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Historical Events on December 4

December 3December 5

15 significant historical events occurred on December 4. December 4 is remembered for the 1979 Grand Mosque Seizure in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. This terrorist attack by Islamic extremists targeted Islam's holiest site, leading to an international crisis and long-term geopolitical effects.

Total Events
15
Time Span
903–2024
Categories
3
Top Category
war
9 events

15 famous birthdays on December 4

Including Alfred D. Hershey, Fred Ramsdell, Wassily Kandinsky

Event Distribution by Century

Darker = Higher Density
10th C.21st C.

10th Century

1 event
903
war

Battle between the forces of the Abbasid Caliphate and the Qarmatians

13th Century

1 event
1237
war

1237 middle ages battle

14th Century

1 event
1370
war

1370 battle in the Hundred Years' War

16th Century

1 event
1542
war

English victory over Scotland, 1542

19th Century

4 events
1838
war

1837–1838 conflict in British colony of Upper Canada

1864
war

1864 battle in Neiba, Dominican Republic

1896
war

1896 battle in Adibo during the colonial German military expedition against the Kingdom of Dagbon

1897
politics

1897 treaty between the Ottoman Empire and Greece

20th Century

5 events
1911
war

1911 battle that occurred during the Italo-Turkish War

1971
war

Second battle of Kamalpur

1979
general

Grand Mosque Seizure — islamists' terrorist action, 1979

1991
politics

International treaty

1992
general

Attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army on 3 Dec. 1992 involving two bombs, wounding 64 people and damaging several buildings in Manchester, England

21st Century

2 events
2015
general

Azerbaijani oil platform fire

2024
general

2024 French government collapse

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