歷史上的January 4

　　January 4：Independence Day in Myanmar (1948)

　　January 4 is the fourth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 361 days remaining until the end of the year (362 in leap years).

　　Events：

　　46 BCE – Julius Caesar defeats Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.

　　871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army.

　　1490 – Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the King of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lèse-majesté.

　　1642 – King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England's slide intocivil war.

　　1649 – English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.

　　1717 – The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.

　　1762 – Great Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples.

　　1798 – Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.

　　1847 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.

　　1853 – After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir 12 Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.