WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017

Today is Wednesday, January 4, the fourth day of 2017. There are 361 days left in the year.

1642 — King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament

1717 — Netherlands, England & France sign Triple Alliance

1725 — Benjamin Franklin arrives in London

1754 — Columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City NY)

1762 — England declares war on Spain & Naples

1780 — Snowstorm hit Washington’s army at Morristown New Jersey

1832 — Insurrection of Trinidad negroes

1843 — Gaetano Donizetti’s opera "Don Pasquale" premieres in Paris

1843 — Royal Academy (Technical Hague court) Delft opens