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04 March, 1890
The longest bridge in the United Kingdom, the Forth Bridge (railway) (1,710 ft) in Scotland is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII.
04 March, 1887
Gottlieb Daimler unveils his first automobile which he test runs in Esslingen and Cannstatt, Germany.
04 March, 1882
Britains first electric trams run in East London.
04 March, 1877
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskys ballet Swan Lake premiers at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
04 March, 1865
Third (and last) national flag of the Confederate States of America adopted.
04 March, 1861
First national flag of the Confederate States of America (the Stars and Bars) adopted.
04 March, 1848
Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno dItalia
04 March, 1837
Chicago becomes incorporated as a city.
04 March, 1824
The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" was founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858.
04 March, 1814
Americans defeat the British at the Battle of Longwoods between London and Thamesville near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.
04 March, 1813
Russian troops fighting the army of Napoleon reach Berlin in Germany and the French garrison evacuate the city without a fight.
04 March, 1804
The Battle of Vinegar Hill, colony of New South Wales (Australia), when Irish convicts (some of whom had been involved in Ireland’s Battle of Vinegar Hill in 1798) led the colony’s only significant convict uprising.
04 March, 1797
In the first ever peaceful transfer of power between elected leaders in modern times, John Adams is sworn in as President of the United States, succeeding George Washington.
04 March, 1794
The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress.
04 March, 1793
French troops conquer Geertruidenberg, Netherlands.
04 March, 1791
Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.
04 March, 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).
04 March, 1790
France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.
04 March, 1789
In New York City, the first U.S. Congress meets and declares the new Constitution of the United States is in effect.
04 March, 1778
The Continental Congress voted to ratify both the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance with France. The two treaties were the first entered into by the United States government.
04 March, 1776
The American War of Independence: The Americans capture "Dorchester Heights" dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts.
04 March, 1774
First sighting of Orion Nebula by William Herschel.
04 March, 1681
Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
04 March, 1675
John Flamsteed appointed first Astronomer Royal of England.
04 March, 1665
English King Charles II declares war on The Netherlands which marked the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
04 March, 1634
Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts.
04 March, 1629
Massachusetts Bay Colony, which had the role of colonizing the Americas, is granted a Royal charter.
04 March, 1621
Jakarta, Java is renamed Batavia.
04 March, 1611
George Abbot is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury.
04 March, 1570
King Philip II of Spain bans foreign Dutch students.
04 March, 1519
Hernan Cortes arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and their wealth.
04 March, 1493
Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal aboard his ship Niña from his discovery voyage to America. He returned to Spain on March 15.
04 March, 1492
King James IV of Scotland concludes an alliance with France against England.
04 March, 1461
Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
04 March, 1386
Wladyslaw II Jagiello (Jogaila) was crowned King of Poland.
04 March, 1351
Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam.
04 March, 1275
Chinese astronomers observe a total eclipse of the sun.
04 March, 1238
The Battle of the Sit River was fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Russia.
04 March, 1215
King John of England makes an oath to the Pope as a crusader to gain the support of Innocent III.
04 March, 1152
Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans.
04 March, 932
Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.
04 March, 852
Croatian Duke Trpimir I issued a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.
04 March, 303
or 304 - Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
04 March, 51
Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).

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