February 4th, 1626

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Born on February 4th, 1626 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 4th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 4th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1626)

Born on February 4th, 1626

Weekday

Wednesday

February 4th, 1626 was a Wednesday.

Age

398

People born on February 4th, 1626 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 398 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1626 - February 19th, 1626

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 145,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 484 days, exactly on October 30th, 2025, people who were born on February 4th, 1626 will be 146,000 days old!

145,516 Days

20,788 Weeks

4,780 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on February 4th?

February 4th, 2015

Shortly after takeoff from Taipei Songshan Airport, the crew of TransAsia Airways Flight 235 shut down the wrong engine in response to a flameout, leading to a crash that resulted in 43 deaths.

February 4th, 2008

The London low emission zone, governing what types of vehicles may enter Greater London, came into operation.

February 4th, 1999

Amadou Diallo, a 23-year-old immigrant from Guinea, was shot and killed by four New York City Police Department plain-clothed officers, prompting outrage both within and outside the city.

February 4th, 1974

American newspaper heiress and socialite Patty Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, which she later joined, in one of the most well-known cases of Stockholm syndrome.

February 4th, 1969

Yasser Arafat (pictured) was elected chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

February 4th, 1945

World War II: U.S. forces liberated the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, the largest Japanese internment camp in the Philippines.

February 4th, 1899

The Philippine–American War began when an American soldier, under orders to keep insurgents away from his unit's encampment, fired on a Filipino soldier in Manila.

February 4th, 1859

Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovered the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century great uncial codex of the Bible in Greek, in Saint Catherine's Monastery, Egypt.

February 4th, 1820

Chilean War of Independence: Chilean forces captured the city of Valdivia.

February 4th, 1801

John Marshall, whose court opinions helped lay the basis for U.S. constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a coequal branch of government, took office as chief justice.

February 4th, 0960

Emperor Taizu (pictured) came to power, initiating the Song dynasty of China that eventually lasted for more than three centuries.

February 4th, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic causes all casinos in Macau to be closed down for 15 days.

February 4th, 2015

TransAsia Airways Flight 235, with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung River just after takeoff, killing 43 people.

February 4th, 2008

Civic mobilizations in Colombia against FARC, under the name A million voices against the FARC.

February 4th, 2004

Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.

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

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

Yulfira Barkah

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1998, Medan

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

Conrad Bain

Canadian-American actor, personality, entertainer, and activist (1923–2013)

*February 4th, 1923, Lethbridge †January 14th, 2013, Livermore

Ciaran Chambers

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1994, Belfast

Wu Hsiao-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*February 4th, 1995, Kaohsiung

Michael Søgaard

Danish badminton player

*February 4th, 1969, Sønderborg

Donna Haliday

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1981, Raetihi

Luke Charlesworth

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1992, Auckland

Nethania Irawan

Badminton player

*February 4th, 2004, Surabaya

Rosa Parks

African-American civil rights activist (1913-2005)

*February 4th, 1913, Tuskegee †October 24th, 2005, Detroit

Natalie Imbruglia

Australian-British singer, songwriter and actress

*February 4th, 1975, Sydney

Ludwig Erhard

Chancellor of West Germany (1963–1966)

*February 4th, 1897, Fürth †May 5th, 1977, Bonn

Jenny Shipley

New Zealand politician

*February 4th, 1952, Gore

Jean Richepin

French poet, novelist and dramatist (1849-1926)

*February 4th, 1849, Médéa †December 12th, 1926, rue de la Tour

Dan Quayle

Vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993

*February 4th, 1947, Indianapolis

Alice Cooper

American singer (born 1948)

*February 4th, 1948, Detroit

Lisa Eichhorn

American actress

*February 4th, 1952, Glens Falls

Hunter Biden

American attorney and businessman

*February 4th, 1970, Wilmington

Moïse Brou Apanga

Gabonese footballer (1982-2017)

*February 4th, 1982, Abidjan †April 26th, 2017, Libreville

Charles Lindbergh

American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and social activist

*February 4th, 1902, Detroit †August 26th, 1974, Kipahulu

Same year
Born in 1626

Francesco Redi

Italian entomologist and poet

*February 18th, 1626, Arezzo †March 1st, 1697, Pisa

John Aubrey

English writer and antiquarian (1626-1697)

*March 12th, 1626, Malmesbury †June 7th, 1697, Oxford

Christina of Sweden

Queen of Sweden (1626-1689), ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654

*December 18th, 1626, Stockholm †April 19th, 1689, Rome

Richard Cromwell

English politician (1626–1712)

*October 4th, 1626, Huntingdon †July 12th, 1712, Cheshunt

Jan Steen

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1626-1679)

*January 1st, 1626, Leiden †February 3rd, 1679, Leiden

Giovanni Legrenzi

Italian composer (1626–1690)

