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| December 4th, 2007 (December 04 2007) | Death | Norval Morrisseau, Canadian artist (born in 1932) | |
| December 4th, 2007 (December 04 2007) | Death | Chip Reese, American professional poker player (born in 1951) | |
| December 4th, 2007 (December 04 2007) | Death | Pimp C, American Rapper (born in 1973) | |
| December 4th, 2006 (December 04 2006) | Event | An adult giant squid is caught on video by Kubodera near the Ogasawara Islands, 1,000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo. | |
| December 4th, 2006 (December 04 2006) | Death | James Kim, American television personality (born in 1971) | |
| December 4th, 2005 (December 04 2005) | Event | Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Government to allow universal and equal suffrage. | |
| December 4th, 2005 (December 04 2005) | Death | Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author (born in 1924) | |
| December 4th, 2005 (December 04 2005) | Death | Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b.1963) | |
| December 4th, 2005 (December 04 2005) | Death | Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (born in 1922) | |
| December 4th, 2004 (December 04 2004) | Death | Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (born in 1943) | |
| December 4th, 2003 (December 04 2003) | Death | Iggy Katona, American race car driver (born in 1916) | |
| December 4th, 1999 (December 04 1999) | Death | Rose Bird, American judge (born in 1936) | |
| December 4th, 1998 (December 04 1998) | Event | The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched. | |
| December 4th, 1997 (December 04 1997) | Death | Richard Vernon, English actor (born in 1925) | |
| December 4th, 1995 (December 04 1995) | Death | Lionel Giroux (Little Beaver), Canadian midget wrestler (born in 1935) | |
| December 4th, 1993 (December 04 1993) | Event | A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels. | |
| December 4th, 1993 (December 04 1993) | Death | Frank Zappa, American musician and composer (born in 1940) | Frank Zappa Quotes |
| December 4th, 1992 (December 04 1992) | Event | Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 US troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa. | George H. W. Bush Quotes |
| December 4th, 1991 (December 04 1991) | Event | Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after 7 years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He was the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon. | |
| December 4th, 1991 (December 04 1991) | Event | Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport ending 64 years of Pan Am operations. | |
| December 4th, 1988 (December 04 1988) | Death | Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (born in 1899) | |
| December 4th, 1987 (December 04 1987) | Death | Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director (born in 1897) | |
| December 4th, 1986 (December 04 1986) | Birth | Martell Webster, American basketball player | |
| December 4th, 1985 (December 04 1985) | Birth | Andrew Brackman, American baseball player | |
| December 4th, 1985 (December 04 1985) | Birth | Carlos Gomez, Dominican baseball player | |
| December 4th, 1984 (December 04 1984) | Event | Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers. | |
| December 4th, 1984 (December 04 1984) | Birth | Brooke Adams, American model | |
| December 4th, 1984 (December 04 1984) | Birth | Lindsay Felton, American actress | |
| December 4th, 1984 (December 04 1984) | Birth | Lauren London, American actress | |
| December 4th, 1983 (December 04 1983) | Birth | Jimmy Bartel, Australian rules footballer | |
| December 4th, 1982 (December 04 1982) | Event | The People s Republic of China adopts its current constitution. | |
| December 4th, 1982 (December 04 1982) | Birth | Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese racing driver | |
| December 4th, 1981 (December 04 1981) | Event | South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa). | |
| December 4th, 1980 (December 04 1980) | Death | Francisco Sa Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (born in 1934) | |
| December 4th, 1980 (December 04 1980) | Death | Stanislawa Walasiewicz (Stella Walsh), Polish-born athlete (born in 1911) | |
| December 4th, 1979 (December 04 1979) | Event | The Hastie fire in Hull, kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee. | Bruce Lee Quotes |
| December 4th, 1979 (December 04 1979) | Birth | Jay DeMerit, American soccer player | |
| December 4th, 1978 (December 04 1978) | Event | Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco, California s first female mayor (she served until January 8, 1988). | |
| December 4th, 1978 (December 04 1978) | Birth | Michele Di Piedi, Italian footballer | |
| December 4th, 1978 (December 04 1978) | Birth | Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer | |
