Events on 4 April 55
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King Wareru founds the Ramanya Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.
Year 1812
United States President James Madison enacts a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
Year 1814
Napoleon abdicates for the first time and names his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 16
Birthdays on 4 April 278
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Caracalla
b. 188 – d. 217
Caracalla, Roman emperor (b. 188)
Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria
b. 1436 – d. 1501
Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut (d. 1501)
Vojtěch I of Pernstein
b. 1490 – d. 1534
Vojtěch I of Pernstein, Bohemian nobleman (d. 1534)
Ambrosius Blarer
b. 1492 – d. 1564
Ambrosius Blarer, German-Swiss theologian and reformer (d. 1564)
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William Strachey
b. 1572 – d. 1621
William Strachey, English author (d. 1621)
Richard Saltonstall
b. 1586 – d. 1661
Richard Saltonstall, English diplomat (d. 1661)
Edward Nicholas
b. 1593 – d. 1669
Edward Nicholas, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1669)
Gaspar Sanz
b. 1640 – d. 1710
Gaspar Sanz, Spanish guitarist, composer, and priest (d. 1710)
Antoine Galland
b. 1646 – d. 1715
Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (d. 1715)
Grinling Gibbons
b. 1648 – d. 1721
Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (b. 1648)
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini
b. 1676 – d. 1760
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Italian composer (d. 1760)
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle
b. 1688 – d. 1768
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer and cartographer (d. 1768)
Deaths on 4 April 123
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Ambrose
d. 397 (b. 338)
Ambrose, Roman archbishop and saint (b. 338)
Isidore of Seville
d. 636 (b. 560)
Isidore of Seville, Spanish archbishop and saint (b. 560)
Plato of Sakkoudion
d. 814 (b. 735)
Plato of Sakkoudion, Byzantine monk and saint (b. 735)
Pope Formosus
d. 896 (b. 816)
Formosus, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 816)
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Liu Yin (Southern Han)
d. 911 (b. 874)
Liu Yin, Chinese warlord and governor (b. 874)
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Kong Xun
d. 931 (b. 884)
Kong Xun, Chinese official and governor (b. 884)
Abu Firas al-Hamdani
d. 968 (b. 932)
Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Arab prince and poet (b. 932)
Alfonso X of Castile
d. 1284 (b. 1221)
Alfonso X, king of Castile and León (b. 1221)
Pope Nicholas IV
d. 1292 (b. 1227)
Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292)
Robert III of Scotland
d. 1406 (b. 1337)
Robert III, king of Scotland (b.1337)
Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex
d. 1483
Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (b. c. 1405)
Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
d. 1536 (b. 1460)
Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)