About March 4

March 4, 2025 is the 63rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 302 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 350 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On March 4

  • 852 –
    Croatian Duke Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.
  • 1152 –
    Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans.
  • 1675 –
    John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
  • 1776 –
    American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
  • 1789 –
    In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect.
  • 1791 –
    A Constitutional Act is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
  • 1794 –
    The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
  • 1804 –
    Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales.
  • 1814 –
    Americans defeat the British at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.
  • 1861 –
    The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the “Stars and Bars”) is adopted.
  • 1909 –
    U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution’s Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State
  • 1913 –
    First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
  • 1917 –
    Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
  • 1918 –
    The first case of Spanish flu occurs, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic.
  • 1966 –
    A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
  • 1970 –
    French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
  • 1974 –
    People magazine is published for the first time.
  • 1976 –
    The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
  • 1977 –
    The 1977 Bucharest Earthquake in southern and eastern Europe kills more than 1,500.
  • 2001 –
    Hintze Ribeiro disaster: A bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people.

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