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