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| January 4th, 2046 (January 04 2046) | Event | Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. | Julius Caesar Quotes |
| January 4th, 2008 (January 04 2008) | Death | Joyce Carlson, American artist (born in 1923) | |
| January 4th, 2008 (January 04 2008) | Death | Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan print editor (born in 1932) | |
| January 4th, 2008 (January 04 2008) | Death | Jimmy Nah, Singapore celebrity (born in 1968) | |
| January 4th, 2007 (January 04 2007) | Event | The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history. | |
| January 4th, 2007 (January 04 2007) | Death | Marais Viljoen, former State President of South Africa (born in 1915) | |
| January 4th, 2007 (January 04 2007) | Death | Sir Lewis Hodges, British Air Chief Marshal (born in 1918) | |
| January 4th, 2007 (January 04 2007) | Death | Steve Krantz, American film and TV producer (Fritz the Cat) (born in 1923) | |
| January 4th, 2007 (January 04 2007) | Death | Osman Waqialla, Sudanese artist and calligrapher (born in 1925) | |
| January 4th, 2007 (January 04 2007) | Death | Gren, Welsh newspaper cartoonist (born in 1934) | |
| January 4th, 2007 (January 04 2007) | Death | Sandro Salvadore, Italian footballer (born in 1939) | |
| January 4th, 2007 (January 04 2007) | Death | Jan Schroder, Dutch cyclist (born in 1941) | |
| January 4th, 2007 (January 04 2007) | Death | Gaspar Nagy, Hungarian poet and writer (born in 1949) | |
| January 4th, 2007 (January 04 2007) | Death | Ben Gannon, Australian theatre film and television producer (born in 1952) | |
| January 4th, 2007 (January 04 2007) | Death | Helen Hill, American independent film-maker (born in 1970) | |
| January 4th, 2006 (January 04 2006) | Event | Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. | |
| January 4th, 2006 (January 04 2006) | Death | Irving Layton, Canadian poet (born in 1912) | Irving Layton Quotes |
| January 4th, 2006 (January 04 2006) | Death | Robert Howard White, Mayor of Papatoetoe, New Zealand (born in 1914) | |
| January 4th, 2006 (January 04 2006) | Death | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai (born in 1946) | |
| January 4th, 2005 (January 04 2005) | Death | Alton Tobey, American artist (born in 1914) | |
| January 4th, 2005 (January 04 2005) | Death | Robert Heilbroner, American economist (born in 1919) | |
| January 4th, 2005 (January 04 2005) | Death | Frank Harary, American mathematician (born in 1921) | |
| January 4th, 2005 (January 04 2005) | Death | Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1924) | |
| January 4th, 2005 (January 04 2005) | Death | Guy Davenport, American author, artist, and scholar (born in 1927) | |
| January 4th, 2005 (January 04 2005) | Death | Humphrey Carpenter, English author (born in 1946) | |
| January 4th, 2005 (January 04 2005) | Death | Ali al-Haidri, Iraqi governor of Baghdad (assassinated) | |
| January 4th, 2004 (January 04 2004) | Event | Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC. | |
| January 4th, 2004 (January 04 2004) | Death | John Toland, American historian (born in 1912) | |
| January 4th, 2004 (January 04 2004) | Death | Joan Aiken, English author (born in 1924) | |
| January 4th, 2004 (January 04 2004) | Death | Jake Hess, American singer (born in 1927) | |
| January 4th, 2004 (January 04 2004) | Death | Jeff Nuttall, English writer (born in 1933) | |
| January 4th, 2004 (January 04 2004) | Death | Brian Gibson (director), English film director (born in 1944) | |
| January 4th, 2003 (January 04 2003) | Death | Sabine Ulibarri, Mexican American writer (born in 1919) | |
| January 4th, 2003 (January 04 2003) | Death | Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese-born violinist (born in 1923) | |
| January 4th, 2003 (January 04 2003) | Death | Conrad Hall, American cinematographer (born in 1927) | |
| January 4th, 2001 (January 04 2001) | Death | Les Brown, American bandleader (born in 1912) | |
| January 4th, 2000 (January 04 2000) | Birth | Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, American actress | |
| January 4th, 2000 (January 04 2000) | Death | Tom Fears, American football player (born in 1922) | |
| January 4th, 1999 (January 04 1999) | Event | Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota. | Jesse Ventura Quotes |
| January 4th, 1999 (January 04 1999) | Event | Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque, killing 16 people and injuring 25. | |
| January 4th, 1999 (January 04 1999) | Death | Iron Eyes Cody, American actor (born in 1904) | |
