November 16th, 1237

Born on November 16th, 1237

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 287,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 757 days, exactly on May 24th, 2026, people who were born on November 16th, 1237 will be 288,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 16th?

November 16th, 2020

The El Dorado Fire in California, United States, was extinguished after 71 days, having destroyed 20 structures and killed one firefighter.

November 16th, 2002

The first case of SARS (pictured), a zoonotic respiratory coronavirus disease, was recorded in Guangdong, China.

November 16th, 1997

Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, released on ostensibly medical grounds after spending eighteen years in prison, was deported to the United States.

November 16th, 1992

In Suffolk, England, a local man found the largest hoard of Roman silver and gold in Britain (sample pictured), including the largest collection of 4th- and 5th-century gold and silver coins ever discovered within the former Roman Empire.

November 16th, 1981

About 30 million people watched the fictional couple Luke Spencer and Laura Webber wed on the television show General Hospital in the highest-rated hour in American soap-opera history.

November 16th, 1973

U.S. president Richard Nixon signed an act authorizing the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline to transport oil from the Beaufort Sea to the Gulf of Alaska.

November 16th, 1967

Aeroflot Flight 2230 crashed after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport, Russia, killing all 107 people aboard.

November 16th, 1944

World War II: Operation Queen commenced with one of the heaviest Allied tactical bombings of the war, attacking German targets in the Rur valley.

November 16th, 1914

World War I: Austro-Hungarian forces launched an assault against Serbian defensive positions at the Kolubara river, beginning the Battle of Kolubara.

November 16th, 1885

After a five-day trial following the North-West Rebellion, the Canadian Métis leader and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel was hanged for high treason.

November 16th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: Fort Washington on Manhattan was captured from the Patriots by British and Hessian units.

November 16th, 1632

King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years' War.

November 16th, 1532

Spanish conquest of Peru: Conquistador Francisco Pizarro orchestrated a surprise attack (depiction shown) in Cajamarca, capturing the Inca emperor, Atahualpa.

November 16th, 1476

With the help of Stephen III and Stephen Báthory, Vlad the Impaler ousted Basarab the Old and became the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.

November 16th, 0534

The second edition of the Code of Justinian, a codification of Roman law by Byzantine emperor Justinian I, was published.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 16th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 16th?

68

Guillermo Lasso

47th president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

20

Ana Castela

Brazilian singer

*November 16th, 2003, Amambai

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

38

Sanna Marin

Prime Minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023

*November 16th, 1985, Helsinki

25

Bol Bol

South Sudanese-American basketball player

*November 16th, 1998, Khartoum

82

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic

*November 16th, 1930, Ogidi †March 21st, 2013, Boston

23

Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti

Badminton player

*November 16th, 2000, Jonggol

46

Maggie Gyllenhaal

American actress and filmmaker (born 1977)

*November 16th, 1977, Manhattan

55

James Parks

American actor

*November 16th, 1968, Ventura County

65

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)

*November 16th, 1717, Paris †October 29th, 1783, Paris

53

Martha Plimpton

American actress

*November 16th, 1970, New York City

25

Karel Hynek Mácha

Czech poet, traveller, playwright, lawyer and writer

*November 16th, 1810, Prague †November 6th, 1836, Litoměřice

27

Brendan Murray

Irish singer

*November 16th, 1996, Galway

81

Joanna Pettet

British-born Canadian actress (b. 1942)

*November 16th, 1942, London

92

Gene Amdahl

American physicist (1922-2015)

*November 16th, 1922, Flandreau †November 10th, 2015, Palo Alto

28

André-Frank Zambo Anguissa

Cameroonian footballer

*November 16th, 1995, Yaoundé

30

Stefan Küng

Swiss cyclist

*November 16th, 1993, Wilen

68

Guy Stockwell

American actor (1933-2002)

*November 16th, 1933, Hollywood †February 6th, 2002, Prescott

40

Alexander Blok

Russian poet (1880–1921)

*November 16th, 1880, Saint Petersburg †August 7th, 1921, Saint Petersburg

87

José Saramago

Portuguese novelist (1922–2010)

*November 16th, 1922, Azinhaga †June 18th, 2010, Lanzarote

72

Paula Vogel

American playwright

*November 16th, 1951, Providence

93

Patricia Barry

American actress (1922-2016)

*November 16th, 1922, Davenport †October 11th, 2016, Los Angeles

51

Aurelia Dobre

Romanian gymnast

*November 16th, 1972, Bucharest

50

Carli Norris

English actress

*November 16th, 1973, London

78

Lothar Späth

German politician of the CDU (1937-2016)

*November 16th, 1937, Sigmaringen †March 18th, 2016, Stuttgart

49

Paul Scholes

English association football player (born 1974)

*November 16th, 1974, Salford

81

Donna McKechnie

American dancer, actress and singer

*November 16th, 1942, Pontiac

71

Shigeru Miyamoto

Japanese video game designer and producer

*November 16th, 1952, Sonobe

74

Léon Daudet

French journalist and writer (1867-1942)

*November 16th, 1867, 4th arrondissement of Paris †June 30th, 1942, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

60

Antoine Kombouaré

French football manager and former player

*November 16th, 1963, Noumea

41

Amar'e Stoudemire

American-Israeli basketball player who convertetd to Judaism

*November 16th, 1982, Lake Wales

71

George S. Kaufman

American writer (1889-1961)

*November 16th, 1889, Pittsburgh †June 2nd, 1961, New York City

85

Guo Moruo

Chinese writer (1892-1978)

*November 16th, 1892, Leshan †June 12th, 1978, Beijing

77

Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi

Austrian-Japanese politician and philosopher

*November 16th, 1894, Tokyo City †May 29th, 1972, Schruns

30

Pete Davidson

American comedian and actor (born 1993)

*November 16th, 1993, Staten Island

59

Diana Krall

Canadian recording artist; jazz singer and pianist

*November 16th, 1964, Nanaimo

46

Mauricio Ochmann

American actor

*November 16th, 1977, Washington, D.C.

31

Marcelo Brozović

Croatian association football player

*November 16th, 1992, Zagreb

64

Anton Rubinstein

Russian pianist, composer and conductor

*November 16th, 1829, Ofatinți †November 8th, 1894, Petergof

70

Brigitte Zypries

German politician

*November 16th, 1953, Kassel

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on November 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Earliest day on which Day of Repentance and Prayer can fall, while November 22 is the latest; celebrated 11 days before Advent Sunday) which are celebrated on November 16th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1237 is a normal year and no leap year.

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