What is February 4?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[211]] &ndash; [[Roman Emperor]] [[Septimius Severus]] dies, leaving the [[Roman Empire]] in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons, [[Caracalla]] and [[Publius Septimius Geta|Geta]]. * [[960]] &ndash; [[Song Taizu]], founder of the [[Song Dynasty]] in [[China]], comes to power in a coup. * [[1169]] &ndash; [[Mount Etna]] on [[Sicily]] erupts. It is known exactly how many people were killed. * [[1454]] &ndash; In the [[Thirteen Years' War]], the Secret Council of the [[Prussian Confederacy]] sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master. * [[1546]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Pskov]] in the Livland War ends with the last [[Poland|Polish]]–[[Lithuania]]n forces leaving the city. * [[1703]] &ndash; The day that forty–six of the [[forty-seven ronin]] committed [[sepuku]]. * [[1783]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[United Kingdom]] formally declares that it will cease hostilities with the [[United States|United States of America]]. * [[1789]] &ndash; [[George Washington]] is unanimously elected to be the first [[President of the United States]] by the [[U.S. Electoral College]]. * [[1792]] &ndash; [[George Washington]] is unanimously elected to a second term as [[President of the United States]] by the [[U.S. Electoral College]]. * [[1794]] &ndash; The French legislature abolishes [[slavery]] throughout all territories of the French Republic. * [[1797]] &ndash; An [[earthquake]] in [[Riobamba]], [[Ecuador]], kills up to 40,000 people. * [[1801]] &ndash; [[John Marshall]] is sworn in as [[Chief Justice of the United States]]. * [[1810]] &ndash; The British Navy seizes [[Guadeloupe]]. * [[1820]] &ndash; The [[Chile]]an [[Navy]] completes the 2–day long capture of [[Valdivia]], with just 300 men and 2 ships. * [[1825]] &ndash; A [[flood]] along [[North Sea]] coasts kills around 800 people. * [[1846]] &ndash; The first [[Mormon]] pioneers leave Nauvoo, [[Illinois]], westward to what later became [[Salt Lake City]]. * [[1859]] &ndash; [[Codex Sinaitic