Born on March 4
March 4 birthdays & history
If you were born on March 4, you share a birthday with Antonio Vivaldi, Miriam Makeba and Khaled Hosseini. March 4 babies are Pisces, with aquamarine as their birthstone and the daffodil as their birth flower. March 4 is the 64th day of the year in leap years (63rd in other years).
Famous people born on March 4
- 1678Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer
- 1932Miriam Makeba, South African singer-songwriter and actress
- 1965Khaled Hosseini, Afghan-American novelist
- 1954François Fillon, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France
- 1954Catherine O'Hara, Canadian-American actress and comedian
- 1904George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist
- 1951Kenny Dalglish, Scottish footballer and manager
- 1951Chris Rea, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1982Landon Donovan, American soccer player and coach
- 1916Hans Eysenck, German-English psychologist and theorist
What happened on March 4
- 852Trpimir I, the founder of the Trpimirović dynasty of Croatia, issued a document that contains the first known use of the name Croats.
- 1386Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, was crowned King of Poland as Władysław II Jagiełło, beginning the Jagiellonian dynasty.
- 1675John Flamsteed was appointed the first Astronomer Royal by King Charles II of England.
- 1681King Charles II of England granted Quaker William Penn a charter for the Pennsylvania Colony.
- 1773Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart departed Italy after the last of his three journeys there.
- 1837Chicago was incorporated as a city.
- 1848King Charles Albert of Sardinia signs the Statuto Albertino, which would later serve as the constitution for the Kingdom of Italy.
- 1890The Forth Bridge, a railway bridge connecting Edinburgh to Fife over the Firth of Forth, opened, eventually becoming an internationally recognised Scottish landmark.
- 1966During an interview, John Lennon of the Beatles argued that the band had become "more popular than Jesus".
- 1979The 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.
- 2000Playstation 2 was released in Japan.
- 2017Construction began on a 69-metre (226 ft) statue of the Buddha at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen in Bangkok.
Also observed on March 4
- St Casimir's Day (Poland and Lithuania)
- World Obesity Day
- World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development
Questions, answered
What star sign is March 4?
People born on March 4 are Pisces. Their birthstone is aquamarine and their birth flower is the daffodil.
Which famous people were born on March 4?
Antonio Vivaldi (1678), Miriam Makeba (1932), Khaled Hosseini (1965), François Fillon (1954), Catherine O'Hara (1954), George Gamow (1904) were all born on March 4.
What happened on March 4 in history?
Among other things: in 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; in 2000, Playstation 2 was released in Japan; in 2017, Construction began on a 69-metre (226 ft) statue of the Buddha at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen in Bangkok.
Can I get a newspaper front page from March 4?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any March 4 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “March 4”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.