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On This Day: April 4

55 events  ·  123 deaths  ·  278 births
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On April 4, history records 55 notable events, 278 famous births and 123 deaths, spanning the years 1147 to 1814.

Events on this day include: First historical record of Moscow. (1147); King Wareru founds the Ramanya Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. (1287).

Notable people born on April 4 include Caracalla (188), Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria (1436), Vojtěch I of Pernstein (1490).

Notable figures who died on this day include Ambrose (397), Isidore of Seville (636), Plato of Sakkoudion (814).

Events on 4 April 55

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Year 1147

First historical record of Moscow.

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Year 1287

King Wareru founds the Ramanya Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.

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Year 1460

Basel University is founded.

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Year 1581

Francis Drake is knighted for completing a circumnavigation of the world.

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Year 1660

Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of Great Britain.

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Year 1721

Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.

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Year 1768

In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.

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Year 1796

Georges Cuvier delivers the first paleontological lecture.

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Year 1812

United States President James Madison enacts a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.

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Year 1814

Napoleon abdicates for the first time and names his son Napoleon II as Emperor of the French.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 16

🇦🇴 Angola · Peace and National Reconciliation Day
🇧🇿 Belize · Holy Saturday
🇧🇼 Botswana · Holy Saturday
🇨🇱 Chile · Holy Saturday
🇸🇻 El Salvador · Holy Saturday
🇫🇯 Fiji · Easter Saturday
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Holy Saturday
🇭🇳 Honduras · Holy Saturday
🇵🇭 Philippines · Black Saturday
🇼🇸 Samoa · Day After Good Friday
🇸🇳 Senegal · Independence Day
🇸🇨 Seychelles · Easter Saturday
🇸🇧 Solomon Islands · Holy Saturday
🇻🇦 Vatican City · Holy Saturday
🇿🇲 Zambia · Holy Saturday
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Easter Saturday

Birthdays on 4 April 278

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Caracalla
Caracalla
b. 188 – d. 217
Caracalla, Roman emperor (b. 188)
Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria
Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria
b. 1436 – d. 1501
Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut (d. 1501)
Vojtěch I of Pernstein
Vojtěch I of Pernstein
b. 1490 – d. 1534
Vojtěch I of Pernstein, Bohemian nobleman (d. 1534)
Ambrosius Blarer
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
Richard Saltonstall
b. 1586 – d. 1661
Richard Saltonstall, English diplomat (d. 1661)
Edward Nicholas
Edward Nicholas
b. 1593 – d. 1669
Edward Nicholas, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1669)
Gaspar Sanz
Gaspar Sanz
b. 1640 – d. 1710
Gaspar Sanz, Spanish guitarist, composer, and priest (d. 1710)
Antoine Galland
Antoine Galland
b. 1646 – d. 1715
Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (d. 1715)
Grinling Gibbons
Grinling Gibbons
b. 1648 – d. 1721
Grinling Gibbons, Dutch-English sculptor and woodcarver (b. 1648)
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini
b. 1676 – d. 1760
Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Italian composer (d. 1760)
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle
b. 1688 – d. 1768
Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer and cartographer (d. 1768)
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Deaths on 4 April 123

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Ambrose
Ambrose
d. 397 (b. 338)
Ambrose, Roman archbishop and saint (b. 338)
Isidore of Seville
Isidore of Seville
d. 636 (b. 560)
Isidore of Seville, Spanish archbishop and saint (b. 560)
Plato of Sakkoudion
Plato of Sakkoudion
d. 814 (b. 735)
Plato of Sakkoudion, Byzantine monk and saint (b. 735)
Pope Formosus
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
Abu Firas al-Hamdani
d. 968 (b. 932)
Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Arab prince and poet (b. 932)
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Alfonso X of Castile
d. 1284 (b. 1221)
Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284)
Pope Nicholas IV
Pope Nicholas IV
d. 1292 (b. 1227)
Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292)
Robert III of Scotland
Robert III of Scotland
d. 1406 (b. 1337)
Robert III, king of Scotland (b.1337)
Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex
Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex
d. 1483
Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex (b. c. 1405)
Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
d. 1536 (b. 1460)
Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)
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