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| October 4th, 2006 (October 04 2006) | Death | Tom Bell, English actor on stage, television and film (born in 1933) | |
| October 4th, 2005 (October 04 2005) | Birth | Prince Emmanuel of Belgium | |
| October 4th, 2005 (October 04 2005) | Death | Stanley K. Hathaway, American politician (born in 1924) | |
| October 4th, 2004 (October 04 2004) | Event | SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight. | |
| October 4th, 2004 (October 04 2004) | Death | Gordon Cooper, American astronaut (born in 1927) | |
| October 4th, 2004 (October 04 2004) | Death | Rio Diaz, Filipino actress & TV hosts (born in 1959) | |
| October 4th, 2003 (October 04 2003) | Event | Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: 21 Israelis, Jews and Arabs, are killed, and 51 others wounded. | |
| October 4th, 2003 (October 04 2003) | Death | Sid McMath, American politician (born in 1912) | |
| October 4th, 2002 (October 04 2002) | Death | Alphonse Chapanis, founder of ergonomics (born in 1917) | |
| October 4th, 2002 (October 04 2002) | Death | Andre Delvaux, Belgian film director and screenwriter (born in 1926) | |
| October 4th, 2001 (October 04 2001) | Event | Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: a Sibir Airlines Tupolev TU-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile. 78 people are killed. | |
| October 4th, 2001 (October 04 2001) | Death | Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (born in 1976) | |
| October 4th, 2000 (October 04 2000) | Death | Michael Smith, Nobel laureate (born in 1932) | |
| October 4th, 2000 (October 04 2000) | Death | Yu Kuo-hwa, former Premier of Taiwan (born in 1914) | |
| October 4th, 1999 (October 04 1999) | Death | Erik Brodreskift (aka Grim), Norwegian black metal musician (born in 1969) | |
| October 4th, 1999 (October 04 1999) | Death | Art Farmer, American jazz trumpet player (born in 1928) | |
| October 4th, 1999 (October 04 1999) | Death | Bernard Buffet, French painter (born in 1928) | |
| October 4th, 1997 (October 04 1997) | Event | The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. An FBI investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million in cash which had been taken. | |
| October 4th, 1997 (October 04 1997) | Death | Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game developer (born in 1941) | |
| October 4th, 1996 (October 04 1996) | Death | Larry Gene Bell, American child murderer (executed by electric chair) | |
| October 4th, 1994 (October 04 1994) | Death | Danny Gatton, American guitar virtuoso (born in 1945) | |
| October 4th, 1993 (October 04 1993) | Event | Russian Constitutional Crisis: In Moscow, tanks bombard the White House, a government building that housed the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Boris Yeltsin rally outside. | Boris Yeltsin Quotes |
| October 4th, 1993 (October 04 1993) | Death | Jim Holton, Scottish footballer (born in 1951) | |
| October 4th, 1992 (October 04 1992) | Event | The Rome General Peace Accords ends a 16 year civil war in Mozambique. | |
| October 4th, 1992 (October 04 1992) | Event | El Al Flight 1862: an El Al Boeing 747-258F crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground. | |
| October 4th, 1992 (October 04 1992) | Death | Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver and 1967 Formula One world champion (born in 1936) | |
| October 4th, 1991 (October 04 1991) | Event | The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature. | |
| October 4th, 1991 (October 04 1991) | Death | J. Frank Wilson, American singer (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers) (born in 1941) | |
| October 4th, 1990 (October 04 1990) | Death | Avis Bunnage, English actress (born in 1923) | |
| October 4th, 1989 (October 04 1989) | Birth | Dakota Johnson, American actress | |
| October 4th, 1989 (October 04 1989) | Birth | Lil Mama, American rapper | |
| October 4th, 1989 (October 04 1989) | Birth | Kimmie Meissner, American Figure skater | |
| October 4th, 1989 (October 04 1989) | Death | Graham Chapman, British comedian (born in 1941) | |
| October 4th, 1989 (October 04 1989) | Death | Secretariat, American race horse (born in 1970) | |
| October 4th, 1988 (October 04 1988) | Event | U.S. televangelist Jim Bakker is indicted for fraud. | |
| October 4th, 1987 (October 04 1987) | Birth | Rawez Lawan, Swedish footballer | |
| October 4th, 1986 (October 04 1986) | Birth | Yuridia, Mexican singer | |
| October 4th, 1986 (October 04 1986) | Birth | Lena Katina, Russian singer | |
