March 4th, 1856

Born on March 4th, 1856

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 61,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 593 days, exactly on December 3rd, 2025, people who were born on March 4th, 1856 will be 62,000 days old!

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What happened on March 4th?

March 4th, 1773

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart departed Italy after the last of his three journeys there.

March 4th, 0852

Trpimir I, the founder of the Trpimirović dynasty of Croatia, issued a document that contains the first known use of the name Croats.

March 4th, 2017

Construction began on a 69-metre (226 ft) statue of the Buddha at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen in Bangkok.

March 4th, 2009

President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan was indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the War in Darfur.

March 4th, 2007

Fourteen-year-old English schoolgirl Charlotte Shaw drowned on Dartmoor, becoming the first person to die in connection with the annual Ten Tors challenge.

March 4th, 1990

College basketball player Hank Gathers died after collapsing during a West Coast Conference tournament semifinal game in Los Angeles.

March 4th, 1987

U.S. president Ronald Reagan made a nationally televised address in which he accepted full responsibility for illegal actions in the Iran–Contra affair.

March 4th, 1979

The space probe Voyager 1 discovered the rings of Jupiter, the third ring system to be discovered in the Solar System, after those of Saturn and Uranus.

March 4th, 1966

During an interview, John Lennon of the Beatles argued that the band had become "more popular than Jesus".

March 4th, 1943

The Holocaust: Almost all Jews in Bulgarian-occupied Western Thrace were deported to Treblinka extermination camp to be killed.

March 4th, 1941

Second World War: British Commandos successfully executed a raid on the Lofoten Islands in German-occupied Norway.

March 4th, 1933

Frances Perkins was appointed United States Secretary of Labor, making her the first female member of the Cabinet.

March 4th, 1918

A case of influenza was recorded at Camp Funston, Kansas, conventionally marking the beginning of the Spanish flu pandemic.

March 4th, 1890

The Forth Bridge, a railway bridge connecting Edinburgh to Fife over the Firth of Forth, opened, eventually becoming an internationally recognised Scottish landmark.

March 4th, 1837

Chicago was incorporated as a city.

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

Born on March 4th, 1856

71

Edmond Noel

American politician (1856-1927)

*March 4th, 1856, Lexington †July 30th, 1927, Lexington

63

Charles Comte de Lalaing

Belgian diplomat

*March 4th, 1856, London †November 12th, 1919, Uccle - Ukkel

84

Alfredo Bensaúde

Portuguese mineralogist

*March 4th, 1856, Ponta Delgada †January 1st, 1941, Ponta Delgada

65

Alfred William Rich

British artist (1856-1921)

*March 4th, 1856, Sussex †September 7th, 1921, Tewkesbury

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

63

Steven Weber

American actor (1961-)

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

40

Juliette Armanet

French singer

*March 4th, 1984, Lille

75

Constantin Coandă

Romanian politician (1857-1932)

*March 4th, 1857, Craiova †September 30th, 1932, Bucharest

61

Daniel Roebuck

American actor and writer

*March 4th, 1963, Bethlehem

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

63

Franz Xaver Engelhart

German composer, priest and choir director

*March 4th, 1861, Geiselhöring †July 14th, 1924, Regensburg

60

Linda French

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1964, Elmhurst

41

Michelle Butler-Emmett

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1983, Durban

30

Caroline Black

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1994, Lisburn

29

Jennifer Karnott

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1995, Birkesdorf

84

Brunella Bovo

Italian actress

*March 4th, 1932, Padua †February 21st, 2017, Rome

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

93

Henri de Contenson

French archaeologist

*March 4th, 1926, 16th arrondissement of Paris †September 8th, 2019, 16th arrondissement of Paris

80

Cornelie Richter

German salonnière

*March 4th, 1842, Berlin †July 19th, 1922, Berlin

63

Antonio Vivaldi

Italian composer and violinist (1678-1741)

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

72

Antonio Fradeletto

Italian politician (1858-1930)

*March 4th, 1858, Venice †March 5th, 1930, Rome

28

Ekaterina Kut

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1996, Orekhovo-Zuyevo

27

Lu Chia-Hung

Taiwanese badminton player

*March 4th, 1997, Kaohsiung

27

Jeppe Bay Madsen

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1997, Helsingør

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Born in 1856

83

Jens Bratlie

13th Prime Minister of Norway

*January 17th, 1856, Nordre Land Municipality †September 15th, 1939, Oslo

83

Sigmund Freud

Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

*May 6th, 1856, Příbor †September 23rd, 1939, London

86

Nikola Tesla

Serbian-American inventor (1856–1943)

*July 10th, 1856, Smiljan †January 7th, 1943, New York City

94

George Bernard Shaw

Irish playwright, critic, and polemicist (1856–1950)

*July 26th, 1856, Dublin †November 2nd, 1950, Ayot St Lawrence

67

Woodrow Wilson

President of the United States from 1913 to 1921

*December 28th, 1856, Woodrow Wilson Birthplace †February 3rd, 1924, Woodrow Wilson House

73

Georg von der Marwitz

German general (1856–1929)

*July 7th, 1856, Słupsk †October 27th, 1929, Unichowo

85

Anna Elizabeth Klumpke

American portrait and genre painter (1856-1942)

*October 28th, 1856, San Francisco †February 9th, 1942, San Francisco

62

Alexander Bernewitz

Latvian theologian (1856-1919)

*May 26th, 1856, Kandava †January 16th, 1919, Kandava

62

L. Frank Baum

American author of children's books (1856–1919)

*May 15th, 1856, Chittenango †May 6th, 1919, Hollywood

95

Philippe Pétain

French military and political leader (1856–1951)

*April 24th, 1856, Cauchy-à-la-Tour †July 23rd, 1951, Port-Joinville

69

John Singer Sargent

American painter (1856–1925)

*January 12th, 1856, Florence †April 15th, 1925, London

64

Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg

German politician (1856–1921)

*November 29th, 1856, Hohenfinow †January 1st, 1921, Hohenfinow

80

Frank B. Kellogg

American politician (1856-1937)

*December 22nd, 1856, Potsdam †December 21st, 1937, Saint Paul

83

J. J. Thomson

British physicist (1856-1940)

*December 18th, 1856, Cheetham Hill †August 30th, 1940, Cambridge

62

Karl Adolph Gjellerup

Danish writer

*November 30th, 1856, Roholte †October 13th, 1919, Klotzsche

59

Booker T. Washington

African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor (1856-1915)

*April 5th, 1856, Hale's Ford †November 14th, 1915, Tuskegee

45

Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper

German botanist (1856–1901)

*May 12th, 1856, Strasbourg †September 9th, 1901, Basel

59

William Wallace Denslow

American illustrator and caricaturist

*May 25th, 1856, Philadelphia †May 27th, 1915, Knickerbocker Hospital

60

Diamond Jim Brady

American businessman

*August 12th, 1856, New York City †April 13th, 1917, Atlantic City

55

Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo

Spanish author

*November 3rd, 1856, Santander †May 19th, 1912, Santander

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Public holidays on March 4th

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Leap year

Yes: 1856 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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