March 4th

National

See also: Category: Holidays March 4

•   Belarus - Police Day
•   Republic of China - Plantation Festival.

  Religious

  Catholicism

• memory of Basin of Trier ;
• memory of ;
• memory of St. Casimir ;
• memory of Umberto III, Count of Savoy .

  Orthodoxy ^{[2] [3]}

Note : indicated for non-leap years, in leap years the list is different ^[1] , see March 5 .

• memory of the apostles from 70 Arkippos and Filimon and the martyr of the equally apostolic Apfia (I);
• the memory of the martyrs Maxim , Theodotus, Hesychius, the martyr Asclipiodota (c. 305-311);
• memory of the Rev. Eugene and Macarius confessors, presbyters of Antioch (363);
• memory of the Monk Ravula (c. 530);
• memory of the Monk Dosipheus (VII), student of the Rev. Avba Dorotheus ;
• memory of St. Theodore of Sanaksar (1791);
• memory of the martyr Dimitri Volkov (1942);
• memory of St. Gregory Palamas , Archbishop of Thessalonica ( passing celebration in 2018);
• The cathedral of all the reverend fathers of Kiev-Pechersk ( passing celebration in 2018).

Name Day

• Catholic: Basin, Casimir , Peter , Umberto.
• Orthodox: Apfia, Arkipp, Asklipiodota, Bogdan , Dmitry , Dosifei , Eugene , Ishih , Konon , Makarii , Maxim , Nikita , Ravula, Timothy , Theodotus, Fedor , Filimon, Philofei.

See also: Category: March 4 events

Until the 18th century

• 1152 - Frederick I Barbarossa became king of Germany .
• 1238 - The Battle of the City River - the defeat of Vladimir Prince Yuri Vsevolodovich from the Mongolian temnik Burundai .
• 1561 - The Italian Cardinal Carlo Carafa became the last Catholic prelate sentenced to death by the pope .
• 1681 - King Charles II of England transferred William Penn into possession of territory in North America , which later became the state of Pennsylvania .

18th century

• 1726 - The first gymnasium in Russia was opened at the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg .
• 1733 - Anna Ioannovna ’s decree “On the establishment of police in cities” was issued , according to which police offices were created in 23 cities of Russia.
• 1762 - Emperor Peter III signed the Decree “On Free Trade for All” .
• 1789 - The US Constitution came into force; the first US congress began in New York .
• 1791 - Vermont became the 14th state of the USA .
• 1791 - Israel Jacobs became the first Jew to take a seat in the US Congress.

XIX century

• 1803 - the “ Decree on Free Farmers ” was issued in Russia , according to which landowners received the right to free peasants with the obligatory allocation of their land.
• 1813 - for the first time in the history of official receptions, ice cream was served at the inauguration ceremony of US President J. Madison .
• 1818 - a bronze monument to Kozma Minin and Prince Pozharsky was unveiled in Moscow , becoming the first in the city.
• 1837 - Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov was arrested for the poem "The Death of a Poet ."
• 1837 - Fort Chicago on Lake Michigan received city status.
• 1848 - The introduction of universal suffrage for men in France .
• 1849 - The new constitution of Austria is adopted.
• 1849 - Bukovina was proclaimed the crown land of the Austrian Empire .
• 1857 - Great Britain recognized the independence of Afghanistan .
• 1870 - the first open-hearth furnace in Russia was launched at the Sormovsky plant.
• 1872 - The first issue of the American newspaper The Boston Globe came out.
• 1877 - American inventor Emil Berliner created a microphone .
• 1877 - the first graduation of women doctors in Russia .
• 1877 - The Bolshoi Theater hosted the premiere of P. I. Tchaikovsky ’s ballet Swan Lake
• 1880 - The world's first reproduction of a photograph is published in the American New York Daily Graphics .
• 1882 - the first British electric trams were launched at Leightstone , East London ( UK ).

