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Emperor Septimius Severus dies at York

On 4 February 211, Roman emperor Septimius Severus died at Eboracum, modern York in the United Kingdom. His sons Caracalla and Geta succeeded him.

United Kingdom

Battle of Dathin

The Battle of Dathin (Arabic: داثن‎‎) was a minor battle during the Arab–Byzantine Wars between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire in February 634, but became very famous in the literature of the period. The battle took place following a series of Arab raids around Gaza. The Byzantine commander (dux and candidatus) Sergius assembled a small detachment of soldiers (due to a shortage of troops), and led that mounted army from his base at Caesarea some 125 kilometers south to the vicinity of Gaza. From there he proceeded against an Arab force that was likely numerically superior and commanded by Abu Umamah al-Bahili.

Gaza City, Israel

1169 Sicily earthquake

The 1169 Sicily earthquake occurred on 4 February 1169 at 08:00 local time on the eve of the feast of St. Agatha of Sicily (in southern Italy). It had an estimated magnitude of between 6.4 and 7.3 and an estimated maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The cities of Catania, Lentini and Modica were severely damaged, and the earthquake also triggered a paleotsunami.

Battle of Kasahrada (1197)

The Battle of Kasahrada (1197) was fought on 4 February 1197 between the Ghurid forces led by their slave-lieutenant Qutubuddin Aibak and the Rajput forces led by Chaulukya ruler Bhima II. It was fought in the present-day state of Rajasthan at Kasahrada, which is at foot of Mount Abu in the southern Aravali hills.

Prussian Confederation renounces obedience to the Teutonic Order

On 4 February 1454, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sent a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. Open rebellion followed two days later, during the events that led to the Thirteen Years’ War.

Battle of Qarabagh (1469)

The Battle of Qarabagh was fought on February 4, 1469, between Aq Qoyunlu under Uzun Hasan, and the Timurids of Samarkand under Abu Sa'id Mirza, resulting in the latter's defeat, imprisonment and execution. After the battle, the Timurids forever lost any hopes of gaining Iraq or Iran back into their kingdom.

Azerbaijan

John Rogers is burned at the stake, becoming the first English Protestant martyr under Queen Mary I

John Rogers (c. 1505 – 4 February 1555) was an English clergyman, Bible translator and commentator. He guided the development of the Matthew Bible in vernacular English during the reign of Henry VIII and was the first English Protestant executed as a heretic under Mary I.

Battle of Sinhagad

The Battle of Sinhagad, also known as Battle of Kondhana, involved an attack by Marathas during the night of 4 February 1670 on the Mughal fort of Sinhagad (then Kondhana), near the city of Pune, Maharashtra. The Marathas captured the fort.

Pune, India

São José de Macapá established as a town

On February 4, 1758, São José de Macapá was established as a town in Portuguese Brazil. The settlement became a city in 1854.

Brazil

Action of 4 February 1781

The action of 4 February 1781 was fought off Sombrero, Anguilla, during Fourth Anglo-Dutch War between the British and Dutch navies. A British squadron of two ships of the line and one frigate under Captain Francis Reynolds captured a Dutch ship of the line under Schout-bij-nacht Willem Krul along with a convoy of 30 merchantmen he was escorting.

Anguilla

Electoral College votes unanimously for George Washington

On February 4, 1789, electors in the United States voted unanimously for George Washington as the first president. His inauguration followed in April.

United States of America

The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties

The 1797 Riobamba earthquake occurred at 12:30 UTC on 4 February. It devastated the city of Riobamba and many other cities in the Interandean valley, causing between 6,000 and 40,000 casualties. It is estimated that seismic intensities in the epicentral area reached at least XI (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale, and that the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.6–8.3, the most powerful historical event known in Ecuador.

Capture of Valdivia

The Capture of Valdivia was a battle in the Chilean War of Independence between Spanish forces commanded by Colonel Manuel Montoya and the Chilean forces under the command of Lord Cochrane, held on 3 and 4 February 1820.

Valdivia, Chile

Battle of Uchumayo

The Battle of Uchumayo occurred in the first days of February 1836, on the outskirts of Arequipa, Peru. It was the most important confrontation in the series of skirmishes, prior to the Battle of Socabaya, that the forces of the United Army under the command of Santa Cruz held with the restaurateurs under the command of Salaverry.

Battle of Laguna Limpia

The Battle of Laguna Limpia, was part of the Argentine Civil Wars. It happened in the southwest of the Corrientes Province, Argentina on 4 February 1846, when the army under Entre Ríos Province governor Justo José de Urquiza, defeated and captured the commander of the vadvanced columns of Corrientes' army, Juan Madariaga.

Argentina

Battle of Vízakna

The Battle of Vízakna was a battle in the Hungarian war of Independence of 1848-1849 fought on 4 February 1849 between the Hungarian army led by the Polish General Józef Bem and the Austrian army of the Habsburg Commander-in-Chief of Transylvania, Lieutenant General Anton Puchner. The Hungarian national poet Sándor Petőfi participated in the battle in the Hungarian army, then wrote a poem entitled Négy nap dörgött az ágyú (Four days the cannons roared...) in which he described the battle.