| January 4th, 1998 (January 04 1998) | Event | Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages. | |
| January 4th, 1998 (January 04 1998) | Event | A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction. | |
| January 4th, 1998 (January 04 1998) | Death | Mae Questel, American actress (born in 1908) | |
| January 4th, 1998 (January 04 1998) | Death | John Gary, U.S. popular singer (born in 1932) | |
| January 4th, 1997 (January 04 1997) | Death | Harry Helmsley, American real estate mogul (born in 1909) | |
| January 4th, 1996 (January 04 1996) | Death | Ramon Vinay, Chilean operatic tenor (born in 1911) | |
| January 4th, 1995 (January 04 1995) | Birth | Maria Isabel, Spanish singer | |
| January 4th, 1995 (January 04 1995) | Birth | Harry Skinner, English skiier | |
| January 4th, 1995 (January 04 1995) | Death | Sol Tax, American anthropologist (born in 1907) | |
| January 4th, 1995 (January 04 1995) | Death | Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (born in 1942) | |
| January 4th, 1994 (January 04 1994) | Death | RD Burman, Indian musician (born in 1939) | |
| January 4th, 1993 (January 04 1993) | Death | Charles Bridgford, Australian politician | |
| January 4th, 1991 (January 04 1991) | Birth | Olivia Tennet, New Zealand actress | |
| January 4th, 1990 (January 04 1990) | Death | Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer (born in 1903) | |
| January 4th, 1990 (January 04 1990) | Death | Sir Henry Bolte, Premier of Victoria 1955-1972 (born in 1908) | |
| January 4th, 1989 (January 04 1989) | Event | Second Gulf of Sidra incident: a pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation. | |
| January 4th, 1989 (January 04 1989) | Birth | Graham Rahal, American race car driver | |
| January 4th, 1988 (January 04 1988) | Birth | Nabila Jamshed, Indian writer | |
| January 4th, 1988 (January 04 1988) | Death | Lily Laskine, French harpist (born in 1893) | |
| January 4th, 1987 (January 04 1987) | Event | The Chase, Maryland rail wreck: An Amtrak train en route to Boston, Massachusetts from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, killing 16 people. | |
| January 4th, 1986 (January 04 1986) | Birth | James Milner, English footballer | |
| January 4th, 1986 (January 04 1986) | Birth | Steve Slaton , American football player | |
| January 4th, 1986 (January 04 1986) | Death | Christopher Isherwood, English writer (born in 1904) | Christopher Isherwood Quotes |
| January 4th, 1986 (January 04 1986) | Death | Phil Lynott, Irish musician (Thin Lizzy) (born in 1949) | |
| January 4th, 1985 (January 04 1985) | Birth | Al Jefferson, American basketball player | |
| January 4th, 1985 (January 04 1985) | Birth | Fernando Rees, Brazilian race car driver | |
| January 4th, 1985 (January 04 1985) | Death | Brian Horrocks, British general (born in 1895) | |
| January 4th, 1985 (January 04 1985) | Death | Lovro von Matacic, Croatian conductor (born in 1899) | |
| January 4th, 1982 (January 04 1982) | Birth | Paulo Ferrari, Argentinian footballer | |
| January 4th, 1982 (January 04 1982) | Birth | Kang Hye-jeong, South Korean actress | |
| January 4th, 1982 (January 04 1982) | Birth | Richard Logan, English footballer | |
| January 4th, 1981 (January 04 1981) | Death | Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and composer (I ll Never Smile Again) (born in 1914) | |
| January 4th, 1980 (January 04 1980) | Birth | Greg Cipes, American actor | |
| January 4th, 1980 (January 04 1980) | Birth | Yaroslav Popovych, Ukrainian Cyclist | |
| January 4th, 1980 (January 04 1980) | Birth | Erin Cahill, American actress | |
| January 4th, 1980 (January 04 1980) | Birth | Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer | |
| January 4th, 1979 (January 04 1979) | Birth | Tristan Gommendy, French racing driver | |
| January 4th, 1979 (January 04 1979) | Birth | Jeph Howard, American musician (The Used) | |
| January 4th, 1978 (January 04 1978) | Birth | Dominik Hrbaty, Slovakian tennis player | |
| January 4th, 1978 (January 04 1978) | Birth | Mai Meneses, Spanish singer | |
| January 4th, 1977 (January 04 1977) | Birth | Iran Castillo, Mexican actress | |
| January 4th, 1977 (January 04 1977) | Birth | Tim Wheeler, Irish singer (Ash) | |
| January 4th, 1976 (January 04 1976) | Birth | Benoit Joachim, Luxembourg cyclist | |
| January 4th, 1976 (January 04 1976) | Birth | Ted Lilly, American baseball player | |
| January 4th, 1975 (January 04 1975) | Event | Elizabeth Ann Seton becomes the first American-born saint. | |
| January 4th, 1975 (January 04 1975) | Death | Carlo Levi, Italian anti-fascist painter, writer and activist (born in 1902) | |
