Browse Historical Events by Day: What Happened on March 4th?

The Council of Constance elects Pope Martin V, officially ending the Great Schism.

The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal Charter.

England's King Charles II grants a charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.

The first session of the U.S. Congress is held in New York City and the general government was replaced with the Federal government under the present Constitution.

Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.

Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as the third President of the United States.

James Monroe is inaugurated for his second term as President of the United States.

Martin Van Buren is inaugurated as the eighth President of the United States.

William Henry Harrison is inaugurated as the ninth President of the United States.

Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States.

Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated for his second term as President of the United States.

President Ulysses S. Grant takes office for his first term.

James A. Garfield is inaugurated as the 20th President of the United States.

Grover Cleveland is inaugurated as the 22nd President of the United States.

William McKinley is inaugurated as the 25th President of the United States.

President William McKinley signs a bill authorizing the U.S. flag to have 45 stars for Utah's admission to the Union.

Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 26th President of the United States following the assassination of William McKinley.

Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated as the 28th President of the United States.

Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as the 29th President of the United States.

Herbert Hoover is inaugurated as the 31st President of the United States.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States and delivers his famous "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" speech.

The "People Power" revolution in Portugal ends 48 years of dictatorship and leads to democracy.

The BBC airs the first episode of "The Office," a British mockumentary sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.