March 4th, 1497

Born on March 4th, 1497

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 192,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 465 days, exactly on August 3rd, 2025, people who were born on March 4th, 1497 will be 193,000 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

63

Antonio Vivaldi

Italian composer and violinist (1678-1741)

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

61

Daniel Roebuck

American actor and writer

*March 4th, 1963, Bethlehem

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

30

Caroline Black

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1994, Lisburn

29

Jennifer Karnott

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1995, Birkesdorf

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

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

27

Jeppe Bay Madsen

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1997, Helsingør

30

Matthew Clare

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1994, Ripon

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

Same year
Born in 1497

63

Philipp Melanchthon

German reformer; (1497-1560)

*February 16th, 1497, Bretten †April 19th, 1560, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

45

Francesco Canova da Milano

Italian composer, 1497-1543

*August 18th, 1497, Monza †January 2nd, 1543, Milan

51

Benedetto Accolti the Younger

Cardinal

*October 29th, 1497, Florence †September 21st, 1549, Florence

56

Pedro de Valdivia

Spanish conquistador, first royal governor of Chile (1497–1553)

*April 17th, 1497, Castuera †December 25th, 1553, Chile

48

Meera

16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna

*November 30th, 1497, Merta City †January 1st, 1546, Dwarka

73

Sebastian Fröschel

German theologian

*February 24th, 1497, Amberg †December 20th, 1570, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

59

Johannes Knipstro

German theologian

*May 1st, 1497, Sandau †October 4th, 1556, Wolgast

49

Ḥaṭṭāb, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad

Muslim writer

*May 21st, 1497, Mecca †November 30th, 1546, Tripoli

65

Wolfgang Musculus

Reformed theologian of the Reformation

*September 10th, 1497, Dieuze †August 30th, 1563, Bern

48

Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Prince of Lüneburg-Celle

*June 27th, 1497, Uelzen †January 11th, 1546, Celle

74

Mōri Motonari

A prominent daimyō in the west Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century

*April 16th, 1497, Aki Province †July 6th, 1571, Aki Province

76

Matthäus Schwarz

German fashion writer

*February 19th, 1497, Augsburg †January 1st, 1574, Augsburg

39

Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach

(1497-1536)

*January 17th, 1497, Ansbach †August 20th, 1536, Genoa

50

Edward Hall

16th-century English lawyer, politician, and historian

*January 1st, 1497, Greater London †January 1st, 1547, London

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Public holidays on March 4th

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

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1497 is a normal year and no leap year.

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