| January 4th, 1974 (January 04 1974) | Event | United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee. | |
| January 4th, 1974 (January 04 1974) | Birth | Ian Moor, English singer | |
| January 4th, 1973 (January 04 1973) | Birth | Frank Hoj, Danish cyclist | |
| January 4th, 1973 (January 04 1973) | Birth | Harmony Korine, American film director and artist | |
| January 4th, 1972 (January 04 1972) | Event | Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London. | |
| January 4th, 1972 (January 04 1972) | Birth | James Longley, American documentary filmmaker | |
| January 4th, 1971 (January 04 1971) | Birth | Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese artist, sculptor | |
| January 4th, 1971 (January 04 1971) | Death | Arthur Ford, American clairaudient (born in 1896) | |
| January 4th, 1970 (January 04 1970) | Birth | Chris Kanyon, American professional wrestler | |
| January 4th, 1970 (January 04 1970) | Death | Jean-Etienne Valluy, French general (born in 1899) | |
| January 4th, 1969 (January 04 1969) | Death | Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (born in 1908) | |
| January 4th, 1968 (January 04 1968) | Birth | Mike Wilpolt, Head Coach of the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League | |
| January 4th, 1967 (January 04 1967) | Birth | David Berman, American poet and singer/songwriter (Silver Jews) | |
| January 4th, 1967 (January 04 1967) | Birth | Johnny Nelson, English boxer | |
| January 4th, 1967 (January 04 1967) | Birth | Marina Orsini, Canadian actress | |
| January 4th, 1967 (January 04 1967) | Birth | David Toms, American professional golfer | |
| January 4th, 1967 (January 04 1967) | Death | Donald Campbell, English motorboat racer (born in 1921) | |
| January 4th, 1966 (January 04 1966) | Birth | Deana Carter, American singer | |
| January 4th, 1965 (January 04 1965) | Event | United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address. | Lyndon Johnson Quotes |
| January 4th, 1965 (January 04 1965) | Birth | Yvan Attal, French actor and director | |
| January 4th, 1965 (January 04 1965) | Birth | Guy Forget, French tennis player | |
| January 4th, 1965 (January 04 1965) | Birth | Beth Gibbons, English singer (Portishead) | |
| January 4th, 1965 (January 04 1965) | Birth | Cait O Riordan, British musician (The Pogues) | |
| January 4th, 1965 (January 04 1965) | Birth | Julia Ormond, English actress | |
| January 4th, 1965 (January 04 1965) | Death | T. S. Eliot, American-born writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1888) | |
| January 4th, 1963 (January 04 1963) | Birth | Dave Foley, Canadian comedian and actor | |
| January 4th, 1963 (January 04 1963) | Birth | Till Lindemann, German singer (Rammstein) | |
| January 4th, 1962 (January 04 1962) | Event | New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board. | |
| January 4th, 1962 (January 04 1962) | Birth | Laila Eloui, Egyptian actress | |
| January 4th, 1962 (January 04 1962) | Birth | Robin Guthrie, Scottish guitarist (Cocteau Twins) | |
| January 4th, 1962 (January 04 1962) | Birth | Peter Steele, American musician (Type O Negative) | |
| January 4th, 1962 (January 04 1962) | Death | Hans Lammers, German SS officer (born in 1879) | |
| January 4th, 1961 (January 04 1961) | Birth | Lee Curreri, American actor | |
| January 4th, 1961 (January 04 1961) | Death | Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel laureate (born in 1887) | |
| January 4th, 1960 (January 04 1960) | Birth | Michael Stipe, American singer (R.E.M.) | |
| January 4th, 1960 (January 04 1960) | Birth | April Winchell, American actress | April Winchell Quotes |
| January 4th, 1960 (January 04 1960) | Death | Albert Camus, Algerian-born French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1913) | Albert Camus Quotes |
| January 4th, 1959 (January 04 1959) | Event | Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon. | |
| January 4th, 1959 (January 04 1959) | Birth | Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist | |
| January 4th, 1958 (January 04 1958) | Event | Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (it was launched on October 4, 1957). | |
| January 4th, 1958 (January 04 1958) | Birth | Andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist | |
| January 4th, 1958 (January 04 1958) | Birth | Matt Frewer, American actor | |
| January 4th, 1958 (January 04 1958) | Birth | Gary Jones, Welsh-born actor | |
| January 4th, 1958 (January 04 1958) | Birth | Julian Sands, English actor | Julian Quotes |
