Best known
Best known
Joan of England, Queen of Scotland
Queen of Scotland from 1221 to 1238
Yuri II of Vladimir
Grand Prince of Vladimir
Daniel of Moscow
Prince of Moscow
Jakub Świnka
13th / 14th century Polish Catholic archbishop
Saint Casimir
Lithuanian and Polish saint
Sigismund, Archduke of Austria
Ruler of Austria from 1439 to 1496
Joan of England, Queen of Scotland — Queen of Scotland from 1221 to 1238, who died on March 4 1238.
Yuri II of Vladimir — Grand Prince of Vladimir, who died on March 4 1238.
Daniel of Moscow — Prince of Moscow, who died on March 4 1303.
Jakub Świnka — 13th / 14th century Polish Catholic archbishop, who died on March 4 1314.
Saint Casimir — Lithuanian and Polish saint, who died on March 4 1484.
Sigismund, Archduke of Austria — Ruler of Austria from 1439 to 1496, who died on March 4 1496.
All entries
- 1371
Joan of ÉvreuxQueen of France and Navarre from 1322 to 1328 - 1388TThomas Usk14th-century English civil servant
- 1556LLeonhard KleberGerman organist
- 1583
Bernard GilpinOxford theologian - 1604
Fausto SozziniItalian theologian and co-founder of Socinianism - 1615
Hans von AachenGerman painter - 1710
Louis III, Prince of CondéPrince of Condé - 1733
Claude de ForbinFrench military officer and diplomat - 1744
John AnstisEnglish politician and officer of arms - 1762
Johannes ZickGerman painter - 1793
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of PenthièvreFrench duke; grandson of Louis XIV - 1795JJohn Collins (Continental Congress)American Founding Father and politician
- 1805
Jean-Baptiste GreuzeFrench painter - 1807
Abraham BaldwinAmerican Founding Father and politician - 1811
Mariano MorenoArgentine lawyer, journalist, and politician - 1832
Jean-François ChampollionFrench classical scholar, decipherer of Egyptian hieroglyphs - 1851
James Richardson (explorer)British explorer - 1852
Nikolai GogolRussian writer of Ukrainian origin - 1853TThomas Bladen CapelRoyal Navy officer
- 1853
Christian Leopold von BuchGerman geologist - 1858
Matthew C. PerryUnited States Navy officer - 1864
Thomas Starr KingAmerican clergyman and abolitionist - 1866
Alexander Campbell (minister)Scots-Irish American ordained minister - 1872
Carsten HauchDanish poet - 1883
Alexander H. StephensVice President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 - 1888
Amos Bronson AlcottAmerican educator - 1903
Joseph Henry ShorthouseEnglish novelist - 1906
John SchofieldUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general - 1915
William WillettBritish builder - 1916
Franz MarcGerman artist - 1925
Moritz MoszkowskiGerman composer, pianist and teacher - 1925
James Ward (psychologist)English psychologist - 1925
John Montgomery WardAmerican baseball player and manager - 1927
Ira RemsenAmerican chemist - 1938
George Foster PeabodyAmerican businessman and philanthropist - 1938
Jack Taylor (1900s pitcher)American baseball player - 1940
Hamlin GarlandAmerican writer, Georgist, and psychical researcher - 1941
Ludwig QuiddeGerman politician and pacifist - 1944
Fannie Barrier WilliamsAmerican educator and activist - 1944
Lepke BuchalterAmerican mob boss - 1944
Louis CaponeAmerican mobster - 1944
René LefebvreFrench factory-owner - 1945
Lucille La VerneAmerican actress - 1945
Mark SandrichAmerican film producer - 1948
Antonin ArtaudFrench artist - 1949
Clarence KingsburyEnglish cyclist
- 1952
Charles Scott SherringtonEnglish footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient - 1954
Noel GayBritish composer - 1960
Herbert O'ConorAmerican politician - 1963
William Carlos WilliamsAmerican poet - 1969
Nicholas SchenckAmerican film studio executive - 1972
Harold BarrowcloughNew Zealand general and judge - 1972
Charles BiroAmerican comic book creator and cartoonist - 1974
Adolph GottliebAmerican abstract expressionist painter, sculptor and printmaker - 1976
John Marvin JonesAmerican politician and jurist - 1976
Walter SchottkyGerman physicist and electrical engineer - 1977
Anatol E. BaconskyRomanian modernist poet, essayist, translator, novelist, publisher and critic - 1977
Nancy Tyson BurbidgeAustralian botanist, conservationist and herbarium curator - 1977AAndrés CaicedoColombian writer
- 1977
William Paul (attorney)American politician - 1977
Lutz Graf Schwerin von KrosigkGerman politician - 1978
Wesley BolinAmerican politician - 1978
Joe MarsalaItalian-American jazz clarinetist and songwriter - 1979
Willi UnsoeldAmerican mountaineer - 1980AAlan HardakerEnglish football administrator
- 1981
Torin ThatcherBritish actor - 1981
Karl-Jesko von PuttkamerGerman admiral and naval adjutant to Adolf Hitler - 1986
Ding LingChinese writer - 1986AAlbert L. LehningerAmerican biochemist
- 1986
Richard ManuelCanadian pianist, singer and songwriter - 1986
Elizabeth Smart (Canadian author)Canadian poet and novelist - 1987
Seibo KitamuraJapanese sculptor - 1988
Beatriz GuidoArgentine novelist and screenwriter
- 1989