| December 4th, 1977 (December 04 1977) | Event | Jean-Bedel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire. | Bede Quotes |
| December 4th, 1977 (December 04 1977) | Event | Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100. | |
| December 4th, 1977 (December 04 1977) | Birth | Big Pokey, American rapper | |
| December 4th, 1976 (December 04 1976) | Birth | Amie Comeaux, American singer (died in 1997) | |
| December 4th, 1976 (December 04 1976) | Birth | Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater | |
| December 4th, 1976 (December 04 1976) | Death | Tommy Bolin, American guitarist (born in 1951) | |
| December 4th, 1976 (December 04 1976) | Death | Benjamin Britten, English composer (born in 1913) | |
| December 4th, 1976 (December 04 1976) | Death | W. F. McCoy, Northern Irish politician (born in 1886) | |
| December 4th, 1975 (December 04 1975) | Death | Hannah Arendt, German political theorist (born in 1906) | |
| December 4th, 1974 (December 04 1974) | Birth | Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player | |
| December 4th, 1973 (December 04 1973) | Birth | Tyra Banks, American supermodel | |
| December 4th, 1973 (December 04 1973) | Birth | Ferry Corsten, Dutch musician and DJ | |
| December 4th, 1973 (December 04 1973) | Birth | Steven Menzies, Australian rugby league footballer | |
| December 4th, 1973 (December 04 1973) | Birth | Kate Rusby, English folk singer | |
| December 4th, 1972 (December 04 1972) | Birth | Jassen Cullimore, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| December 4th, 1972 (December 04 1972) | Birth | Nikki Tyler, American actress | |
| December 4th, 1971 (December 04 1971) | Event | The UN Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan. | |
| December 4th, 1971 (December 04 1971) | Event | The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi. | |
| December 4th, 1971 (December 04 1971) | Event | The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water". | Frank Zappa Quotes |
| December 4th, 1971 (December 04 1971) | Birth | Shannon Briggs, American boxer | |
| December 4th, 1970 (December 04 1970) | Birth | Kevin Sussman, American actor | |
| December 4th, 1970 (December 04 1970) | Birth | Sylvester Terkay, American wrestler | |
| December 4th, 1969 (December 04 1969) | Event | Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers. | |
| December 4th, 1969 (December 04 1969) | Birth | Jay-Z, American rapper | |
| December 4th, 1969 (December 04 1969) | Death | Fred Hampton, American activist (born in 1948) | |
| December 4th, 1967 (December 04 1967) | Event | Vietnam War: US and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta. | |
| December 4th, 1967 (December 04 1967) | Death | Bert Lahr, American actor (born in 1895) | |
| December 4th, 1966 (December 04 1966) | Birth | Fred Armisen, American actor and musician | |
| December 4th, 1966 (December 04 1966) | Birth | Masta Ace, American rapper | |
| December 4th, 1966 (December 04 1966) | Birth | Suzanne Malveaux, American television news reporter | |
| December 4th, 1966 (December 04 1966) | Birth | Chris Shepherd, English film director | |
| December 4th, 1965 (December 04 1965) | Birth | Alex de la Iglesia, Spanish film director | |
| December 4th, 1964 (December 04 1964) | Birth | Marisa Tomei, American actress | |
| December 4th, 1964 (December 04 1964) | Birth | Jonathan Goldstein, American actor | |
| December 4th, 1964 (December 04 1964) | Birth | Sertab Erener, Turkish singer | |
| December 4th, 1964 (December 04 1964) | Birth | Chelsea Noble, American actress | |
| December 4th, 1963 (December 04 1963) | Birth | Sergei Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter | |
| December 4th, 1962 (December 04 1962) | Birth | Kevin Richardson, English footballest | |
| December 4th, 1961 (December 04 1961) | Birth | Frank Reich, American football player | |
| December 4th, 1960 (December 04 1960) | Birth | David Green, American baseball player | |
| December 4th, 1960 (December 04 1960) | Birth | Glynis Nunn, Australian athlete | |
| December 4th, 1959 (December 04 1959) | Birth | Susan W Krebs, American politician | |
| December 4th, 1959 (December 04 1959) | Birth | Paul McGrath, Irish footballer | |
| December 4th, 1959 (December 04 1959) | Birth | Christa Rothenburger, German speed skater and cyclist | |
| December 4th, 1958 (December 04 1958) | Event | Dahomey (present-day Benin) becomes a self-governing country within the French Community. | |
| December 4th, 1957 (December 04 1957) | Birth | Raul Boesel, Brazilian racing driver | |
| December 4th, 1957 (December 04 1957) | Birth | Eric S. Raymond, American open source advocate | |
| December 4th, 1956 (December 04 1956) | Birth | Bernard King, American basketball player | |
| December 4th, 1956 (December 04 1956) | Death | Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (born in 1891) | |
