Historical Events on February 4

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17 significant historical events occurred on February 4. February 4 has seen a range of notable events in various areas such as sports, transportation, and trade policy. On this day, Super Bowl XLI took place in 2007, TransAsia Airways Flight 235 crashed in Taipei in 2015, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement was signed in 2016. Such diverse events illustrate how history can unfold in multiple ways on the same date.

Total Events

17

Time Span

1573–2019

Categories

5

Top Category

war

9 events

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Event Distribution by Century

Darker = Higher Density

16th C.21st C.

16th Century

1 event

war

1573 battle in Japan

17th Century

1 event

war

1670 battle between Maratha and Mughal forces

18th Century

1 event

war

1797 battle of the French Revolutionary wars

19th Century

2 events

war

1860 battle in Morocco

war

1874 battle of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War

20th Century

5 events

war

1915 battle of the South West Africa campaign of World War I

war

1932 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

war

1943 battle on the Pacific Theater of World War II

disaster

Successfully-predicted 1975 earthquake in Haicheng, Liaoning, China

disaster

Earthquake in Bojnord County, Iran

21st Century

7 events

general

Fatal stampede that occurred before a taping of Wowowee at PhilSports Stadium

general

Super Bowl XLI — 2007 edition of the Super Bowl

war

2014 battle in Tunisia

general

TransAsia Airways Flight 235 — 2015 plane crash of a TransAsia Airways ATR 72-600 in Taipei, Taiwan

culture

Trans-Pacific Partnership — 2016 proposed trade agreement

politics

Unrest in France following police brutality

general

Terrorist attack in Somalia

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