Romania

Tischendorf shown more leaves of Codex Sinaiticus

On February 4, 1859, according to his own account, Constantin von Tischendorf was shown a substantial set of Codex Sinaiticus leaves at Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, Egypt. He had seen other leaves during an earlier visit in 1844.

This records the 1859 sighting described by Tischendorf, not his first encounter with leaves in 1844. Accounts of the manuscript’s transfer and ownership remain disputed.

Egypt

Battle of La Bolsa

The Battle of La Bolsa was a major event in the Cortina War, a series of armed confrontations between the militia of Mexican rancher Juan Cortina and elements of the United States Army and the Texas Rangers. The battle occurred on February 4, 1860, when Cortina's forces attacked the steamboat Ranchero on its way to Brownsville.

Battle of Tétouan

The Battle of Tétouan (Arabic: معركة تطوان, Spanish: Batalla de Tetuán) was fought from 4 to 6 February 1860, near Tétouan, Morocco, between a Spanish Army sent to North Africa and the tribal levies which at the time made up the Moroccan Army. The battle was part of the Hispano–Moroccan War of 1859–1860.

Morocco

Southern delegates convene at Montgomery

On February 4, 1861, delegates from seceding Southern states began meeting in Montgomery, Alabama, United States, to organize the Confederate provisional government. The provisional constitution was adopted later.

United States of America

Establishment of Bacardi

Bacardi Limited ( bə-KAR-dee, Spanish: [bakaɾˈði], Catalan: [bəkəɾˈði]) is the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world. Originally known for its Bacardí brand of white rum, it now has a portfolio of more than 200 brands and labels. Founded in Cuba in 1862 by Facundo Bacardí i Massó, a Spanish businessman born in Sitges, Bacardi Limited has been family-owned for seven generations, and employs more than 8,000 people with sales in approximately 170 countries.

Battle of Rawa (1863)

The Battle of Rawa was one of skirmishes of the Polish January Uprising. It took place on 4 February 1863 in the town of Rawa Mazowiecka, Russian-controlled Congress Poland. A unit of Polish insurgents under Antoni Jeziorański, and Aleksander and Franciszek Sokołowski, managed to capture barracks of the Imperial Russian Army. The remaining Russians retreated towards Skierniewice.

Attack on Dammam

The Attack on Dammam was an 1866 assault by the British ship HMS Highflyer to destroy a fort held by the Second Saudi state in the vicinity of Dammam following Faisal's invasion of Oman, which was allied with the British. The attack ultimately failed due to the lack of adequate preparatory measures by the British expedition.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Saudi Arabia

1867 Portuguese legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 4 February 1867. The result was a victory for the opposition, but the government of Joaquim António de Aguiar remained in power until early 1868, following the Janeirinha uprising.

Portugal

1868 Alabama gubernatorial election

The 1868 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on February 4, 1868, in order to elect the governor of Alabama. Republican William Hugh Smith ran unopposed. This is the first time that a Republican became governor of Alabama.

Battle of Ordashu

The Battle of Ordashu was fought on 4 February 1874 during the Third Anglo-Ashanti War when Sir Garnet Wolseley defeated the Ashantis. The attack was led by the 42nd Regiment of Foot. Lieutenant Mark Sever Bell won the Victoria Cross during the action. Wolseley's troops, marching from Amoaful, linked up with King Attah's group, marching from Kumasi, on the south bank of the River Oda (a tributary of the Ofin River), where the battle with the Ashantis took place.

1887 New South Wales colonial election

The 1887 New South Wales colonial election was held between 4 February and 26 February 1887. This election was for all of the 124 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in 37 single-member constituencies, 23 2-member constituencies, seven 3-member constituencies and five 4-member constituencies, all with a first past the post system.

This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.

1888 Scottish Cup final

The 1888 Scottish Cup final played at the second Hampden Park in Crosshill (today part of Glasgow) on 4 February 1888 was won by Renton, who beat Cambuslang 6–1. Renton were favourites going into the match, the Dunbartonshire club having already lifted the trophy in 1885 and finished runners-up to Queen's Park in 1886; in contrast, it was Cambuslang's first and only major final, though the Lanarkshire side had won the first edition of the Glasgow Cup a week earlier, beating Rangers.

1898 Transvaal presidential election

Presidential elections were held in the South African Republic between 3 January and 4 February 1898. The result was a victory for incumbent Paul Kruger.

Battle of Manila (1899)

The Battle of Manila, the first and largest battle of the Philippine–American War, was fought on February 4–5, 1899, between 19,000 Americans and 15,000 Filipinos. Armed conflict broke out when American troops, under orders to turn away insurgents from their encampment, fired upon an encroaching group of Filipinos. Philippine President Emilio Aguinaldo attempted to broker a ceasefire, but American General Elwell Stephen Otis rejected it and fighting escalated the next day. It ended in an American victory, although minor skirmishes continued for several days afterward.

Manila, Philippines

Philippine–American War

The Philippine–American War, known alternatively as the Filipino–American War, Philippine Insurrection, or Tagalog Insurgency, emerged in early 1899 following the United States' annexation of the former Spanish colony of the Philippine Islands under the terms of the December 1898 Treaty of Paris following the Spanish–American War. Philippine nationalists had proclaimed independence in June 1898 and constituted the First Philippine Republic in January 1899. The United States did not recognize either event as legitimate, and tensions escalated until fighting commenced on February 4, 1899, in the Battle of Manila.

