May 4th, 1838

Born on May 4th, 1838

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 67,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 69 days, exactly on July 7th, 2024, people who were born on May 4th, 1838 will be 68,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 4th?

May 4th, 2015

The Parliament of Malta moved from the Grandmaster's Palace to the purpose-built Parliament House (pictured).

May 4th, 2000

Ken Livingstone took office as the first mayor of London.

May 4th, 1982

Falklands War: HMS Sheffield was struck by an Exocet missile, killing 20 sailors and leading to its sinking six days later—the first Royal Navy ship sunk in action since World War II.

May 4th, 1979

Margaret Thatcher (pictured) became the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom.

May 4th, 1974

An all-female Japanese team reached the summit of Manaslu in the Himalayas, becoming the first women to climb a peak higher than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level.

May 4th, 1942

World War II: Aircraft from Imperial Japanese Navy vessels attacked Allied naval forces, beginning the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval action in which the participating ships never sighted or fired directly at each other.

May 4th, 1776

American Revolution: The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations became the first of the Thirteen Colonies to renounce its allegiance to the British Crown.

May 4th, 1677

Trunajaya rebellion: Dutch East India Company forces under Cornelis Speelman began an attack on Surabaya, Java.

May 4th, 1493

Pope Alexander VI issued the papal bull Inter caetera, establishing a line of demarcation dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal.

May 4th, 1738

The Imperial Theatrical School, now known as Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet, was founded under the reign of Empress Anna. It is the first ballet school in Russia and second in the world.

May 4th, 2019

The inaugural all-female motorsport series, W Series, takes place at Hockenheimring. The race was won by Jamie Chadwick, who would go on to become the inaugural season's champion.

May 4th, 2007

Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.

May 4th, 2002

One hundred three people are killed and 51 are injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria.

May 4th, 2000

Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).

May 4th, 1998

A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.

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

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

63

Audrey Hepburn

British actress (1929–1993)

*May 4th, 1929, Rue Keyenveld - Keienveldstraat †January 20th, 1993, Tolochenaz

48

Jim Ronny Andersen

Badminton player

*May 4th, 1975, Songdalen Municipality

61

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

67

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

40

Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen

Member of the Danish parliament

*May 4th, 1983, Brovst

91

Hosni Mubarak

President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011

*May 4th, 1928, Kafr el-Muṣīlḥa †February 25th, 2020, Cairo

89

Ed Cassidy

American drummer (1923–2012)

*May 4th, 1923, Chicago †December 6th, 2012, San Jose

71

Fritz von Opel

German engineer

*May 4th, 1899, Rüsselsheim am Main †April 8th, 1971, Samedan

37

John Hanning Speke

British military officer and explorer

*May 4th, 1827, Bideford †September 15th, 1864, Corsham

42

Benjamin Schüßler

German association football player and manager

*May 4th, 1981, Magdeburg

39

Sarah Meier

Swiss figure skater

*May 4th, 1984, Bülach

36

Cesc Fàbregas

Spanish professional footballer

*May 4th, 1987, Arenys de Mar

70

Thomas Henry Huxley

British biologist and comparative anatomist (1825–1895)

*May 4th, 1825, Ealing †June 29th, 1895, Eastbourne

50

Katrin Apel

German biathlete

*May 4th, 1973, Erfurt

63

Werner Faymann

Austrian politician who was Chancellor of Austria and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria

*May 4th, 1960, Vienna

31

Keith Haring

American artist and social activist (1958–1990)

*May 4th, 1958, Reading †February 16th, 1990, Manhattan

69

Liz Robertson

British actress

*May 4th, 1954, Ilford

75

Erwin Kruk

Polish author (1941-2017)

*May 4th, 1941, Dobrzyń, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship †March 31st, 2017, Olsztyn

85

Hartmut Hoffmann

German medievalist

*May 4th, 1930, Berlin †April 16th, 2016, Göttingen

82

Alice Liddell

Basis of the character in "Alice in Wonderland"

*May 4th, 1852, Westminster †November 16th, 1934, Westerham

Same year
Born in 1838

78

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

*July 8th, 1838, Constance †March 8th, 1917, Berlin

36

Georges Bizet

French composer (1838–1875)

*October 25th, 1838, Rue Louise-Émilie-de-La-Tour-d'Auvergne †June 3rd, 1875, Bougival

78

Ernst Mach

Austrian physicist and university educator (1838–1916)

*February 18th, 1838, Brno-Chrlice †February 19th, 1916, Vaterstetten

76

John Muir

Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)

*April 21st, 1838, Dunbar †December 24th, 1914, Los Angeles

80

Henry Brooks Adams

American journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918)

*February 16th, 1838, Boston †March 27th, 1918, Washington, D.C.

26

John Wilkes Booth

American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865)

*May 10th, 1838, Bel Air †April 26th, 1865, Port Royal

90

Émile Loubet

8th president of France (1838–1929)

*December 31st, 1838, Marsanne †December 20th, 1929, Montélimar

87

Jules Méline

French politician (1838-1925)

*May 20th, 1838, Remiremont †December 21st, 1925, Paris

82

Max Bruch

German romantic composer and conductor (1838-1920)

*January 6th, 1838, Cologne †October 2nd, 1920, Friedenau

60

Augustin Daly

American playwright and theatre impresario

*July 20th, 1838, Plymouth †June 7th, 1899, Paris

84

Ernest Solvay

Belgian chemist, industrialist, philanthropist (1838-1922)

*April 16th, 1838, Rebecq-Rognon †May 26th, 1922, Ixelles - Elsene

71

Thorvald N. Thiele

Danish astronomer

*December 24th, 1838, Copenhagen †September 26th, 1910, Copenhagen

63

Jules Dalou

French sculptor (1838–1902)

*December 31st, 1838, Paris †April 15th, 1902, Paris

70

Adolph L'Arronge

German actor and author

*March 8th, 1838, Hamburg †May 25th, 1908, Kreuzlingen

88

Felice Napoleone Canevaro

Italian politician and officer of Peruvian background (1838-1926)

*July 7th, 1838, Lima †December 30th, 1926, Venice

75

Tobias Asser

Dutch lawyer and legal scholar (1838-1913)

*April 28th, 1838, Amsterdam †July 29th, 1913, The Hague

86

Pauline Kergomard

French educator

*April 24th, 1838, Bordeaux †February 13th, 1925, Saint-Maurice

79

Liliʻuokalani

Monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom (1838–1917)

*September 2nd, 1838, Honolulu †November 11th, 1917, Honolulu

69

William Henry Perkin

British chemist known for his accidental discovery of the first synthetic dye

*March 12th, 1838, London †July 14th, 1907, London Borough of Harrow

55

Jan Matejko

Polish painter (1838–1893)

*June 24th, 1838, Free City of Kraków †November 1st, 1893, Kraków

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 4th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, May Fourth Movement commemorations) which are celebrated on May 4th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1838 is a normal year and no leap year.

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