What are the important events that happened on August 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

August 4: Facts & Myths About This Day

August 4 is the 216^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 149 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 22, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,237,760 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectadecahexagon’ day.

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 197 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,609 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

August 4 Historical Events

• 1578 –
  Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir – the Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
• 1789 –
  In France members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
• 1791 –
  The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman-Habsburg wars.
• 1796 –
  French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.
• 1906 –
  Central Railway Station, Sydney opens.
• 1964 –
  American civil rights movement: civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
• 1977 –
  US President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
• 1991 –
  The Greek cruise ship Ship MTS sinks off the Wild Coast of South Africa.
• 1993 –
  A federal judge sentences LAPD officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King’s civil rights.
• 1995 –
  Operation Storm begins in Croatia.

Who were born on August 4?

• 1719 –
  Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1767)
• 1908 –
  Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (d. 1994)
• 1912 –
  Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician and mountaineer (d. 1999)
• 1942 –
  Don S. Davis, American actor and painter (d. 2008)
• 1943 –
  Vicente Alberto Álvarez Areces, Spanish politician
• 1955 –
  Dariusz Lipiński, Polish politician
• 1962 –
  Paul Reynolds, British guitarist (A Flock of Seagulls)
• 1973 –
  Marek Penksa, Slovak footballer
• 1975 –
  Jutta Urpilainen, Finnish politician
• 1985 –
  Kina Grannis, American musician

Who died on August 4?

• 1113 –
  Gertrude of Saxony, daughter of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony and wife of Floris I, Count of Holland (b. 1030)
• 1526 –
  Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer (b. 1476)
• 1718 –
  René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French lord-founder of the town of Rimouski in New France (b. 1656)
• 1727 –
  Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)
• 1795 –
  Timothy Ruggles, American politician (b. 1711)
• 1900 –
  Isaac Levitan, Russian painter (b. 1860)
• 1967 –
  Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 1976 –
  Roy Herbert Thomson, Canadian publisher (b. 1894)
• 1985 –
  Don Whillans, British mountaineer (b. 1933)
• 1992 –
  Seicho Matsumoto, Japanese writer and journalist (b. 1909)