October 4th, 1623

Born on October 4th, 1623

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

October 4th, 1927

Gutzon Borglum and approximately 400 workers began sculpting Mount Rushmore.

October 4th, 2003

A suicide bomber killed 21 people, including a two-month-old baby, and injured 60 others inside a restaurant in Haifa, Israel.

October 4th, 1957

The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

October 4th, 1943

World War II: Allied forces executed Operation Leader, an air raid against German shipping near Bodø, Norway.

October 4th, 1941

Willie Gillis, one of Norman Rockwell's trademark characters, debuted on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.

October 4th, 1925

Great Syrian Revolt: Rebels led by Fawzi al-Qawuqji captured the city of Hama from the French Mandate of Syria.

October 4th, 1918

First World War: The Japanese merhant ship Hirano Maru was sunk by a German submarine in the Celtic Sea with the loss of 291 lives.

October 4th, 1917

First World War: The Allies devastated the German defence at the Battle of Broodseinde, prompting a crisis among German commanders and causing a severe loss of morale in the 4th Army.

October 4th, 1876

Texas A&M University opened as the first public institution of higher education in the U.S. state.

October 4th, 1862

American Civil War: After a naval battle in Galveston Harbor, Texas, Confederate commanders negotiated the surrender of the city to Union forces.

October 4th, 1633

Smolensk War: Forces from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth broke the Russian siege of Smolensk (depicted).

October 4th, 1448

Skanderbeg and Gjergj Arianiti signed a peace treaty to end the Albanian–Venetian War.

October 4th, 1363

Red Turban Rebellions: The rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang won the Battle of Lake Poyang by deploying ships intentionally set aflame when the emperor tried to escape.

October 4th, 1209

Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (seal pictured), was crowned.

October 4th, 2018

East Island (pictured), a critical wildlife habitat in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, was largely destroyed by Hurricane Walaka.

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

Same year
Born in 1623

39

Blaise Pascal

French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623–1662)

*June 19th, 1623, Clermont-Ferrand †August 19th, 1662, Paris

64

William Petty

English scientist, philosopher, statistician and economist (1623-1687)

*May 26th, 1623, Romsey †December 16th, 1687, London

64

Ferdinand Verbiest

Flemish Jesuit missionary (1623–1688)

*October 9th, 1623, Pittem †January 28th, 1688, Beijing

58

Michael Heinrich Horn

German chemist (1623-1681)

*August 19th, 1623, Heringen †October 16th, 1681, Leipzig

61

Carpoforo Tencalla

Italian painter (1623-1685)

*September 10th, 1623, Bissone †March 9th, 1685, Bissone

84

Wilhelmus Beekman

Dutch politician

*April 28th, 1623, Hasselt †September 21st, 1707, Rhinebeck

49

Cornelis de Witt

Dutch politician (1623-1672)

*June 15th, 1623, Dordrecht †August 20th, 1672, The Hague

51

Stanisław Lubieniecki

Polish historian, astronomer

*August 23rd, 1623, Raków †May 18th, 1675, Altona

57

Gillis Valckenier

Dutch politician (1623-1680)

*August 13th, 1623, Amsterdam †November 6th, 1680, Amsterdam

63

François Turrettini

Genevan theologian (1623-1687)

*October 17th, 1623, Geneva †September 28th, 1687, Geneva

64

Johannes Colberg

German theologian

*March 31st, 1623, Kołobrzeg †September 19th, 1687, Greifswald

61

Frederick Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Hanau-Münzenberg (1623-1685)

*August 4th, 1623, Bouxwiller †March 30th, 1685, Hanau

85

François de Laval

Catholic saint, First Bishop of Quebec

*April 30th, 1623, Montigny-sur-Avre †May 6th, 1708, Quebec City

59

Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg

German noble (1623-1683)

*July 14th, 1623, Berlin †June 26th, 1683, Schmalkalden

73

Andreas Herold

*March 16th, 1623, Nuremberg †September 16th, 1696, Dresden

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1623 is a normal year and no leap year.

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