July 4th, 1678

Born on July 4th, 1678

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 126,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 693 days, exactly on March 22nd, 2026, people who were born on July 4th, 1678 will be 127,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What 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.

July 4th, 1776

In Philadelphia, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing that the thirteen American colonies were no longer a part of the British Empire.

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 City

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

51

Nina Badrić

Croatian pop singer

*July 4th, 1972, Zagreb

59

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American author (1804–1864)

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

87

Rube Goldberg

American cartoonist (1883-1970)

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

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

91

Aurèle Vandendriessche

Belgian marathon runner

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

74

Horst Seehofer

German politician (CSU) and Federal Minister of the Interior

*July 4th, 1949, Ingolstadt

74

Giuseppe Garibaldi

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

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

74

José de Cañizares

Spanish playwright (1676-1750)

*July 4th, 1676, Madrid †September 4th, 1750, Madrid

25

Malia Obama

Daughter of former US President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama

*July 4th, 1998, Chicago

88

Alfredo Di Stéfano

Argentine-Spanish association football player (1926-2014)

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

48

John Lloyd Young

American actor

*July 4th, 1975, Sacramento

58

Tracy Letts

American actor and screenwriter

*July 4th, 1965, Tulsa

90

Rudolf Friedrich

Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1923-2013)

*July 4th, 1923, Winterthur †October 15th, 2013, Winterthur

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Born in 1678

63

Antonio Vivaldi

Italian composer and violinist (1678-1741)

*March 4th, 1678, Venice †July 28th, 1741, Vienna

32

Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor

Emperor from 1705 till his death in 1711

*July 26th, 1678, Vienna †April 17th, 1711, Vienna

56

Yongzheng Emperor

Emperor of Qing-dynasty China from 1722 to 1735

*December 13th, 1678, Forbidden City †October 8th, 1735, Beijing

78

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole

English diplomat; (1678-1757)

*December 8th, 1678, Houghton Hall †February 5th, 1757, Whitehall

64

Daniel Neal

English historian (1678–1743)

*December 14th, 1678, London †April 4th, 1743, London

64

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll

Led government army against Jacobites in 1715

*October 10th, 1678, Petersham †October 4th, 1743, Petersham

73

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

English politician and Viscount (1678-1751)

*September 16th, 1678, Battersea †December 12th, 1751, Battersea

57

Filippo Juvarra

Italian architect and stage set designer

*March 7th, 1678, Messina †January 31st, 1736, Madrid

69

Amaro Rodríguez Felipe

Spanish corsair (1678–1747)

*May 3rd, 1678, San Cristóbal de La Laguna †October 4th, 1747, San Cristóbal de La Laguna

72

Peter von Lacy

Irish general in Russia

*October 30th, 1678, Killeedy †April 19th, 1751, Riga

60

Friedrich Wilhelm von Grumbkow

Generalfeldmarschall and Prussian statesman

*October 4th, 1678, Berlin †March 18th, 1739, Berlin

64

Dominique Marie Varlet

French bishop (1678-1742)

*March 15th, 1678, Paris †May 14th, 1742, The Hague

59

Adolf of Dalberg

German Prince-Abbot

*May 29th, 1678, Speyer †November 3rd, 1737, Schloss

69

Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

German noble (1678-1747)

*November 26th, 1678, Grabow †November 28th, 1747, Dömitz

70

Heinrich Nicolaus Trebs

Organ builder

*August 10th, 1678, Bad Frankenhausen †August 16th, 1748, Weimar

87

Adrien Maurice de Noailles

Marshal of France (1678-1766)

*September 29th, 1678, Paris †June 24th, 1766, Paris

41

Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø

17th and 18th-century Danish nobleman and admiral (1678-1719)

*June 14th, 1678, Samsø †December 8th, 1719, Copenhagen

69

Madeleine de Verchères

Canadian battle hero (1678-1747)

*March 3rd, 1678, Verchères †August 8th, 1747, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade

70

Sophie Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel

Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1678-1749)

*July 16th, 1678, Kassel †May 30th, 1749, Bützow

51

Nicola Francesco Haym

Italian composer and musician (1678-1729)

*July 6th, 1678, Rome †July 31st, 1729, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1678 is a normal year and no leap year.

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