| December 4th, 1955 (December 04 1955) | Birth | Dave Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| December 4th, 1954 (December 04 1954) | Event | The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida, USA | |
| December 4th, 1954 (December 04 1954) | Birth | Tony Todd, American actor and producer | |
| December 4th, 1953 (December 04 1953) | Birth | Rick Middleton, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| December 4th, 1952 (December 04 1952) | Event | Great Smog of 1952: A cold fog descends upon London, combining with air pollution and killing at least 12,000 in the weeks and months that follow. | |
| December 4th, 1951 (December 04 1951) | Event | Mir Waiz Maulvi Muhammad Yusouf is appointed President of Azad Kashmir Government. | |
| December 4th, 1951 (December 04 1951) | Birth | Gary Rossington, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd) | |
| December 4th, 1951 (December 04 1951) | Birth | Patricia Wettig, American actress | |
| December 4th, 1949 (December 04 1949) | Birth | Jeff Bridges, American actor | |
| December 4th, 1949 (December 04 1949) | Birth | Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand-born actress | |
| December 4th, 1948 (December 04 1948) | Birth | Southside Johnny, American singer | |
| December 4th, 1947 (December 04 1947) | Birth | Terry Woods, Irish musician (The Pogues, Steeleye Span) | |
| December 4th, 1945 (December 04 1945) | Event | By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations (the UN was established on October 24, 1945). | |
| December 4th, 1945 (December 04 1945) | Birth | Roberta Bondar, Canadian astronaut | |
| December 4th, 1945 (December 04 1945) | Death | Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (born in 1866) | |
| December 4th, 1944 (December 04 1944) | Birth | Chris Hillman, American singer (The Byrds) | |
| December 4th, 1944 (December 04 1944) | Birth | Anna McGarrigle, Canadian folk music singer and songwriter | |
| December 4th, 1944 (December 04 1944) | Birth | Francois Migault, French racing driver | |
| December 4th, 1944 (December 04 1944) | Birth | Dennis Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (died in 1983) | |
| December 4th, 1944 (December 04 1944) | Death | Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (born in 1879) | |
| December 4th, 1943 (December 04 1943) | Event | World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile. | |
| December 4th, 1943 (December 04 1943) | Event | U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States. | |
| December 4th, 1942 (December 04 1942) | Event | Holocaust: In Warsaw, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Wanda Filipowicz set up the Zegota organization. | |
| December 4th, 1942 (December 04 1942) | Event | Carlson s patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends. | |
| December 4th, 1942 (December 04 1942) | Birth | Gemma Jones, English actress | |
| December 4th, 1940 (December 04 1940) | Birth | Gary Gilmore, American murderer (died in 1977) | |
| December 4th, 1939 (December 04 1939) | Birth | Freddy Cannon, American musician | |
| December 4th, 1938 (December 04 1938) | Birth | Yvonne Minton, Australian soprano | |
| December 4th, 1937 (December 04 1937) | Birth | Max Baer, Jr., American actor | |
| December 4th, 1935 (December 04 1935) | Birth | Paul O Neill, American businessman and former Secretary of the Treasury | |
| December 4th, 1935 (December 04 1935) | Birth | Robert Vesco, American financier and fugitive | |
| December 4th, 1935 (December 04 1935) | Death | Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian composer (born in 1864) | |
| December 4th, 1935 (December 04 1935) | Death | Charles Robert Richet, French physiologist, Nobel laureate (born in 1850) | |
| December 4th, 1934 (December 04 1934) | Birth | Victor French, American actor (died in 1989) | |
| December 4th, 1934 (December 04 1934) | Birth | Wink Martindale, American game show host | |
| December 4th, 1933 (December 04 1933) | Birth | Horst Buchholz, German-born actor (died in 2003) | |
| December 4th, 1933 (December 04 1933) | Death | Stefan George, German poet (born in 1868) | |
| December 4th, 1932 (December 04 1932) | Birth | Roh Tae-woo, President of South Korea | |
| December 4th, 1931 (December 04 1931) | Birth | Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| December 4th, 1931 (December 04 1931) | Birth | Wally George, American TV commentator (died in 2003) | |
| December 4th, 1930 (December 04 1930) | Birth | Ronnie Corbett, Scottish actor | |
| December 4th, 1930 (December 04 1930) | Birth | Jim Hall, American jazz guitarist | |
| December 4th, 1928 (December 04 1928) | Birth | Dena Dietrich, American actress | |
| December 4th, 1926 (December 04 1926) | Death | Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian-born painter (born in 1861) | |
| December 4th, 1924 (December 04 1924) | Birth | John Portman, American architect | |
