April 04
Overview
Holidays & Observances
Children's Day(Hong Kong,Taiwan)
Children's Day in Hong Kong and Taiwan is celebrated on April 4 to honor children's well-being and happiness with community events and activities.
Christianfeast day:
Benedict the Moor, Gaetano Catanoso, Isidore of Seville, Martin Luther King Jr.(Episcopal Church (USA)), Reginald Heber(Anglican Church of Canada), Tigernach of Clones, Plato of Sakkoudion, April 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
April 4 is observed as a Christian feast day honoring multiple saints and figures across various denominations, including Benedict the Moor and Martin Luther King Jr.
Independence Day, celebrates the independence ofSenegalfrom France (1960).
Senegal celebrates its Independence Day on April 4, commemorating its separation from France in 1960 with national festivities and ceremonies.
Peace Day (Angola)
Peace Day in Angola is observed on April 4 to commemorate the signing of the peace accords that ended the civil war in 2002.
One of the possible days forQingming Festival.
Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, falls around April 4 and is a time for honoring ancestors through grave maintenance and offerings.
NATO Day
NATO Day, celebrated on April 4, honors the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1949 and its commitment to collective defense.
Benedict the Moor
Saint Benedict the Moor is commemorated on April 4 in the Roman Catholic Church for his life of humility, prayer, and service to the poor.
Gaetano Catanoso
Saint Gaetano Catanoso is honored on April 4 for his missionary work and compassionate outreach to the poor in Italy.
Isidore of Seville
Saint Isidore of Seville is commemorated on April 4 for his scholarly contributions to medieval theology and education.
Events
Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
In 503 BC, Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus was honored with a triumphal procession through Rome following his decisive victory over the Sabine tribes.
Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.
In 190 AD, warlord Dong Zhuo ordered the evacuation and deliberate destruction of the Han dynasty capital Luoyang, reshaping the power dynamics of ancient China.
Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul sacks rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico.
In 611, Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul launched a devastating attack on the rival city-state Palenque, altering the balance of power in the Maya region.
The Bijapur-Mumbai inscription is issued by Pulakeshin II, describing the Battle of Narmada.
On 4 April 619, Chalukya emperor Pulakeshin II issued the Bijapur-Mumbai inscription to commemorate his triumph at the Battle of the Narmada River.
King Louis the Pious captures Barcelona from the Moors after a siege of several months.
In 801, King Louis the Pious captured Barcelona from Moorish control after a prolonged siege, extending Carolingian influence into the Iberian Peninsula.
A five-year Byzantine–Venetian peace treaty is concluded between Venetian envoys and Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.
In 1268, Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos of Byzantium and the Republic of Venice signed a five-year peace treaty, easing trade and political tensions.
Death of the Venetian Doge Tommaso Mocenigo, under whose rule victories were achieved against the Kingdom of Hungary and against the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Gallipoli (1416).
Venetian Doge Tommaso Mocenigo died on 4 April 1423 after leading the Republic of Venice to victories over Hungary and the Ottomans.
Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for completing a circumnavigation of the world.
On 4 April 1581, Queen Elizabeth I knighted Francis Drake aboard the Golden Hind to honor his pioneering circumnavigation of the globe.
Moriscos are expelled from the Kingdom of Valencia.
In 1609, King Philip III of Spain ordered the expulsion of the Moriscos from Valencia, reshaping the region’s social fabric.
Births
Caracalla
Roman emperor from 198 to 217 AD, best known for the Constitutio Antoniniana and his reputation for ruthless leadership.
Amalia of Saxony
Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut by marriage, noted for her patronage of religious institutions and influence in Bavarian court life.
Vojtěch I of Pernstein
Bohemian nobleman and imperial official, influential in Habsburg administration and court politics.
Ambrosius Blarer
German-Swiss theologian and Protestant reformer who advanced the Reformation in Switzerland.
William Strachey
English writer and eyewitness chronicler of early colonial America, whose accounts influenced English literature.
Richard Saltonstall
English diplomat and statesman who represented the Crown in European courts during the early 17th century.
Edward Nicholas
English Royalist soldier and statesman who served as Secretary of State and key advisor to King Charles I.
Gaspar Sanz
Spanish Baroque guitarist, composer, and priest known for his influential guitar method and compositions.
Antoine Galland
French orientalist and archaeologist, famed for the first European translation of 'One Thousand and One Nights'.
Deaths
Ambrose
Saint Ambrose was a 4th-century Roman bishop of Milan and influential Church Father known for his theological writings and hymns.
Isidore of Seville
Saint Isidore of Seville was a 7th-century Spanish archbishop and scholar celebrated for compiling one of the earliest encyclopedias, the Etymologiae.
Plato of Sakkoudion
Plato of Sakkoudion was an 8th-century Byzantine monk and saint who founded the Stoudios Monastery and championed monastic discipline.
Formosus
Pope Formosus led the Catholic Church from 891 to 896 and is remembered for his turbulent papacy and the infamous posthumous Cadaver Synod.
Liu Yin
Liu Yin was a 10th-century Chinese military governor who controlled the prosperous Lingnan region during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
Kong Xun
Kong Xun was a late Tang and Five Dynasties era official who governed multiple prefectures and managed regional administration.
Abu Firas al-Hamdani
Abu Firas al-Hamdani was a 10th-century Arab prince of the Hamdanid dynasty and celebrated poet known for his eloquent qaṣīd and elegies.
Reginold
Reginold was a 10th-century bishop of Eichstätt known for strengthening the church's administration in Bavaria.
Alfonso X
Alfonso X, known as 'the Wise', was King of Castile and León who fostered a golden age of culture, science, and law in medieval Spain.