January 4th, 1279

Born on January 4th, 1279

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 272,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 767 days, exactly on June 17th, 2026, people who were born on January 4th, 1279 will be 273,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 4th?

January 4th, 2020

Sembawang Hot Spring Park in Singapore reopened after being redeveloped by the National Parks Board.

January 4th, 2018

A passenger train collided with a truck and derailed in the Free State, South Africa, killing 21 people and injuring 254 others.

January 4th, 2010

The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest structure, officially opened in Dubai.

January 4th, 2007

Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government.

January 4th, 2004

Spirit (artist's impression depicted), the first of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, successfully landed on Mars.

January 4th, 1989

Two American F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Floggers that appeared to be attempting to engage them over the Gulf of Sidra.

January 4th, 1973

Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running sitcom in the world, premiered as an episode of the BBC's Comedy Playhouse.

January 4th, 1972

Rose Heilbron (pictured) became the first female judge to sit at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.

January 4th, 1951

Korean War: Chinese and North Korean troops captured Seoul from United Nations forces.

January 4th, 1936

Billboard published its first music hit parade.

January 4th, 1912

The Boy Scouts Association was incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.

January 4th, 1909

British explorer Aeneas Mackintosh (pictured), a member of the Nimrod Expedition, escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.

January 4th, 1853

Solomon Northup regained his freedom after having been sold into slavery in the American South; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later became a bestseller.

January 4th, 1847

American gun inventor Samuel Colt sold the first thousand of his Colt Walker revolvers to the Texas Rangers.

January 4th, 1698

Most of London's Palace of Whitehall, the main residence of English monarchs since 1530, was destroyed by fire.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 4th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 4th?

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

57

Carl Humann

German architect, engineer and archeologist (1839-1896)

*January 4th, 1839, Steele †April 12th, 1896, İzmir

60

Li Lingwei

Chinese badminton player

*January 4th, 1964, Lishui

31

Manu Gavassi

Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress

*January 4th, 1993, São Paulo

43

Zhang Jiewen

Chinese badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

38

Cheng Shao-Chieh

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 4th, 1986, Taipei

34

Toni Kroos

German association football player

*January 4th, 1990, Greifswald

17

Pitchamon Opatniputh

Badminton player

*January 4th, 2007, Chiang Mai

81

Pierre Laborie

French historian (1936–2017)

*January 4th, 1936, Bagnac-sur-Célé †May 16th, 2017, Cahors

59

Yvan Attal

Israeli-born French actor and director

*January 4th, 1965, Tel Aviv

84

Gao Xingjian

Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )

*January 4th, 1940, Ganxian District

87

Gianni Vattimo

Italian philosopher and politician

*January 4th, 1936, Turin †September 19th, 2023, Turin

65

Elizabeth of Aragon

Queen of Portugal (1271-1336)

*January 4th, 1271, Aljafería †July 4th, 1336, Estremoz

24

Max Aarons

English association football player

*January 4th, 2000, London

47

David Millar

Scottish cyclist (born 1977)

*January 4th, 1977, Mtarfa

20

Victor Wembanyama

French basketball player

*January 4th, 2004, Le Chesnay

82

Josephine McKim

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1910-1992)

*January 4th, 1910, Oil City, Cambria County, Pennsylvania †December 10th, 1992, Woodstock

45

Adrián Barbón Rodríguez

Spanish politician

*January 4th, 1979, Llaviana

40

İbrahim Akın

Turkish footballer

*January 4th, 1984, İzmir

37

Pierre-Luc Périchon

French road racing cyclist

*January 4th, 1987, Bourg-en-Bresse

43

Louis Braille

Inventor of braille, a system of reading and writing used by people who are blind or visually impaired (1809-1852)

*January 4th, 1809, Coupvray †January 6th, 1852, Paris

61

May-Britt Moser

Norwegian psychologist and neuroscientist

*January 4th, 1963, Fosnavåg

35

Cho Min-ho

South Korean ice hockey player

*January 4th, 1987, Seoul †June 15th, 2022, Seoul

101

Meg Mundy

British-born American actress (1915-2016)

*January 4th, 1915, London †January 12th, 2016, United States of America

49

Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy

Count of Savoy 1343-1383

*January 4th, 1334, Chambéry †March 1st, 1383, Santo Stefano

51

Harmony Korine

American film director and screenwriter

*January 4th, 1973, Bolinas

50

Armin Zöggeler

Italian luger

*January 4th, 1974, Merano

52

Muhammad V

Sultan of Granada

*January 4th, 1339, Granada †January 16th, 1391, Granada

38

James Milner

English association football player

*January 4th, 1986, Leeds

19

Dafne Keen

British actress

*January 4th, 2005, Madrid

91

Carlos Saura

Spanish photographer and film director

*January 4th, 1932, Huesca †February 10th, 2023, Collado Mediano

26

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Italian composer, violinist and organist (1710–1736)

*January 4th, 1710, Jesi †March 16th, 1736, Pozzuoli

84

Brian David Josephson

Welsh Nobel Laureate in Physics

*January 4th, 1940, Cardiff

65

Julian Sands

British actor (1958–2023)

*January 4th, 1958, Otley †January 13th, 2023, Mount Baldy

61

Dave Foley

Canadian actor (born 1963)

*January 4th, 1963, Etobicoke

61

Till Lindemann

German singer (born 1963)

*January 4th, 1963, Leipzig

86

Jim Norton

Irish actor

*January 4th, 1938, Dublin

39

Gökhan Gönül

Turkish footballer

*January 4th, 1985, Bafra

27

Angeliño

Spanish association football player

*January 4th, 1997, Silván

71

François Rude

French sculptor (1784-1855)

*January 4th, 1784, Dijon †November 3rd, 1855, Paris

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Public holidays on January 4th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 4th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1279 is a normal year and no leap year.

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