What is March 4?
{{calendar}} {{day}} From [[1793]] – [[1933]], March 4 was [[Inauguration Day]] for the [[President of the United States]]. Since [[1937]], Inauguration Day has been [[January 20]]. == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[51]] &ndash; [[Nero]] is given the title of ''Princeps Iuventutis'' (Head of the Youth). * [[1152]] &ndash; [[Frederick I Barbarossa]] is elected King of the Germans. * [[1226]] &ndash; The [[city]] of [[Hamm]], in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], present–day [[Germany]], is founded. * [[1275]] &ndash; [[China|Chinese]] [[astronomer]]s observe a [[solar eclipse]]. * [[1351]] &ndash; [[Ramathibodi]] becomes [[King]] of [[Siam]]. * [[1386]] &ndash; Wladyslaw II Jagiello ([[Jogaila]]) is crowned [[King]] of [[Poland]]. * [[1461]] &ndash; The Lancastrian King [[Henry VI of England]] is deposed by his Yorkist cousin, King [[Edward IV of England]]. * [[1493]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] arrives in [[Portugal]] after the voyage that took him to the [[Caribbean]]. * [[1519]] &ndash; [[Hernan Cortes]] arrives in [[Mexico]]. * [[1628]] &ndash; The [[Massachusetts]] Bay Colony is granted a royal charter. * [[1665]] &ndash; [[England]]'s King [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] declares war on the [[Netherlands]]. * [[1675]] &ndash; In [[England]], [[John Flamsteed]] is appointed as the first [[Astronomer]] Royal. * [[1681]] &ndash; [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] grants a [[land]] charter to [[William Penn]], to colonise what is now [[Pennsylvania]]. * [[1769]] &ndash; The [[Orion Nebula]] is first observed by [[Charles Messier]]. * [[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Continental Army]] fortifies Dorchester Heights with [[cannon]], leading the British troops to abandon the [[Siege of Boston]]. * [[1789]] &ndash; In [[New York City]], the first [[United States Congress]] meets, putting the [[United States]] [[Constitution]] into effect. * [[1790]] &ndash; [[France]] is divided into 83 ''[[Departments of France|Departements]]''. * [[1791]] &ndash; [[Vermont]] becomes the 14th State of