March 4th, 1571

Born on March 4th, 1571

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 490 days, exactly on August 30th, 2025, people who were born on March 4th, 1571 will be 166,000 days old!

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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

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Born in 1571

58

Johannes Kepler

German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)

*December 27th, 1571, Weil der Stadt †November 15th, 1630, Regensburg

38

Caravaggio

Italian painter (1571–1610)

*September 29th, 1571, Milan †July 18th, 1610, Porto Ercole

59

John Donne

English poet and cleric (1572–1631)

*November 30th, 1571, London †March 31st, 1631, London

60

Thomas Dekker

English dramatist and pamphleteer

*November 30th, 1571, London †August 25th, 1632, London

57

Abbas the Great

Shah of Safavid Iran (1571-1629)

*January 27th, 1571, Herat †January 19th, 1629, Mazandaran Province

80

Tommaso Francini

The elder of Italian French brothers fountain and garden design duo Tommaso and Alessandro Francini

*March 15th, 1571, Florence †April 13th, 1651, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

49

Pietro Aldobrandini

Catholic cardinal (1571-1621)

*March 31st, 1571, Rome †February 10th, 1621, Rome

50

Michael Praetorius

German composer, organist, and music theorist

*February 15th, 1571, Creuzburg †February 15th, 1621, Wolfenbüttel

63

Adriaan Metius

Dutch mathematician and astronomer

*December 9th, 1571, Alkmaar †September 6th, 1635, Franeker

60

Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington

English antiquarian (1571-1631)

*January 22nd, 1571, Denton †May 6th, 1631, Westminster

59

Jacob Matham

Engraver from the Northern Netherlands

*October 15th, 1571, Haarlem †January 20th, 1631, Haarlem

69

Charles of Lorraine, duke of Guise

French aristocrat and military commander

*August 2nd, 1571, Joinville †September 30th, 1640, Cuna

62

Caspar Cunradi

German writer (1571-1633)

*October 9th, 1571, Wrocław †November 15th, 1633, Wrocław

67

Jacob van Swanenburgh

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1571-1638)

*April 21st, 1571, Leiden †October 16th, 1638, Utrecht

62

Theodoor Galle

Flemish Baroque engraver

*July 16th, 1571, Antwerp †December 18th, 1633, Antwerp

67

Lucas Osiander the Younger

German theologian

*May 6th, 1571, Stuttgart †August 10th, 1638, Tübingen

50

Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy

Military commander (1571-1621)

*January 9th, 1571, Arras †July 10th, 1621, Neuhäusel

82

Hippolytus Guarinonius

Doctor, scholar and writer

*November 18th, 1571, Trento †May 31st, 1654, Hall in Tirol

66

Anton Henry, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

*October 7th, 1571, Sondershausen †August 10th, 1638, Sondershausen

65

Christine von Dietz

Daughter of Anna of Saxony by Jan Rubens

*August 22nd, 1571, Siegen †January 1st, 1637, Benfeld

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1571 is a normal year and no leap year.

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