Editing March 4 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1628]] &ndash; The [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] is granted a [[Royal charter]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Weir |first1=David A. |title=Early New England: A Covenanted Society |year=2005 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |isbn=978-0-8028-1352-7 |page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OGuAw7MBqxoC&pg=PA36 |language=en |access-date=2020-11-24 |archive-date=2022-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305141110/https://books.google.com/books?id=OGuAw7MBqxoC&pg=PA36 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1665]] &ndash; English King [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the [[Second Anglo-Dutch War]].
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[John Flamsteed]] is appointed the first [[Astronomer Royal]] of England.
*[[1681]] &ndash; Charles II grants a land charter to [[William Penn]] for the area that will later become [[Pennsylvania]].
*[[1686]] &ndash; After being unofficially established as a settlement in 1678, the [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] [[Christian mission|mission]] of [[Ilagan]] is founded in the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Salgado|first=Pedro V.|title=Cagayan Valley and Eastern Cordillera, 1581-1898. Volume 1|location=Isabela, Philippines|publisher=Isabela State University|date=2002|isbn=9789712333071|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qk9xAAAAMAAJ&q=%221686%2C+under+the+name+of+St.+Ferdinand+of+llagan.%22|page=432|postscript=none|access-date=2024-05-11|archive-date=2024-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511034545/https://books.google.com/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=qk9xAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Ilagan%22%20%221686%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%221686%2C%20under%20the%20name%20of%20St.%20Ferdinand%20of%20llagan.%22|url-status=live}}; {{cite book|last=Hornedo|first=Florentino H.|title=On the Trail of Dominican Engineers, Artists and Saints in the Cagayan Valley and Batanes|location=Manila|publisher=University of Santo Tomas Publishing House|date=2002|isbn=9789715061926|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oFXZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22subsequently+given+official+status+as+Dominican+mission+on+4+March+1686%22|page=31|access-date=2024-05-11|archive-date=2024-05-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511034549/https://books.google.com/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=oFXZAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Ilagan%22+%221686%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22subsequently+given+official+status+as+Dominican+mission+on+4+March+1686%22|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] [[Mozart in Italy|departed Italy]] after the last of his three tours there.<ref> {{Cite book|last= Gutman|first= Robert W.|title= Mozart: A Cultural Biography|publisher= Harcourt|location= San Diego|year=1999|page=309|isbn=0-15-601171-9}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Continental Army]] [[Fortification of Dorchester Heights|fortifies]] [[Dorchester Heights]] with [[cannon]], leading the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] troops to abandon the [[Siege of Boston]].
*[[1789]] &ndash; In New York City, the [[1st United States Congress|first]] [[Congress of the United States]] meets, putting the [[United States Constitution]] into effect. 
*[[1790]] &ndash; France is divided into 83 ''[[Departments of France|départements]]'', cutting across the [[provinces of France|former provinces]] in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
*  [[1791]]   &ndash; [[Vermont]] is [[admission to the Union|admitted to the United States]] as the fourteenth [[U.S. state|state]].
*[[1794]] &ndash; The [[Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution|11th Amendment]] to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]].
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[John Adams]] is [[inauguration of John Adams|inaugurated]] as the 2nd [[President of the United States of America]], becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4.
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Castle Hill convict rebellion|Castle Hill Rebellion]]: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of [[New South Wales]].
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Cyril VI of Constantinople]] is elected [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]].
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: Americans defeat British forces at the [[Battle of Longwoods]] between [[London, Ontario]] and Thamesville, near present-day [[Southwest Middlesex, Ontario|Wardsville, Ontario]].
*[[1837]] &ndash; The city of [[Chicago]] is incorporated.
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Charles Albert of Savoy|Carlo Alberto di Savoia]] signs the ''[[Statuto Albertino]]'' that will later represent the first [[Constitution of Italy|constitution]] of the ''[[Italy|Regno d'Italia]]''.
*[[1849]] &ndash;  [[Zachary Taylor]], 12th [[President of the United States of America]] and [[Millard Fillmore]], 12th Vice President, did not take their respective oaths of office ([[Inauguration of Zachary Taylor|they did so the following day]]), leading to the erroneous theory that outgoing [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate]] [[David Rice Atchison]] had assumed the role of [[Acting president of the United States|acting president]] for one day.
*[[1861]] &ndash; The [[Flags of the Confederate States of America|first national flag]] of the [[Confederate States of America]] (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
*[[1865]] &ndash; The [[Flags of the Confederate States of America|third and final national flag]] of the [[Confederate States of America]] is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
*1865 – U.S. politician [[Andrew Johnson]] made his [[Andrew Johnson's drunk vice-presidential inaugural address|drunk vice-presidential inaugural address]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: Andrew Johnson's Inauguration |url=https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff/vice-president/andrew-johnson-inauguration.htm |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=www.senate.gov |archive-date=2024-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117065956/https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff/vice-president/andrew-johnson-inauguration.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo XIII]] [[Restoration of the Scottish Catholic hierarchy|reestablishes the Catholic Church in Scotland]], recreating [[Episcopal see|sees]] and naming bishops for the first time since 1603.<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=The Catholic Directory, Almanac and Clergy List for the Year of Our Lord 1905|location=Milwaukee|publisher=The M.H. Wiltzius Co.|date=1905|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gsEvAQAAMAAJ|page=68|postscript=none|access-date=2021-03-16|archive-date=2022-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305141128/https://books.google.com/books?id=gsEvAQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}; {{cite book|last=Bellesheim|first=Bellesheim|translator-last=Blair|translator-first=D. Oswald Hunter|title=History of the Catholic Church of Scotland: From the Introduction of Christianity to the Present Day. Volume 4: From the Accession of Charles the First to the Restoration of the Scottish Hierarchy, A.D. 1625-1878|location=Edinburgh, UK|publisher=William Blackwood and Sons|date=1890|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y1I4AQAAMAAJ|pages=308–311|access-date=2021-03-16|archive-date=2022-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305141112/https://books.google.com/books?id=y1I4AQAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; Britain's [[Trams in London|first electric trams]] run in east London.
*[[1890]] &ndash; The longest bridge in Great Britain, the [[Forth Bridge]] in Scotland, measuring {{Convert|8094|ft|m}} long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King [[Edward VII]].
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Cyclone Mahina]] sweeps in north of [[Cooktown]], Queensland, with a {{Convert|12|m|ft}} wave that reaches up to {{Convert|5|km|mi}} inland, killing over 300.