Philippines

Hungarian parliamentary election, 1905

Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 26 January and 4 February 1905. The result was a victory for the Party of Independence and '48, marking the first time the Liberal Party had lost power since 1875. Because of bad decisions after the elections, the Parliament was dissolved in 1906. Franz Joseph I of Austria ignored the result and instead of the victorious allied opposition he kept István Tisza in power, and then on 18 June he nominated baron Géza Fejérváry mashal (the captain of his Hungarian bodyguards) as acting Prime Minister, which deepened the crisis.

Hungary

1909 Thames by-election

The Thames by-election of 1909 was a by-election held during the 17th New Zealand Parliament.

New Zealand

1914 Peruvian coup d'état

The 1914 Peruvian coup d'état took place on February 4, 1914, headed by Colonel Óscar R. Benavides, who a day earlier was removed from his position as chief of the Army General Staff. The coup was aimed at preventing Guillermo Billinghurst's government from dissolving the Peruvian Congress, which opposed him. It was the first successful coup d'état of the 20th century in Peru.

Lima, Peru

Battle of Kakamas

The battle of Kakamas took place in Kakamas, Northern Cape Province of South Africa on 4 February 1915. It was a skirmish for control of two river fords over the Orange River between contingents of a German invasion force and South African armed forces. The South Africans succeed in preventing the Germans gaining control of the fords and crossing the river.

South Africa

Raid on the Suez Canal

The raid on the Suez Canal, also known as actions on the Suez Canal, took place between 26 January and 4 February 1915 when a German-led Ottoman force advanced from southern Palestine to attack the British Empire-protected Suez Canal, marking the beginning of the Sinai and Palestine campaign (1915–1918) of World War I (1914–1918). Substantial Ottoman forces crossed the Sinai Peninsula, and a few managed to cross the Canal.

Egypt

Battle of Urga

The Battle of Urga was a battle in the Russian civil war. During 1 to 4 February 1921, White Russian soldiers under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg defeated the numerically superior Chinese garrison and subsequently liberated Mongolia from Chinese occupation.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Mongolia

Battle of Valsequillo

The Battle of Valsequillo, also known as Battle of Peñarroya, was a diversionary Republican offensive which took place in the Sierra Morena area in southern Extremadura and the north of Andalusia between 5 January and 4 February 1939 during the Spanish Civil War. The main goal of the offensive was to distract forces from the Nationalist offensive against Catalonia, but after having occupied 500 square kilometers the Republican advance was stopped and all the territorial gains were lost to a Nationalist counteroffensive.

Extremadura, Spain

United Service Organizations founded

On February 4, 1941, the United Service Organizations (USO) was founded in the United States to provide support and recreation for members of the armed forces.

United States of America

Operation Southeast Croatia

Operation Southeast Croatia (German: Unternehmen Südost Kroatien) was a large-scale German-led counter-insurgency operation conducted in the southeastern parts of the Independent State of Croatia (Croatian: Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH), (modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) during World War II. It was the first of two German-led operations targeting mainly Yugoslav Partisans in eastern Bosnia between 15 January and 4 February 1942. Several days after the conclusion of Operation Southeast Croatia, a follow-up operation known as Operation Ozren was carried out between the Bosna and Spreča rivers. Both operations also involved Croatian Home Guard and Italian troops and are associated with what is known as the Second Enemy Offensive (Serbo-Croatian: Druga neprijateljska ofenziva) in post-war Yugoslav historiography.

Bosnia (region), Bosnia and Herzegovina

1942 Abdeen Palace incident

The Abdeen Palace incident was a military confrontation that took place on 4 February 1942 at Abdeen Palace in Cairo, and nearly resulted in the forced abdication of King Farouk I. It is considered a landmark in the history of Egypt.

Cairo, Egypt

Battle of Makassar Strait

The Battle of Makassar Strait, also known as the Action of Madura Strait, the Action North of Lombok Strait and the Battle of the Flores Sea, was a naval battle of the Pacific theater of World War II. An American-British-Dutch-Australian (ABDA) fleet—under Schout-bij-nacht (Rear Admiral) Karel Doorman—was on its way to intercept a Japanese invasion convoy reported as bound for Surabaya (its destination was actually Makassar), when it was attacked by 36 Mitsubishi G4M1 "Betty" and 24 Mitsubishi G3M2 "Nell" medium bombers, which forced the fleet to retreat. The battle occurred on 4 February 1942 in the Bali Sea, in south of the Kangean Islands.

Battle of Wau

The Battle of Wau (29 January – 4 February 1943) was a battle in the New Guinea campaign of World War II. Forces of the Empire of Japan sailed from Rabaul and crossed the Solomon Sea and, despite Allied air attacks, successfully reached Lae, where they disembarked. Japanese troops then advanced overland on Wau, an Australian base that potentially threatened the Japanese positions at Salamaua and Lae.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Papua New Guinea

Malaya Zemlya

Malaya Zemlya (Russian: Малая Земля, lit. "Small Land") was a Soviet uphill outpost on Cape Myskhako (Russian: Мысхако), situated westward from Tsemes Bay on the Black Sea, that was recaptured after battles with the Germans during the Battle of the Caucasus on the night of 4 February 1943. The episode paved way for a Soviet attack on German forces in Novorossiysk.

Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations

The Battle of Pakokku and Irrawaddy River operations were a series of battles fought between the British Indian Army and the Imperial Japanese Army and allied forces over the successful Allied Burma campaign on the China Burma India Theater during World War II. The battles and operations were instrumental in facilitating the eventual capture of Rangoon in summer 1945.

World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.

Irish general election, 1948

The Irish general election of 1948 was held on 4 February 1948. The 147 newly elected members of the 13th Dáil assembled on 18 February when the First Inter-Party government in the history of the Irish state was appointed. The general election took place in 40 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 147 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann. For this election the membership of the Dáil was increased to 147 seats, an increase of 9 since the previous election. The 1948 general election is considered an important election in 20th-century Ireland, as it paved the way for the First Inter-Party Government.

Ireland

Ceylon becomes independent as a dominion

On 4 February 1948, Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, became independent from Britain as a dominion. D. S. Senanayake served as its first prime minister.

This records independence as a dominion; the later republic and name change were separate events.

Sri Lanka

1961 Western Samoan general election

General elections were held in Western Samoa on 4 February 1961. They had originally been planned for November 1960, but were postponed by three months.

Angolan War of Independence

The Angolan War of Independence (Portuguese: Guerra de Independência de Angola; 1961–1974), known as the Armed Struggle of National Liberation (Portuguese: Luta Armada de Libertação Nacional) in Angola, was a war of independence fought by the Angolan nationalist forces of the MPLA, UNITA and FNLA against Portugal. It began as an uprising by Angolans against the Portuguese imposition of forced cultivation of only cotton as a commodity crop.

This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.

1961 Iranian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Iran in 1961, after the elections the previous year had been annulled by the Shah. The result was a victory for the Party of Nationalists, which won a plurality of the seats. National Front candidates had been forcibly prevented from campaigning, such as Boroumand in Isfahan. Among opposition, only Allahyar Saleh was able to win a seat in his native Kashan.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Iran

Portuguese Colonial War

The Portuguese Colonial War (Portuguese: Guerra Colonial Portuguesa), also known in Portugal as the Overseas War (Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former colonies as the War of Liberation (Guerra de Libertação), and also known as the Angolan, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambican Wars of Independence, was a 13-year-long conflict fought between Portugal's military and the emerging nationalist movements in Portugal's African colonies between 1961 and 1974.

This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.

Angola · Guinea · Mozambique

Costa Rican general election, 1962

General elections were held in Costa Rica on February 4, 1962. Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich of the National Liberation Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 80.9%.

Costa Rica

All Nippon Airways Flight 60

All Nippon Airways Flight 60 was a Boeing 727-81 aircraft making a domestic commercial flight in Japan from Sapporo Chitose Airport to Tokyo Haneda International Airport. On February 4, 1966, the plane crashed into Tokyo Bay about 10.4 km (6.5 mi; 5.6 nmi) from Haneda in clear weather conditions while on a night approach. All 133 people on board died.

Japan

1970–71 Durand Cup final

The 1970–71 Durand Cup final was the 66th final of the Durand Cup, the oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 4 February 1971 at the Corporation Stadium in New Delhi. East Bengal won the final 2–0 to claim their 6th Durand Cup title. Mohammed Habib scored both the goals in the final as East Bengal lifted their sixth Durand Cup title.

India

M62 coach bombing

The M62 coach bombing happened on 4 February 1974 on the M62 motorway in northern England, when a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb exploded in a coach carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel and their family members. Twelve people (nine soldiers, three civilians) were killed by the bomb, which consisted of 25 pounds (11 kg) of high explosive hidden in a luggage locker on the coach. Judith Ward was convicted of the crime later in 1974, but 18 years later the conviction was judged as wrongful and she was released from prison.

England, United Kingdom

Battle of Jolo (1974)

The battle of Jolo, also referred to as the burning of Jolo or the siege of Jolo, was a military confrontation between the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the government of the Philippines in February 1974 in the municipality of Jolo, in the southern Philippines. It is considered one of the key early incidents of the Moro insurgency in the Philippines, and led numerous Moro leaders to resist martial law under Ferdinand Marcos.

This entry records the event's start date, as given in the source infobox.

Philippines

1975 Haicheng earthquake

The 1975 Haicheng earthquake, hit Haicheng, Liaoning in China at 19:36 CST on February 4. The earthquake registered at 7.3 on the Richter Scale, which is associated with total destruction of infrastructure and property. Haicheng had approximately 1 million residents at the time of the earthquake, which is known for being one of the few earthquakes to be successfully predicted throughout history. Early in the morning of February 4, 1975, Chinese officials ordered that the city of Haicheng be evacuated, believing there to be a large chance of an earthquake occurring.

People's Republic of China

1976 Guatemala earthquake

The 1976 Guatemala earthquake struck on February 4 at 03:01:43 local time with a moment magnitude of 7.5. The shock was centered on the Motagua Fault, about 160 km northeast of Guatemala City at a depth of 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) near the town of Los Amates in the department of Izabal.

This entry records the local date, as dated in the source infobox.