| December 4th, 1922 (December 04 1922) | Birth | Gerard Philipe, French actor (died in 1959) | |
| December 4th, 1922 (December 04 1922) | Birth | Charles Keating, American lawyer | |
| December 4th, 1921 (December 04 1921) | Event | The Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle ends in a hung jury. | |
| December 4th, 1921 (December 04 1921) | Birth | Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress | |
| December 4th, 1918 (December 04 1918) | Event | U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office. | |
| December 4th, 1916 (December 04 1916) | Birth | Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer (died in 1994) | |
| December 4th, 1915 (December 04 1915) | Birth | Eddie Heywood, American jazz musician (died in 1989) | |
| December 4th, 1914 (December 04 1914) | Birth | Rudolf Hausner, Austrian artist (died in 1995) | |
| December 4th, 1914 (December 04 1914) | Birth | Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (died in 1993) | |
| December 4th, 1913 (December 04 1913) | Birth | Mark Robson, Canadian-born film director and producer (died in 1978) | |
| December 4th, 1912 (December 04 1912) | Birth | Pappy Boyington, American pilot (died in 1988) | |
| December 4th, 1910 (December 04 1910) | Birth | Alex North, American film music composer (died in 1991) | |
| December 4th, 1909 (December 04 1909) | Birth | Jimmy Jewel, English actor (died in 1995) | |
| December 4th, 1908 (December 04 1908) | Birth | Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (died in 1997) | Alfred Nobel Quotes |
| December 4th, 1906 (December 04 1906) | Event | Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity in the United States established for men of African descent, is founded at Cornell University. | |
| December 4th, 1903 (December 04 1903) | Birth | Cornell Woolrich, American writer (died in 1968) | |
| December 4th, 1902 (December 04 1902) | Death | Charles Dow, American journalist (Dow Jones & CompanyWall Street Journal) (born in 1851) | |
| December 4th, 1899 (December 04 1899) | Birth | Charles William (Charlie) Spencer Newcastle and England football player (died in 1953) | |
| December 4th, 1895 (December 04 1895) | Birth | Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher (died in 1990) | Philo Quotes |
| December 4th, 1892 (December 04 1892) | Birth | Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain (died in 1975) | |
| December 4th, 1889 (December 04 1889) | Birth | Lloyd Bacon, American actor and film director (died in 1955) | |
| December 4th, 1881 (December 04 1881) | Event | The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published. | |
| December 4th, 1881 (December 04 1881) | Birth | Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (died in 1944) | |
| December 4th, 1875 (December 04 1875) | Event | Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then Spain. | |
| December 4th, 1875 (December 04 1875) | Birth | Joe Corbett, American baseball player (died in 1945) | |
| December 4th, 1875 (December 04 1875) | Birth | Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet (died in 1926) | Rainer Maria Rilke Quotes |
| December 4th, 1872 (December 04 1872) | Event | The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia (the ship was abandoned for 9 days but was only slightly damaged). | |
| December 4th, 1868 (December 04 1868) | Birth | Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (died in 1953) | |
| December 4th, 1867 (December 04 1867) | Event | Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange). | |
| December 4th, 1864 (December 04 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Sherman s March to the SeaAt Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman s campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta, Georgia. Union forces did suffer more than three times the Confederate casualties, however. | William March Quotes |
| December 4th, 1861 (December 04 1861) | Birth | Lillian Russell, American singer and actress (died in 1922) | |
| December 4th, 1852 (December 04 1852) | Birth | Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (died in 1934) | |
| December 4th, 1844 (December 04 1844) | Birth | Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died in 1914) | |
| December 4th, 1840 (December 04 1840) | Birth | Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (died in 1877) | |
| December 4th, 1835 (December 04 1835) | Birth | Samuel Butler, English writer (died in 1902) | Samuel Butler Quotes |
| December 4th, 1829 (December 04 1829) | Event | In the face of fierce opposition, British governor Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that all who abetted suttee in India were guilty of culpable homicide. | |
| December 4th, 1828 (December 04 1828) | Death | Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born in 1770) | |
