WHAT HAPPENED ON 4. MARCH
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The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress. (4. March 1794)

Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales. (4. March 1804)

Americans defeat British forces at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario. (4. March 1814)

The city of Chicago is incorporated. (4. March 1837)

Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia (4. March 1848)

The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted. (4. March 1861)

The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress. (4. March 1865)

Britain's first electric trams run in east London. (4. March 1882)

The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520 m) long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII. (4. March 1890)

Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39 ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) inland, killing over 300. (4. March 1899)

The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people. (4. March 1908)

U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State (4. March 1909)

First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later. (4. March 1913)

The United States Department of Labor is formed (4. March 1913)

Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives. (4. March 1917)

The USS Cyclops departs from Barbados and is never seen again, presumably lost with all hands in the Bermuda Triangle. (4. March 1918)

Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet. (4. March 1933)

The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure – Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree. (4. March 1933)

World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid. (4. March 1941)

World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the South West Pacific comes to an end. (4. March 1943)