Guatemala · Belize · Honduras · El Salvador

1977 Chicago Loop derailment

The 1977 Chicago Loop derailment occurred on February 4, 1977, when a Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ended another on the northeast corner of the Loop at Wabash Avenue and Lake Street during the evening rush hour. The collision forced the first four cars of the rear train off the elevated tracks, killing 11 people and injuring at least 268 as the cars fell onto the street below.

4th Yokohama Film Festival

The 4th Yokohama Film Festival (第4回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 4 February 1983 in Yokohama Citizens Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Japan

1989 Western Australian state election

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 4 February 1989 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council. The Labor government, led by Premier Peter Dowding, won a third term in office against the Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader Barry MacKinnon.

Costa Rican general election, 1990

General elections were held in Costa Rica on February 4, 1990. Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier of the Social Christian Unity Party won the presidential election, whilst his party also won the parliamentary election. Voter turnout was 81.8%.

Costa Rica

February 1992 Venezuelan coup attempt

The Venezuelan coup attempt of February 1992 was an attempt to seize control of the government of Venezuela by the Hugo Chávez-led Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement-200 (MBR-200) that took place on 4 February 1992. The coup was directed against President Carlos Andrés Pérez and occurred in a period marked by economic liberalization reforms, which were attempted in order to decrease the country's level of indebtedness and had caused major protests and social unrest.

Venezuela

Double Tables

In professional wrestling, Double Tables was a supercard held by the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States-based professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling on February 4, 1995. The commentator for the event was Joey Styles. The event was a part of an Internet wrestling convention being held in the area and was named after the show's main event.

Pennsylvania, United States · Philadelphia, United States

17th Yokohama Film Festival

The 17th Yokohama Film Festival (第17回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 4 February 1996 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Japan

1997 Israeli helicopter disaster

The 1997 Israeli helicopter disaster occurred on 4 February 1997. 73 Israel Defense Forces soldiers were killed when two Sikorsky S-65C-3 Yas'ur 2000 helicopters, 357 and 903, collided over She'ar Yashuv in northern Israel. The helicopters were supposed to cross the border into Israel's "security zone" in southern Lebanon, but were hovering while waiting for official clearance to go. Previously Israel had moved troops by ground, but this policy was changed as the threat of roadside bombs from Hezbollah increased. Bodies were brought to the Reading Funeral Home in North Tel Aviv, where identifications were made. The crash brought about widespread national grieving.

Israel

1997 Tallahassee mayoral election

The 1997 Tallahassee mayoral election was held on February 4 and February 25, 1997, to elect the Mayor of Tallahassee, Florida. It was the first election since 1919 that the post of the mayor was directly elected. Incumbent mayor Scott Maddox was elected by the City Commission to serve as the mayor of Tallahassee in 1995. Following November 1996 referendum where citizens of Tallahassee approved popular elections for mayors.

This entry records the first round, as dated in the source infobox.

United States

1997 Bojnurd earthquake

The 1997 Bojnurd earthquake (also known as the Garmkhan earthquake) occurred on 4 February at 14:07 IRST in Iran. The epicenter of the Mw 6.5 earthquake was in the Kopet Dag mountains of North Khorasan, near the Iran–Turkmenistan border, about 579 km (360 mi) northeast of Tehran. The earthquake is characterized by shallow strike-slip faulting in a zone of active faults.

This entry records the local date, as dated in the source infobox.

Iran

February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake

An earthquake occurred on 4 February 1998 at 19:03 local time near the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border. The strike-slip shock had a moment magnitude of 5.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). With several thousand dead and hundreds injured, the event's effects were considered extreme by the National Geophysical Data Center. It was felt at Tashkent and Dushanbe, and aftershocks continued for the next seven days.

Afghanistan

Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 19 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city

In the early hours of February 4, 1999, 23-year-old Amadou Diallo, an unarmed Guinean student, was struck with 19 of 41 rounds fired by four New York City Police Department plainclothes officers: Sean Carroll, Richard Murphy, Edward McMellon, and Kenneth Boss. Carroll later claimed to have mistaken Diallo for a rape suspect from one year earlier.

World Cancer Day

World Cancer Day is an international day marked on 4 February to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. World Cancer Day is led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to support the goals of the World Cancer Declaration, written in 2008.

World Cancer Day was established on 4 February 2000 at the World Cancer Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, which was held in Paris.

22nd Yokohama Film Festival

The 22nd Yokohama Film Festival (第22回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 4 February 2001 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Japan

Pancrase: Proof 1

On February 4, 2001, Pancrase: Proof 1 took place at Aomori Prefectural Gymnasium in Aomori, Japan.

Japan

Yugoslavia becomes the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro

On 4 February 2003, a constitutional charter transformed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia into the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. It replaced the federation with a looser union of the two republics.

Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin

Facebook is an American social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, along with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. The name Facebook derives from the face book directories often given to American university students.

Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 3–4 Manchester City F.C. (2004)

In the Fourth Round of the 2003–04 FA Cup, the tie between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City went to a replay – played at White Hart Lane, London, on the evening of 4 February 2004 – after the original match 10 days earlier finished in a 1–1 draw. Spurs took a convincing 3–0 lead into the half-time interval after goals from Ledley King, Robbie Keane and a Christian Ziege free kick.