XX century

• 1905 - Emperor Nicholas II instructed the Minister of the Interior A. Bulygin to develop a draft law on the creation of the State Duma .
• 1918
  • The Central Council adopted a resolution on the registration of citizenship of Ukraine .
  • In the waters of the Atlantic Ocean , in the region of the Bermuda Triangle , the Cyclops naval vessel disappeared without a trace. 306 people are missing.
• 1921 - Soviet power was established in Abkhazia , the Abkhaz SSR was formed .
• 1936 - The Hindenburg airship made its first flight.
• 1952 - Wedding of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis.
• 1955 - Small Japanese company Sony , a newcomer to the market, launched the production of handheld transistor radios .
• 1965 - Decree of the Presidium of the USSR Armed Forces "On the punishment of persons guilty of crimes against peace and humanity and war crimes, regardless of the time the crimes were committed."
• 1966 - The DC-8 disaster in Tokyo , killing 64 people.
• 1970 - the French diesel submarine Eurydice / Eridis sank in the Mediterranean Sea as a result of an internal explosion. Killed all 57 crew members.
• 1975 - Charlie Chaplin is knighted.
• 1977 :
  • Carpathian earthquake , the number of victims in Romania reached 1578 people.
  • In Los Alamos, the Cray-1 supercomputer is installed with a capacity of 133 megaflops .
• 1989 - The Ukrainian Memorial Society is created.
• 1990 - For a 5-year term, the Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR was elected, the highest legislative body of the RSFSR. It was dissolved by decree of President Boris Yeltsin on September 21, 1993 (dispersed by armed forces on October 4, 1993 ).
• 1997 - the first launch of the Zeya artificial Earth satellite by the Start-1 launch vehicle was launched from Svobodny Cosmodrome .

21st Century

• 2002 - the constituent assembly of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was held, the Academy Award - “ Golden Eagle ” was established.
• 2006 - the Kiev metro station “ Vyrlitsa ” was opened.
• 2006 - the Odnoklassniki network project was launched.
• 2009 - The Yuri Senkevich Memorial Museum was opened.
• 2012 - Election of the President of the Russian Federation . Vladimir Putin was elected President of Russia for a third term.

See also: Category: Born on March 4

Until the 19th century

• 1188 - Blanca of Castile (d. 1252 ), Princess of Castile, wife of Louis VIII , Queen of France.
• 1394 - Henry the Navigator (d. 1460 ), Portuguese infant , son of King Joao I , organizer of sea expeditions.
• 1678 - Antonio Vivaldi (d. 1741 ), Italian composer, violinist, conductor.
• 1756 - Henry Reburn (d. 1823 ), a Scottish romantic artist.

XIX century

• 1818 - Vasily Vasiliev (d. 1900 ), Russian scientist, synologist , Buddhist , Sanskritologist .
• 1829 - Samuel Gardiner (d. 1902 ), English historian.
• 1832 - Ivan Melnikov (d. 1906 ), Russian opera singer, soloist and director of the Mariinsky Theater .
• 1865 - Eduard Wilde (d. 1933 ), an Estonian writer.
• 1870 - Eugene Paton (d. 1953 ), Ukrainian Soviet mechanical scientist, engineer, creator of the Institute of Electric Welding , author of the Paton Bridge in Kiev.
• 1873 - Sergei Florinsky (executed in 1918 ), priest of the Russian Orthodox Church , archpriest , in 2002 ranked among the saints.
• 1875 - Mihai Karoyi (d. 1955 ), Hungarian politician, President of the Republic of Hungary from November 1918 to March 1919.
• 1877 - Alexander Gedike (d. 1957 ), Russian Soviet composer, organist, pianist, music teacher.
• 1879 - Bernhard Kellerman (d. 1951 ), German writer and poet.

