| 76021 | July 4 | Event | 362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. |
| 76022 | July 4 | Event | 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed herself empress (Augusta) of the Eastern Roman Empire. |
| 76023 | July 4 | Event | 836 – Pactum Sicardi, a peace treaty between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples, is signed. |
| 76024 | July 4 | Event | 993 – Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized as a saint. |
| 76025 | July 4 | Event | 1054 – A supernova, called SN 1054, is seen by the Chinese Song dynasty, Arab and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula. |
| 76026 | July 4 | Event | 1120 – Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death. |
| 76027 | July 4 | Event | 1187 – The Crusades: Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem. |
| 76028 | July 4 | Event | 1253 – Battle of West-Capelle: John I of Avesnes defeats Guy of Dampierre. |
| 76029 | July 4 | Event | 1359 – Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forlì surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz. |
| 76030 | July 4 | Event | 1456 – Ottoman wars in Europe: The Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade) begins. |
| 76031 | July 4 | Event | 1534 – Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye. |
| 76032 | July 4 | Event | 1584 – Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe arrive at Roanoke Island |
| 76033 | July 4 | Event | 1610 – The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish–Muscovite War. |
| 76034 | July 4 | Event | 1634 – The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada). |
| 76035 | July 4 | Event | 1744 – The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois cedes lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, was signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. |
| 76036 | July 4 | Event | 1754 – French and Indian War: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French Capt. Louis Coulon de Villiers. |
| 76037 | July 4 | Event | 1774 – Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts |
| 76038 | July 4 | Event | 1776 – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress. |
| 76039 | July 4 | Event | 1778 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign. |
| 76040 | July 4 | Event | 1802 – At West Point, New York, the United States Military Academy opens. |
| 76041 | July 4 | Event | 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people. |
| 76042 | July 4 | Event | 1817 – In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins. |
| 76043 | July 4 | Event | 1826 – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, dies the same day as John Adams, second president of the United States, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. |
| 76044 | July 4 | Event | 1827 – Slavery is abolished in New York State. |
| 76045 | July 4 | Event | 1831 – Samuel Francis Smith writes "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities. |
| 76046 | July 4 | Event | 1837 – Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool. |
| 76047 | July 4 | Event | 1838 – The Iowa Territory is organized. |
| 76048 | July 4 | Event | 1855 – In Brooklyn, New York City, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published. |
| 76049 | July 4 | Event | 1862 – Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels. |
| 76050 | July 4 | Event | 1863 – American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege. One hundred fifty miles up the Mississippi River, a Confederate Army is repulsed at the Battle of Helena, Arkansas. |