March 4th, 1861

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Born on March 4th, 1861 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 4th, 1861?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 4th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (March 1861)

Born on March 4th, 1861

Weekday

Monday

March 4th, 1861 was a Monday.

Age

163

People born on March 4th, 1861 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 163 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1861 - March 20th, 1861

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 413 days, exactly on June 12th, 2025, people who were born on March 4th, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!

59,587 Days

8,512 Weeks

1,957 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on March 4th, 1861?

March 4th, 1861

The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America

What else 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.

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

Born on March 4th, 1861

Franz Xaver Engelhart

German composer, priest and choir director

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

Theodor Oscar Rubeli

Swiss veterinarian (1861-1952)

*March 4th, 1861, Tschugg †February 3rd, 1952, Bern

Walter Ludwig Wilhelm Lauterburg

Swiss university teacher (1861-1938)

*March 4th, 1861, Bern †March 19th, 1938, Bern

Max Güntz

German agrarian historian (1861-1931)

*March 4th, 1861, Thonberg †May 20th, 1931, Vippachedelhausen

James Jefferson Britt

American politician (1861-1939)

*March 4th, 1861, Unicoi County †December 26th, 1939, Asheville

Curt von Bardeleben

German chess player

*March 4th, 1861, Berlin †January 31st, 1924, Berlin

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

Steven Weber

American actor (1961-)

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

Juliette Armanet

French singer

*March 4th, 1984, Lille

Daniel Roebuck

American actor and writer

*March 4th, 1963, Bethlehem

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

Linda French

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1964, Elmhurst

Michelle Butler-Emmett

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1983, Durban

Brunella Bovo

Italian actress

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

Caroline Black

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1994, Lisburn

Jennifer Karnott

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1995, Birkesdorf

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

Henri de Contenson

French archaeologist

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

Antonio Vivaldi

Italian composer and violinist (1678-1741)

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

Cornelie Richter

German salonnière

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

Constantin Coandă

Romanian politician (1857-1932)

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

Johanna Ey

German art dealer (1864-1947)

*March 4th, 1864, Wickrath †August 27th, 1947, Düsseldorf

Ekaterina Kut

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1996, Orekhovo-Zuyevo

Lu Chia-Hung

Taiwanese badminton player

*March 4th, 1997, Kaohsiung

Alexander Stepanovich Popov

Russian physicist

*March 4th, 1859, Krasnoturyinsk †December 31st, 1905, Saint Petersburg

Jeppe Bay Madsen

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1997, Helsingør

Same year
Born in 1861

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata

Fridtjof Nansen

Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)

*October 10th, 1861, Vestre Aker †May 13th, 1930, Polhøgda

Nellie Melba

Australian opera singer

*May 19th, 1861, Melbourne †February 23rd, 1931, Sydney

Friedrich Simon Archenhold

German astronomer

*October 2nd, 1861, Lichtenau †October 14th, 1939, Berlin

Maximilian von Spee

German admiral

*June 22nd, 1861, Copenhagen †December 8th, 1914, South Atlantic Ocean

Georges Méliès

French film maker and illusionist (1861–1938)

*December 8th, 1861, Paris †January 21st, 1938, Paris

Armando Diaz

Italian general (1861-1928)

*December 5th, 1861, Naples †February 29th, 1928, Rome

Marie von Miller

German painter (1861–1933)

*February 22nd, 1861, Munich †August 18th, 1933, Starnberg

Mehmed VI

Last sultan of the Ottoman Empire

*January 14th, 1861, Istanbul †May 16th, 1926, Sanremo

Johannes Angern

*June 13th, 1861, Germany †September 10th, 1938, Berlin

Frederick Jackson Turner

American historian (1861-1932)

*November 14th, 1861, Portage †March 14th, 1932, San Marino

Victor Horta

Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau

*January 6th, 1861, Ghent †September 8th, 1947, City of Brussels

Rudolf Steiner

Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)

*February 25th, 1861, Donji Kraljevec †March 30th, 1925, Dornach

Lou Andreas-Salomé

German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author

*February 12th, 1861, Saint Petersburg †February 5th, 1937, Göttingen

Charles Édouard Guillaume

Swiss physicist (1861-1938)

*February 15th, 1861, Fleurier †June 13th, 1938, Sèvres

Pauline Johnson

Canadian poet and performer

*March 10th, 1861, Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation †March 7th, 1913, Vancouver

Luigi Facta

Italian politician (1861-1930)

*September 13th, 1861, Pinerolo †November 5th, 1930, Pinerolo

José Rizal

Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)

*June 19th, 1861, Calamba †December 30th, 1896, Manila

Ludwig Fulda

German writer

*November 30th, 1861, Frankfurt †March 30th, 1939, Berlin

Sidney Jones

British composer (1861-1946)

*June 17th, 1861, Islington †January 29th, 1946, Kew

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 4th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

IV.III.MDCCCLXI

4.3.1861

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1861 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
March 1861

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March 4th, 1861

Born on March 4th, 1861

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

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Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 59,000 days old!

59,587 Days

8,512 Weeks

1,957 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on March 4th, 1861?

The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.

What else happened on March 4th?

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Born on March 4th, 1861

German composer, priest and choir director

Swiss veterinarian (1861-1952)

Swiss university teacher (1861-1938)

German agrarian historian (1861-1931)

American politician (1861-1939)

German chess player

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

Same year Born in 1861

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 4th

Adrian of Nicomedia

Casimir

Felix of Rhuys

Giovanni Antonio Farina (Catholic Church)

Blessed Humbert III, Count of Savoy (Roman Catholic Church)

Paul Cuffee (Episcopal Church)

Peter of Pappacarbone

Blessed Zoltán Meszlényi

March 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

St Casimir's Day (Poland and Lithuania)

World Obesity Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

4.3.1861

Legend

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Born in 1861

Calendar
March 1861

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
9					1	2	3
10	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
12	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
13	25	26	27	28	29	30	31