XX century

• 1904
  • George Gamow (or Georgy Antonovich Gamov , d. 1968 ), Soviet and American physicist, astrophysicist, cosmologist , molecular biologist, popularizer of science, author of the concept of the “hot Universe”.
  • Abram Alikhanov (or Alikhanian ; d. 1970 ), Soviet physicist, one of the founders of nuclear physics in the USSR and the creators of the first Soviet atomic bomb , academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR .
• 1908 - Alexander Bubnov (d. 1964 ), Russian Soviet painter.
• 1909 - Leonid Malyugin (d. 1968 ), Russian Soviet playwright, screenwriter, publicist, literary critic.
• 1916 - Hans Jürgen Eisenck (d. 1997 ), German-British psychologist, author of the IQ intelligence test .
• 1919 - Rostislav Belyakov (d. 2014 ), Soviet and Russian aircraft designer, general designer of the A. Mikoyan Design Bureau, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, twice Hero of Socialist Labor.
• 1925 - Paul Moriah (d. 2006 ), French composer, arranger and conductor.
• 1928 - Alan Sillitou (d. 2010 ), English poet and prose writer.
• 1929 - Bernard Haitink , Dutch conductor.
• 1932
  • Miriam Makeba (d. 2008 ), South African singer, Grammy Award winner .
  • Georgy Shtil , theater and film actor, people's artist of Russia.
• 1934 - Gleb Yakunin (d. 2014 ), Soviet and Russian religious, public and political figure, dissident, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group .
• 1935
  • Bent Larsen (d. 2010 ), Danish chess player, grandmaster, chess journalist.
  • Stanislav Rassadin (d. 2012 ), Soviet and Russian writer, literary critic, literary critic.
• 1936 - Jim Clark (died in 1968 ), Scottish race car driver, two-time Formula 1 champion.
• 1937 - Yuri Senkevich (d. 2003 ), Soviet and Russian television presenter, traveler, doctor, writer.
• 1939 - Larisa Luzhina , actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR.
• 1941 - Adrian Line , Anglo-American film director and producer.
• 1943 - Lucho Dalla (d. 2012 ), Italian composer, actor and songwriter.
• 1946
  • Vadim Yakovlev , theater and film actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR.
  • Dada Maravilla , Brazilian footballer, striker, world champion (1970).
• 1947 - Jan Garbarek , Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer.
• 1949 - Vladimir Ivasyuk (killed in 1979 ), Ukrainian poet and composer, Hero of Ukraine .
• 1951
  • Kenny Dalglish , Scottish footballer and coach of Liverpool Football Club.
  • Chris Rea , English blues musician, singer, songwriter.
• 1952 - Umberto Tozzi , Italian pop singer and composer.
• 1954
  • Boris Moiseev , dancer, singer and actor, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
  • Vladimir Shinkarev , Russian artist and writer, one of the founders and ideologist of the Mitkovsky movement.
• 1959 - Nikolai Rubanov , Russian saxophonist, member of the groups " Auktsyon ", " Jungle " and others.
• 1963 - Jason Newsted , American rock musician, bass player for Metallica .
• 1965
  • Yuri Lonchakov , Russian cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation .
  • Alexander Shaganov , Russian songwriter, author of hits.
  • John Murphy , British composer, film composer, musician.
• 1967 - Pavel Kashin , Russian singer, poet, songwriter, musician, actor.
• 1979 - Vyacheslav Malafeev , Russian football player, goalkeeper.
• 1980 - Sergey Zinoviev , Russian hockey player.
• 1982 - Landon Donovan , American footballer, top scorer in US team history, top scorer and MLS league goaltender in all of its history.

See also: Category: March 4 dead

Until the 19th century

• 1193 - Salah ad-Din , Sultan of Egypt and Syria , founder of the Ayyubid dynasty .
• 1299 - Joasaph of Snetnogorsk , founder and first abbot of the Snetnogorsk monastery .
• 1484 - Casimir (b. 1458 ), Lithuanian prince and Polish prince, patron saint of Lithuania and Belarus.
• 1615 - Hans von Aachen (b. 1552 ), German painter and graphic artist. Von Aachen is considered a typical representative of mannerism . His brushes belong mainly allegorical , mythological and religious canvases.

