September 4

September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 118 days remain until the end of the year.

• 1848 - Muhammad Shah, intending to order the death of Bahá’u’lláh, dies, and is succeeded as Sháh of Persia by 17-year old Násiri'd-Dín Sháh. Hájí Mírza Aqásí, chief antagonist of the Báb and the Antichrist of the Bábí Faith, is expelled from the capital.
• 1911 - ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's arrival in London
• 1995 - The Fourth World Conference on Women begins in Beijing, China; the conference is attended by more than 500 Bahá’ís and an official delegation from the Bahá’í International Community.