December 4th, 1667

Born on December 4th, 1667

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 130,000 days old!

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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

Born on December 4th, 1667

69

Michel Pignolet de Montéclair

French composer

*December 4th, 1667, Andelot-Blancheville †September 22nd, 1737, Domont

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Who's birthday is on December 4th?

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

59

Marisa Tomei

American actress

*December 4th, 1964, Brooklyn

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

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

83

André Campra

French composer and conductor (1660-1744)

*December 4th, 1660, Aix-en-Provence †June 29th, 1744, Versailles

54

Jay-Z

American rapper, producer, businessman and actor

*December 4th, 1969, Brooklyn

81

Gemma Jones

British actress

*December 4th, 1942, Marylebone

75

Southside Johnny

American singer

*December 4th, 1948, Neptune Township

50

Tyra Banks

American television personality, producer, and former model

*December 4th, 1973, Inglewood

74

Herbert Edward Read

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

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

90

Mimie Wood

New Zealand secretary, accountant and librarian

*December 4th, 1888, Dunedin †August 25th, 1979, Crofton Downs

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

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Born in 1667

77

Jonathan Swift

Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)

*November 30th, 1667, Dublin †October 19th, 1745, Dublin

80

Johann Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1667-1748)

*July 27th, 1667, Basel †January 1st, 1748, Basel

72

Maria Anna of Neuburg

Queen consort of Spain (1667-1740)

*October 28th, 1667, Benrath Palace †July 16th, 1740, Guadalajara

87

Abraham de Moivre

French mathematician (*1667 – †1754)

*May 26th, 1667, Vitry-le-François †November 27th, 1754, London

80

Hieronymus von Erlach

Swiss politician (1667-1748)

*March 31st, 1667, Bern †February 28th, 1748, Bern

40

Hieronymus Dathe

German author and theologian

*February 4th, 1667, Hamburg †June 14th, 1707, Annaberg-Buchholz

72

Pietro Ottoboni

Catholic cardinal

*July 2nd, 1667, Venice †February 29th, 1740, Rome

71

Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Landgrave (1667-1739)

*December 15th, 1667, Gotha †September 12th, 1739, Einhausen

82

Jean Henri Huguetan Gyldensteen

(1667-1749)

*March 30th, 1667, Lyon †June 14th, 1749, Copenhagen

70

Johann Ortwin Westenberg

German author

*May 28th, 1667, Neuenhaus †June 30th, 1737, Leiden

75

Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal

British duchess

*December 25th, 1667, Emden †May 10th, 1743, London

68

Antoine Rivalz

French painter (1667-1735)

*March 12th, 1667, Toulouse †December 11th, 1735, Toulouse

75

Carlo Gaetano Stampa

Cardinal Archbishop of Milan

*November 1st, 1667, Milan †December 23rd, 1742, Milan

52

David Hoyer

German painter (1667-1720)

*August 9th, 1667, Lichtenau †May 27th, 1720, Leipzig

51

Christoph Ludwig Agricola

German landscape painter (1667-1719)

*November 5th, 1667, Regensburg †August 8th, 1719, Regensburg

50

Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*October 15th, 1667, Rudolstadt †June 24th, 1718, Rudolstadt

33

Asano Naganori

Daimyō of the Akō Domain; immortalized in Chūshingura

*September 28th, 1667, Edo †April 21st, 1701, Shiba

66

Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri

Italian mathematician

*August 31st, 1667, Sanremo †October 25th, 1733, Milan

59

Zacharias von Wolf

German officer and engineer

*February 7th, 1667, Bremen †April 5th, 1726, Kiel

16

Louis, Count of Vermandois

French nobleman, legitimate son of Louis XIV, admiral of France

*October 2nd, 1667, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †November 18th, 1683, Flanders

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1667 is a normal year and no leap year.

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