December 4th, 1543

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Born on December 4th, 1543 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on December 4th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on December 4th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (December 1543)

Born on December 4th, 1543

Weekday

Saturday

December 4th, 1543 was a Saturday.

Age

480

People born on December 4th, 1543 will turn 481 this year (2024), in exactly 154 days .

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

November 23rd, 1543 - December 21st, 1543

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 175,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 471 days, exactly on October 17th, 2025, people who were born on December 4th, 1543 will be 176,000 days old!

175,529 Days

25,075 Weeks

5,766 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 4th?

December 4th, 2012

"Il Canto degli Italiani" officially became the national anthem of Italy, 66 years after it was provisionally chosen following the birth of the Italian Republic.

December 4th, 1992

U.S. president George H. W. Bush ordered American troops into Somalia to help provide humanitarian aid and restore order during the ongoing Somali Civil War.

December 4th, 1986

The MV Amazon Venture oil tanker starts leaking while at the port of Savannah, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L).

December 4th, 1980

The English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbanded.

December 4th, 1971

Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launched a successful attack against the Pakistan Navy at Karachi, sinking three ships with no Indian casualties.

December 4th, 1969

Fred Hampton, the leader of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and Mark Clark were killed in a raid by Chicago police officers in what many scholars consider an illegal assassination.* 1971 – The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force, an Ulster-loyalist paramilitary group, detonated a bomb at a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing 15 people. 1978 – Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first female mayor.

December 4th, 1928

Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.

December 4th, 1909

The first Grey Cup, the championship game of the Canadian Football League, was held in Toronto.

December 4th, 1893

First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers was ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors.

December 4th, 1872

The American brigantine Mary Celeste was found apparently abandoned under circumstances that remain unknown.

December 4th, 1829

Sati, the Hindu funeral custom of a widow's self-immolation on her husband's pyre, was prohibited by Lord William Bentinck in parts of British India after years of campaigning by Ram Mohan Roy (pictured).

December 4th, 1639

Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree made the first successful observation of a transit of Venus (example pictured) from Earth.

December 4th, 1370

Hundred Years' War: In two separate engagements in the Battle of Pontvallain, French forces wiped out an English army which had split up because of a dispute between the commanders.

December 4th, 1875

Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

December 4th, 1872

The American brigantine Mary Celeste is discovered drifting in the Atlantic. Her crew is never found.

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

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

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

Marisa Tomei

American actress

*December 4th, 1964, Brooklyn

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

Francisco Franco

Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)

*December 4th, 1892, Ferrol †November 20th, 1975, Madrid

Philip Hammond

British politician (born 1955)

*December 4th, 1955, Epping

Jeff Bridges

American actor

*December 4th, 1949, Los Angeles

Ulf Kirsten

German footballer

*December 4th, 1965, Riesa

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

French actor and film director

*December 4th, 1953, Courbevoie

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian painter (1866–1944)

*December 4th, 1866, Moscow †December 13th, 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Jay-Z

American rapper, producer, businessman and actor

*December 4th, 1969, Brooklyn

Gemma Jones

British actress

*December 4th, 1942, Marylebone

Tyra Banks

American television personality, producer, and former model

*December 4th, 1973, Inglewood

Heinrich Meibom

German poet

*December 4th, 1555, Alverdissen †September 20th, 1625, Helmstedt

Southside Johnny

American singer

*December 4th, 1948, Neptune Township

Thomas Carlyle

Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)

*December 4th, 1795, Ecclefechan †February 5th, 1881, London

Herbert Edward Read

English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art (1893-1968)

*December 4th, 1893, Muscoates †June 12th, 1968, Stonegrave

Sergei Bubka

Ukrainian pole vaulter

*December 4th, 1963, Luhansk

Brian Vandborg

Danish road bicycle racer, born 1981

*December 4th, 1981, Herning

Mimie Wood

New Zealand secretary, accountant and librarian

*December 4th, 1888, Dunedin †August 25th, 1979, Crofton Downs

Fabrice Jeandesboz

French road cyclist

*December 4th, 1984, Loudéac

Same year
Born in 1543

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)

*January 31st, 1543, Okazaki Castle †June 1st, 1616, Sunpu Castle

Claudio Acquaviva

Superior General of the Society of Jesus

*September 14th, 1543, Atri †January 31st, 1615, Rome

Hartmann Pistoris

German jurist (1543-1603)

*January 22nd, 1543, Leipzig †March 1st, 1603, Leipzig

Kanō Eitoku

Japanese artist (1543-1590)

*February 16th, 1543, Heian-kyō †October 12th, 1590, Heian-kyō

Charles III, Duke of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine from 1545

