March 4th, 1342

Born on March 4th, 1342

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 249,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 830 days, exactly on August 25th, 2026, people who were born on March 4th, 1342 will be 250,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 4th?

March 4th, 1773

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart departed Italy after the last of his three journeys there.

March 4th, 0852

Trpimir I, the founder of the Trpimirović dynasty of Croatia, issued a document that contains the first known use of the name Croats.

March 4th, 2017

Construction began on a 69-metre (226 ft) statue of the Buddha at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen in Bangkok.

March 4th, 2009

President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan was indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the War in Darfur.

March 4th, 2007

Fourteen-year-old English schoolgirl Charlotte Shaw drowned on Dartmoor, becoming the first person to die in connection with the annual Ten Tors challenge.

March 4th, 1990

College basketball player Hank Gathers died after collapsing during a West Coast Conference tournament semifinal game in Los Angeles.

March 4th, 1987

U.S. president Ronald Reagan made a nationally televised address in which he accepted full responsibility for illegal actions in the Iran–Contra affair.

March 4th, 1979

The space probe Voyager 1 discovered the rings of Jupiter, the third ring system to be discovered in the Solar System, after those of Saturn and Uranus.

March 4th, 1966

During an interview, John Lennon of the Beatles argued that the band had become "more popular than Jesus".

March 4th, 1943

The Holocaust: Almost all Jews in Bulgarian-occupied Western Thrace were deported to Treblinka extermination camp to be killed.

March 4th, 1941

Second World War: British Commandos successfully executed a raid on the Lofoten Islands in German-occupied Norway.

March 4th, 1933

Frances Perkins was appointed United States Secretary of Labor, making her the first female member of the Cabinet.

March 4th, 1918

A case of influenza was recorded at Camp Funston, Kansas, conventionally marking the beginning of the Spanish flu pandemic.

March 4th, 1890

The Forth Bridge, a railway bridge connecting Edinburgh to Fife over the Firth of Forth, opened, eventually becoming an internationally recognised Scottish landmark.

March 4th, 1837

Chicago was incorporated as a city.

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

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

40

Juliette Armanet

French singer

*March 4th, 1984, Lille

63

Steven Weber

American actor (1961-)

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

61

Daniel Roebuck

American actor and writer

*March 4th, 1963, Bethlehem

63

Antonio Vivaldi

Italian composer and violinist (1678-1741)

*March 4th, 1678, Venice †July 28th, 1741, Vienna

30

Caroline Black

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1994, Lisburn

29

Jennifer Karnott

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1995, Birkesdorf

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

41

Michelle Butler-Emmett

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1983, Durban

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

60

Linda French

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1964, Elmhurst

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

84

Brunella Bovo

Italian actress

*March 4th, 1932, Padua †February 21st, 2017, Rome

46

Jörn Wollschläger

German biathlete

*March 4th, 1978, Suhl

80

Cornelie Richter

German salonnière

*March 4th, 1842, Berlin †July 19th, 1922, Berlin

93

Henri de Contenson

French archaeologist

*March 4th, 1926, 16th arrondissement of Paris †September 8th, 2019, 16th arrondissement of Paris

28

Ekaterina Kut

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1996, Orekhovo-Zuyevo

27

Lu Chia-Hung

Taiwanese badminton player

*March 4th, 1997, Kaohsiung

30

Matthew Clare

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1994, Ripon

27

Jeppe Bay Madsen

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1997, Helsingør

49

Mats Eilertsen

Musician, composer

*March 4th, 1975, Trondheim

Same year
Born in 1342

62

Philip II the Bold

Duke of Burgundy (1342-1404)

*January 17th, 1342, Pontoise †April 27th, 1404, Halle

34

Frederick III the Simple

King of Sicily

*December 4th, 1342, Catania †July 27th, 1377, Messina

26

Blanche of Lancaster

English noblewoman and heiress, died 1368

*March 25th, 1342, Bolingbroke Castle †September 12th, 1368, Tutbury Castle

52

Catherine of Bohemia

Czech princess

*August 19th, 1342, Prague †April 26th, 1395, Perchtoldsdorf

32

Maria, Marchioness of Tortosa

Portuguese infanta

*April 6th, 1342, Évora †November 30th, 1374, Aveiro

157

Julian of Norwich

English theologian and anchoress

*November 8th, 1342, Norwich †November 30th, 1499, Norwich

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 4th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1342 is a normal year and no leap year.

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