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On This Day · The 63rd day of the year

March 4

250 years on from American Revolutionary War, March 4 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 19th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

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Pisces is the sign for March 4 — read more on the Pisces page, or see March's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on March 4?

March 4 is the 63rd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1461 and 1941. Famous people born on March 4 include Blanche of Castile, Antonio Vivaldi and Jim Clark.

Released on March 4

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Movie Hoppers
  • Game iRacing Arcade
  • Movie The Bride!

2025

  • Game Two Point Museum
  • Game Knights in Tight Spaces
  • Game Everhood 2
  • TV Daredevil: Born Again

2024

  • Game The Thaumaturge

2022

  • Game Triangle Strategy
  • Game Gran Turismo 7

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1461

    Wars of the Roses

  2. 1665

    Charles II of England

  3. 1675

    John Flamsteed

  4. 1773

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  5. 1776

    American Revolutionary War

  6. 1837

    Chicago

  7. 1848

    Charles Albert of Sardinia

  8. 1890

    Forth Bridge

  9. 1899

    Cyclone Mahina

  10. 1941

    World War II

Famous birthday twins

Born on March 4

Blanche of Castile

b. 1188

Antonio Vivaldi

b. 1678

Jim Clark

b. 1936

Alpha Condé

b. 1938

Andrea Bowen

b. 1990

Paul Mauriat

b. 1925

Margaret Osborne duPont

b. 1918

Dick Savitt

b. 1927

Deaths

  • 2020Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
  • 2008Gary Gygax
  • 1949Clarence Kingsbury
  • 1852Nikolai Gogol
  • 1832Jean-François Champollion
  • 1193Saladin

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Adrian of Nicomedia
  • —Christian feast day: Casimir
  • —Christian feast day: Felix of Rhuys
  • —Christian feast day: Giovanni Antonio Farina (Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Humbert III, Count of Savoy (Roman Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Paul Cuffee (Episcopal Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Peter of Pappacarbone
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Placide Viel

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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