March 8th, 1301

Born on March 8th, 1301

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 264,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 878 days, exactly on September 23rd, 2026, people who were born on March 8th, 1301 will be 265,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 8th?

March 8th, 2017

The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta, collapsed during a stor

March 8th, 1983

Cold War: In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. president Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".

March 8th, 1979

Images taken by Voyager 1 proved the existence of volcanoes on Io (pictured), a moon of Jupiter.

March 8th, 1978

BBC Radio 4 began broadcasting Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction radio series that was later adapted into novels, a television series, and other formats.

March 8th, 1966

Nelson's Pillar, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of Lord Nelson in Dublin, Ireland, was severely damaged by a bomb.

March 8th, 1963

The Ba'ath Party came to power in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council for the Revolutionary Command.

March 8th, 1919

During the Egyptian Revolution, British authorities arrested rebel leader Saad Zaghloul and exiled him to Malta.

March 8th, 1910

French aviator Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence.

March 8th, 1736

Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, was crowned Shah of Iran.

March 8th, 1702

Anne (pictured) became the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, succeeding her brother-in-law William III.

March 8th, 1658

After a devastating defeat in the Second Northern War, King Frederick III of Denmark–Norway was forced to give up nearly half his Danish territory to Sweden to save the remainder.

March 8th, 1655

The court of Northampton County, Virginia, issued a ruling that made John Casor the first person of African descent in the Thirteen Colonies to be declared a slave for life as a result of a civil suit.

March 8th, 1576

A Spanish colonial officer wrote a letter to King Philip II containing the first mention of the Maya ruins of Copán in present-day Honduras.

March 8th, 2018

The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) was held being International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then annually held across Pakistan and feminist slogan Mera Jism Meri Marzi (My body, my choice), in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy and against gender-based violence came into vogue in Pakistan.

March 8th, 2017

The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 8th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 8th?

66

Gary Numan

English musician (born 1958)

*March 8th, 1958, Hammersmith

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

83

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

*March 8th, 1929, Taubaté †September 29th, 2012, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

42

Petra Overzier

German badminton player

*March 8th, 1982, Cologne

29

Sinan Zorlu

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1995, Osmangazi

22

Christo Popov

Badminton player

*March 8th, 2002, Sofia

67

Lynn Redgrave

British actress (1943–2010)

*March 8th, 1943, Marylebone †May 2nd, 2010, Kent

73

Kenneth Grahame

British novelist

*March 8th, 1859, Edinburgh †July 6th, 1932, Berkshire

48

Hines Ward

American football player, wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers

*March 8th, 1976, Seoul

79

Micky Dolenz

American actor and musician

*March 8th, 1945, Los Angeles

65

Aidan Quinn

American actor

*March 8th, 1959, Chicago

42

Marjorie Estiano

Brazilian actress and singer

*March 8th, 1982, Curitiba

75

Antonello Venditti

Italian recording artist and singer-songwriter (1949-)

*March 8th, 1949, Rome

46

Nick Zano

Actor, television producer

*March 8th, 1978, Nutley

32

Joon Wolfsberg

German singer-songwriter

*March 8th, 1992, Cologne

34

Petra Kvitová

Czech tennis player

*March 8th, 1990, Bílovec

69

Friedrich Wilhelm Dörpfeld

German educationist

*March 8th, 1824, Wermelskirchen †October 27th, 1893, Ronsdorf

43

Timo Boll

German table tennis player

*March 8th, 1981, Erbach

Same year
Born in 1301

28

Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent

English Earl

*August 5th, 1301, Woodstock Palace †March 19th, 1330, Winchester

72

Andrew Corsini

Italian Roman Catholic Carmelite friar, bishop and saint

*November 30th, 1301, Florence †January 6th, 1374, Fiesole

70

Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford

14th century English earl

*September 24th, 1301, Stafford Castle †August 31st, 1372, Tonbridge Castle

32

Prince Morikuni

Japanese prince

*June 19th, 1301, Kamakura †September 25th, 1333, Kamakura

37

Otto, Duke of Austria

Duke of Austria

*July 23rd, 1301, Vienna †February 17th, 1339, Neuberg an der Mürz

38

Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver

Russian Grand Prince

*October 7th, 1301, Tver †October 28th, 1339, Sarai

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, International Women's Day, and its related observances) which are celebrated on March 8th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1301 is a normal year and no leap year.

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