March 16th, 1417

Born on March 16th, 1417

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 221,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 253 days, exactly on January 7th, 2025, people who were born on March 16th, 1417 will be 222,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 16th?

March 16th, 2014

Annexation of Crimea: The Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a controversial referendum in which voters overwhelmingly chose to join Russia as a federal subject.

March 16th, 2003

American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer in Rafah while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian house.

March 16th, 2001

A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 people.

March 16th, 1984

William Buckley, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.

March 16th, 1968

Vietnam War: American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Sơn Mỹ village in the Sơn Tịnh District of South Vietnam.

March 16th, 1962

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a charter flight carrying U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers, disappeared without a trace, prompting one of the largest searches in the history of the Pacific.

March 16th, 1935

Conscription was re-introduced in Germany by the Nazi regime, and the German military was renamed the Wehrmacht.

March 16th, 1872

In the inaugural final of the FA Cup (trophy pictured) Wanderers defeated Royal Engineers 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.

March 16th, 1802

Congress passed the Military Peace Establishment Act, authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate the U.S. Military Academy (pictured) at West Point, New York.

March 16th, 1782

American Revolutionary War: Spain captured the island of Roatán from England off the coast of what is now Honduras.

March 16th, 1689

The Royal Welch Fusiliers (cap badge pictured), one of the oldest line-infantry regiments of the British Army, was founded.

March 16th, 1621

Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, walked into Plymouth Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English (depicted).

March 16th, 1190

Around 150 Jews died inside York Castle, the majority committing mass suicide to avoid being killed by a mob.

March 16th, 0934

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

March 18th, 2007

Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and installed Zedekiah as King of Judah.

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

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

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

85

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

*March 16th, 1751, Port Conway †June 28th, 1836, Montpelier

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

65

Jens Stoltenberg

34th Prime Minister of Norway, subsequently 13th Secretary-General of NATO

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

36

Tongwa Donden

6th Karmapa

*March 16th, 1416, Kham †January 1st, 1453

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

65

Georg Simon Ohm

German physicist and mathematician

*March 16th, 1789, Erlangen †July 6th, 1854, Munich

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

35

Gabriel Attal

French politician

*March 16th, 1989, Clamart

53

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

60

Jörg Schmadtke

German association football executive

*March 16th, 1964, Düsseldorf

54

Adriana Fonseca

Mexican actress

*March 16th, 1970, Veracruz

Same year
Born in 1417

54

Paul II

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1464 to 1471

*February 23rd, 1417, Venice †July 26th, 1471, Rome

50

Sejo of Joseon

7th King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history (1417-1468)

*September 24th, 1417, Gyeongbokgung †September 8th, 1468, Changgyeonggung

57

Giovanni Andrea Bussi

Italian bishop and humanist (1417–1475)

*July 14th, 1417, Vigevano †February 4th, 1475, Rome

61

Louis IX

Duke of Bavaria-Landshut

*February 23rd, 1417, Burghausen †January 18th, 1479, Landshut

62

Philip I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

*November 8th, 1417, Windecken †May 10th, 1480, Ingwiller

51

Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta

Italian commandant

*June 19th, 1417, Brescia †October 7th, 1468, Rimini

63

Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern

Count of Veldenz and Count Palatine of Simmern

*November 19th, 1417, Simmern †November 29th, 1480, Simmern

69

William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel

English Earl

*November 23rd, 1417, Arundel †November 30th, 1486, Arundel

62

Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Duke of the Infantado

Spanish duke (1417-79)

*January 1st, 1417, Guadalajara †January 25th, 1479, Manzanares el Real

58

Catherine of Cleves

Duchess of Guelders (lived 1417 to 1479)

*May 25th, 1417, Kleve †February 10th, 1476, Rijnwaarden

63

Gallus Kemli

(1417-1481)

*November 18th, 1417, St. Gallen †January 1st, 1481

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 16th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1417 is a normal year and no leap year.

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