About February 4

February 4, 2025 is the 35th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 330 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 378 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On February 4

  • 211 –
    Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians.He leaves the empire in the control of his two quarrelling sons.
  • 1794 –
    The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic.
  • 1797 –
    The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
  • 1801 –
    John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.
  • 1820 –
    The Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completes the 2 day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and 2 ships.
  • 1846 –
    The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Utah Territory.
  • 1861 –
    American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.
  • 1899 –
    The Philippine-American War begins.
  • 1916 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Dragon in Chinese astrology.
  • 1932 –
    Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
  • 1945 –
    World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
  • 1948 –
    Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
  • 1966 –
    All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.
  • 1969 –
    Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
  • 1974 –
    The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
  • 1975 –
    Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
  • 1992 –
    A Coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez Frías, against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
  • 2002 –
    Cancer Research UK, the world’s largest independent cancer research charity, is founded.
  • 2006 –
    A stampede occurs in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71.
  • 2010 –
    The Federal Court of Australia’s ruling in Roadshow Films v iiNet sets a precedent that Internet service providers (ISPs) are not responsible for what their users do with the services the ISPs provide them.

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