February 4 in History
February 4 is the birthday of Kyla Kenedy (2003) and the anniversary of the death of Aga Khan IV (2025). Below are famous birthdays, deaths, events for February 4, plus editor's picks and genealogy records.
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Lodovico Lazzarelli, Italian poet was born in 1447, while Septimius Severus, Roman emperor died in 211.
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Famous people born on February 4
Famous people who died on February 4
2024
Barry John (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
British Lions & Wales international rugby union player (1945–2024)
2021
Millie Hughes-Fulford (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
American astronaut and academic researcher (1945–2021)
What happened on February 4
- 2025
Ten people are killed in a mass shooting at an adult education centre in Örebro, Sweden.
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The COVID-19 pandemic causes all casinos in Macau to be closed down for 15 days.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2015
TransAsia Airways Flight 235, with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung River just after takeoff, killing 43 people.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2008
Civic mobilizations in Colombia against FARC, under the name A million voices against the FARC.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2004
Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2003
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia adopts a new constitution, becoming a loose confederacy between Montenegro and Serbia.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 2000
The World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium, Charter of Paris is signed by the President of France, Jacques Chirac and the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, initiating World Cancer Day which is held on February 4 every year.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1999
Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 19 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1998
The 5.9 Mw Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). With 2,323 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme.
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En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel, killing 73.
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The Bojnurd earthquake measuring Mw 6.5 strikes Iran. With a Mercalli intensity of VIII, it kills at least 88 and damages 173 villages.
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A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1977
A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1976
In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1975
Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
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Editor's picks
Born on February 4
- 1447 — Lodovico Lazzarelli, Italian poet (died 1500)
- 1495 — Francesco II Sforza, Duke of Milan (died 1535)
- 1495 — Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller (died 1568)
Died on February 4
- 211 — Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (born 145)
- 708 — Pope Sisinnius (born 650)
- 856 — Rabanus Maurus, Frankish archbishop and theologian (born 780)
Source: Wikipedia historical listings for February 4
Quick answers
Who was born on February 4? Kyla Kenedy (2003), Rasmus Højlund (2003), MJ Lenderman (1999).
Who died on February 4? Aga Khan IV (2025), Barry John (2024), Vani Jairam (2023).
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