December 4th, 1619

Born on December 4th, 1619

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 4th, 1619?

December 4th, 1619

Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony

What else 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.

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

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

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

59

Marisa Tomei

American actress

*December 4th, 1964, Brooklyn

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

82

Francisco Franco

Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)

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

68

Philip Hammond

British politician (born 1955)

*December 4th, 1955, Epping

74

Jeff Bridges

American actor

*December 4th, 1949, Los Angeles

78

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian painter (1866–1944)

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

58

Ulf Kirsten

German footballer

*December 4th, 1965, Riesa

54

Jay-Z

American rapper, producer, businessman and actor

*December 4th, 1969, Brooklyn

81

Gemma Jones

British actress

*December 4th, 1942, Marylebone

85

Thomas Carlyle

Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)

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

70

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

French actor and film director

*December 4th, 1953, Courbevoie

50

Tyra Banks

American television personality, producer, and former model

*December 4th, 1973, Inglewood

75

Southside Johnny

American singer

*December 4th, 1948, Neptune Township

74

Herbert Edward Read

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

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

60

Sergei Bubka

Ukrainian pole vaulter

*December 4th, 1963, Luhansk

42

Brian Vandborg

Danish road bicycle racer, born 1981

*December 4th, 1981, Herning

39

Fabrice Jeandesboz

French road cyclist

*December 4th, 1984, Loudéac

30

Taco van der Hoorn

Dutch cyclist

*December 4th, 1993, Rotterdam

83

JoAnn H. Morgan

American aerospace engineer

*December 4th, 1940, Huntsville

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Born in 1619

64

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

French statesman (1619-1683)

*August 29th, 1619, Reims †September 6th, 1683, Paris

36

Cyrano de Bergerac

French novelist and dramatist (1619–1655)

*March 6th, 1619, Paris †July 28th, 1655, Sannois

68

Antoine Furetière

French writer and scholar (1619-1688)

*December 28th, 1619, Paris †May 14th, 1688, Paris

50

Jan Victors

Dutch painter (1619–1676)

*June 13th, 1619, Amsterdam †November 30th, 1669, Dutch East Indies

70

Johann Peter Titz

German educationist and poet (1619-1689)

*January 10th, 1619, Legnica †September 7th, 1689, Gdańsk

59

Anne-Geneviève de Bourbon

Duchess of Longueville (1619-1679)

*August 28th, 1619, Château de Vincennes †April 5th, 1679, Paris

70

Charles Le Brun

17th-century French painter and art theorist (1619—1690)

*February 24th, 1619, Paris †February 22nd, 1690, Paris

72

Wang Fuzhi

Chinese essayist, historian and philosopher (1619–1692)

*October 7th, 1619, Hengyang †February 18th, 1692

62

Prince Rupert of the Rhine

German prince, royalist general and admiral (1619-1682)

*December 17th, 1619, Prague †November 29th, 1682, Westminster

57

Jan van Riebeeck

Dutch colonial governor (1619–1677)

*April 21st, 1619, Culemborg †January 18th, 1677, Batavia

80

Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg

German princess (1619-1680)

*October 10th, 1619, Bavarian †December 20th, 1699, Gotha

52

Iacopo Antonio Fancelli

Italian sculptor (1606-1674)

*January 1st, 1619, Rome †January 1st, 1671, Rome

64

John Lambert

English Parliamentary general and politician (1619-1683)

*September 7th, 1619, Kirkby Malham †March 1st, 1684, Plymouth Sound

61

Anna Sophia I, Abbess of Quedlinburg

Dutch abbess (1619-1680)

*April 2nd, 1619, Birkenfeld †September 1st, 1680, Quedlinburg

69

Marcantonio Giustinian

Doge of Venice

*March 2nd, 1619, Venice †March 23rd, 1688, Venice

58

Anders Bording

Danish poet and journalist

*January 21st, 1619, Ribe †May 24th, 1677, Copenhagen

74

Francesco Morosini

Doge of Venice (1619–1694)

*February 26th, 1619, Venice †January 16th, 1694, Nauplion

27

Francesco Maria Farnese

Italian cardinal (1619-1647)

*August 8th, 1619, Parma †July 12th, 1647, Parma

78

Pedro Abarca

Jesuit theologian

*July 16th, 1619, Jaca †August 23rd, 1697, Palencia

61

Frederick Louis

Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg (1619-1681)

*October 27th, 1619, Heidelberg †April 11th, 1681, Obermoschel

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1619 is a normal year and no leap year.

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