| October 4th, 1985 (October 04 1985) | Event | Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, USA. | |
| October 4th, 1984 (October 04 1984) | Birth | Lena Katina, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.) | |
| October 4th, 1984 (October 04 1984) | Birth | Alvaro Parente, Portuguese racing driver | |
| October 4th, 1983 (October 04 1983) | Event | Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 mph (1,019 km/h), driving Thrust 2 at the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. | |
| October 4th, 1983 (October 04 1983) | Birth | Risa Kudo, Japanese gravure idol | |
| October 4th, 1983 (October 04 1983) | Birth | Ueda Tatsuya, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN) | |
| October 4th, 1983 (October 04 1983) | Birth | Dan Clarke, British racing driver | |
| October 4th, 1983 (October 04 1983) | Birth | Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player | |
| October 4th, 1982 (October 04 1982) | Birth | Jered Weaver, American baseball player | |
| October 4th, 1982 (October 04 1982) | Birth | Tony Gwynn Jr., American baseball player | |
| October 4th, 1982 (October 04 1982) | Death | Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist (born in 1932) | |
| October 4th, 1981 (October 04 1981) | Birth | Justin Williams, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| October 4th, 1981 (October 04 1981) | Birth | Scott Hammond, American photographer | |
| October 4th, 1981 (October 04 1981) | Birth | Juka, Japanese singer | |
| October 4th, 1981 (October 04 1981) | Death | Freddie Lindstrom, Major League Baseball Hall of famer (born in 1905) | |
| October 4th, 1980 (October 04 1980) | Birth | Kristina Lenko, Canadian Ice Skater | |
| October 4th, 1980 (October 04 1980) | Birth | Me Lisa Barber, American athlete | |
| October 4th, 1980 (October 04 1980) | Birth | Sarah Fisher, American race car driver | |
| October 4th, 1980 (October 04 1980) | Birth | Tim Peper, American actor | |
| October 4th, 1980 (October 04 1980) | Birth | Tomas Rosicky, Czech footballer | Tom Ze Quotes |
| October 4th, 1979 (October 04 1979) | Birth | Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress | |
| October 4th, 1979 (October 04 1979) | Birth | Stefan Booth, British actor | |
| October 4th, 1978 (October 04 1978) | Birth | Ko Soo, South Korean television and movie actor | |
| October 4th, 1976 (October 04 1976) | Event | Official launch of the Intercity 125 High Speed Train (HST). | |
| October 4th, 1976 (October 04 1976) | Birth | Alicia Silverstone, American actress | |
| October 4th, 1976 (October 04 1976) | Birth | Mauro Camoranesi, Argentine-Italian footballer | |
| October 4th, 1976 (October 04 1976) | Birth | Cabral Ibacka, Romanian actor and television presenter. | |
| October 4th, 1975 (October 04 1975) | Event | A Cessna 310Q airplane crashes over Wilmington, North Carolina, killing the pilot and severely injuring several pro wrestlers affiliated with the NWA s Mid-Atlantic promotion. One of the survivors is the legendary Ric Flair. | |
| October 4th, 1975 (October 04 1975) | Birth | Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian football player | |
| October 4th, 1975 (October 04 1975) | Death | Joan Whitney Payson, American heiress (born in 1903) | |
| October 4th, 1974 (October 04 1974) | Birth | Paco Leon, Spanish actor | |
| October 4th, 1974 (October 04 1974) | Death | Anne Sexton, American poet (born in 1928) | |
| October 4th, 1973 (October 04 1973) | Birth | Chris Parks, American wrestler | |
| October 4th, 1972 (October 04 1972) | Birth | Kurt Thomas, American basketball player | |
| October 4th, 1971 (October 04 1971) | Birth | Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer | |
| October 4th, 1970 (October 04 1970) | Birth | Richard Hancox, English footballer | |
| October 4th, 1970 (October 04 1970) | Death | Janis Joplin, American singer (born in 1943) | Janis Joplin Quotes |
| October 4th, 1969 (October 04 1969) | Death | Natalino Otto, Italian singer (born in 1912) | |
| October 4th, 1967 (October 04 1967) | Event | Omar Ali Saifuddin III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. | |
| October 4th, 1967 (October 04 1967) | Birth | Marcus Bentley, British voice actor | |
| October 4th, 1967 (October 04 1967) | Birth | Ekin Cheng Yee-Kin, Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer | |
| October 4th, 1967 (October 04 1967) | Birth | Liev Schreiber, American actor | |
| October 4th, 1966 (October 04 1966) | Event | Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho. | |
| October 4th, 1965 (October 04 1965) | Event | The first Pope to ever visit the United States of America, Pope Paul VI arrives in New York. | |
