On this day: 4 August
Events, births and deaths on 4 August. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
Nothing recorded for that year.
10 years ago2016
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100 years ago1926
Within 10 years of that
- 1929 · Births · Yasser Arafat
- 1922 · Deaths · Enver Pasha
- 1932 · Births · Frances Allen
1000 years ago1026
Within 100 years of that
- 1060 · Deaths · Henry I of France
- 966 · Deaths · Berengar II of Italy
Events · 26
- 1265Battle of Evesham — 1265 battle of the Second Barons' War in England
- 1356(Julian date)Chevauchée of the Black Prince 1356 — devastating raid of Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales
- 1578(Julian date)Battle of Alcácer Quibir — 1578 battle in Morocco
- 1701Great Peace of Montreal — 1701 peace treaty between New France and Indigenous nations
- 1704Capture of Gibraltar — 1704 siege
- 1789abolition of feudalism in France — 1789 abolition of the feudal system in French feudal system by the Constituent Assembly; one of the central events of the French Revolution
- 1790United States Revenue Cutter Service — precursor to the U.S. Coast Guard
- 1791Treaty of Sistova — peace treaty signed 1791
- 1814Siege of Fort Erie — 1814 immediately following the Capture of Fort Erie
- 1889The Great Fire — major fire in Spokane, Washington in 1889
- 1914German invasion of Belgium (1914) — 1914 World War I military campaign
- 19461946 Dominican Republic earthquake — earthquake
- 1965Cook Islands — country in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand
- 1974Italicus Express bombing 1974 — train wreck
- 19751975 AIA building hostage crisis — 1975 Japanese Red Army terror attack in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- 1977United States Department of Energy — cabinet-level department of the United States government
- 19831983 Upper Voltan coup d'état — coup that brought Thomas Sankara to power
- 1984Ariane 3 — rocket of the Ariane family
- 1993Kono Statement — political statement from 1993 about comfort women by the government of Japan
- 1995Operation Storm — last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence, and a victory for the Croatian Army over the Republic of Serbian Krajina
- 20062006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers — shooting in Muttur, Sri Lanka
- 20082008 Kashgar attack — Terrorist attack in Kashgar
- 2014Death of Ms Dhu — death in police custody of an Australian Aboriginal woman
- 20182018 Caracas drone attack — 2018 drone attack in Caracas, Venezuela
- 20192019 Dayton shooting — mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio
- 20202020 Beirut explosions — accidental ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut, Lebanon
Births · 60
- 1281(Julian date)Külüg Khan — emperor of the Yuan Dynasty
- 1521(Julian date)Urban VII — pope of the Catholic Church in September 1590
- 1703Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans — Duke of Orléans, grandson of Louis XIV
- 1792Percy Bysshe Shelley — British Romantic poet (1792–1822)
- 1805William Rowan Hamilton — Irish mathematician and astronomer (1805-1865)
- 1821Louis Vuitton — French fashion designer and businessman (1821–1892)
- 1834John Venn — British logician and philosopher (1834-1923)
- 1839Walter Pater — English writer, critic and essayist (1839–1894)
- 1859Knut Hamsun — Norwegian novelist (1859–1952)
- 1884Béla Balázs — Hungarian film critic, aesthetician, writer and poet (1884–1949)
- 1884Henri Cornet — French racing cyclist (1884–1941)
- 1900Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother — Queen consort of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952 (1900–2002)
- 1900Nabi Tajima — Japanese supercentenarian (1900–2018)
- 1901Louis Armstrong — American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)
- 1904Witold Gombrowicz — Polish writer (1904–1969)
- 1906Marie José of Belgium — Queen Consort of Italy (1906–2001)
- 1909Saunders Mac Lane — American mathematician (1909-2005)
- 1910Anita Page — American actress (1910-2008)
- 1912Raoul Wallenberg — Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat and humanitarian (1912-1947)
- 1920Helen Thomas — American author and journalist
- 1921Maurice Richard — Canadian ice hockey player (1921–2000)
- 1929Yasser Arafat — Palestinian political leader (1929-2004) and Former President of the Palestinian National Authority (1994-2004)
- 1929Kishore Kumar — Indian singer and actor (1929–1987)
- 1930Ali Sistani — Iranian cleric
- 1932Frances Allen — American computer scientist (1932–2020)
Deaths · 60
- 221(Julian date)Lady Zhen — first wife of Cao Pi, first ruler of Cao Wei (183-221)
- 966(Julian date)Berengar II of Italy — King of Italy from 950 to 961
- 1060Henry I of France — king of the Franks from 1031 to 1060 (1008–1060)
- 1265(Julian date)Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester — Anglo-Norman nobleman who led a rebellion against King Henry III of England (1208-1265)
- 1266(Julian date)Odo, Count of Nevers — French noble
- 1306(Julian date)Wenceslaus III of Bohemia — King of Hungary, Bohemia and Poland
- 1378(Julian date)Galeazzo II Visconti — ruler of Milan (1320-1378)
- 1430(Julian date)Philip I — Duke of Brabant (1404-1430)
- 1526Juan Sebastián Elcano — Castillian Basque sailor, explorer, and circumnavigator with the Magellan Expedition
- 1578Sebastian of Portugal — King of Portugal from 1557 to 1578 (1554-1578)
- 1598William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley — English statesman and chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I (1520-1598)
- 1639Juan Ruiz de Alarcón — Spanish writer, from New Spain
- 1792John Burgoyne — British general and playwright (1722–1792)
- 1804Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan — Royal Navy admiral (1731-1804)
- 1822Kristjan Jaak Peterson — Estonian writer (1801-1822)
- 1844Jacob Aall — Politician, historian, landowner and economist (1773-1844)
- 1859Jean-Marie Vianney — French priest and saint (1786–1859)
- 1875Hans Christian Andersen — Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
- 1886Samuel J. Tilden — American politician, Governor of New York from 1875 to 1876, and 1876 Democratic nominee for President (1814-1886)
- 1897Shōjirō Gotō — Japanese noble (1838-1897)
- 1900Isaac Levitan — Russian artist (1860-1900)
- 1900Étienne Lenoir — Belgian engineer (1822-1900)
- 1914Jules Lemaître — French critic and dramatist (1853-1914)
- 1922Enver Pasha — Ottoman politician and general (1881–1922)
- 1931Cai Hesen — Chinese politician (1895-1931)
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