What is June 4?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === *[[780 BC]] &ndash; The first historic [[solar eclipse]] is recorded in [[China]]. *[[1039]] &ndash; [[Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry III]] becomes [[Holy Roman Empire|King of Germany]]. *[[1615]] &ndash; Forces under the [[shogun]] [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] take [[Osaka Castle]] in [[Japan]]. *[[1745]] &ndash; [[Battle of Hohenfriedberg]]: [[Frederick I of Prussia]]'s [[army]] defeats the [[Austria]]n [[army]] under Prince [[Charles Alexander of Lorraine]] during the [[War of the Austrian Succession]]. *[[1760]] &ndash; [[Great Upheaval]]: [[New England (U.S.)|New England]] planters arrive to claim land in [[Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]] taken from the [[Acadians]]. *[[1769]] &ndash; A [[transit of Venus]] is followed five hours later by a total [[solar eclipse]], the shortest such interval in the historical past. *[[1783]] &ndash; In Annonay, [[France]], the Montgolfier Brothers demonstrate their unmanned [[hot air balloon]]. *[[1792]] &ndash; Captain [[George Vancouver]] claims [[Puget Sound]] for [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]]. *[[1794]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] troops capture [[Port-au-Prince]] in [[Haiti]]. *[[1802]] &ndash; [[Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia]] abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, [[Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy]]. *[[1805]] &ndash; The [[Ligurian Republic]] and the Duchy of [[Parma]] are merged into a part of the French Empire. *[[1812]] &ndash; After [[Louisiana]] becomes a [[U.S. state]], the territory previously known by that name was renamed the [[Missouri Territory]]. *[[1859]] &ndash; [[Italian Independence wars]]: in the [[Battle of Magenta]], the French army, under [[Louis-Napoleon]], defeats an [[Austria]]n army. *[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops evacuate [[Fort Pillow]] on the [[Mississippi River]], leaving the way clear for [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] troops to take [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. *[[1876]] &ndash; An express [[railroa