What is January 4?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[46 BC]] &ndash; [[Julius Caesar]] defeats [[Titus Labienus]] in the [[Battle of Ruspina]]. * [[1490]] &ndash; [[Anne of Brittany]] announces that all those who would ally (go on the same side) with the [[King]] of [[France]] will be guilty of the [[crime]] of lese–majesty. * [[1642]] &ndash; [[Charles I of England]] sends [[soldier]]s in to arrest members of [[parliament]]. * [[1643]] &ndash; Famous English [[scientist]] [[Isaac Newton]] is born. In the [[Julian calendar]] in use in [[England]] at the time, his date of birth was [[December 25]], [[1642]]. * [[1649]] &ndash; The English [[Rump Parliament]] votes to put [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] on trial. * [[1717]] &ndash; The [[Netherlands]], [[Great Britain]] and [[France]] sign a triple alliance. * [[1762]] &ndash; [[Great Britain]] declares [[war]] on [[Spain]] and [[Naples]]. * [[1798]] &ndash; [[Constantine Hangerli]] arrives in [[Bucharest]], then–part of [[Wallachia]], as its new [[prince]], invested by the [[Ottoman Empire]]. * [[1847]] &ndash; [[Samuel Colt]] sells his first [[revolver]] [[pistol]] to the US Government. * [[1852]] &ndash; British steamer RMS ''Amazon'' catches [[fire]] and explodes and sinks, killing 104 people. * [[1854]] &ndash; The Subantarctic [[Heard Island and McDonald Islands|McDonald Islands]] are discovered by Captain [[William McDonald]]. * [[1863]] &ndash; The [[New Apostolic Church]] is created in [[Hamburg]]. * [[1865]] &ndash; The [[New York Stock Exchange]] opens its first permanent headquarters on [[Wall Street]]. * [[1878]] &ndash; The [[city]] of [[Sofia]] is freed from Ottoman Rule. * [[1880]] &ndash; [[Mount Chimborazo]] in [[Ecuador]] is first climbed by [[Edward Whymper]]. * [[1885]] &ndash; Dr. [[William W. Grant]] of [[Davenport, Iowa]], performs what is thought to be the first [[appendectomy]]. * [[1889]] &ndash; The [[Oklahoma]] Land Run opens 2 million square [[acre]]s of unused [[Oklahoma]] [[Territory]] to first–come, first–served settlers fro