What happened on October 4

50 documented historical events happened on October 4, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Red Turban Rebellions: The rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang won the Battle of Lake Poyang by deploying ships intentionally set aflame when the emperor tried to escape. On the same day, in another year: Skanderbeg and Gjergj Arianiti signed a peace treaty to end the Albanian–Venetian War. 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.

160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on October 4, including Vitaly Ginzburg, Violeta Parra, Kenichi Fukui. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.

100 people with a Wikipedia article died on October 4, including Yazid III, Vladimir of Novgorod, Constance of Castile, Queen of France. 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.

10 observances are celebrated on October 4 around the world: Christian feast day: Amun, Christian feast day: Francis of Assisi Conclusion of Creationtide, Christian feast day: Petronius of Bologna, Christian feast day: October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), Feast of St Francis of Assisi patron saints of Italy., Cinnamon Roll Day (Sweden and Finland). The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.