March 4th, 1344

Born on March 4th, 1344

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 248,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 517 days, exactly on November 29th, 2025, people who were born on March 4th, 1344 will be 249,000 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 and songwriter

*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

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

44

Jefta van Dinther

Dutch-Swedish choreographer and dancer

*March 4th, 1980, Utrecht

73

Kenny Dalglish

Scottish association football player and manager

*March 4th, 1951, Glasgow

76

James Ellroy

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, memoirist

*March 4th, 1948, Los Angeles

69

Dominique Pinon

French actor

*March 4th, 1955, Saumur

92

Bernard Haitink

Dutch conductor and violinist (1929-2021)

*March 4th, 1929, Amsterdam †October 21st, 2021, London

59

Khaled Hosseini

Novelist

*March 4th, 1965, Kabul

56

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Greek politician, prime Minister of Greece, President of New Democracy party

*March 4th, 1968, Athens

76

Miriam Makeba

South African singer and civil rights activist (1932–2008)

*March 4th, 1932, Johannesburg †November 9th, 2008, Castel Volturno

71

Emilio Estefan

American musician

*March 4th, 1953, Havana

66

Prince Henry the Navigator

Portuguese prince patron of voyages of exploration (1394-1460)

*March 4th, 1394, Porto †November 13th, 1460, Vila do Bispo

79

Theodor Löbbecke

German pharmacist and malacologist

*March 4th, 1821, Hückeswagen †January 18th, 1901, Düsseldorf

96

Halim El-Dabh

American composer (1921-2017)

*March 4th, 1921, El-Sakakini †September 2nd, 2017, Kent

70

François Fillon

Prime Minister of France (2007-2012)

*March 4th, 1954, Le Mans

61

Henri Duvernois

French screenwriter (1875-1937)

*March 4th, 1875, Paris †January 30th, 1937, Paris

57

Marcus Schwarzrock

German rower

*March 4th, 1967, Hamburg

63

Franz Xaver Engelhart

German composer, priest and choir director

*March 4th, 1861, Geiselhöring †July 14th, 1924, Regensburg

37

Dallas Seavey

Musher

*March 4th, 1987, Virginia

36

Steven Burke

English cyclist

*March 4th, 1988, Burnley

86

Alpha Condé

President of Guinea from 2010 to 2021

*March 4th, 1938, Boké

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

Yes: 1344 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

Calendar
March 1344