| October 4th, 1965 (October 04 1965) | Birth | Skip Heller, American musician | |
| October 4th, 1964 (October 04 1964) | Birth | Sarah Lancashire, British actress | |
| October 4th, 1963 (October 04 1963) | Birth | A.C. Green, American basketball player | |
| October 4th, 1962 (October 04 1962) | Birth | Jon Secada, Cuban singer and songwriter | |
| October 4th, 1961 (October 04 1961) | Birth | Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author | |
| October 4th, 1961 (October 04 1961) | Death | Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Orthodox missionary and writer, Exarch of Russian Church in North America (born in 1880) | |
| October 4th, 1960 (October 04 1960) | Event | Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashes after a bird strike on takeoff from Boston s Logan International Airport, killing 62 of 72 on board. | |
| October 4th, 1960 (October 04 1960) | Birth | Joe Boever, American baseball player | |
| October 4th, 1959 (October 04 1959) | Birth | Chris Lowe, British musician (Pet Shop Boys) | |
| October 4th, 1959 (October 04 1959) | Birth | Tony Meo, English snooker player | |
| October 4th, 1958 (October 04 1958) | Event | Fifth Republic of France is established. | |
| October 4th, 1957 (October 04 1957) | Event | Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. | |
| October 4th, 1957 (October 04 1957) | Event | Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario. | |
| October 4th, 1957 (October 04 1957) | Birth | Alexander Tkachyov, Soviet gymnast | |
| October 4th, 1957 (October 04 1957) | Birth | Bill Fagerbakke, American actor | |
| October 4th, 1957 (October 04 1957) | Birth | Kyra Schon, American actress | |
| October 4th, 1955 (October 04 1955) | Birth | Jorge Valdano, Argentine footballer | |
| October 4th, 1955 (October 04 1955) | Death | Alexander Papagos, Greek general and political leader (born in 1883) | |
| October 4th, 1953 (October 04 1953) | Birth | Tcheky Karyo, Turkish-French actor | |
| October 4th, 1951 (October 04 1951) | Birth | Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet | |
| October 4th, 1951 (October 04 1951) | Death | Willie Moretti, American gangster (born in 1894) | |
| October 4th, 1950 (October 04 1950) | Birth | Meg Bennett, American writer and actress | |
| October 4th, 1949 (October 04 1949) | Birth | Armand Assante, American actor | |
| October 4th, 1949 (October 04 1949) | Birth | Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director | |
| October 4th, 1948 (October 04 1948) | Birth | Linda McMahon, CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment | |
| October 4th, 1947 (October 04 1947) | Birth | Ann Widdecombe, British politician | |
| October 4th, 1947 (October 04 1947) | Birth | Julien Clerc, French singer | |
| October 4th, 1947 (October 04 1947) | Birth | Jim Fielder, American bassist (Blood, Sweat & Tears) | |
| October 4th, 1947 (October 04 1947) | Death | Max Planck, A German Nobel laureate (born in 1858) | |
| October 4th, 1946 (October 04 1946) | Birth | Chuck Hagel, American politician | |
| October 4th, 1946 (October 04 1946) | Birth | Bridget St John, English singer/songwriter and guitarist | |
| October 4th, 1946 (October 04 1946) | Birth | Susan Sarandon, American actress | |
| October 4th, 1946 (October 04 1946) | Death | Barney Oldfield, American automobile pioneer (born in 1878) | |
| October 4th, 1945 (October 04 1945) | Birth | Clifton Davis, American actor | |
| October 4th, 1944 (October 04 1944) | Birth | Tony La Russa, American baseball manager | |
| October 4th, 1944 (October 04 1944) | Birth | Rocio Durcal, Spanish singer and actress (died in 2006) | |
| October 4th, 1944 (October 04 1944) | Death | Al Smith, American politician (born in 1873) | |
| October 4th, 1943 (October 04 1943) | Event | World War II: U.S. captures Solomon Islands. | Solomon Quotes |
| October 4th, 1943 (October 04 1943) | Birth | H. Rap Brown, American civil rights activist | |
| October 4th, 1943 (October 04 1943) | Death | Irena Illakowicz, Polish agent of Intelligence (born in 1906) | |
| October 4th, 1942 (October 04 1942) | Birth | Karl W. Richter, American aviator (died in 1967) | |
| October 4th, 1941 (October 04 1941) | Birth | Roy Blount, Jr., American writer | Roy Blount Quotes |
| October 4th, 1941 (October 04 1941) | Birth | Anne Rice, American writer | Anne Rice Quotes |
| October 4th, 1941 (October 04 1941) | Birth | Robert Wilson (director), American theatre director | |
| October 4th, 1941 (October 04 1941) | Birth | Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian racing driver | |
