On November 4, 1744, Johann III Bernoulli was born in Basel. He was a Swiss mathematician and philosopher known as a child prodigy, and he later became astronomer royal of Berlin. See wikipedia for more information.

On November 4, 1541, Wolfgang Capito died. He was a German Protestant reformer who served as cathedral preacher of Basel Minster starting in 1516 and was closely associated with Basel. See wikipedia for more information.