November 4th, 1494

Born on November 4th, 1494

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 610 days, exactly on December 30th, 2025, people who were born on November 4th, 1494 will be 194,000 days old!

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What happened on November 4th?

November 4th, 2016

The Paris Agreement, under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, came into effect.

November 4th, 2010

In the first aviation incident involving an Airbus A380, Qantas Flight 32 suffered an uncontained engine failure and made an emergency landing at Changi Airport in Singapore with no casualties.

November 4th, 2008

Barack Obama (pictured) became the first African American to be elected President of the United States.

November 4th, 1995

Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, a right-wing extremist, at a peace rally at Kings of Israel Square in Tel Aviv.

November 4th, 1970

Authorities in California discovered a 13-year-old feral child, pseudonymously known as Genie, who had spent nearly her entire life in social isolation.

November 4th, 1964

Ayatollah Khomeini was arrested by SAVAK and secretly exiled to Turkey.

November 4th, 1952

Robert A. Lovett, United States Secretary of Defense, issued a memorandum establishing the National Security Agency, with responsibility for all communications intelligence for the government.

November 4th, 1944

Second World War: Allied forces completed Operation Pheasant, a major operation to clear German troops from the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands.

November 4th, 1938

The Hlinka Guard and Slovakian police began the deportation of several thousand Jews from the country.

November 4th, 1922

The tomb of Tutankhamun (pictured) was discovered by a team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter.

November 4th, 1921

The remains of an unknown soldier were buried with an eternal flame at the Altare della Patria (pictured) in Rome.

November 4th, 1912

The keel of USS Nevada was laid down, beginning construction on the United States Navy's first "super-dreadnought".

November 4th, 1890

London's City and South London Railway, the first deep-level underground railway in the world, officially opened, running a distance of 3.2 mi (5.1 km) between the City of London and Stockwell.

November 4th, 1864

American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest led a cavalry division in an attack on a Union Army supply base at Johnsonville, Tennessee, resulting in the capture of 150 prisoners.

November 4th, 2020

The Tigray War begins with Tigrayan rebels launching attacks on Ethiopian command centers.

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

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

53

Malena Ernman

Swedish opera singer

*November 4th, 1970, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

62

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician

*November 4th, 1961, Strand Municipality

71

Thomas Klestil

Austrian diplomat and politician (1932–2004)

*November 4th, 1932, Vienna †July 6th, 2004, Vienna

85

Henry Heerup

Danish sculptor, painter and composer (1907-1993)

*November 4th, 1907, Copenhagen †May 30th, 1993, Copenhagen

27

Mercedes Müller

German actress and Kickboxer

*November 4th, 1996, Berlin

89

Wee Kim Wee

4th President of Singapore (1915–2005)

*November 4th, 1915, Singapore †May 2nd, 2005, Siglap

54

Matthew McConaughey

American actor

*November 4th, 1969, Uvalde

85

Art Carney

American actor and comedian (1918-2003)

*November 4th, 1918, Mount Vernon †November 9th, 2003, Chester

77

Laura Bush

First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*November 4th, 1946, Midland

76

Martin Balsam

American actor (1919–1996)

*November 4th, 1919, The Bronx †February 13th, 1996, Rome

12

Edward V of England

King of England (1470-1483)

*November 4th, 1470, Westminster Abbey †January 1st, 1483, Tower of London

66

Tony Abbott

Prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015

*November 4th, 1957, General Lying-In Hospital

51

Luís Figo

Portuguese football player

*November 4th, 1972, Almada

66

Guido Reni

Bolognese painter (1575–1642)

*November 4th, 1575, Bologna †August 18th, 1642, Bologna

33

Matthias Büttner

German politician (born 1990)

*November 4th, 1990, Stendal

82

James Montgomery

British poet and writer (1771–1854)

*November 4th, 1771, Irvine †April 30th, 1854, Sheffield

84

Charles K. Kao

Hong Kong-British-American physicist

*November 4th, 1933, People's Republic of China †September 23rd, 2018, Bradbury Hospice

68

Matti Vanhanen

Finnish politician and the 40th prime minister of Finland

*November 4th, 1955, Jyväskylä

38

Marcell Jansen

German association football player

*November 4th, 1985, Mönchengladbach

67

Barbara Howard

American film and television actress

*November 4th, 1956, Chicago

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Born in 1494

71

Suleiman the Magnificent

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and caliph (1520–1566)

*November 6th, 1494, Trabzon †September 7th, 1566, Szigetvár

72

Johannes Agricola

Reformer, humanist

*April 20th, 1494, Lutherstadt Eisleben †September 22nd, 1566, Berlin

61

Georgius Agricola

German mineralogist

*March 24th, 1494, Glauchau †November 21st, 1555, Chemnitz

52

Francis I of France

King of France (1494-1547)

*September 12th, 1494, Cognac †March 31st, 1547, Rambouillet

63

Bona Sforza

Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania

*February 2nd, 1494, Vigevano †November 19th, 1557, Castello Normanno-Svevo

59

Ambrosius Moibanus

German theologian

*April 4th, 1494, Wrocław †January 16th, 1554, Wrocław

88

Antoinette de Bourbon

Duchess consort of Guise

*December 25th, 1494, Ham †January 22nd, 1583, Joinville

81

Hans Sachs

German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker

*November 5th, 1494, Nuremberg †January 19th, 1576, Nuremberg

62

Pontormo

Florentine Mannerist painter

*May 24th, 1494, Empoli †December 31st, 1556, Florence

46

Rosso Fiorentino

Italian painter

*March 8th, 1494, Florence †November 14th, 1540, Paris

81

Francesco da Sangallo

Italian artist (1494-1576)

*March 1st, 1494, Florence †February 17th, 1576, Florence

80

Francesco Maurolico

Greek mathematician and astronomer (*1494 – †1575)

*September 16th, 1494, Messina †July 22nd, 1575, Messina

63

Francesco Bacchiacca

Italian Renaissance painter (1494-1557)

*March 1st, 1494, Florence †October 5th, 1557, Florence

60

Oronce Finé

French mathematician and cartographer (*1494 – †1555)

*December 20th, 1494, Briançon †August 8th, 1555, Paris

63

Wolfgang of the Palatinate

Count Palatine of Neumarkt, governor of the Upper Palatinate

*October 31st, 1494, Heidelberg †April 2nd, 1558, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

76

Johannes Scheubel

German mathematician

*January 1st, 1494, Kirchheim unter Teck †January 1st, 1570, Tübingen

26

Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen

Princess of Anhalt by birth, by marriage Duchess of Saxony

*November 12th, 1494, Köthen †October 7th, 1521, Weimar

24

Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach

Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach by birth and Margravine of Baden by marriage

*March 25th, 1494, Ansbach †May 31st, 1518, Pforzheim

74

Jean Parisot de la Valette

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

*January 1st, 1494, La Valette-du-Var †August 21st, 1568, Malta

77

Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders

Duchess consort of Guelders

*September 11th, 1494, Celle †April 2nd, 1572, Geldern

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No: With 365 days 1494 is a normal year and no leap year.

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