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September 4

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Storm Daniel

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1981

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Famous births30

AD 973 · 1053 yrs

Al-Biruni

Abu Reyhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni (Persian: ابوریحان محمد بن احمد بیرونی, romanized: Abū-Reyhān Bīrūnī; Arabic: أبو الريحان محمد بن أحمد البيروني; c. 973 – c. 1050), known as Biruni (بیرونی), was a Khwarazmian polymath of the Islamic Golden Age.

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1241 · 785 yrs

Alexander III of Scotland

Alexander III (Scottish Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Alaxandair; Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Alasdair; 4 September 1241 – 19 March 1286) was King of Alba (Scotland) from 6 July 1249 until his death. He concluded the Treaty of Perth, by which Scotland acquired sovereignty over the Western Isles and the Isle of Man.

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1383 · 643 yrs

Amadeus VIII of Savoy

Amadeus VIII (4 September 1383 – 7 January 1451), nicknamed the Peaceful, was Count of Savoy from 1391 to 1416 and Duke of Savoy from 1416 to 1440. He was the first to hold the ducal title, granted by Emperor Sigismund.

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1563 · 463 yrs

Wanli Emperor

The Wanli Emperor (4 September 1563 – 18 August 1620), personal name Zhu Yijun, was the 14th emperor of the Ming dynasty of China, reigning from 1572 to 1620. He succeeded his father, the Longqing Emperor.

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RoyaltyDied aged 56

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1568 · 458 yrs

Tommaso Campanella

Tommaso Campanella (Italian:; 5 September 1568 – 21 May 1639), baptized Giovanni Domenico Campanella, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet. Campanella was prosecuted by the Roman Inquisition for heresy in 1594 and was confined to house arrest for two years.

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ReligionDied aged 70

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1768 · 258 yrs

François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand

François-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the 19th century. Descended from an old aristocratic family from Brittany, Chateaubriand was a royalist.

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LiteratureDied aged 79

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1824 · 202 yrs

Anton Bruckner

Joseph Anton Bruckner (German:; 4 September 1824 – 11 October 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his symphonies and sacred music, which includes Masses, Te Deum and motets.

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1877 · 149 yrs

Kārlis Ulmanis

Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis (Latvian:; 4 September 1877 – 20 September 1942) was a Latvian politician and dictator.

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1891 · 135 yrs

Fritz Todt

Fritz Todt (4 September 1891 – 8 February 1942) was a German construction engineer and senior political figure of the Nazi Party.

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1892 · 134 yrs

Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud (French:; Provençal:; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—The Group of Six—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century.

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1896 · 130 yrs

Antonin Artaud

Antoine Maria Joseph Paul Artaud (French:; 4 September 1896 – 4 March 1948), better known as Antonin Artaud (French pronunciation:), was a French artist who worked across a variety of media. He is best known for his writings, as well as his work in the theatre and cinema.

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1906 · 120 yrs

Max Delbrück

Max Ludwig Henning Delbrück (German:; September 4, 1906 – March 9, 1981) was a German–American biophysicist who participated in launching the molecular biology research program in the late 1930s.

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1907 · 119 yrs

Edvard Grieg

Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( GREEG; Norwegian:; 15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide.

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MusicDied aged 64

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1963 · 63 yrs

Robert Schuman

Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman (French:;29 June 1886 – 4 September 1963) was a Luxembourg-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian democratic (Popular Republican Movement) political thinker and activist.

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1965 · 61 yrs

Albert Schweitzer

Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer (German:; 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a German polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician.

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1989 · 37 yrs

Georges Simenon

Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (French:; 12/13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer who created the fictional detective Jules Maigret.

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1990 · 36 yrs

Irene Dunne

Irene Dunne (born Irene Marie Dunn; December 20, 1898 – September 4, 1990) was an American actress who appeared in films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She is best known for her comedic roles, though she performed in films of other genres.

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1997 · 29 yrs

Hans Eysenck

Hans Jürgen Eysenck ( EYE-zenk; 4 March 1916 – 4 September 1997) was a German-born British psychologist. He is best remembered for his work on intelligence and personality, although he worked on other issues in psychology.

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2006 · 20 yrs

Steve Irwin

Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006) was an Australian conservationist, environmentalist, zookeeper, television personality, and wildlife educator. Nicknamed the "Crocodile Hunter", he is regarded as an Australian cultural icon, and as one of the greatest conservationists.

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2006 · 20 yrs

Giacinto Facchetti

Giacinto Facchetti (Italian pronunciation:; 18 July 1942 – 4 September 2006) was an Italian footballer who played as a left-back for Inter Milan from 1960 to 1978. He later served as Inter chairman from January 2004 until his death in 2006.

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2014 · 12 yrs

Joan Rivers

Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer and television host.

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2025 · 1 yrs

Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani (Italian:; 11 July 1934 – 4 September 2025) was an Italian fashion designer and founder of the Armani luxury fashion house.

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Events5

1479 · 547 yrs

Treaty of Alcáçovas

The Treaty of Alcáçovas (also known as Treaty or Peace of Alcáçovas-Toledo) was signed on 4 September 1479 between the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon on one side and Afonso V and his son, Prince John of Portugal, on the other side.

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Politics

1797 · 229 yrs

Coup of 18 Fructidor

The Coup of 18 Fructidor, Year V (4 September 1797 in the French Republican Calendar), was a seizure of power in France by members of the Directory, then forming the government of the First French Republic, with support from the military.

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War

1999 · 27 yrs

1999 Russian apartment bombings

In September 1999, a series of explosions hit four apartment blocks in the Russian cities of Buynaksk, Moscow, and Volgodonsk, killing more than 300, injuring more than 1,000, and spreading a wave of fear across the country. The bombings, together with the 1999 war of Dagestan, triggered the Second Chechen War.

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Tragedy

2016 · 10 yrs

2016 Italian Grand Prix

The 2016 Italian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d'Italia 2016) was a Formula One motor race held on 4 September 2016 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy.

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Sports

2023 · 3 yrs

Storm Daniel

Storm Daniel, also known as Medicane Daniel or Cyclone Daniel, was a relatively weak yet catastrophic and erratic tropical cyclone that became the deadliest Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone in recorded history, as well as the second-costliest tropical cyclone on record outside of the North Atlantic Basin (after…

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