| January 4th, 1957 (January 04 1957) | Birth | Patty Loveless, American singer | |
| January 4th, 1956 (January 04 1956) | Birth | Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer | |
| January 4th, 1956 (January 04 1956) | Birth | Bernard Sumner, English musician (Joy Division, New Order, Electronic) | |
| January 4th, 1955 (January 04 1955) | Birth | Mark Hollis, English musician and composer (Talk Talk) | |
| January 4th, 1954 (January 04 1954) | Birth | Eugene Chadbourne, American composer and musician | |
| January 4th, 1953 (January 04 1953) | Birth | Norberto Alonso, Argentine footballer | |
| January 4th, 1951 (January 04 1951) | Event | Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul. | |
| January 4th, 1951 (January 04 1951) | Birth | Barbara Cochran, American alpine skier | |
| January 4th, 1950 (January 04 1950) | Birth | John Louis Evans, convicted murderer (died in 1983) | Evans Quotes |
| January 4th, 1948 (January 04 1948) | Event | Burma regains its independence from the United Kingdom. | |
| January 4th, 1948 (January 04 1948) | Birth | Eugeniusz Wycislo, Polish politician | |
| January 4th, 1947 (January 04 1947) | Birth | Chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears) | |
| January 4th, 1947 (January 04 1947) | Birth | Rick Stein, English chef and television presenter | |
| January 4th, 1946 (January 04 1946) | Birth | Susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (died in 2001) | |
| January 4th, 1946 (January 04 1946) | Birth | Arthur Conley, American singer (died in 2003) | |
| January 4th, 1945 (January 04 1945) | Birth | Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer | |
| January 4th, 1945 (January 04 1945) | Birth | Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate | |
| January 4th, 1944 (January 04 1944) | Event | World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins. | |
| January 4th, 1944 (January 04 1944) | Event | World War II: The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. | |
| January 4th, 1944 (January 04 1944) | Death | Kai Munk, Danish playwright, Lutheran pastor (born in 1898) | |
| January 4th, 1943 (January 04 1943) | Birth | Doris Kearns Goodwin, American writer | |
| January 4th, 1942 (January 04 1942) | Birth | John McLaughlin, English jazz guitarist | |
| January 4th, 1941 (January 04 1941) | Birth | Maureen Reagan, American political activist (died in 2001) | |
| January 4th, 1941 (January 04 1941) | Birth | George Pan Cosmatos, Greek film director (died in 2005) | |
| January 4th, 1941 (January 04 1941) | Birth | John Bennett Perry, American actor | |
| January 4th, 1941 (January 04 1941) | Death | Henri Bergson, French philosopher, Nobel laureate (born in 1859) | Philo Quotes |
| January 4th, 1940 (January 04 1940) | Birth | Helmut Jahn, German architect | |
| January 4th, 1940 (January 04 1940) | Birth | Brian David Josephson, Welsh physicist, Nobel laureate | |
| January 4th, 1940 (January 04 1940) | Birth | Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate | |
| January 4th, 1937 (January 04 1937) | Birth | Grace Bumbry, American singer | |
| January 4th, 1937 (January 04 1937) | Birth | Dyan Cannon, American actress | |
| January 4th, 1935 (January 04 1935) | Birth | Floyd Patterson, American boxer (died in 2006) | |
| January 4th, 1934 (January 04 1934) | Birth | Rudolf Schuster, President of Slovakia | |
| January 4th, 1933 (January 04 1933) | Birth | Ilia II Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia. | |
| January 4th, 1932 (January 04 1932) | Birth | Carlos Saura, Spanish director | |
| January 4th, 1931 (January 04 1931) | Birth | Adi Lady Lala Mara, First Lady of Fiji (died in 2004) | |
| January 4th, 1931 (January 04 1931) | Birth | Sir William Deane, Governor-General of Australia 1996-2001 | |
| January 4th, 1931 (January 04 1931) | Death | Art Acord, American actor (born in 1890) | |
| January 4th, 1930 (January 04 1930) | Birth | Sorrell Booke, American actor (died in 1994) | |
| January 4th, 1930 (January 04 1930) | Birth | Don Shula, American football coach | |
| January 4th, 1929 (January 04 1929) | Birth | Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist, sculptor | |
| January 4th, 1927 (January 04 1927) | Birth | Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman | |
| January 4th, 1927 (January 04 1927) | Birth | Barbara Rush, American actress | |
| January 4th, 1925 (January 04 1925) | Birth | Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross-country skier (died in 2003) | |
| January 4th, 1924 (January 04 1924) | Birth | Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (died in 1993) | |