*February 18th, 1543, Nancy †May 14th, 1608, Nancy

John Still

Bishop of Bath and Wells in Somerset, England

*November 30th, 1543, Grantham †January 1st, 1608, Wells

Dorothea van Saksen-Lauenburg

(1543-1586)

*March 11th, 1543, Lüneburg †April 5th, 1586, Herzberg am Harz

Valentin Schindler

Lutheran Hebraist and professor of the University of Wittenberg, where he was an important teacher of the Hebrew language

*February 14th, 1543, Oederan †June 11th, 1604, Helmstedt

Christine of Hesse

Duchess Consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

*June 29th, 1543, Kassel †May 13th, 1604, Kiel

Johann Yetzeler

(1543-1622)

*January 1st, 1543, Schaffhausen †January 1st, 1622, Schaffhausen

Lettice Knollys

English noblewoman

*November 8th, 1543, Rotherfield Greys †December 25th, 1634, Drayton Bassett

Sharaf Khan Bidlisi

Kurdish noble and writer (1543-c.1603)

*February 25th, 1543, Bitlis †January 1st, 1603, Bitlis

François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières

Marshal of France (1543-1626)

*April 1st, 1543, Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur †September 21st, 1626, Valence

John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern

German prince and reigning count palatine of Simmern (1543-1592)

*March 7th, 1543, Simmern †January 16th, 1592, Heidelberg

Giovanni Bembo

Doge of Venice (1543-1618)

*August 21st, 1543, Venice †March 16th, 1618, Venice

Petrus Albinus

German professor, father of Saxon historiography

*June 28th, 1543, Schneeberg †July 31st, 1598, Dresden

Antonio Archilei

Italian singer, composer and luth player

*March 12th, 1543, Albano Laziale †January 1st, 1612, Florence

Nathanael Chytraeus

German historian and theologian

*January 1st, 1543, Menzingen †January 1st, 1598, Bremen

Johann Lange

*September 4th, 1543, Wesselburen †November 17th, 1616, Kamenz

Àngela Margarida Prat

*October 26th, 1543, Manresa †December 24th, 1608

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 4th

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

Ada

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Ada

Anno II

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_II

Christian feast day: Barbara, and its related observances: Barbórka, Miners' Day in Poland

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Barbara

Christian feast day: Barbara, and its related observances: Eid il-Burbara, a holiday similar to Halloween in honor of Saint Barbara. (Russia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_il-Burbara

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

IV.XII.MDXLIII

4.12.1543

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XL = 40

X = 10

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1543 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1543

December 1543

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52	27	28	29	30	31

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December 4th, 1543

Born on December 4th, 1543

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 175,000 days old!

175,529 Days

25,075 Weeks

5,766 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 4th?

"Il Canto degli Italiani" officially became the national anthem of Italy, 66 years after it was provisionally chosen following the birth of the Italian Republic.

U.S. president George H. W. Bush ordered American troops into Somalia to help provide humanitarian aid and restore order during the ongoing Somali Civil War.

The MV Amazon Venture oil tanker starts leaking while at the port of Savannah, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L).

The English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbanded.

Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launched a successful attack against the Pakistan Navy at Karachi, sinking three ships with no Indian casualties.

Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.

The first Grey Cup, the championship game of the Canadian Football League, was held in Toronto.

First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers was ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors.

The American brigantine Mary Celeste was found apparently abandoned under circumstances that remain unknown.

Sati, the Hindu funeral custom of a widow's self-immolation on her husband's pyre, was prohibited by Lord William Bentinck in parts of British India after years of campaigning by Ram Mohan Roy (pictured).

Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree made the first successful observation of a transit of Venus (example pictured) from Earth.

Hundred Years' War: In two separate engagements in the Battle of Pontvallain, French forces wiped out an English army which had split up because of a dispute between the commanders.

Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

The American brigantine Mary Celeste is discovered drifting in the Atlantic. Her crew is never found.

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

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

Same year Born in 1543

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 4th

Ada

Anno II

Christian feast day: Barbara, and its related observances: Barbórka, Miners' Day in Poland

Christian feast day: Barbara, and its related observances: Eid il-Burbara, a holiday similar to Halloween in honor of Saint Barbara. (Russia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey)

Bernardo degli Uberti

Clement of Alexandria (Anglicanism, Eastern Catholicism)

Giovanni Calabria

John of Damascus

Maruthas

Nicholas Ferrar (Anglicanism)

Osmund

Sigiramnus

December 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Navy Day (India)

Thai Environment Day (Thailand)

Tupou I Day (Tonga)