| December 4th, 1798 (December 04 1798) | Birth | Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (died in 1881) | |
| December 4th, 1798 (December 04 1798) | Death | Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist (born in 1737) | |
| December 4th, 1795 (December 04 1795) | Birth | Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (died in 1881) | Thomas Carlyle Quotes |
| December 4th, 1791 (December 04 1791) | Event | The first issue of The Observer, the world s first Sunday newspaper, is published. | |
| December 4th, 1783 (December 04 1783) | Event | At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, US General George Washington formally bids his officers farewell. | George Washington Quotes |
| December 4th, 1777 (December 04 1777) | Birth | Juliette Recamier, French socialite (died in 1849) | |
| December 4th, 1732 (December 04 1732) | Death | John Gay, English poet and dramatist (born in 1685) | John Gay Quotes |
| December 4th, 1713 (December 04 1713) | Birth | Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (died in 1786) | |
| December 4th, 1711 (December 04 1711) | Birth | Barbara of Portugal, queen of Spain (died in 1758) | |
| December 4th, 1696 (December 04 1696) | Death | Empress Meisho, Japan (born in 1624) | |
| December 4th, 1680 (December 04 1680) | Death | Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (born in 1616) | |
| December 4th, 1679 (December 04 1679) | Death | Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (born in 1588) | Thomas Hobbes Quotes |
| December 4th, 1676 (December 04 1676) | Event | Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt. | |
| December 4th, 1674 (December 04 1674) | Event | Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois). | |
| December 4th, 1670 (December 04 1670) | Birth | John Aislabie, English politician (died in 1742) | |
| December 4th, 1660 (December 04 1660) | Birth | Andre Campra, French composer (died in 1744) | |
| December 4th, 1649 (December 04 1649) | Death | William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (born in 1585) | |
| December 4th, 1646 (December 04 1646) | Birth | Alain Emmanuel de Coetlogon, Marshal of France (died in 1730) | |
| December 4th, 1642 (December 04 1642) | Death | Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (born in 1585) | Cardinal Richelieu Quotes |
| December 4th, 1619 (December 04 1619) | Event | 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (this is considered by many to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas). | |
| December 4th, 1612 (December 04 1612) | Birth | Samuel Butler, English poet (died in 1680) | Samuel Butler Quotes |
| December 4th, 1609 (December 04 1609) | Death | Alexander Hume, Scottish poet | |
| December 4th, 1595 (December 04 1595) | Birth | Jean Chapelain, French writer (died in 1674) | |
| December 4th, 1585 (December 04 1585) | Birth | John Cotton, American Puritan leader (died in 1652) | |
| December 4th, 1585 (December 04 1585) | Death | John Willock, Scottish reformer | John Scott Quotes |
| December 4th, 1580 (December 04 1580) | Birth | Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (died in 1626) | |
| December 4th, 1576 (December 04 1576) | Death | Rheticus, Austrian mathematician (born in 1514) | |
| December 4th, 1563 (December 04 1563) | Event | The final session of the Council of Trent is held (it opened on December 13, 1545). | |
| December 4th, 1555 (December 04 1555) | Birth | Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (died in 1625) | |
| December 4th, 1459 (December 04 1459) | Death | Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (born in 1401) | |
| December 4th, 1340 (December 04 1340) | Death | Henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (born in 1292) | |
| December 4th, 1334 (December 04 1334) | Death | Pope John XXII (born in 1249) | |
| December 4th, 1270 (December 04 1270) | Death | Theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre | |
| December 4th, 1259 (December 04 1259) | Event | Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels. | Louis IX of France Quotes |
| December 4th, 1214 (December 04 1214) | Death | William I of Scotland | |
| December 4th, 1123 (December 04 1123) | Death | Omar Khayyam, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (born in 1048) | Omar Khayyam Quotes |
| December 4th, 1110 (December 04 1110) | Event | First Crusade: The Crusaders conquer Sidon. | |
| December 4th, 1075 (December 04 1075) | Death | Archbishop Anno II of Cologne | |
| December 4th, 0771 (December 04 0771) | Event | Austrasian King Carloman dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne King of the now complete Frankish Kingdom. | Charlemagne Quotes |
| December 4th, 0771 (December 04 0771) | Death | Carloman, King of the Franks (born in 751) | |
| December 4th, 0765 (December 04 0765) | Death | Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (born in 702) | |
