January 4th, 1609

Born on January 4th, 1609

Weekday

Sunday

January 4th, 1609 was a Sunday.

Age

417

People born on January 4th, 1609 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 417 years old this year (2026).

Zodiac

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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1608 - January 20th, 1609

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 152,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 527 days, exactly on November 29th, 2027, people who were born on January 4th, 1609 will be 153,000 days old!

152,473 Days

21,781 Weeks

5,009 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on January 4th?

January 4th, 2020

Sembawang Hot Spring Park in Singapore reopened after being redeveloped by the National Parks Board.

January 4th, 2018

A passenger train collided with a truck and derailed in the Free State, South Africa, killing 21 people and injuring 254 others.

January 4th, 2010

The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest structure, officially opened in Dubai.

January 4th, 2007

Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government.

January 4th, 1970

A magnitude-7.1 earthquake occurred in Tonghai County, China, killing at least 15,000 people.

January 4th, 2004

Spirit (artist's impression depicted), the first of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, successfully landed on Mars.

January 4th, 1989

Two American F-14 Tomcats shot down two Libyan MiG-23 Floggers that appeared to be attempting to engage them over the Gulf of Sidra.

January 4th, 1973

Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running sitcom in the world, premiered as an episode of the BBC's Comedy Playhouse.

January 4th, 1972

Rose Heilbron (pictured) became the first female judge to sit at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales.

January 4th, 1951

Korean War: Chinese and North Korean troops captured Seoul from United Nations forces.

January 4th, 1936

Billboard published its first music hit parade.

January 4th, 1912

The Boy Scouts Association was incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.

January 4th, 1909

British explorer Aeneas Mackintosh, a member of the Nimrod Expedition, escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.

January 4th, 1853

Solomon Northup (pictured) regained his freedom after having been sold into slavery in the American South; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later became a bestseller.

January 4th, 1847

American gun inventor Samuel Colt sold the first thousand of his Colt Walker revolvers to the Texas Rangers.

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

Same year
Born in 1609

Frederick III of Denmark

King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 to 1670

*March 18th, 1609, Haderslev †February 9th, 1670, Copenhagen Castle

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato

Italian painter (1609–1685)

*August 25th, 1609, Sassoferrato †August 8th, 1685, Rome

Pieter van Lint

Flemish painter (1609-1690)

*June 28th, 1609, Antwerp †September 25th, 1690, Antwerp

Kazimierz Leon Sapieha

Lithuanian noble (1609-1656)

*July 15th, 1609, Vilnius †January 19th, 1656, Brest

Pierre-Paul Riquet

French engineer

*June 29th, 1609, Béziers †October 1st, 1680, Toulouse

Matthew Hale

English jurist and scholar (1609–1676)

*November 1st, 1609, Alderley †December 25th, 1676, Alderley House

Michael Franck

German composer and poet

*March 16th, 1609, Schleusingen †September 24th, 1667, Coburg

Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria

Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, Cardinal Infante, Archbishop of Toledo (1609-1641)

*May 16th, 1609, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial †November 9th, 1641, Brussels metropolitan area

John Clarke

American politician (1609–1676)

*October 3rd, 1609, Westhorpe †April 20th, 1676, Newport

John Suckling

English poet

*February 10th, 1609, London †June 1st, 1642, Paris

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

English politician and historian (1609–1674)

*February 18th, 1609, London †December 9th, 1674, Rouen

Artus Quellinus the Elder

Flemish sculptor (1609–1668)

*August 30th, 1609, Antwerp †August 23rd, 1668, Antwerp

Ádám Batthyány

(1609–1659) Hungarian noble

*February 14th, 1609, Güssing †March 15th, 1659, Rechnitz

Raimondo Montecuccoli

Politician and military commander of the Holy Roman Empire (1609-1680)

*February 21st, 1609, Castello di Montecuccolo †October 16th, 1680, Linz

Paul Fleming

Physician, poet, diplomat

*October 5th, 1609, Hartenstein †April 2nd, 1640, Hamburg

Schering Rosenhane

Swedish baron, civil servant and author (1609–1663)

*July 4th, 1609, Husby-Oppunda socken †August 6th, 1663, Husby-Oppunda socken

Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet

English politician

*August 30th, 1609, Antony †December 23rd, 1644

Frère Fiacre

*February 21st, 1609, Marly-la-Ville †February 16th, 1684

Ernst Ludwig Avemann

*January 1st, 1609, Eisenach †January 1st, 1689

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 4th

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

Independence Day (Myanmar), celebrates the independence of Myanmar from the United Kingdom in 1948.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Myanmar)

Colonial Martyrs Repression Day (Angola)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_in_Baixa_do_Cassange

Day of the Martyrs (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo

Ogoni Day (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_the_Survival_of_the_Ogoni_People

Tokyo Dome Show: The annual Wrestle Kingdom event run by New Japan Pro-Wrestling

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_4_Tokyo_Dome_Show

World Braille Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Braille_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

IV.I.MDCIX

4.1.1609

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

IX = 9

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1609 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1609

January 1609

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
1				1	2	3	4
2	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
3	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
4	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
5	26	27	28	29	30	31