| January 4th, 1924 (January 04 1924) | Death | Alfred Grunfeld, Austrian pianist, composer (born in 1852) | |
| January 4th, 1922 (January 04 1922) | Birth | Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (died in 1997) | |
| January 4th, 1920 (January 04 1920) | Birth | William Colby, American CIA director (died in 1996) | |
| January 4th, 1920 (January 04 1920) | Death | Benito Perez Galdos, Spanish novelist (born in 1843) | |
| January 4th, 1919 (January 04 1919) | Death | Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (born in 1843) | |
| January 4th, 1916 (January 04 1916) | Birth | Lionel Newman, American film music composer (died in 1989) | |
| January 4th, 1916 (January 04 1916) | Birth | Robert Parrish, U.S. film editor and director (died in 1995) | |
| January 4th, 1914 (January 04 1914) | Birth | Herman Franks, American baseball player | |
| January 4th, 1913 (January 04 1913) | Birth | Malietoa Tanumafili II, Sovereign Ruler of Samoa (d.2007) | |
| January 4th, 1912 (January 04 1912) | Event | The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal Charter. | |
| January 4th, 1910 (January 04 1910) | Birth | Arthur Villeneuve, Quebec painter (died in 1990) | |
| January 4th, 1905 (January 04 1905) | Birth | Sterling Holloway, American actor (died in 1992) | |
| January 4th, 1903 (January 04 1903) | Event | Topsy, an elephant, was electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign. | |
| January 4th, 1903 (January 04 1903) | Death | Gulstan Ropert, Roman Catholic prelate (born in 1839) | |
| January 4th, 1903 (January 04 1903) | Death | Topsy the elephant (born in circa 1875) | |
| January 4th, 1902 (January 04 1902) | Birth | John McCone, CIA Director (died in 1991) | |
| January 4th, 1901 (January 04 1901) | Birth | C. L. R. James, writer and journalist (died in 1989) | C. L. R. James Quotes |
| January 4th, 1900 (January 04 1900) | Birth | James Bond, American ornithologist (died in 1989) | |
| January 4th, 1896 (January 04 1896) | Event | Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. | |
| January 4th, 1896 (January 04 1896) | Birth | Everett Dirksen, American politician (died in 1969) | Everett Dirksen Quotes |
| January 4th, 1896 (January 04 1896) | Birth | Andre Masson, French artist (died in 1987) | |
| January 4th, 1896 (January 04 1896) | Death | Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (born in 1821) | |
| January 4th, 1895 (January 04 1895) | Birth | Leroy Grumman, American industrialist (died in 1982) | |
| January 4th, 1894 (January 04 1894) | Birth | Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (died in 1962) | |
| January 4th, 1893 (January 04 1893) | Birth | Yone Minagawa, Japanese, became worlds Oldest living person January 29, 2007. (died in Aug. 13, 2007) | |
| January 4th, 1891 (January 04 1891) | Birth | Edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (died in 1948) | |
| January 4th, 1891 (January 04 1891) | Death | Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (born in 1833) | |
| January 4th, 1885 (January 04 1885) | Event | The first successful appendectomy is performed by William W. Grant on Mary Gartside. | |
| January 4th, 1884 (January 04 1884) | Event | The Fabian Society is founded in London. | |
| January 4th, 1883 (January 04 1883) | Birth | Max Eastman, American writer (died in 1969) | |
| January 4th, 1883 (January 04 1883) | Death | Antoine Eugene Alfred Chanzy, French general (born in 1823) | |
| January 4th, 1882 (January 04 1882) | Birth | Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist (died in 1943) | |
| January 4th, 1882 (January 04 1882) | Death | John William Draper, English scientist, photographer (born in 1811) | |
| January 4th, 1881 (January 04 1881) | Birth | Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (died in 1919) | |
| January 4th, 1878 (January 04 1878) | Event | Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule. | |
| January 4th, 1878 (January 04 1878) | Birth | Augustus John, Welsh painter (died in 1961) | |
| January 4th, 1877 (January 04 1877) | Death | Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (born in 1794) | |
| January 4th, 1874 (January 04 1874) | Birth | Josef Suk, Czech composer (died in 1935) | |
| January 4th, 1874 (January 04 1874) | Death | Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (born in 1798) | |
| January 4th, 1870 (January 04 1870) | Birth | Percy Pitt, English organist and conductor (died in 1932) | |
| January 4th, 1869 (January 04 1869) | Birth | Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (died in 1960) | |
