December 4th, 1738

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Born on December 4th, 1738 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on December 4th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on December 4th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (December 1738)

Born on December 4th, 1738

Weekday

Thursday

December 4th, 1738 was a Thursday.

Age

285

People born on December 4th, 1738 will turn 286 this year (2024), in exactly 220 days .

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

November 23rd, 1738 - December 21st, 1738

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 104,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 760 days, exactly on May 28th, 2026, people who were born on December 4th, 1738 will be 105,000 days old!

104,240 Days

14,891 Weeks

3,424 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

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

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

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

Marisa Tomei

American actress

*December 4th, 1964, Brooklyn

Francisco Franco

Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)

*December 4th, 1892, Ferrol †November 20th, 1975, Madrid

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

Thomas Carlyle

Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)

*December 4th, 1795, Ecclefechan †February 5th, 1881, London

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian painter (1866–1944)

*December 4th, 1866, Moscow †December 13th, 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Philip Hammond

British politician (born 1955)

*December 4th, 1955, Epping

Jeff Bridges

American actor

*December 4th, 1949, Los Angeles

Ulf Kirsten

German footballer

*December 4th, 1965, Riesa

Jay-Z

American rapper, producer, businessman and actor

*December 4th, 1969, Brooklyn

Gemma Jones

British actress

*December 4th, 1942, Marylebone

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

French actor and film director

*December 4th, 1953, Courbevoie

Southside Johnny

American singer

*December 4th, 1948, Neptune Township

Tyra Banks

American television personality, producer, and former model

*December 4th, 1973, Inglewood

Herbert Edward Read

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

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

Juliette Récamier

French salon-holder

*December 4th, 1777, Lyon †May 11th, 1849, Paris

Sergei Bubka

Ukrainian pole vaulter

*December 4th, 1963, Luhansk

Christian Jacob von Zwierlein

*December 4th, 1737, Wetzlar †August 10th, 1793, Langsdorf (Lich)

Johann Gottfried Zinn

Botanist and physician (1727-1759)

*December 4th, 1727, Schwabach †April 6th, 1759, Göttingen

Brian Vandborg

Danish road bicycle racer, born 1981

*December 4th, 1981, Herning

Same year
Born in 1738

William Herschel

German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)

*November 15th, 1738, Hanover †August 15th, 1822, Slough

George III of Great Britain

King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820

*May 24th, 1738, Norfolk House †January 29th, 1820, Windsor Castle

Túpac Amaru II

Leader of a large Andean uprising against the Spanish in Peru (1738-1781)

*March 10th, 1738, Tinta †May 18th, 1781, Cuzco

John Singleton Copley

American painter (1738-1815)

*July 3rd, 1738, Boston †September 9th, 1815, London

Ethan Allen

American general, writer and philosopher (1738–1789)

*January 21st, 1738, Litchfield †February 12th, 1789, Burlington

Thomas Nelson

4th Governor of Virginia 1738-1789

*December 26th, 1738, Yorktown †January 4th, 1789, Hanover County

Isaac Motte

American politician (1738-1795)

*December 8th, 1738, Charleston †May 8th, 1795, Charleston

Nathaniel Gorham

American businessman and politician 1738-1796

*May 27th, 1738, Charlestown †June 11th, 1796, Charlestown

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin

French physician (1738-1814)

*May 28th, 1738, Saintes †March 26th, 1814, former 1st arrondissement of Paris

Arthur Phillip

British naval officer and first Governor of New South Wales (1738-1814)

*October 11th, 1738, London †August 31st, 1814, Bath

Jan Mikołaj Chodkiewicz

*December 14th, 1738, Gdańsk †February 2nd, 1781, Chernobyl

Juraj Papánek

Slovak historian and roman catholic priest

*April 1st, 1738, Kuklov †April 11th, 1802, Olasz

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

British general, colonial official, diplomat (1738–1805)

*December 31st, 1738, Grosvenor Square †October 5th, 1805, Ghazipur

Gottfried Ludolf Graßmann

*January 1st, 1738, Gorzów Wielkopolski †January 1st, 1798

Cesare Beccaria

Jurist, philosopher and politician from Italy (1738-1794)

*March 15th, 1738, Milan †November 20th, 1794, Milan

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

British politician and prime minister (1738–1809)

*April 14th, 1738, Nottinghamshire †October 30th, 1809, Buckinghamshire

Benjamin West

18th- and 19th-century English painter

*October 10th, 1738, Springfield Township †March 11th, 1820, London

Mary Katharine Goddard

American printer and publisher

*June 16th, 1738, Connecticut †August 12th, 1816, Baltimore

Franz Anton Xaver Hauser

German sculptor (1738-1819)

*February 8th, 1738, Freiburg im Breisgau †January 25th, 1819, Freiburg im Breisgau

Joachim Wilhelm von Brawe

German playwright

*February 4th, 1738, Weißenfels †April 7th, 1758, Dresden

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 4th

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

Ada

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Ada

Anno II

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_II

Christian feast day: Barbara, and its related observances: Barbórka, Miners' Day in Poland

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Barbara

Christian feast day: Barbara, and its related observances: Eid il-Burbara, a holiday similar to Halloween in honor of Saint Barbara. (Russia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_il-Burbara

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

IV.XII.MDCCXXXVIII

4.12.1738

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1738 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1738

December 1738

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50	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
51	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
52	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
53	29	30	31

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49	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
50	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
51	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
52	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
53	29	30	31

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
49	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
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December 4th, 1738

Born on December 4th, 1738

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 104,000 days old!

104,240 Days

14,891 Weeks

3,424 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 4th?

"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.

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.

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).

The English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbanded.

Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launched a successful attack against the Pakistan Navy at Karachi, sinking three ships with no Indian casualties.

Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.

The first Grey Cup, the championship game of the Canadian Football League, was held in Toronto.

First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers was ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors.

The American brigantine Mary Celeste was found apparently abandoned under circumstances that remain unknown.

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).

Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree made the first successful observation of a transit of Venus (example pictured) from Earth.

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.

Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

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

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

Same year Born in 1738

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 4th

Ada

Anno II

Christian feast day: Barbara, and its related observances: Barbórka, Miners' Day in Poland

Christian feast day: Barbara, and its related observances: Eid il-Burbara, a holiday similar to Halloween in honor of Saint Barbara. (Russia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey)

Bernardo degli Uberti

Clement of Alexandria (Anglicanism, Eastern Catholicism)

Giovanni Calabria

John of Damascus

Maruthas

Nicholas Ferrar (Anglicanism)

Osmund

Sigiramnus

December 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Navy Day (India)

Thai Environment Day (Thailand)

Tupou I Day (Tonga)