| October 4th, 1940 (October 04 1940) | Event | Meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini at the Brenner Pass. | Benito Mussolini Quotes |
| October 4th, 1940 (October 04 1940) | Birth | Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer | |
| October 4th, 1940 (October 04 1940) | Birth | Alberto Vilar, Cuban-American investor and philanthropist | |
| October 4th, 1938 (October 04 1938) | Birth | Kurt Wuthrich, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate | |
| October 4th, 1937 (October 04 1937) | Birth | Jackie Collins, British author | |
| October 4th, 1937 (October 04 1937) | Birth | Jim Sillars, Scottish politician | |
| October 4th, 1935 (October 04 1935) | Death | Jean Beraud, French painter (born in 1849) | |
| October 4th, 1935 (October 04 1935) | Death | Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (born in 1874) | |
| October 4th, 1934 (October 04 1934) | Birth | Sam Huff, American football player | |
| October 4th, 1932 (October 04 1932) | Birth | Milan Chvostek, Canadian television director | |
| October 4th, 1931 (October 04 1931) | Birth | Richard Rorty, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Stanford University (died in 2007) | Philo Quotes |
| October 4th, 1929 (October 04 1929) | Birth | Scotty Beckett, American child actor, Our Gang comedies (died in 1968) | |
| October 4th, 1929 (October 04 1929) | Birth | Leroy Van Dyke, American singer | |
| October 4th, 1928 (October 04 1928) | Birth | Torben Ulrich, Danish musician, writer, filmmaker and tennis player | |
| October 4th, 1927 (October 04 1927) | Event | Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mt. Rushmore. | |
| October 4th, 1924 (October 04 1924) | Birth | Charlton Heston, American actor and former president of the NRA (died in 2008) | |
| October 4th, 1922 (October 04 1922) | Birth | Malcolm Baldrige, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (died in 1987) | |
| October 4th, 1922 (October 04 1922) | Birth | Shin Kyuk-Ho, Japanese businessman | |
| October 4th, 1921 (October 04 1921) | Event | Riccardo Zanella becomes first elected president of Free State of Fiume. | |
| October 4th, 1918 (October 04 1918) | Event | An explosion kills more than 100 and destroys the T.A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant in Sayreville, New Jersey. Fires and explosions continue for three days forcing massive evacuations and spreading ordnance over a wide area, pieces of which are still being found in 2007. | |
| October 4th, 1918 (October 04 1918) | Birth | Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel laureate (died in 1998) | |
| October 4th, 1916 (October 04 1916) | Birth | Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate | |
| October 4th, 1916 (October 04 1916) | Birth | Jan Murray, American comedian (died in 2006) | |
| October 4th, 1916 (October 04 1916) | Birth | George Sidney, American film director (died in 2002) | |
| October 4th, 1914 (October 04 1914) | Birth | Jim Cairns, Australian politician (died in 2003) | |
| October 4th, 1914 (October 04 1914) | Birth | Brendan Gill, American writer (died in 1997) | Eric Gill Quotes |
| October 4th, 1910 (October 04 1910) | Event | Declaration of the Portuguese Republic. King Manuel II flees to the United Kingdom. | |
| October 4th, 1910 (October 04 1910) | Event | Adoption of the Flag of Bermuda. | |
| October 4th, 1910 (October 04 1910) | Birth | Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player (died in 2002) | |
| October 4th, 1910 (October 04 1910) | Death | Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician, and President of the First Imperial Duma (born in 1850) | |
| October 4th, 1907 (October 04 1907) | Birth | Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong media mogul | |
| October 4th, 1904 (October 04 1904) | Death | Frederic Bartholdi, French sculptor (born in 1834) | |
| October 4th, 1904 (October 04 1904) | Death | Karl Bayer, Austrian chemist (born in 1847) | |
| October 4th, 1903 (October 04 1903) | Birth | John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (died in 1995) | |
| October 4th, 1903 (October 04 1903) | Birth | Ernst Kaltenbrunner, German military officer and senior Nazi (died in 1946) | Ernst Kaltenbrunner Quotes |
| October 4th, 1903 (October 04 1903) | Birth | Bona Arsenault, French Canadian politician, historian and genealogist (died in 1993) | |
| October 4th, 1903 (October 04 1903) | Death | Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher (born in 1880) | Philo Quotes |