Tiny GrimesAmerican jazz and R&B guitarist - 1990
Hank GathersAmerican basketball player - 1991GGodfrey BryanEnglish cricketer
- 1992
Art BabbittAmerican animator - 1992
Pare LorentzAmerican filmmaker known for his New Deal-era work - 1993
Art HodesAmerican jazz and blues pianist - 1993
Tomislav IvčićMusical artist - 1993IIzaak KolthoffDutch-American chemist
- 1993
Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of LiddesdaleBritish politician and minister - 1994
John CandyCanadian actor and comedian - 1994
George Edward HughesNew Zealand philosopher and logician - 1995
Matt UrbanUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient - 1996
Minnie PearlAmerican comedian and country singer
- 1996
John SauerAmerican football player, coach, and broadcaster - 1997JJoe Baker-CresswellRoyal Navy officer
- 1997
Robert H. DickeAmerican astronomer and physicist - 1998
Ivan DoughertyAustralian general - 1999
Harry BlackmunUS Supreme Court justice from 1970 to 1994 - 1999
Del CloseAmerican actor, writer, and teacher - 1999
Miłosz MaginPolish composer and pianist - 2000
Hermann BrückGerman-born astronomer - 2000MMichael Noonan (Australian writer)Australian-New Zealand writer
- 2000
Wu Ta-YouChinese physicist and writer - 2001
Gerardo BarberoArgentine chess grandmaster - 2001
Jean René BazaineFrench artist - 2001
Fred LasswellAmerican cartoonist - 2001
Jim RhodesAmerican politician - 2001
Harold StassenAmerican politician - 2002UUgnė Karvelis
- 2002EElyne MitchellAustralian author
- 2002
Velibor VasovićSerbian footballer - 2003
Jaba IoselianiGeorgian politician, thief, and paramilitary leader - 2003SSébastien JaprisotFrench author, screenwriter and film director
- 2004
Claude NougaroFrench jazz singer
- 2005NNicola CalipariItalian major general and SISMI military intelligence officer
- 2005
Yuriy KravchenkoUkrainian police officer and statesman - 2005
Carlos ShermanUruguayan-born Belarusian-Spanish writer and human rights activist - 2006
John Reynolds GardinerAmerican novelist - 2006
Edgar ValterEstonian writer and illustrator - 2007
Thomas EagletonAmerican politician - 2007
Tadeusz NalepaPolish musician - 2007IIan WooldridgeBritish sports journalist
- 2008
Gary GygaxAmerican game designer and author
- 2008
Leonard RosenmanAmerican composer - 2009
Yvon CormierCanadian professional wrestler - 2009HHorton FooteAmerican playwright and screenwriter
- 2009
George McAfeeAmerican football player
- 2010
Raimund AbrahamAustrian architect - 2010
Johnny AlfBrazilian musician - 2010
Vladislav ArdzinbaSoviet-Abkhaz politician; President of Abkhazia - 2010
Fred WedlockEnglish folk singer - 2011
Krishna Prasad BhattaraiNepalese revolutionary, politician, journalist, and novelist - 2011VVivienne Harris (journalist)
- 2011
Ed ManningAmerican basketball player and coach - 2011
Arjun Singh (Congress politician)Politician from Madhya Pradesh, India - 2011
Alenush TerianIranian astronomer and physicist - 2011
Simon van der MeerDutch physicist - 2012PPaul McBrideScottish lawyer; Queen's Counsel
- 2012
Don MincherAmerican baseball player - 2013LLillian CahnAmerican fashion designer
- 2013
Mickey MooreChild actor and film director - 2013
Toren SmithCanadian manga translator - 2014
Mark FreidkinRussian poet and writer - 2014
Elaine Kellett-BowmanBritish politician - 2014
Jack KinzlerAmerican engineer - 2014
Wu TianmingChinese film director and producer - 2015DDušan BilandžićCroatian historian and politician
- 2015
Ray HattonEnglish educator, author and long-distance runner - 2016
Bud CollinsUS journalist and sportscaster - 2016
Pat ConroyAmerican novelist - 2016
P. A. SangmaIndian politician - 2016
Zhou XiaoyanChinese vocal pedagogue and classical soprano - 2017
Clayton YeutterAmerican politician - 2018
Davide AstoriItalian footballer - 2019
Keith FlintEnglish dancer and singer - 2019
Luke PerryAmerican actor - 2020
Javier Pérez de CuéllarPeruvian diplomat and politician - 2022RRod MarshAustralian cricketer
- 2022
Shane WarneAustralian cricketer - 2023
Phil BattAmerican politician - 2025
Roy AyersAmerican funk, soul and jazz composer
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Who died on March 4?
160 people with a Wikipedia article died on March 4, including Joan of England, Queen of Scotland, Yuri II of Vladimir, Daniel of Moscow. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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77 documented historical events happened on March 4, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Roman Herculian guard Adrian of Nicomedia, who had converted to Christianity after being impressed with the faith of Christians that he had been torturing, was martyred. On the same day, in another year: Trpimir I, the founder of the Trpimirović dynasty of Croatia, issued a document that contains the first known use of the name Croats. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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