July 4th, 1643

Born on July 4th, 1643

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 139,000 days old!

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What happened on July 4th, 1643?

July 4th, 1643

First English Civil War: Royalist forces defeated the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Burton Bridge, securing a crossing of the River Trent for a convoy of supplies travelling with Queen Henrietta Maria.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_English_Civil_War

What else happened on July 4th?

July 4th, 2005

The impactor of the NASA space probe Deep Impact collided with the comet Tempel 1, excavating interior material to study its composition.

July 4th, 1988

Kylie Minogue's first album, Kylie, was released, and went on to top the charts in the UK and New Zealand.

July 4th, 1976

Israeli forces raided Uganda's Entebbe International Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers on Air France Flight 139.

July 4th, 1954

Four CIA officers arrived in Guatemala to begin Operation PBHistory in an attempt to justify the United States' overthrow of President Jacobo Árbenz one week prior.

July 4th, 1951

William Shockley announced the invention of the junction transistor, for which he, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain later won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

July 4th, 1950

The United States' anti-communist propaganda source Radio Free Europe made its first broadcast aimed at Czechoslovakia.

July 4th, 1945

The Brazilian cruiser Bahia (pictured) was accidentally sunk by one of its own crewmen, killing more than 300 people.

July 4th, 1943

The aircraft carrying Władysław Sikorski, prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, crashed off Gibraltar, killing him and fifteen others and leading to several conspiracy theories.

July 4th, 1941

The Holocaust: During the German occupation of Latvia, a number of synagogues in Riga were set on fire, killing many Jews who were confined within.

July 4th, 1918

World War I: Allied forces led by the Australian general John Monash won the Battle of Hamel, demonstrating the effectiveness of combined-arms techniques in trench warfare.

July 4th, 1863

American Civil War: Confederate forces failed in an attempt to recapture the Union-occupied Helena, Arkansas.

July 4th, 1862

In a boat on the River Thames from Oxford to Godstow, author Lewis Carroll told Alice Liddell (pictured) and her sisters a story that later formed the basis for his book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

July 4th, 1855

The first edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass was published, and it went on to become one of the most important collections of American poetry.

July 4th, 1837

The Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway with steam traction, opened between Birmingham and Newton Junction.

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

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

26

Chirag Shetty

Indian badminton player

*July 4th, 1997, Mumbai

60

Calvin Coolidge

President of the United States from 1923 to 1929

*July 4th, 1872, Plymouth Notch †January 5th, 1933, Northampton

29

Shella Devi Aulia

Indonesian badminton player

*July 4th, 1994, Bekasi

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

51

Nina Badrić

Croatian singer

*July 4th, 1972, Zagreb

87

Rube Goldberg

American cartoonist (1883-1970)

*July 4th, 1883, San Francisco †December 7th, 1970, New York City

59

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American author (1804–1864)

*July 4th, 1804, Salem †May 19th, 1864, Plymouth

48

Murad III

12th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1574–1595)

*July 4th, 1546, Manisa †January 16th, 1595, Istanbul

32

Dries De Bondt

Belgian cyclist

*July 4th, 1991, Bornem

91

Neil Simon

American playwright, writer, academic (1927-2018)

*July 4th, 1927, New York City †August 26th, 2018, Manhattan

60

Ute Lemper

German singer and actress

*July 4th, 1963, Münster

95

Gina Lollobrigida

Italian actress, photojournalist, and politician (1927–2023)

*July 4th, 1927, Subiaco †January 16th, 2023, Rome

101

Irving Caesar

American composer and lyricist

*July 4th, 1895, New York City †December 18th, 1996, New York City

74

Horst Seehofer

German politician (CSU) and Federal Minister of the Interior

*July 4th, 1949, Ingolstadt

91

Aurèle Vandendriessche

Belgian marathon runner

*July 4th, 1932, Anzegem †October 17th, 2023, Waregem

59

Edi Rama

Prime Minister of Albania

*July 4th, 1964, Tirana

88

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926-2014)

*July 4th, 1926, Buenos Aires †July 7th, 2014, Madrid

74

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Italian general, patriot, and republican (1807–1882)

*July 4th, 1807, Nice †June 2nd, 1882, Caprera

25

Malia Obama

Daughter of former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama

*July 4th, 1998, Chicago

64

John Leake

English naval officer and politician (1656-1720)

*July 4th, 1656, Rotherhithe †August 21st, 1720, Greenwich

Same year
Born in 1643

51

Ahmed II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1691 to 1695

*February 25th, 1643, Constantinople †February 6th, 1695, Edirne

43

René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle

17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America

*November 21st, 1643, Rouen †March 19th, 1687, Texas

89

Giacomo Amato

Italian architect (1643-1732)

*May 14th, 1643, Palermo †December 26th, 1732, Palermo

74

Jeremiah Dummer

American silversmith (1643-1718)

*September 14th, 1643, Newbury †May 24th, 1718, Boston

74

Fabrizio Spada

Italian cardinal

*March 17th, 1643, Rome †June 15th, 1717, Rome

60

Lorenzo Bellini

Italian anatomist (1643-1704)

*September 3rd, 1643, Florence †January 8th, 1704, Florence

75

Jacobus Sackmann

German theologian

*February 13th, 1643, Hanover †May 21st, 1718, Linden-Limmer

80

Maeda Tsunanori

Japanese daimyo of the early Edo period

*December 26th, 1643, Edo †June 29th, 1724

68

Bahadur Shah I

Eighth Mughal emperor (1643-1712)

*October 14th, 1643, Burhanpur †February 27th, 1712, Lahore

40

Afonso VI of Portugal

King of Portugal and the Algarves

*August 21st, 1643, Ribeira Palace †September 12th, 1683, Sintra National Palace

47

Charles V, Duke of Lorraine

Austrian warrior

*April 3rd, 1643, Vienna †April 18th, 1690, Wels

87

Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado

Spanish Dominican lay sister and mystic

*March 23rd, 1643, El Sauzal †February 15th, 1731, San Cristóbal de La Laguna

28

Fran Krsto Frankopan

Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician (1643-1671)

*March 4th, 1643, Bosiljevo †April 30th, 1671, Wiener Neustadt

52

Juan de Sevilla Romero

Spanish painter (1643-1695)

*January 1st, 1643, Granada †January 1st, 1695, Granada

63

Johannes Eisenhart

German jurist (1643-1707)

*October 18th, 1643, Erxleben (Osterburg) †May 9th, 1707, Helmstedt

85

Johann Martin Gumpp the Elder

Austrian architect

*November 7th, 1643, Innsbruck †July 3rd, 1729, Innsbruck

68

Christian Demelius

German composer (1643-1711)

*April 1st, 1643, Schlettau †November 1st, 1711, Nordhausen

29

Laurent Fauchier

French painter

*March 11th, 1643, Aix-en-Provence †March 25th, 1672, Aix-en-Provence

69

Jean Chardin

French jeweler, traveler and author (1643-1713)

*November 16th, 1643, Paris †January 5th, 1713, Chiswick

83

Nicolaus Christoph Lyncker

German jurist

*April 2nd, 1643, Marburg †May 28th, 1726, Vienna

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1643 is a normal year and no leap year.

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