July 4th, 1498

Born on July 4th, 1498

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 952 days, exactly on December 3rd, 2026, people who were born on July 4th, 1498 will be 193,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on July 4th?

July 4th, 2005

The impactor of the NASA space probe Deep Impact collided with the comet Tempel 1, excavating interior material to study its composition.

July 4th, 1988

Kylie Minogue's first album, Kylie, was released, and went on to top the charts in the UK and New Zealand.

July 4th, 1976

Israeli forces raided Uganda's Entebbe International Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers on Air France Flight 139.

July 4th, 1954

Four CIA officers arrived in Guatemala to begin Operation PBHistory in an attempt to justify the United States' overthrow of President Jacobo Árbenz one week prior.

July 4th, 1951

William Shockley announced the invention of the junction transistor, for which he, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain later won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

July 4th, 1950

The United States' anti-communist propaganda source Radio Free Europe made its first broadcast aimed at Czechoslovakia.

July 4th, 1945

The Brazilian cruiser Bahia (pictured) was accidentally sunk by one of its own crewmen, killing more than 300 people.

July 4th, 1943

The aircraft carrying Władysław Sikorski, prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, crashed off Gibraltar, killing him and fifteen others and leading to several conspiracy theories.

July 4th, 1941

The Holocaust: During the German occupation of Latvia, a number of synagogues in Riga were set on fire, killing many Jews who were confined within.

July 4th, 1918

World War I: Allied forces led by the Australian general John Monash won the Battle of Hamel, demonstrating the effectiveness of combined-arms techniques in trench warfare.

July 4th, 1863

American Civil War: Confederate forces failed in an attempt to recapture the Union-occupied Helena, Arkansas.

July 4th, 1862

In a boat on the River Thames from Oxford to Godstow, author Lewis Carroll told Alice Liddell (pictured) and her sisters a story that later formed the basis for his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

July 4th, 1855

The first edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass was published, and it went on to become one of the most important collections of American poetry.

July 4th, 1837

The Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway with steam traction, opened between Birmingham and Newton Junction.

July 4th, 1776

In Philadelphia, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing that the thirteen American colonies were no longer a part of the British Empire.

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

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

26

Chirag Shetty

Indian badminton player

*July 4th, 1997, Mumbai

60

Calvin Coolidge

President of the United States from 1923 to 1929

*July 4th, 1872, Plymouth Notch †January 5th, 1933, Northampton

29

Shella Devi Aulia

Indonesian badminton player

*July 4th, 1994, Bekasi City

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

51

Nina Badrić

Croatian pop singer

*July 4th, 1972, Zagreb

87

Rube Goldberg

American cartoonist (1883-1970)

*July 4th, 1883, San Francisco †December 7th, 1970, New York City

32

Dries De Bondt

Belgian cyclist

*July 4th, 1991, Bornem

59

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American author (1804–1864)

*July 4th, 1804, Salem †May 19th, 1864, Plymouth

91

Neil Simon

American playwright, writer, academic (1927-2018)

*July 4th, 1927, New York City †August 26th, 2018, Manhattan

60

Ute Lemper

German singer and actress

*July 4th, 1963, Münster

95

Gina Lollobrigida

Italian actress, photojournalist, and politician (1927–2023)

*July 4th, 1927, Subiaco †January 16th, 2023, Rome

91

Aurèle Vandendriessche

Belgian marathon runner

*July 4th, 1932, Anzegem †October 17th, 2023, Waregem

74

Horst Seehofer

German politician (CSU) and Federal Minister of the Interior

*July 4th, 1949, Ingolstadt

48

Murad III

12th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1574–1595)

*July 4th, 1546, Manisa †January 16th, 1595, Istanbul

25

Malia Obama

Daughter of former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama

*July 4th, 1998, Chicago

88

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926-2014)

*July 4th, 1926, Buenos Aires †July 7th, 2014, Madrid

56

Johannes Aventinus

Bavarian Renaissance humanist historian and philologist (1477-1534)

*July 4th, 1477, Abensberg †January 9th, 1534, Regensburg

48

John Lloyd Young

American actor

*July 4th, 1975, Sacramento

74

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Italian general, patriot, and republican (1807–1882)

*July 4th, 1807, Nice †June 2nd, 1882, Caprera

58

Tracy Letts

American actor and screenwriter

*July 4th, 1965, Tulsa

Same year
Born in 1498

59

Eleanor of Austria

Queen consort of Portugal and France (1498-1558)

*November 15th, 1498, Leuven †February 18th, 1558, Talavera la Real

76

Maarten van Heemskerck

Dutch painter (1498–1574)

*June 1st, 1498, Heemskerk †October 1st, 1574, Haarlem

75

Giovanni Ricci

Italian cardinal

*November 1st, 1498, Chiusi †May 3rd, 1574, Rome

67

Hieronymus Baumgartner

German politician

*March 9th, 1498, Nuremberg †December 8th, 1565, Nuremberg

76

Hernando de Aragón y Gurrea

Roman Catholic archbishop

*July 25th, 1498, Zaragoza †January 29th, 1575, Zaragoza

1

Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal

Portuguese prince (1498-1500)

*August 23rd, 1498, Archbishop's Palace at Saragossa †July 19th, 1500, Granada

28

Giovanni delle Bande Nere

Italian condottiero

*April 6th, 1498, Forlì †November 30th, 1526, Governolo

38

Prince Johann, Hereditary Prince of Saxony

Saxon Royal

*August 24th, 1498, Dresden †January 11th, 1537, Dresden

52

Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine

Catholic cardinal (1498-1550)

*April 9th, 1498, Bar-le-Duc †May 18th, 1550, Neuvy-sur-Loire

53

Andreas Osiander

German Protestant reformer, 1498-1552

*December 28th, 1498, Gunzenhausen †October 27th, 1552, Königsberg

64

Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Roman Catholic archbishop

*June 30th, 1498, Ansbach †February 4th, 1563, Riga

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Public holidays on July 4th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1498 is a normal year and no leap year.

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