What are the important events that happened on March 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 4: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 4 is the 63rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 302 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 19, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,741,046,400 seconds 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 ‘hexacontatrigon’ day.
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Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 350 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 4,456 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 4 Historical Events
- 1152 –Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans.
- 1675 –John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
- 1804 –Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales.
- 1861 –The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the “Stars and Bars”) is adopted.
- 1882 –Britain’s first electric trams run in east London.
- 1890 –The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1710 ft long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later becomes King Edward VII.
- 1913 –First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
- 1976 –The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
- 1977 –The 1977 Bucharest Earthquake in southern and eastern Europe kills more than 1,500.
- 1983 –Bertha Wilson is appointed the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada.
Who were born on March 4?
- 1899 –Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and editor (d. 1962)
- 1901 –Wilbur R. Franks, Canadian scientist (d. 1986)
- 1921 –Joan Greenwood, English actress (d. 1987)
- 1947 –Aura Lewis, South African singer
- 1954 –Boris Moiseev, Russian singer, choreographer, dancer, writer and actor
- 1961 –Steven Weber, American actor
- 1964 –Scott Baker, American journalist
- 1968 –Patsy Kensit, English actress
- 1978 –Pierre Dagenais, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 –Dominic Telo, South African cricketer
Who died on March 4?
- 1949 –Clarence Kingsbury British track cyclist (b. 1882)
- 1969 –Nicholas Schenck, Russian-born film empresario (b. 1881)
- 1976 –Jim Walsh, American basketball player (b. 1930)
- 1980 –Alex Vetchinsky, British film designer (b. 1904)
- 2002 –Ugnė Karvelis, Lithuanian writer and translator (b. 1935)
- 2004 –Fernando Lázaro Carreter, Spanish linguist and journalist. (b. 1923)
- 2005 –Yuriy Kravchenko, Ukrainian statesman (b. 1951)
- 2007 –Natalie Bodanya, American soprano (b. 1908)
- 2007 –Sunil Kumar Mahato, Indian parliamentarian (b. 1966)
- 2008 –Semka Sokolovic-Bertok, Yugoslavian-born Croatian actress (b. 1935)
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