United Kingdom

La Copa Junior (2005)

La Copa Junior (2005) (Spanish for "The Junior Cup") was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament ran from January 28, 2005 to February 11, 2005 in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. CMLL's recurring La Copa Junior tournament featured second, third or fourth generation wrestlers completing against each other.

This entry records the listed event date, as dated in the source infobox.

Mexico

Pancrase: Spiral 1

On February 4, 2005, Pancrase: Spiral 1 took place at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Japan

UFC 57

UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 4, 2006. It was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, and broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States. Headlining the card was an anticipated rubber match between top UFC stars and former coaches of The Ultimate Fighter Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture, widely touted and marketed as MMA's first major trilogy.

Las Vegas, United States

28th Yokohama Film Festival

The 28th Yokohama Film Festival (第28回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 4 February 2007 in Kannai Hall, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Japan

Pancrase: Rising 1

On February 4, 2007, Pancrase: Rising 1 took place at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Japan

Jewels 2nd Ring

Jewels 2nd Ring, was a mixed martial arts (MMA) event, the second of women's MMA promotion Jewels. The event was held on February 4, 2009 at Shinjuku Face in Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan.

Japan

2011 Myanmar presidential election

Indirect presidential elections were held in Myanmar on 4 February 2011, after the 2010 general election. Members of the Assembly of the Union voted for the country's President, and two Vice-Presidents. The elections led the way to the first nominally civilian president in 49 years. Previously, the country had been run by a military junta, known as the State Peace and Development Council.

Myanmar

UFC 143

UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit was a mixed martial arts event organized by Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 4, 2012 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Nevada, United States

2012 Adamawa State gubernatorial election

The 2012 Adamawa State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on February 4, 2012. The PDP nominee Murtala Nyako won the election, defeating Markus Gundiri of the ACN. Murtala Nyako emerged as PDP candidate. He picked Bala James Ngilari as his running mate. Markus Gundiri was the ACN candidate with Abdulrazak Namdas as his running mate.

Nigeria

2012 Zambales's 2nd congressional district special election

A special election (known elsewhere as "by-elections") for Zambales's 2nd congressional district seat in the House of Representatives of the Philippines was held on February 4, 2012. The special election was called after incumbent representative Antonio Diaz died on August 3, 2011. Jun Omar Ebdane, son of governor Hermogenes Ebdane, won in the special election, beating Cheryl Deloso-Montalla, Diaz's opponent in the 2010 general election, Rica Victoria Diaz-Arambulo, Diaz's daughter, and two other independent candidates.

Philippines

2014 San Bernardino mayoral election

The 2014 San Bernardino mayoral election was held on February 4, 2014, to elect the mayor of San Bernardino, California. It saw the election of R. Carey Davis. No runoff was necessary. Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan.

2014 Angola Super Cup

The 2014 Supertaça de Angola (27th edition) was contested by Kabuscorp, the 2013 Girabola champion and Petro de Luanda, the 2013 Angola cup winner. It was the first match to be played in a single leg format, since the competition began in 1985. Before a 50,000 capacity crowd at Estádio 11 de Novembro, Kabuscorp beat Petro 3–1 to secure their 1st title.

Raoued Operation

The Raoued operation (French: Operation de Raoued) was an anti-terrorist operation that was conducted in February 2014 in Raoued, Tunisia against Salafist extremists.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Battle of Tabrichat

On January 28 and February 4, 2015, pro-government Imghad Tuareg GATIA fighters attacked a base staffed by Arab Movement of Azawad (MAA) fighters in Tabrichat, Mali.

Mali

TransAsia Airways Flight 235

TransAsia Airways Flight 235 was a domestic flight from Taipei to Kinmen, Taiwan. On 4 February 2015, the aircraft serving the flight, a 10-month-old ATR 72, crashed into the Keelung River around 5 km (3.1 mi; 2.7 nmi) from Taipei Songshan Airport, from where the aircraft had just departed. On board were 58 people, 15 of whom survived with injuries.

2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election

A Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Punjab on 4 February 2017 to elect the 117 members of the Fifteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly. The counting of votes was done on 11 March 2017. The ruling pre-election coalition was the alliance comprising the political parties Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party and led by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.

India

UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie

UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie (also known as UFC Fight Night 104) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 4, 2017, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

Houston, United States · Texas, United States

2017 Social Democratic Party of Finland leadership election

The 2017 Social Democratic Party of Finland leadership election was held on 4 February 2017. 495 voting attendees of the 45th Social Democratic party convention, held in Lahti, elected the incumbent chair Antti Rinne for a second term as the chair of Social Democratic Party. MP Timo Harakka finished second and MP Tytti Tuppurainen finished third.

Finland

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election

The 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election was held on 4 February 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended on 18 March 2017. VVPAT-fitted EVMs was used in entire Goa state in the 2017 elections, which was the first time that an entire state in India saw the implementation of VVPAT.

India

Battle of Avdiivka (2017)

The Battle of Avdiivka of 2017 was fought in late January and early February near Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, during the war in Donbas. It saw some of the highest casualties during that phase of the conflict. According to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine the battle was of a level of fighting that had not been seen in Ukraine since 2014–15.

This entry records the event's end date, as given in the source infobox.

