1797
1797 Riobamba earthquake (Ecuador)
Natural disaster · South America
On this day
4 February
269 events in the atlas are dated to 4 February, from 730 CE to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 269 events
- 730 – 2025 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1899
Philippine–American War
War · 1899 – 1902
1945
Yalta Conference
Political · Europe
1961
Portuguese Colonial War
War · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1961 – 1974
2016
Trans-Pacific Partnership
Treaty · Oceania
2023
Cyclone Freddy
Event
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 7 events- 11691169 eruption of EtnaNatural disaster · Europe
- 1348Battle of ShijōnawateBattle · East Asia
- 11691169 Sicily earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 1469Battle of QarabaghBattle · Middle East
- 1339Warsaw Trial 1339Event · Europe
- 1221Founding of Historic centre of Nizhny NovgorodFounding · Europe
- 730 CEPlum Blossom BanquetEvent · East Asia
Early modern times
1501 – 1800 · 16 events- 17971797 Riobamba earthquakeNatural disaster · South America
- 17971797 Riobamba earthquake (Ecuador)Natural disaster · South America
- 1670Battle of SinhagadBattle · South Asia
- 1758Founding of MacapáFounding · South America
- 1797Battle of FaenzaBattle · Europe
- 1745Founding of 穆拉奈Founding · Southeast Asia
- 1608Founding of AtimonanFounding · Southeast Asia
- 1593Founding of RobaiaFounding · Europe
- 1609Founding of Vânători-NeamțFounding · Europe
- 1594Founding of TetoiuFounding · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 29 events- 1899Philippine–American WarWar · 1899 – 1902
- 1899Battle of ManilaBattle · Southeast Asia
- 1860Battle of TétouanBattle · North Africa
- 1868Kobe IncidentEvent · East Asia
- 18671867 Cephalonia earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 1822Founding of CubaFounding · North America
- 1803Construction of Krombacher BrauereiConstruction · Europe
- 1848Venezuelan Civil War of 1848–1849War · South America · 1848 – 1849
- 1884First and Second Battles of El TebBattle · North Africa
- 1811Founding of Islands of RefreshmentFounding
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 111 events- 1945Yalta ConferencePolitical · Europe
- 1961Portuguese Colonial WarWar · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1961 – 1974
- 1961Angolan War of IndependenceWar · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1961 – 1974
- 19761976 Guatemala earthquakeNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 19751975 Haicheng earthquakeNatural disaster · East Asia
- 1999killing of Amadou DialloCrime · North America
- 1966All Nippon Airways Flight 60Accident · East Asia
- 19761976 Chimaltenango earthquakeNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1942Battle of Makassar StraitBattle · Southeast Asia
- 19801980 Southern Rhodesian general electionElection · Sub-Saharan Africa
The 21st century
since 2001 · 106 events- 2016Trans-Pacific PartnershipTreaty · Oceania
- 2023Cyclone FreddyEvent
- 2015TransAsia Airways Flight 235Event · East Asia
- 20252025 Risbergska school shootingAttack · Europe
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in BelgiumEpidemic · Europe
- 20242024 Salvadoran presidential electionElection · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 2007Murder of Ella BennettNatural disaster · North America
- 20172017 Punjab Legislative Assembly electionElection · South Asia
- 2019Document on Human FraternityEvent
- 2006PhilSports Stadium stampedeEvent · Southeast Asia
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.