*August 12th, 1626, Clusone †May 27th, 1690, Venice

Géraud de Cordemoy

French historian, philosopher and lawyer

*October 6th, 1626, Paris †October 15th, 1684, Paris

Josua Arnd

German historian and theologian (1626-1687)

*September 9th, 1626, Güstrow †April 5th, 1687, Güstrow

Leopold Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden

German noble (1626-1671)

*September 16th, 1626, Baden-Baden †March 1st, 1671, Baden-Baden

Madame de Sévigné

French noble and epistolarian writer

*February 5th, 1626, Paris †April 17th, 1696, Grignan

Richard Ottley

English politician (1626-1670)

*August 5th, 1626, Pitchford Hall †August 10th, 1670

Johann Andreas Bose

*June 27th, 1626, Leipzig †April 29th, 1674, Jena

Peter of Saint Joseph Betancur

Spanish missionary and saint (1626-1667)

*March 21st, 1626, Vilaflor, Santa Cruz de Tenerife †April 25th, 1667, Antigua Guatemala

Sabbatai Zevi

Sephardic Rabbi

*August 1st, 1626, İzmir †September 17th, 1676, Ulcinj

William II, Prince of Orange

Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland (1626–1650)

*May 27th, 1626, The Hague †November 6th, 1650, The Hague

Matthias Tretzscher

Organ builder

*April 2nd, 1626, Hroznětín †January 1st, 1686, Kulmbach

Lucas Achtschellinck

Flemish landscape painter (1626-1699)

*January 16th, 1626, City of Brussels †May 12th, 1699, City of Brussels

Karl Mecklenburg

German canon (1626-1670)

*March 8th, 1626, Schwerin †August 20th, 1670, Mirow

Emilie von Hessen-Kassel

(1626-1693)

*February 11th, 1626, Bad Hersfeld †February 15th, 1693, Frankfurt

Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken

German noble (1626-1692)

*May 17th, 1626, Stegeborg Castle †March 3rd, 1692, Osterholz-Scharmbeck

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 4th

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

Earliest day on which Ash Wednesday can fall, while March 10 is the latest; celebrated on the first day of Lent (Christianity)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday

Independence Day (Sri Lanka)

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

Rosa Parks Day (California and Missouri, United States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks_Day

World Cancer Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Cancer_Day

International Day of Human Fraternity

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Human_Fraternity

Earliest day on which Ash Wednesday can fall, while March 10 is the latest; celebrated on the first day of Lent (Western Christianity)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Wednesday

Eduardo Francisco Pironio

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Francisco_Pironio

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

IV.II.MDCXXVI

4.2.1626

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1626 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1626

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5							1
6	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
7	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
8	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
9	23	24	25	26	27	28

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February 4th, 1626

Born on February 4th, 1626

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 145,000 days old!

145,516 Days

20,788 Weeks

4,780 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 4th?

Shortly after takeoff from Taipei Songshan Airport, the crew of TransAsia Airways Flight 235 shut down the wrong engine in response to a flameout, leading to a crash that resulted in 43 deaths.

The London low emission zone, governing what types of vehicles may enter Greater London, came into operation.

Amadou Diallo, a 23-year-old immigrant from Guinea, was shot and killed by four New York City Police Department plain-clothed officers, prompting outrage both within and outside the city.

American newspaper heiress and socialite Patty Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, which she later joined, in one of the most well-known cases of Stockholm syndrome.

Yasser Arafat (pictured) was elected chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

World War II: U.S. forces liberated the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila, the largest Japanese internment camp in the Philippines.

The Philippine–American War began when an American soldier, under orders to keep insurgents away from his unit's encampment, fired on a Filipino soldier in Manila.

Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovered the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th-century great uncial codex of the Bible in Greek, in Saint Catherine's Monastery, Egypt.

Chilean War of Independence: Chilean forces captured the city of Valdivia.

John Marshall, whose court opinions helped lay the basis for U.S. constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a coequal branch of government, took office as chief justice.

Emperor Taizu (pictured) came to power, initiating the Song dynasty of China that eventually lasted for more than three centuries.

The COVID-19 pandemic causes all casinos in Macau to be closed down for 15 days.

TransAsia Airways Flight 235, with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung River just after takeoff, killing 43 people.

Civic mobilizations in Colombia against FARC, under the name A million voices against the FARC.

Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.

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

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

Same year Born in 1626

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 4th

Andrew Corsini

Gilbert of Sempringham

John de Brito

Goldrofe of Arganil

Blessed Rabanus Maurus

Rimbert

February 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of the Armed Struggle (Angola)

Earliest day on which Ash Wednesday can fall, while March 10 is the latest; celebrated on the first day of Lent (Christianity)

Independence Day (Sri Lanka)

Rosa Parks Day (California and Missouri, United States)

World Cancer Day

International Day of Human Fraternity

Earliest day on which Ash Wednesday can fall, while March 10 is the latest; celebrated on the first day of Lent (Western Christianity)

Eduardo Francisco Pironio

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

4.2.1626

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Age in days, weeks and months
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