December 4th, 1609

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Born on December 4th, 1609 – 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 1609)

Born on December 4th, 1609

Weekday

Friday

December 4th, 1609 was a Friday.

Age

414

People born on December 4th, 1609 will turn 415 this year (2024), in exactly 154 days .

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

November 23rd, 1609 - December 21st, 1609

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 151,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 578 days, exactly on February 1st, 2026, people who were born on December 4th, 1609 will be 152,000 days old!

151,422 Days

21,631 Weeks

4,974 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian painter (1866–1944)

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

Ulf Kirsten

German footballer

*December 4th, 1965, Riesa

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

French actor and film director

*December 4th, 1953, Courbevoie

Jay-Z

American rapper, producer, businessman and actor

*December 4th, 1969, Brooklyn

Gemma Jones

British actress

*December 4th, 1942, Marylebone

Thomas Carlyle

Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)

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

Tyra Banks

American television personality, producer, and former model

*December 4th, 1973, Inglewood

Southside Johnny

American singer

*December 4th, 1948, Neptune Township

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

Taco van der Hoorn

Dutch cyclist

*December 4th, 1993, Rotterdam

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

Gerrard Winstanley

English reformer and activist (1609-1676)

*October 19th, 1609, Wigan †September 10th, 1676, London

Artus Quellinus the Elder

Flemish sculptor (1609–1668)

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

Matthew Hale

English jurist and scholar (1609–1676)

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

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

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

English politician and historian (1609–1674)

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

Paul Fleming

Physician, poet, diplomat

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

John Suckling

English poet

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

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato

Italian painter (1609–1685)

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

Kazimierz Leon Sapieha

Lithuanian noble (1609-1656)

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

Henrietta Maria of France

Queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I

*November 25th, 1609, Paris †September 10th, 1669, Colombes

Ernst Ludwig Avemann

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

John II Casimir Vasa

King of Poland (1648–1668)

*March 22nd, 1609, Kraków †December 16th, 1672, Nevers

Johann Heinrich Schönfeld

German painter in the Baroque style (1609-1684)

*March 23rd, 1609, Biberach an der Riss †July 12th, 1684, Augsburg

Giovanni Bona

Catholic cardinal

*October 10th, 1609, Mondovì †October 28th, 1674, Rome

Josias von Rantzou

Danish military, marshal of France

*October 18th, 1609, Bothkamp †September 14th, 1650, Paris

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

Pierre-Paul Riquet

French engineer

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

Nicolas Fiva

Swiss mathematician

*August 15th, 1609, Fribourg †January 1st, 1640, Hangzhou

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.MDCIX

4.12.1609

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

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

Calendar
December 1609

December 1609

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December 4th, 1609

Born on December 4th, 1609

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 151,000 days old!

151,422 Days

21,631 Weeks

4,974 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 1609

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)