December 18th, 1472

Born on December 18th, 1472

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 201,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 621 days, exactly on January 8th, 2026, people who were born on December 18th, 1472 will be 202,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 18th?

December 18th, 2017

An Amtrak Cascades passenger train derailed near DuPont, Washington, killing three people and injuring sixty-five others.

December 18th, 2009

The Copenhagen Summit on climate change ended with the drafting of the non-binding Copenhagen Accord.

December 18th, 1979

Mohammad Mofatteh, an Iranian philosopher, was assassinated by the Furqan Group.

December 18th, 1969

On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the sixth James Bond film and the only one to star George Lazenby, premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London.

December 18th, 1966

Epimetheus, one of the moons of Saturn, was discovered, but was mistaken for Janus; it took twelve years to determine that they are two distinct objects sharing the same orbit.

December 18th, 1963

Ghanaian and other African students organized a protest in Moscow's Red Square in response to the alleged murder of medical student Edmund Assare-Addo.

December 18th, 1958

The United States launched SCORE (rocket pictured), the world's first communications satellite.

December 18th, 1939

Second World War: The Luftwaffe won a victory over the Royal Air Force in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, greatly influencing both sides' future aerial warfare strategy.

December 18th, 1932

Playing indoors at Chicago Stadium on a modified American football field, the Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans in the first playoff game of the National Football League.

December 18th, 1913

The Jew's Christmas, the first American film to include a rabbi as a character, was released.

December 18th, 1898

Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat (pictured) set the first official land speed record, averaging 63.16 km/h (39.245 mph) over 1 km (0.62 mi) in Achères, France.

December 18th, 1867

In Angola, New York, the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 feet (12 m) down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths.

December 18th, 1499

Muslims in Granada began a rebellion against their Castilian rulers in response to forced conversions to Catholicism.

December 18th, 1865

US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the United States.

December 18th, 1793

Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.

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

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

22

Billie Eilish

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

55

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

74

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

*December 18th, 1878, Gori †March 5th, 1953, Kuntsevo Dacha

46

Vanessa Trump

American model and actress

*December 18th, 1977, New York City

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

84

Roger Smith

American actor, film producer and screenwriter (1932–2017)

*December 18th, 1932, South Gate †June 4th, 2017, Sherman Oaks

87

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

60

Brad Pitt

American actor and filmmaker

*December 18th, 1963, Shawnee

81

Ulrich Wilcken

German historian (1862–1944)

*December 18th, 1862, Szczecin †December 10th, 1944, Baden-Baden

43

Christina Aguilera

American singer

*December 18th, 1980, Staten Island

22

Səbuhi Abdullazadə

Azerbaijani footballer

*December 18th, 2001, Azerbaijan

78

Willy Brandt

Chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974), SPD

*December 18th, 1913, Sankt Lorenz †October 8th, 1992, Unkel

62

Angie Stone

American singer and actress

*December 18th, 1961, Columbia

21

Sophie of Mecklenburg

Duchess of Mecklenburg by birth and by marriage Electoral Princess of Saxony

*December 18th, 1481, Wismar †July 12th, 1503, Torgau

63

Edwin Howard Armstrong

American electrical engineer and inventor

*December 18th, 1890, Manhattan †February 1st, 1954, New York City

57

Marie-Guillemine Benoist

French painter (1768–1826)

*December 18th, 1768, Paris †October 8th, 1826, Paris

50

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary (1863–1914)

*December 18th, 1863, Graz †June 28th, 1914, Sarajevo

62

Brian Orser

Canadian former professional figure skater; Canadian figure skating coach

*December 18th, 1961, Belleville

82

Joan Wallach Scott

American academic

*December 18th, 1941, Brooklyn

Same year
Born in 1472

45

Fra Bartolomeo

Italian Renaissance painter (1472-1517)

*March 28th, 1472, Prato †October 31st, 1517, Florence

36

Guidobaldo da Montefeltro

Italian condottiero and Duke of Urbino

*January 17th, 1472, Gubbio †April 10th, 1508, Fossombrone

31

Piero the Unfortunate

Italian noble (1472-1504)

*February 15th, 1472, Florence †December 28th, 1503, Gaeta

56

Wang Yangming

Chinese philosopher and general (1472–1529)

*October 31st, 1472, Yuyao City †January 9th, 1529, Ganzhou

38

Bianca Maria Sforza

Holy Roman Empress, Presumptive crown princess of Hungary

*April 5th, 1472, Milan †December 31st, 1510, Innsbruck

65

Érard de La Marck

Prince-bishop of Liège, Belgium

*May 31st, 1472, Sedan †February 27th, 1538, Liège

55

Pietro Torrigiano

Italian artist (1472-1528)

*November 24th, 1472, Florence †January 1st, 1528, Seville

8

Anne Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk

English noblewoman (1472–1481)

*December 10th, 1472, Suffolk †November 19th, 1481, Greenwich

65

Nikolaus von Schönberg

Catholic cardinal

*August 11th, 1472, Rothschönberg †September 7th, 1537, Rome

72

John Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Count of Saarbrücken (1472-1544) and Saarwerden (1527-1544)

*October 19th, 1472, Saarbrücken †June 4th, 1545, Saarbrücken

45

Filippo Beroaldo der Jüngere

Italian writer and poet

*October 1st, 1472, Bologna †August 30th, 1518, Rome

73

Juan Pardo de Tavera

Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop and Spanish inquisitor

*May 16th, 1472, Toro †August 1st, 1545, Valladolid

69

Jakob Feer

Swiss politician (1472-1541)

*June 14th, 1472, Lucerne †August 20th, 1541

0

Margaret of York

Daughter of Edward IV

*April 10th, 1472, Hampshire †December 11th, 1472

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Leap year

Yes: 1472 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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