Discover what happened on 4 March 1916 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Births
- Giorgio Bassani (Italian writer)
- Takeshi Araki (Japanese politician (1916-1994))
- Ivan Hirst (Engineer, British Army officer, reviver of post-World War II Volkswagen)
- William Alland (actor, producer, writer and director (1916-1997))
- Fritz Aechtner (German reconnaissance pilot and Knight’s Cross recipient (1916–2007))
- Theodor Kloter (Swiss politician (1916-1990))
- Georges Hebbelinck (Belgian writer (1916–1964))
- Nexhmedin Zajmi (Albanian artist (1916-1991))
- Michael Howard (British actor and comedian (1916-1988))
- Tolmino Gios
- Ernest William Titterton (British nuclear physicist (1916–1990))
- Cecil Aronowitz (British classical violist (1916-1978))
- Emilio Herrera Muñoz (Mexican poet)
- Homer Harris (American football player and coach (1916-2007))
- Jock Kirton (Scottish association footballer (1916-1996))
- Maurice Argent (American actor (1916-1981))
- Willy Hofmann (German pilot and Knight’s Cross recipient)
- Sadaka Morioka (Japanese tanka poet)
- Kazimierz Augustowski
- Frank Albert Kaufman (United States federal judge (1916-1997))
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- José Fernandes Veloso (Brazilian bishop (1916-2006))
- James “Chick” Stripling (American musician)
- Gilbert Agnew Hunt (American tennis player and mathematician)
- Ermanno Frattini (Italian association football player (1916-1960))
- Jacint Maurell i Saló
- Johannes Christoffel Aschoff (Dutch politician)
- Kaja Ignjatović (Serbian actress (1916-1995))
- Tito Mundt (Chilean journalist (1916-1971))
- Aldo Fiorini
- Count Hastings (American saxophonist)
- Frederick Duncan Buck (entomologist)
- Hans W. Cohn
- G. Welton Marquis (American and Canadian musicologist)
- José Antonio Calderón Quijano (Spanish politician)
- Antony Frederick Leetham Low ((1916-1942))
- Shirley Elizabeth Crammond ((1916-1983))
- Kathleen Sarah Quintal ((born 1916))
- Fenton Birchall MacLeod ((born 1916))
- Richard Sedlář
- Arjay Miller (American businessman (1916-2017))
- Hilda Popperová (holocaust victim, b. 1916-03-04)
- Anna Stránská (holocaust victim, b. 1916-03-04)
- Helge Jacobsen
- Robert James Naismith (Scottish architect and town planner (1916–2004))
- Františka Kořalková
- František Engel
- Jozef Zahradník
- José Antonio Calderón Quijano (Spanish politician)
- Giorgio Bassani (Italian writer)
- Takeshi Araki (Japanese politician (1916-1994))
- Ivan Hirst (Engineer, British Army officer, reviver of post-World War II Volkswagen)
- William Alland (actor, producer, writer and director (1916-1997))
- Fritz Aechtner (German reconnaissance pilot and Knight’s Cross recipient (1916–2007))
- Theodor Kloter (Swiss politician (1916-1990))
- Georges Hebbelinck (Belgian writer (1916–1964))
- Nexhmedin Zajmi (Albanian artist (1916-1991))
- Michael Howard (British actor and comedian (1916-1988))
- Tolmino Gios
- Ernest William Titterton (British nuclear physicist (1916–1990))
- Cecil Aronowitz (British classical violist (1916-1978))
- Emilio Herrera Muñoz (Mexican poet)
- Homer Harris (American football player and coach (1916-2007))
- Jock Kirton (Scottish association footballer (1916-1996))
- Maurice Argent (American actor (1916-1981))
- Willy Hofmann (German pilot and Knight’s Cross recipient)
- Sadaka Morioka (Japanese tanka poet)
- Kazimierz Augustowski
- Frank Albert Kaufman (United States federal judge (1916-1997))
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- José Fernandes Veloso (Brazilian bishop (1916-2006))
- James “Chick” Stripling (American musician)
- Gilbert Agnew Hunt (American tennis player and mathematician)
- Ermanno Frattini (Italian association football player (1916-1960))
- Jacint Maurell i Saló
- Johannes Christoffel Aschoff (Dutch politician)
- Kaja Ignjatović (Serbian actress (1916-1995))
- Tito Mundt (Chilean journalist (1916-1971))
- Aldo Fiorini
- Count Hastings (American saxophonist)
- Frederick Duncan Buck (entomologist)
- Hans W. Cohn
- G. Welton Marquis (American and Canadian musicologist)
- Antony Frederick Leetham Low ((1916-1942))
- Shirley Elizabeth Crammond ((1916-1983))
- Kathleen Sarah Quintal ((born 1916))
- Fenton Birchall MacLeod ((born 1916))
- Richard Sedlář
- Arjay Miller (American businessman (1916-2017))
- Hilda Popperová (holocaust victim, b. 1916-03-04)
- Anna Stránská (holocaust victim, b. 1916-03-04)
- Helge Jacobsen
- Robert James Naismith (Scottish architect and town planner (1916–2004))
- Františka Kořalková
- František Engel
- Jozef Zahradník
- Casimiro Barbado González
- Lennart Jonsson
Deaths
- Franz Marc (German artist (1880–1916))
- Isabella Mary Brown ((died 1916))
- Sofya Mikhaylovna von Koskull ((died 1916))
- Alfred Frank Randall (American photographer, accompanied General George Crook during the Apache–Mexico Wars)
- Wilhelm von Lotterer
- Anna Schrattenholz (daughter of the painter August Jernberg (1826-1896); wife of the journalist and music writer Josef Schrattenholz (1847-1909))
- Henry Campbell (Soldier in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
- Émile Delaunay
- Jaak Van Overbeke
- Sylvain Janssens
- Franz Marc (German artist (1880–1916))