June 15th, 1461

Born on June 15th, 1461

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 205,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 420 days, exactly on June 18th, 2025, people who were born on June 15th, 1461 will be 206,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 15th?

June 15th, 2012

American acrobat Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls.

June 15th, 2006

US president George W. Bush designated 140,000 square miles (360,000 km2) around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, now one of the world's largest protected areas.

June 15th, 2001

Leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

June 15th, 1996

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in the commercial centre of Manchester, England, injuring more than 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings.

June 15th, 1991

The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines deposited large amounts of particulate matter into the atmosphere, enough to lower global temperatures by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F).

June 15th, 1978

King Hussein of Jordan married American Lisa Halaby, who became known as Queen Noor of Jordan (pictured).

June 15th, 1944

World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began its first air raid on the Japanese home islands, although little damage was caused.

June 15th, 1921

Bessie Coleman (pictured) became the first Black person to earn an international pilot's license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

June 15th, 1920

Three African-American circus workers were lynched by a mob in Duluth, Minnesota, a crime that shocked the country for having taken place in the Northern United States.

June 15th, 1896

An earthquake registering 8.5 Mw and subsequent tsunami struck Japan, killing at least 22,000 people and destroying about 9,000 homes.

June 15th, 1878

Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops, which became the basis of motion pictures.

June 15th, 1859

The shooting of a pig in the San Juan Islands led to the so-called Pig War over the border between the United States and British North America.

June 15th, 1800

War of the Second Coalition: France and Austria agreed the Convention of Alessandria, bringing a temporary peace between the two nations.

June 15th, 1520

Pope Leo X issued the papal bull Exsurge Domine, censuring 41 propositions from Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses and subsequent writings, and threatening him with excommunication unless he recanted.

June 15th, 1215

King John of England and a group of rebel barons agreed on the text of Magna Carta, an influential charter of rights.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 15th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 15th?

31

Parker McCollum

American musician

*June 15th, 1992, Conroe

30

Carolina Marín

Spanish badminton player

*June 15th, 1993, Huelva

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

25

Emil Hansson

Swedish/Norwegian association football player

*June 15th, 1998, Bergen

24

Peso Pluma

Mexican singer

*June 15th, 1999, Zapopan

68

James Robertson Justice

British actor

*June 15th, 1907, Lewisham †July 2nd, 1975, Romsey

55

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

80

Attilâ İlhan

Turkish poet and writer

*June 15th, 1925, Menemen †October 10th, 2005, Istanbul

35

Tseng Min-Hao

Taiwanese badminton player

*June 15th, 1988, Kaohsiung

31

Ayumi Mine

Badminton player

*June 15th, 1992, Kariya

25

Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo

Indonesian badminton player

*June 15th, 1998, Jayapura City

54

Margit Borg

Swedish badminton player

*June 15th, 1969, Mariestad

25

Dong Wenjing

Chinese badminton player

*June 15th, 1998, Guangxi

64

Edvard Grieg

Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907)

*June 15th, 1843, Bergen †September 4th, 1907, Bergen

74

Simon Callow

British actor

*June 15th, 1949, Streatham

54

Oliver Kahn

German association football player

*June 15th, 1969, Karlsruhe

54

Ice Cube

American rapper and actor

*June 15th, 1969, Los Angeles

68

Johann Joachim Kändler

German artist (1706–1775)

*June 15th, 1706, Fischbach †May 18th, 1775, Meissen

84

Claude Brasseur

French actor (1936-2020)

*June 15th, 1936, Neuilly-sur-Seine †December 22nd, 2020, 14th arrondissement of Paris

31

Dafne Schippers

Dutch heptathlete and sprinter

*June 15th, 1992, Utrecht

Same year
Born in 1461

62

Domenico Grimani

Catholic cardinal

*February 19th, 1461, Venice †August 27th, 1523, Rome

60

Raffaele Riario

Catholic cardinal

*May 3rd, 1461, Savona †July 9th, 1521, Naples

45

Alexander Jagiellon

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania

*August 5th, 1461, Kraków †August 19th, 1506, Vilnius

19

Amalie of Brandenburg

Countess Palatine and Duchess of Zweibruecken and Veldenz

*October 1st, 1461, Plassenburg †September 3rd, 1481, Baden-Baden

59

Christina of Saxony

Saxon princess who became Queen consort of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

*December 25th, 1461, Torgau †December 8th, 1521, Odense

58

Zanobi Acciaioli

Librarian, translator

*May 25th, 1461, Florence †July 27th, 1519, Rome

41

Louise of Savoy

Nun

*December 12th, 1461, Savoy †July 24th, 1503, Orbe

45

Rupert, Count Palatine of Simmern

Bishop of Regensburg

*October 16th, 1461, Simmern †April 19th, 1507, Wörth an der Donau

71

Jacopo Salviati

Politician (1461-1533)

*September 15th, 1461, Florence †September 6th, 1533

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Public holidays on June 15th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on June 15th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1461 is a normal year and no leap year.

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