Ukraine

2016 Supercopa Argentina

The 2016 Supercopa Argentina Final (officially the Supercopa Argentina 2016 "Burger King" for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th edition of the Supercopa Argentina, an annual football match contested by the winners of the Argentine Primera División and Copa Argentina competitions. Lanús beat River Plate 3–0 in La Plata and won the trophy.

2017 Toyota Premier Cup

The 2017 Toyota Premier Cup was the 7th Toyota Premier Cup. It's a single-game cup competition organized by the Toyota and Football Association of Thailand. It features SCG Muangthong United the winners of the 2016 Thai League Cup and Sanfrecce Hiroshima as an invited team from the 2016 J1 League (Japan). Competition features at National Stadium, Bangkok and sponsored by Toyota.

Thailand

2017 Angola Super Cup

The 2017 Supertaça de Angola (30th edition) was contested by Primeiro de Agosto, the 2016 Girabola champion and Recreativo do Libolo, the 2016 cup winner. Primeiro de Agosto won the match, making it its 8th super cup win.

2018 Nagasaki gubernatorial election

A gubernatorial election was held on 4 February 2018 to elect the next governor of the Nagasaki Prefecture. Incumbent Governor Hōdō Nakamura ran for a third consecutive term, challenged by Toshihiko Haraguchi from the Japanese Communist Party.

Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

2018 African Nations Championship final

The 2018 African Nations Championship final was a football match to determine the winners of the CHAN 2018 tournament and took place on 4 February 2018 at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco and it was contested by Morocco the host nation and Nigeria. This was the first time since tournament was introduced in 2009 that a host nation reached the final.

Morocco

2018 Costa Rican general election

General elections were held in Costa Rica in 2018 to elect both the President and Legislative Assembly. The first round of the presidential election was held on 4 February 2018, with the two highest-ranked candidates being Christian singer and Congressman Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz from the conservative National Restoration Party and writer and former Minister Carlos Alvarado from the progressive Citizens' Action Party, gaining 24% and 21% of the votes respectively.

Costa Rica

36th Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention

The 36th Republican People's Party Ordinary Convention (Turkish: 36. CHP Olağan Kurultayı) was an election scheduled to take place on 3 and 4 February 2018. During the convention, several high-ranking positions in the Republican People's Party (CHP), the centre-left main opposition party in Turkey, were up for election.

2018 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election

The 2018 Yamaguchi gubernatorial election was held on 4 February 2018 to elect the next governor of Yamaguchi (山口県, Yamaguchi-ken), a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region of the main island of Honshu.

2018 Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency by-election

The first round of a by-election was held in Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency on 28 January 2018, with a second round on 4 February because no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was called due to the invalidation of the election of Isabelle Muller-Quoy, candidate of La République En Marche! (REM), in the June 2017 legislative elections by the Constitutional Council on 16 November 2017.

This entry records the second round, as dated in the source infobox.

France

2018 Cypriot presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Cyprus on 28 January 2018. As no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, a run-off was held on 4 February between the top two candidates, incumbent President Nicos Anastasiades of the Democratic Rally (DISY) and Stavros Malas of the Progressive Party of Working People. Anastasiades emerged as the winner with 55.99% of the vote.

This entry records the second round, as dated in the source infobox.

Cyprus

2018 Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency by-election

The first round of a by-election was held in Territoire de Belfort's 1st constituency on 28 January 2018, with a second round on 4 February because no candidate secured a majority of votes in the first round. The by-election was called due to the invalidation of the election of Ian Boucard, candidate of The Republicans (LR), in the June 2017 legislative elections by the Constitutional Council on 8 December 2017, due to the distribution of misleading electoral leaflets by Boucard's campaign between the two rounds.

This entry records the second round, as dated in the source infobox.

France

2020 Minnesota House of Representatives district 60A special election

A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 4, 2020, to elect a new member for District 60A in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the death of Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) member Diane Loeffler. A primary election was held on January 21, 2020, to nominate a DFL candidate. Sydney Jordan, the DFL nominee, won the special election.

Minnesota, United States

2020 Minnesota House of Representatives district 30A special election

A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on February 4, 2020, to elect a new member for District 30A in the Minnesota House of Representatives, caused by the resignation of Republican member Nick Zerwas. A primary election was held on January 14, 2020, to nominate Republican candidate. Paul Novotny, the Republican nominee, won the special election.

Minnesota, United States

2020 National Party of Australia leadership spill

A leadership spill for the federal leadership of the National Party of Australia was held on 4 February 2020, and was called by the Member for Wide Bay, Llew O'Brien. The spill was called amid reports that former Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce was considering a challenge against the incumbent, Michael McCormack. Following the spill in the regularly scheduled party room meeting, McCormack retained his position as leader.

2020 Australian Greens leadership election

The 2020 Australian Greens leadership election was held on 4 February 2020 to elect the leader of the Australian Greens. The election took place after Richard Di Natale announced his resignation as leader and his intention to resign from parliament. Adam Bandt, the member for Melbourne, was elected to the leadership unopposed, becoming the first Greens leader to sit in the House of Representatives and not the Senate.

2022 African Nations Championship final

The 2022 African Nations Championship final was a football match played between Senegal and Algeria at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers, Algeria, on 4 February 2023. It determined the winners of the 2022 African Nations Championship, the seventh edition of the biennial African international football tournament reserved for players playing in their local leagues. Senegal defeated Algeria 5–4 on penalties to win the Championship.