| January 4th, 1865 (January 04 1865) | Event | The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City. | |
| January 4th, 1863 (January 04 1863) | Death | Roger Hanson, Confederate general (b.1827) | |
| January 4th, 1854 (January 04 1854) | Event | The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang. | |
| January 4th, 1848 (January 04 1848) | Birth | Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (died in 1913) | |
| January 4th, 1847 (January 04 1847) | Event | Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government. | |
| January 4th, 1842 (January 04 1842) | Birth | Frederic T. Greenhalge, 38th Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1896) | |
| January 4th, 1839 (January 04 1839) | Birth | Carl Humann, German engineer (died in 1896) | |
| January 4th, 1838 (January 04 1838) | Birth | Charles Sherwood Stratton, American circus performer (died in 1883) | |
| January 4th, 1832 (January 04 1832) | Birth | George Tryon, British admiral (died in 1893) | |
| January 4th, 1825 (January 04 1825) | Death | King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (born in 1751) | |
| January 4th, 1821 (January 04 1821) | Death | Elizabeth Ann Seton, American saint (born in 1774) | |
| January 4th, 1813 (January 04 1813) | Birth | Isaac Pitman, English inventor (Pitman shorthand) (died in 1897) | |
| January 4th, 1809 (January 04 1809) | Birth | Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (died in 1852) | |
| January 4th, 1804 (January 04 1804) | Death | Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (bc. 1730) | |
| January 4th, 1785 (January 04 1785) | Birth | Jakob Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (died in 1863) | Philo Quotes |
| January 4th, 1782 (January 04 1782) | Death | Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (born in 1698) | |
| January 4th, 1773 (January 04 1773) | Death | Anton Losenko, Russian painter (born in 1737) | |
| January 4th, 1762 (January 04 1762) | Event | England declares war on Spain and Naples. | |
| January 4th, 1761 (January 04 1761) | Death | Stephen Hales, English physiologist (born in 1677) | |
| January 4th, 1752 (January 04 1752) | Death | Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (born in 1704) | |
| January 4th, 1720 (January 04 1720) | Birth | Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer (died in 1774) | |
| January 4th, 1717 (January 04 1717) | Event | The Netherlands, England, and France sign the Triple Alliance. | |
| January 4th, 1710 (January 04 1710) | Birth | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (died in 1736) | |
| January 4th, 1698 (January 04 1698) | Event | Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire. | |
| January 4th, 1695 (January 04 1695) | Death | Francois Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (born in 1628) | |
| January 4th, 1672 (January 04 1672) | Birth | Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (died in 1742) | |
| January 4th, 1664 (January 04 1664) | Birth | Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (died in 1742) | |
| January 4th, 1643 (January 04 1643) | Birth | Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and natural philosopher (died in 1727) | Isaac Newton Quotes |
| January 4th, 1642 (January 04 1642) | Event | King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England s slide into civil war. | |
| January 4th, 1584 (January 04 1584) | Death | Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and drawer (born in 1539) | |
| January 4th, 1581 (January 04 1581) | Birth | James Ussher, Irish Anglican archbishop (died in 1656) | |
| January 4th, 1564 (January 04 1564) | Death | Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (born in 1514) | |
| January 4th, 1493 (January 04 1493) | Event | Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first journey. | Christopher Columbus Quotes |
| January 4th, 1490 (January 04 1490) | Event | Anna of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lese-majesty. | |
| January 4th, 1428 (January 04 1428) | Death | Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, The Warlike (born in 1370) | |
| January 4th, 1334 (January 04 1334) | Birth | Amadeus VI of Savoy (died in 1383) | |
| January 4th, 1248 (January 04 1248) | Death | King Sancho II of Portugal (born in 1207) | |
| January 4th, 1077 (January 04 1077) | Birth | Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (died in 1100) | |
| January 4th, 0871 (January 04 0871) | Event | Battle of Reading: Ethelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army. | |