| October 4th, 1895 (October 04 1895) | Event | The first U.S. Open Men s Golf Championship administered by the United States Golf Association is played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island. | |
| October 4th, 1895 (October 04 1895) | Birth | Buster Keaton, American comedian (died in 1966) | Buster Keaton Quotes |
| October 4th, 1892 (October 04 1892) | Birth | Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician (died in 1934) | |
| October 4th, 1892 (October 04 1892) | Birth | Hermann Glauert, British aerodynamicist (died in 1934) | |
| October 4th, 1890 (October 04 1890) | Death | Catherine Booth, the Mother of The Salvation Army (born in 1829) | |
| October 4th, 1888 (October 04 1888) | Birth | Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (died in 1954) | |
| October 4th, 1886 (October 04 1886) | Birth | Luis Alberni, Spanish actor (died in 1962) | |
| October 4th, 1884 (October 04 1884) | Birth | Subramaniya Siva, Indian freedom fighter (died in 1925) | |
| October 4th, 1883 (October 04 1883) | Event | First run of the Orient Express. | |
| October 4th, 1883 (October 04 1883) | Event | First meeting of the Boys Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland. | |
| October 4th, 1881 (October 04 1881) | Birth | Walther von Brauchitsch, German Commander-in-Chief (died in 1948) | Walther von Brauchitsch Quotes |
| October 4th, 1880 (October 04 1880) | Birth | Damon Runyon, American writer (died in 1946) | |
| October 4th, 1877 (October 04 1877) | Birth | Razor Smith, English cricketer (died in 1946) | |
| October 4th, 1876 (October 04 1876) | Birth | Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (died in 1958) | |
| October 4th, 1867 (October 04 1867) | Death | Francis Xavier Seelos German-American Roman Catholic priest (born in 1819) | |
| October 4th, 1864 (October 04 1864) | Death | Joseph Montferrand, French Canadian logger and strong man (born in 1802) | |
| October 4th, 1862 (October 04 1862) | Birth | Edward Stratemeyer, American author (died in 1930) | |
| October 4th, 1861 (October 04 1861) | Birth | Frederic Remington, American painter (died in 1909) | |
| October 4th, 1861 (October 04 1861) | Birth | Walter Rauschenbusch, Christian Theologian and Baptist Minister (died in 1918) | |
| October 4th, 1859 (October 04 1859) | Death | Karl Baedeker, German publisher (born in 1801) | Karl Baedeker Quotes |
| October 4th, 1858 (October 04 1858) | Birth | Michael I. Pupin, Serbian-born telephone pioneer (died in 1935) | |
| October 4th, 1853 (October 04 1853) | Event | Crimean War: The Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia. | |
| October 4th, 1851 (October 04 1851) | Death | Manuel de Godoy, Spanish statesman (born in 1767) | |
| October 4th, 1841 (October 04 1841) | Birth | Prudente Jose de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (died in 1912) | |
| October 4th, 1841 (October 04 1841) | Birth | Maria Sophie of Bavaria, queen of the Two Sicilies (died in 1925) | |
| October 4th, 1836 (October 04 1836) | Birth | Juliette Adam, French writer (died in 1936) | |
| October 4th, 1830 (October 04 1830) | Event | Creation of the state of Belgium after separation from The Netherlands. | |
| October 4th, 1824 (October 04 1824) | Event | Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic. | |
| October 4th, 1822 (October 04 1822) | Birth | Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (died in 1893) | Rutherford B. Hayes Quotes |
| October 4th, 1821 (October 04 1821) | Death | John Rennie, Scottish engineer (born in 1761) | John Scott Quotes |
| October 4th, 1814 (October 04 1814) | Birth | Jean-Francois Millet, French painter (died in 1875) | |
| October 4th, 1807 (October 04 1807) | Birth | Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, French Canadian politician, prime minister of the Province of Canada (died in 1864) | |
| October 4th, 1795 (October 04 1795) | Event | Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence with a "Whiff of Grapeshot", using cannon to suppress armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the French Legislature (National Convention). | Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes |
| October 4th, 1787 (October 04 1787) | Birth | Francois Guizot, French statesman (died in 1874) | |
| October 4th, 1785 (October 04 1785) | Death | David Brearly, American statesman (born in 1703) | |
| October 4th, 1779 (October 04 1779) | Event | The Fort Wilson Riot takes place. | |
| October 4th, 1777 (October 04 1777) | Event | Battle of Germantown: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe. | George Washington Quotes |
| October 4th, 1759 (October 04 1759) | Birth | Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (died in 1803) | |