XIX century

• 1805 - Daniil Samoilovich (b. 1744 ), Russian physician, founder of epidemiology in Russia.
• 1832 - Jean Francois Champollion (b. 1790 ), French archaeologist and linguist, founder of Egyptology .
• 1852 - Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (b. 1809 ), Russian writer.
• 1858 - Matthew Colbright Perry (b. 1794 ), US naval leader, Commodore, forced the Japanese to open their country in 1854 .
• 1872 - Johannes Karsten Hauch (b. 1790 ), Danish writer; wrote lyric poems and historical novels.
• 1873 - Siegfried Becher (b. 1806 ), Austrian statistician , political economist and teacher ^[4] .
• 1888 - Konstantin Girs (b. 1829 ), Rear Admiral of the Russian Imperial Navy .

XX century

• 1901 - Rafael Eristavi (b. 1824 ), Georgian poet, translator, ethnographer and collector of folklore.
• 1916 - Franz Mark (born 1880 ), a German expressionist painter, was killed.
• 1920 - Fedor Kryukov (b. 1870 ), Russian writer.
• 1923 - Alexander Opekushin (b. 1838 ), Russian sculptor.
• 1925 - Maurice Moshkovsky (b. 1854 ), Polish pianist, composer and teacher.
• 1942 - Erich Gollerbach (b. 1895 ), Russian art and literary critic, bibliographer and bibliophile .
• 1943 - Nikolai Avksentiev (b. 1878 ), a Russian politician, one of the leaders of the Socialist Revolutionary Party .
• 1948 - Antonin Artaud (b. 1896 ), French playwright, screenwriter, poet, prose writer, theater director and critic.
• 1955 - Dmitry Abramovich (b. 1873 ), historian of Russian literature, philologist - Slavic , paleographer .
• 1960 - Leonard Warren (b. 1911 ), American opera singer- baritone .
• 1969 - Nicholas Schenck (b. 1881 ), American film mogul.
• 1974
  • Mikhail Tikhonravov (b. 1900 ), Soviet engineer, designer of space and military equipment.
  • Tigran Melkumyan (b. 1902 ), thermal scientist, developer of the first Soviet diesel and afterburner engines.
• 1975 - Charles Spaac (b. 1903 ), French screenwriter.
• 1986 - (born 1945 ), musician of the Canadian band The Band (keyboards, drums and vocals), member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .
• 1990
  • Vasily Margelov (b. 1908 ), commander of the USSR Airborne Forces in 1954-1959 and 1961-1979, army general , Hero of the Soviet Union.
  • Konstantin Kokkinaki (b. 1910 ), Soviet test pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union.
• 1991 - Sergey Baruzdin (b. 1926 ), Russian Soviet writer.
• 1992 - Evgeny Evstigneev (b. 1926 ), theater and film actor, People's Artist of the USSR (1983).
• 1994 - John Candy (b. 1950 ), Canadian comedian film actor, screenwriter, producer.
• 1999 - Grish Pliev (b. 1913 ), Ossetian poet and cultural figure.

21st Century

• 2003
  • Sebastian Japrizo (b. 1931 ), French writer and screenwriter.
  • Fedora Barbieri (b. 1920 ), Italian opera singer (mezzo-soprano).
• 2006 - Edgar Walter (b. 1929 ), Estonian writer, illustrator, cartoonist.
• 2010
  • Vladimir Chebotaryov (b. 1921 ), Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter, honored artist (1994).
  • Vladislav Ardzinba (b. 1945 ), Soviet and Abkhaz politician and statesman, oriental historian, president of Abkhazia in 1994-2005.
• 2011 - Mikhail Simonov (b. 1929 ), Soviet and Russian aircraft designer, general designer of Sukhoi Design Bureau .
• 2018 - Davide Astori (b. 1987 ), Italian football player, defender and captain of the Fiorentina club.
• 2019 - Keith Flint (b. 1969 ), dancer and vocalist of the British electronic group The Prodigy .

Leo Katan .

• You cannot look at falling stars at Leo Katansky.
• If it melts on this day, it will not melt for a long time.

Fedot .

• Snow drifts on this day promise late grasses .
• If you see Fedot in the forest, you will see a white hare , so the snow will certainly fall again.
• The seagull flew - soon the ice drift ^[5] .

• This day (March 4) in history