December 4th, 1807

Born on December 4th, 1807

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 4th?

December 4th, 1915

World War I: Senior British and French figures, including prime ministers H. H. Asquith and Aristide Briand, met at Calais to discuss the future of the Salonika Front.

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.

December 4th, 1928

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

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 (depicted), French forces wiped out an English army which had split up because of a dispute between the commanders.

December 4th, 1978

Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first female mayor.

December 4th, 1905

The Great Seimas of Vilnius met to discuss national concerns within Lithuania: they decided to demand wide political autonomy within the Russian Empire.

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

Same year
Born in 1807

75

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American poet and educator (1807–1882)

*February 27th, 1807, Portland †March 24th, 1882, Cambridge

96

Ernest Legouvé

French dramatist (1807–1903)

*February 14th, 1807, Paris †March 14th, 1903, 2nd arrondissement of Paris

87

Giacomo Durando

Italian general and statesman (1807-1894)

*February 4th, 1807, Mondovì †August 21st, 1894, Rome

79

Sebastiano Tecchio

Italian politician (1807-1886)

*January 3rd, 1807, Vicenza †January 24th, 1886, Venice

84

Jules Grévy

French statesman and lawyer (1807–1891)

*August 15th, 1807, Mont-sous-Vaudrey †September 9th, 1891, Mont-sous-Vaudrey

66

Louis Agassiz

Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)

*May 28th, 1807, Môtiers †December 14th, 1873, Cambridge

91

Wilford Woodruff

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1807-1898)

*March 1st, 1807, Farmington †September 2nd, 1898, Salt Lake City

69

Josephine of Leuchtenberg

Swedish queen (1807-1876)

*March 14th, 1807, Milan †June 7th, 1876, Stockholm

79

Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

American historical editor, politician and diplomat from Massachusetts (1807-1886)

*August 18th, 1807, Boston †November 21st, 1886, Boston

29

Emily Donelson

Niece of U.S. President Andrew Jackson

*June 1st, 1807, Donelson †December 19th, 1836, Nashville

70

Patricio de la Escosura

Spanish writer (1807-1878)

*November 5th, 1807, Madrid †January 22nd, 1878, Madrid

84

John Greenleaf Whittier

American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery (1807-1892)

*December 17th, 1807, Haverhill †September 7th, 1892, Hampton Falls

40

Robert Blum

German democratic politician (1807-1848)

*November 10th, 1807, Cologne †November 9th, 1848, Brigittenau

39

Carl Bagger

Danish writer (1807–1846)

*May 11th, 1807, Copenhagen †October 25th, 1846, Odense

81

James Lambdin

Painter

*May 10th, 1807, Pittsburgh †January 1st, 1889, Philadelphia

69

Julius Schweikert

German physician (1807–1876)

*April 8th, 1807, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †April 25th, 1876, Moscow

68

Karol Libelt

Polish philosopher, publicist, revolutionary and politician (1807-1875)

*April 8th, 1807, Poznań †June 9th, 1875, Brdów

75

Theobald von Rizy

Austrian jurist and politician

*February 11th, 1807, Vienna †May 18th, 1882, Vienna

62

Karl von Rothkirch-Panthen

Austrian politician, Chairman of Bohemian Diet (1807-1870)

*December 2nd, 1807, Sokolica, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship †March 31st, 1870, Prague

86

Moritz Abraham Stern

German mathematician (1807-1894)

*June 29th, 1807, Frankfurt †January 30th, 1894, Zurich

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1807 is a normal year and no leap year.

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