Day In History
This Day in History
Today: June 4, 2026
1411
King Charles VI grants a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.[1]
1561
The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt.
1615
Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
1745
Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
1760
Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
1783
The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
1784
Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers <span about="#mwt19" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"4"},"2":{"wt":"km"},"spell":{"wt":"in"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwPw" typeof="m...
1792
Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1802
King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
1812
Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
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