| October 4th, 1754 (October 04 1754) | Death | Tanacharison, Catawba Indian chief | |
| October 4th, 1749 (October 04 1749) | Death | Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (born in 1711) | |
| October 4th, 1743 (October 04 1743) | Death | John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish soldier (born in 1678) | John Scott Quotes |
| October 4th, 1725 (October 04 1725) | Event | Foundation of Rosario in Argentina. | |
| October 4th, 1723 (October 04 1723) | Birth | Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (died in 1798) | |
| October 4th, 1720 (October 04 1720) | Birth | Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian artist (died in 1778) | |
| October 4th, 1693 (October 04 1693) | Event | Battle of Marsaglia: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French. | |
| October 4th, 1680 (October 04 1680) | Death | Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer | |
| October 4th, 1669 (October 04 1669) | Death | Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter (born in 1606) | |
| October 4th, 1661 (October 04 1661) | Death | Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (born in 1625) | |
| October 4th, 1660 (October 04 1660) | Death | Francesco Albani, Italian painter (born in 1578) | |
| October 4th, 1657 (October 04 1657) | Birth | Francesco Solimena, Italian painter (died in 1747) | |
| October 4th, 1646 (October 04 1646) | Death | Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (born in 1586) | |
| October 4th, 1636 (October 04 1636) | Event | The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock. | |
| October 4th, 1626 (October 04 1626) | Birth | Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (died in 1712) | |
| October 4th, 1625 (October 04 1625) | Birth | Jacqueline Pascal, French child prodigy (died in 1661) | |
| October 4th, 1597 (October 04 1597) | Death | Sarsa Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (born in 1550) | |
| October 4th, 1585 (October 04 1585) | Birth | Anna of Tyrol, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (died in 1618) | |
| October 4th, 1582 (October 04 1582) | Event | Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15. | |
| October 4th, 1582 (October 04 1582) | Death | Teresa of Avila, Spanish saint (born in 1515) | |
| October 4th, 1570 (October 04 1570) | Birth | Peter Pazmany, Hungarian cardinal (died in 1637) | |
| October 4th, 1562 (October 04 1562) | Birth | Christian Sorensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (died in 1647) | |
| October 4th, 1550 (October 04 1550) | Birth | King Charles IX of Sweden (died in 1611) | |
| October 4th, 1542 (October 04 1542) | Birth | Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (died in 1621) | |
| October 4th, 1537 (October 04 1537) | Event | The first complete English-language Bible (the Matthew Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale. | |
| October 4th, 1515 (October 04 1515) | Birth | Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (died in 1586) | |
| October 4th, 1511 (October 04 1511) | Event | Formation of the Holy League of Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Papal States and the Republic of Venice against France. | |
| October 4th, 1379 (October 04 1379) | Birth | King Henry III of Castile (died in 1406) | |
| October 4th, 1363 (October 04 1363) | Event | End of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the Chinese rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang defeat that of his rival, Chen Youliang, in one of the largest naval battles in history. | |
| October 4th, 1305 (October 04 1305) | Death | Emperor Kameyama of Japan (born in 1249) | |
| October 4th, 1289 (October 04 1289) | Birth | King Louis X of France (died in 1316) | |
| October 4th, 1276 (October 04 1276) | Birth | Margaret of Brabant, Queen of Germany (died in 1311) | |
| October 4th, 1250 (October 04 1250) | Death | Herman VI, Margrave of Baden | |
| October 4th, 1227 (October 04 1227) | Event | Assassination of Caliph al-Adil. | |
| October 4th, 1221 (October 04 1221) | Death | William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu (born in 1179) | |
| October 4th, 1209 (October 04 1209) | Event | Otto IV is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III. | |
| October 4th, 1160 (October 04 1160) | Birth | Alys, Countess of the Vexin, daughter of Louis VII of France (died in 1220) | |
| October 4th, 1052 (October 04 1052) | Death | Vladimir of Novgorod (born in 1020) | |
| October 4th, 0610 (October 04 0610) | Event | Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. | |
