May 4th, 1437

Born on May 4th, 1437

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 214,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 607 days, exactly on December 27th, 2025, people who were born on May 4th, 1437 will be 215,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 4th?

May 4th, 2015

The Parliament of Malta moved from the Grandmaster's Palace to the purpose-built Parliament House (pictured).

May 4th, 2000

Ken Livingstone took office as the first mayor of London.

May 4th, 1982

Falklands War: HMS Sheffield was struck by an Exocet missile, killing 20 sailors and leading to its sinking six days later—the first Royal Navy ship sunk in action since World War II.

May 4th, 1979

Margaret Thatcher (pictured) became the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom.

May 4th, 1974

An all-female Japanese team reached the summit of Manaslu in the Himalayas, becoming the first women to climb a peak higher than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level.

May 4th, 1942

World War II: Aircraft from Imperial Japanese Navy vessels attacked Allied naval forces, beginning the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval action in which the participating ships never sighted or fired directly at each other.

May 4th, 1776

American Revolution: The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations became the first of the Thirteen Colonies to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown.

May 4th, 1677

Trunajaya rebellion: Dutch East India Company forces under Cornelis Speelman began an attack on Surabaya, Java.

May 4th, 1493

Pope Alexander VI issued the papal bull Inter caetera, establishing a line of demarcation dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal.

May 4th, 1738

The Imperial Theatrical School, now known as Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, was founded under the reign of Empress Anna. It is the first ballet school in Russia and second in the world.

May 4th, 2019

The inaugural all-female motorsport series, W Series, takes place at Hockenheimring. The race was won by Jamie Chadwick, who would go on to become the inaugural season's champion.

May 4th, 2007

Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.

May 4th, 2002

One hundred three people are killed and 51 are injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria.

May 4th, 2000

Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).

May 4th, 1998

A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.

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

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

25

Clara Azurmendi

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1998, San Sebastián

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

48

Jim Ronny Andersen

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1975, Songdalen Municipality

40

Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen

Member of the Danish parliament

*May 4th, 1983, Brovst

61

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

67

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

91

Hosni Mubarak

President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011

*May 4th, 1928, Kafr el-Muṣīlḥa †February 25th, 2020, Cairo

42

Benjamin Schüßler

German association football player and manager

*May 4th, 1981, Magdeburg

39

Sarah Meier

Swiss figure skater

*May 4th, 1984, Bülach

89

Ed Cassidy

American drummer (1923–2012)

*May 4th, 1923, Chicago †December 6th, 2012, San Jose

36

Cesc Fàbregas

Spanish professional footballer

*May 4th, 1987, Arenys de Mar

71

Fritz von Opel

German engineer

*May 4th, 1899, Rüsselsheim am Main †April 8th, 1971, Samedan

50

Katrin Apel

German biathlete

*May 4th, 1973, Erfurt

77

Alice Spencer

English countess, viscountess and baroness

*May 4th, 1559, Althorp †January 23rd, 1637, Harefield

63

Werner Faymann

Austrian politician who was Chancellor of Austria and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria

*May 4th, 1960, Vienna

31

Keith Haring

American artist and social activist (1958–1990)

*May 4th, 1958, Reading †February 16th, 1990, Manhattan

69

Liz Robertson

British actress

*May 4th, 1954, Ilford

68

Juan de Valdés Leal

Spanish artist (1622-1690)

*May 4th, 1622, Seville †October 15th, 1690, Seville

38

David Gove

American ice hockey player

*May 4th, 1978, Centerville †April 5th, 2017, Pittsburgh

38

Fernandinho

Brazilian association football player, born May 1985

*May 4th, 1985, Londrina

Same year
Born in 1437

60

Filippo Buonaccorsi

Italian Renaissance humanist

*May 2nd, 1437, San Gimignano †November 1st, 1497, Kraków

65

Annius of Viterbo

Italian Dominican friar/scholar/historian and forger,

*January 5th, 1437, Viterbo †November 13th, 1502, Rome

73

Pierre Blarru

French writer

*April 3rd, 1437, Orbey †November 23rd, 1510, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges

26

John IV, Duke of Bavaria

Duke of Bavaria

*October 4th, 1437, Munich †November 18th, 1463, Gutshof Menterschwaige

71

János Thurzó

Hungarian businessman

*April 30th, 1437, Levoča †October 10th, 1508, Baia Mare

75

Anna of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg

Princess of Saxony by birth, by marriage Electress of Brandenburg

*March 7th, 1437, Meissen †October 31st, 1512, Neustadt an der Aisch

61

John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton

English Yorkist nobleman

*July 22nd, 1437, Bolton Castle †August 17th, 1498

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Public holidays on May 4th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, May Fourth Movement commemorations) which are celebrated on May 4th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1437 is a normal year and no leap year.

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