December 4th, 1778

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Born on December 4th, 1778 – 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 1778)

Born on December 4th, 1778

Weekday

Friday

December 4th, 1778 was a Friday.

Age

245

People born on December 4th, 1778 will turn 246 this year (2024), in exactly 219 days .

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

November 23rd, 1778 - December 21st, 1778

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 89,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 369 days, exactly on May 3rd, 2025, people who were born on December 4th, 1778 will be 90,000 days old!

89,631 Days

12,804 Weeks

2,944 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

Juliette Récamier

French salon-holder

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

Thomas Carlyle

Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)

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

Francisco Franco

Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)

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

Marisa Tomei

American actress

*December 4th, 1964, Brooklyn

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian painter (1866–1944)

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

Johan Fredrik Berwald

Swedish musician

*December 4th, 1787, Stockholm †August 26th, 1861, Stockholm

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

Francisco Xavier de Garaycoa

*December 4th, 1775, Guayaquil †December 3rd, 1859

Herbert Edward Read

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

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

247

Aimée du Buc de Rivéry

French heiress (born 1768)

*December 4th, 1776, Le Robert

Sergei Bubka

Ukrainian pole vaulter

*December 4th, 1963, Luhansk

Same year
Born in 1778

Humphry Davy

British chemist

*December 17th, 1778, Penzance †May 29th, 1829, Geneva

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

French chemist and physicist (1778–1850)

*December 6th, 1778, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat †May 9th, 1850, Paris

Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle

Swiss botanist (1778–1841)

*February 4th, 1778, Geneva †September 9th, 1841, Geneva

José de San Martín

Argentine general and independence leader (1778–1850)

*February 25th, 1778, África †August 17th, 1850, Boulogne-sur-Mer

Agathon Jean François Fain

French historian (1778-1837)

*January 11th, 1778, Paris †September 16th, 1837, Paris

William Hazlitt

English essayist and writer

*April 10th, 1778, Maidstone †September 18th, 1830, London

Luigi Lodigiani

Italian bookbinder

*January 7th, 1778, Pontremoli †October 3rd, 1843, Milan

Fernando Sor

Spanish classical guitarist and composer (1778-1839)

*February 13th, 1778, Barcelona †July 10th, 1839, Paris

Louis Bonaparte

King of the Netherlands, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, member of the House of Buonaparte (1778-1846)

*September 2nd, 1778, Ajaccio †July 25th, 1846, Livorno

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Austrian composer and pianist

*November 14th, 1778, Bratislava †October 17th, 1837, Weimar

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

German educator, writer and politician (1778-1852)

*August 11th, 1778, Lanz †October 15th, 1853, Freyburg

Bernardo O'Higgins

Chilean independence leader (1778-1842)

*August 20th, 1778, Chillán †October 24th, 1842, Lima

James Kirke Paulding

American writer (1778–1860)

*August 22nd, 1778, Pleasant Valley †April 6th, 1860, Hyde Park

Joseph Carrington Cabell

American politician

*December 28th, 1778, Amherst County †February 5th, 1856, Nelson County

Heinrich Luden

German historian (1778-1847)

*April 10th, 1778, Loxstedt †May 23rd, 1847, Jena

Richard Skinner

American politician (1778-1833)

*May 30th, 1778, Litchfield †May 23rd, 1833, Manchester

Ernst Wilhelm Arnoldi

German entrepreneur

*May 21st, 1778, Gotha †May 27th, 1841, Gotha

Rembrandt Peale

American painter (1778-1860)

*February 22nd, 1778, Bucks County †October 3rd, 1860, Philadelphia

Christian Friedrich Nasse

German physician and psychiatrist

*April 18th, 1778, Bielefeld †April 18th, 1851, Marburg

Joseph Grimaldi

English actor, comedian and dancer

*December 18th, 1778, London †May 31st, 1837, London

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.MDCCLXXVIII

4.12.1778

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1778 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1778

December 1778

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52	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
53	28	29	30	31

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51	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
52	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
53	28	29	30	31

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December 4th, 1778

Born on December 4th, 1778

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 89,000 days old!

89,631 Days

12,804 Weeks

2,944 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 1778

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)