )
 * -, Canadian comedian (b. )
 * -, American composer (b. )
 * -, American comedian (b. )
 * -, American physicist (b. )
 * 1997  -, American actor/stuntman (b. )
 * -, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (b. )
 * 1999  -, American actor (b. )
 * 1999  -, Dutch writer (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * 2001  -, American cartoonist (b. )
 * 2001  -, two-time Governor of Ohio (b. )
 * 2001  -, American politician (b. )
 * -, English actress (b. )
 * 2002  -, British actor/singer (b. )
 * 2002  -, Australian author (b. )
 * 2002  -, Yugoslavian footballer (b. )
 * -, Georgian bank robber (b. )
 * 2003  -, French author, screenwriter and film director (b. )
 * -, Scottish musician (b. )
 * 2004  -, French singer (b. )
 * 2004  -, American physicist (b. )
 * 2004  -, American fashion designer (b. )
 * -, Italian secret service agent (b. )
 * 2005  -, American actor and musician (b. )
 * 2005  -, Australian soprano (b. )
 * 2005  -, Ukrainian statesman (b. )
 * 2005  -, Uruguayan-born writer (b. )
 * -, Polish footballer (b. )
 * 2006  -, American engineer (b. )
 * 2006  -, American artist (b. )
 * 2006  -, Estonian illustrator/cartoonist (b. )
 * - (Natalie Bodanskaya), American soprano (b. )
 * 2007  -, American politician (b. )
 * 2007  -, American activist (b. )
 * 2007  -, British games soundtrack composer (b. )
 * 2007  -, Indian parliamentarian (b. )
 * 2007  -, Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (b. )
 * 2007  -, British sports journalist (b. )
 * 2007  -, Indian parliamentarian (b. )
 * 2007  -, Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (b. )
 * 2007  -, British sports journalist (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - Day.
 * ,, -  Day
 * - Day.
 * - Day.

Liturgical feasts

 * - Feast day of, of.
 * , of 's, and his Companions.
 * and his Companions
 * Saint.
 * Saint.
 * - Commemoration of, ,.
 * Saint.
 * Saint.
 * - Commemoration of, ,.