Template:On this day/December 4

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

December 4:

• 1619 – 38 British settlers reached a site known as Berkeley Hundred on the banks of Virginia's James River, they read a proclamation designating the date as “a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God.”
• 1813 – James Monroe is elected to become the 5th President of the United States, defeating Rufus King of the Federalist Party.