March 18th, 1097

Born on March 18th, 1097

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 338,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 320 days, exactly on May 12th, 2025, people who were born on March 18th, 1097 will be 339,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 18th?

March 18th, 1277

Charles I of Anjou acquired a claim on the Kingdom of Jerusalem in exchange for a significant sum of money.

March 18th, 2019

Syrian civil war: The U.S. Air Force carried out an airstrike in al-Baghuz Fawqani, killing 64 civilians.

March 18th, 1990

Unidentified thieves stole thirteen works of art collectively valued at $500 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (pictured) in Boston, Massachusetts.

March 18th, 1977

The punk group the Clash released their first single, "White Riot", described as their "most controversial song" due to its lyrics about class economics and race.

March 18th, 1970

U.S. postal workers began an eight-day strike after Congress raised their wages by only 4 percent despite increasing its own pay by 41 percent.

March 18th, 1969

Vietnam War: The United States began secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.

March 18th, 1965

Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov ventured outside the Soviet spacecraft Voskhod 2, becoming the first person to walk in space.

March 18th, 1959

Tibetan uprising: After the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge at Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, Chinese forces bombarded the monastery, inflicting severe destruction and killing hundreds of Buddhist monks.

March 18th, 1938

Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas issued a decree expropriating foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities, which were later incorporated into Pemex, a state-owned petroleum company.

March 18th, 1921

Russian Civil War: Bolshevik forces suppressed a rebellion of sailors and civilians in Kronstadt.

March 18th, 1915

First World War: In one of the largest naval battles of the Gallipoli campaign, Ottoman forces sank three Allied battleships and severely damaged three others.

March 18th, 1906

Romanian inventor Traian Vuia became the first person to fly a heavier-than-air monoplane (pictured) with an unassisted takeoff.

March 18th, 1892

Canadian governor general Lord Stanley of Preston pledged to donate an award to Canada's top-ranked amateur ice hockey club, now known as the Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.

March 18th, 1241

First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongol forces defeated the Polish armies of Sandomierz and Kraków at the Battle of Chmielnik.

March 18th, 0363

A fire began in Rome that resulted in the destruction of the Temple of Apollo Palatinus.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 18th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 18th?

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

71

Grover Cleveland

President of the United States (1885–89; 1893–97)

*March 18th, 1837, Caldwell †June 24th, 1908, Princeton

41

Hwang Yu-mi

South Korean badminton player

*March 18th, 1983, Seoul

39

Stiliyan Makarski

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1985, Sofia

35

Woon Khe Wei

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1989, Selangor

34

Wong Wing Ki

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1990, Hong Kong

30

Naru Shinoya

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1994, Aichi Prefecture

26

Yukiko Takahata

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1998, Hokkaido

55

Rudolf Diesel

German inventor and mechanical engineer (1858–1913)

*March 18th, 1858, Paris †September 30th, 1913, English Channel

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

26

Zhou Chaomin

Chinese badminton player

*March 18th, 1998, Guangdong

29

Jaromír Janáček

Czech badminton player

*March 18th, 1995, Český Krumlov

61

Vanessa Williams

American actress, singer and former Miss America

*March 18th, 1963, The Bronx

56

Stéphane Mallarmé

French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)

*March 18th, 1842, Paris †September 9th, 1898, Fontainebleau

72

Dennis Chun

American actor

*March 18th, 1952, Hawaii

43

Fabian Cancellara

Swiss cyclist

*March 18th, 1981, Wohlen bei Bern

47

Øyvind Gjerde

Norwegian footballer

*March 18th, 1977, Åndalsnes

34

Ines Rau

French transgender model

*March 18th, 1990, Nancy

27

Maximilian Mittelstädt

German association football player

*March 18th, 1997, Berlin

37

Rebecca Soni

American swimmer

*March 18th, 1987, Freehold

89

Weiron Holmberg

Actor

*March 18th, 1935, Gamlestads church parish

49

Sutton Foster

American actress

*March 18th, 1975, Statesboro

47

Willy Sagnol

French association football player and manager

*March 18th, 1977, Saint-Étienne

84

Arlette Laguiller

French politician

*March 18th, 1940, 14th arrondissement of Paris

67

Christer Fuglesang

Swedish astronaut

*March 18th, 1957, Nacka

25

Florian Baak

German footballer

*March 18th, 1999, Berlin

85

F. W. de Klerk

7th state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994

*March 18th, 1936, Johannesburg †November 11th, 2021, Cape Town

71

Neville Chamberlain

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940

*March 18th, 1869, Birmingham †November 9th, 1940, Reading

72

Salome Zourabichvili

French diplomat, then president of Georgia (2018-present)

*March 18th, 1952, Paris

59

Yul Vazquez

Cuban actor

*March 18th, 1965, Havana

88

Hanne Sobek

German association football player and manager (1900–1989)

*March 18th, 1900, Mirow †February 17th, 1989, Berlin

74

Linda Partridge

British biogerontologist

*March 18th, 1950, England

80

Gabriel Celaya

Spanish poet

*March 18th, 1911, Hernani †April 18th, 1991, Madrid

37

Alice Belaïdi

French actress

*March 18th, 1987, Nîmes

73

Claude Gay

French botanist, naturalist and illustrator (1800-1873)

*March 18th, 1800, Draguignan †November 29th, 1873, Flayosc

43

Tora Berger

Norwegian biathlete

*March 18th, 1981, Ringerike

69

Adalbert Ricken

German Roman Catholic priest and mycologist

*March 18th, 1851, Fulda †March 1st, 1921, Fulda

64

Guy Carbonneau

Canadian ice hockey player

*March 18th, 1960, Sept-Îles

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Public holidays on March 18th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1097 is a normal year and no leap year.

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