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February 4th

Wed 04 Feb 1953

WW2 Rationing of chocolate and sweets finally ended

Tue 04 Feb 1941

SS Politician ran aground on Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides

Tue 04 Feb 1868

Countess Constance Markievicz, Irish patriot and revolutionary, born

Wed 04 Feb 1818

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

Sat 04 Feb 1775

Robert Emmett, Irish patriot, born

Tue 04 Feb 1716

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

Thu 04 Feb 1649

Charles II proclaimed king in Edinburgh but not in England