March 4

Today in History
• 1152 - Frederik I Barbarossa elected Roman-German king
• 1461 - Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha
• 1570 - King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students
• 1629 - England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony
• 1665 - English king Charles II declares war on Netherlands
• 1681 - King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania
• 1774 - 1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel)
• 1792 - Oranges introduced to Hawaii


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Benjamin Harrison Day
• Holy Experiment Day
• March Forth
• National Grammar Day
• National Hug a G.I. Day
• National Safety Day
• Old Inauguration Day
• Toy Soldier Day

Birthdays
• 1188 - Blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France, regent to son Louis IX
• 1394 - Henry the Navigator, Portuguese Prince, sponsored Portuguese voyages
• 1719 - Aert Schouman, Dutch bird and portrait painter
• 1748 - Casimir Pulaski, Count/American Revolutionary War general
• 1817 - Edwards Pierrepont, American statesman, 34th United States Attorney General
• 1826 - Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer
• 1873 - John H. Trumbull, 54th Governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut
• 1875 - Suze Groeneweg, 1st Dutch female parliament member