Algeria

2023 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election

The 2023 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election was held in Toronto, on February 4, 2023. The leadership election was called after ONDP leader Andrea Horwath announced her resignation on June 2, 2022, in her concession speech on the night of the 2022 Ontario general election, in which the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario won a second consecutive majority government under Doug Ford.

Toronto, Canada

SuperFight (2023)

SuperFight (2023) was a professional wrestling supercard event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW), which took place on February 4, 2023, at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the fourth event under the SuperFight chronology, and features wrestlers from MLW's partner promotion, Dragon Gate. Originally a television taping for MLW Fusion, matches and segments from the event would also air on the promotion's new series, MLW Underground Wrestling.

Philadelphia, United States

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivac (also known as UFC Fight Night 218, UFC on ESPN+ 76 and UFC Vegas 68) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 4, 2023, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.

Nevada, United States

Bellator 290

Bellator 290: Bader vs. Fedor 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on February 4, 2023, at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, United States. The card aired live on CBS and Paramount Plus, the first time the promotion has aired live on the network and the first time MMA has been broadcast live on CBS since 2010.

California, United States

NXT Vengeance Day (2023)

The 2023 NXT Vengeance Day was a professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE, held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's developmental brand, NXT. It was the third annual Vengeance Day produced by WWE for NXT and the 11th Vengeance overall. The event took place on February 4, 2023, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

North Carolina, United States

2024 Costa Rican municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in Costa Rica on Sunday, February 4, 2024, to elect all municipal offices in the country: mayors, aldermen, syndics (district council presidents), district councilors and the intendants of seven special autonomous districts, together with their respective alternates in all cases (see local government in Costa Rica). These were the sixth direct municipal elections since the amendment to the 1998 Municipal Code and the second to be held mid-term since the 2009 reform.

Costa Rica

45th Yokohama Film Festival

The 45th Yokohama Film Festival (第45回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 4 February 2024. The awards were announced on 11 December 2023.

Yokohama, Japan

Hong Kong v Inter Miami

Tatler XFEST Hong Kong, Hong Kong Team vs Inter Miami CF was a friendly football match between Hong Kong League XI and Inter Miami CF held in Hong Kong Stadium on 4 February 2024. Inter Miami won the match 4–1, but the no-show of Lionel Messi, Inter Miami's star player, greatly disappointed some ticket buyers and members of the government.

Hong Kong

NXT Vengeance Day (2024)

The 2024 NXT Vengeance Day was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was the fourth annual Vengeance Day event held for the promotion's developmental brand NXT, and the 12th Vengeance overall. The event took place on February 4, 2024, at the F&M Bank Arena in Clarksville, Tennessee, marking NXT's first livestreaming event to be held in Tennessee, and aired via WWE's livestreaming platforms.

Tennessee, United States

2024 Kyoto mayoral election

The 2024 Kyoto mayoral election was held on 4 February 2024. Incumbent mayor Daisaku Kadokawa did not run for a fifth term. Former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koji Matsui won by a slim margin of 3.48% against challengers Kazuhito Fukuyama, Shōei Murayama, and Shinji Ninoyu, two of which had run in the previous 2020 election.

2024 Azorean regional election

The 2024 Azorean regional election was held on 4 February 2024, to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores. The election replaced all 57 members of the Azores Assembly, and the new members would then elect the President of the Autonomous Region. It was the first early election since Azores gained its autonomy in 1976.

2024 Supercopa do Brasil

The 2024 Supercopa Rei was the seventh edition of Supercopa Rei (formerly known as Supercopa do Brasil), an annual football match played between the champions of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and Copa do Brasil. This edition featured Palmeiras, champions of the 2023 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, and São Paulo, champions of the 2023 Copa do Brasil, the first Choque-Rei in this competition.

53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam

The 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam, is the 2024 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which began on 25 January 2024.

This entry records the closing, as dated in the source infobox.

Netherlands

Örebro school shooting

On 4 February 2025, a school shooting occurred at Campus Risbergska, an adult education center in Örebro, Sweden. The shooter was identified as 35-year-old Rickard Andersson, who killed ten people and wounded six others before committing suicide. As of May 2025, the Swedish Police Authority appeared to close their investigation, stating the perpetrator likely targeted Campus Risbergska because he was previously enrolled there for some time, and that his attack was primarily motivated by suicidal thoughts.

Sweden

2024 Bulgarian Supercup

The 2024 Bulgarian Supercup was the 21st edition of the Bulgarian Supercup, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's First League and the Bulgarian Cup. The game has been played between the champions of the 2023–24 First League, Ludogorets Razgrad, and the 2023–24 Bulgarian Cup winner, Botev Plovdiv. This was Ludogorets's 12th Supercup appearance and Botev's third.

40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival

The 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival, is the 2025 edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, which took place from February 4 to February 15, 2025, at Santa Barbara, California, United States. In October November and December 2024, honorary awards were announced which are: Outstanding Performer of the Year Award for Ralph Fiennes; Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence In Film for Will Ferrell; Maltin Modern Master Award for Angelina Jolie and Arlington Artist Of The Year Award for Timothée Chalamet.

This entry records the opening, as dated in the source infobox.

United States