Merriam-Webster dictionary defines history as a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events. It’s a chronological record of significant events often including an explanation of their causes. The earliest known use of the word history was in the 14th century.
This website utilizes entries from Wikipedia to extract historical events from 3761 BC up to the present. There are currently 105,060 records in our database. The present day Gregorian calendar was adopted to show dates of interest.
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What Happened On April 4
- 1081 –Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Byzantine emperor at Constantinople, bringing the Komnenian dynasty to full power.
- 1147 –First historical record of Moscow.
- 1812 –U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
- 1814 –Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
- 1850 –Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
- 1905 –In India, the 1905 Kangra earthquake hits the Kangra valley, kills 20,000, and destroys most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala
- 1913 –The Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
- 1939 –Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
- 1983 –Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space (STS-6).
- 2002 –In what is known as the Society Murders, Matthew Wales kills his parents in Melbourne, Australia.
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