February 04

February 04, 1953

WW2 Rationing of chocolate and sweets finally ended

February 04, 1941

SS Politician ran aground on Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides

February 04, 1868

Countess Constance Markievicz, Irish patriot and revolutionary, born

February 04, 1818

Honours of Scotland put on display in Edinburgh Castle after being rediscovered by Sir Walter Scott

February 04, 1775

Robert Emmett, Irish patriot, born

February 04, 1716

James VIII of Scotland escapes to France, concluding the Jacobite rising of 1715

February 04, 1649

Charles II proclaimed king in Edinburgh but not in England