blob: 4e46589a7e225da0d5eeb9e81ca202e6fdb2996c (
plain) (
blame)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
|
<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_4" title="February 4">February 4</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/960" title="960">960</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Taizu_of_Song" title="Emperor Taizu of Song">Emperor Taizu</a> came to power, initiating the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_dynasty" title="Song dynasty">Song dynasty</a></b> of China that eventually lasted for more than three centuries.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1797" title="1797">1797</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1797_Riobamba_earthquake" title="1797 Riobamba earthquake">Riobamba earthquake</a></b>, the most powerful in Ecuador's history, devastated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riobamba" title="Riobamba">Riobamba</a> and many other cities, causing at least 6,000 casualties.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1820" title="1820">1820</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_War_of_Independence" title="Chilean War of Independence">Chilean War of Independence</a>: Chilean forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Valdivia" title="Capture of Valdivia">captured the city of Valdivia</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899" title="1899">1899</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War" title="Philippine–American War">Philippine–American War</a></b> began when an American soldier, under orders to keep insurgents away from his unit's encampment, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_(1899)" title="Battle of Manila (1899)">fired on a Filipino soldier in Manila</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a> – Shortly after takeoff from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songshan_Airport" title="Songshan Airport">Taipei Songshan Airport</a>, the crew of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransAsia_Airways_Flight_235" title="TransAsia Airways Flight 235">TransAsia Airways Flight 235</a></b> shut down the wrong engine in response to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flameout" title="Flameout">flameout</a>, leading to a crash that resulted in 43 deaths.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceolnoth" title="Ceolnoth">Ceolnoth</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 870); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Michael_Bellman" title="Carl Michael Bellman">Carl Michael Bellman</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1740); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Shipley" title="Jenny Shipley">Jenny Shipley</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1952)</p>
|
