March 16th, 1479

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Born on March 16th, 1479 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 16th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 16th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (March 1479)

Born on March 16th, 1479

Weekday

Sunday

March 16th, 1479 was a Sunday.

Age

545

People born on March 16th, 1479 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 545 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1479 - March 20th, 1479

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 199,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 898 days, exactly on October 14th, 2026, people who were born on March 16th, 1479 will be 200,000 days old!

199,102 Days

28,443 Weeks

6,541 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

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?

Francisco Pizarro

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

*March 16th, 1478, Trujillo, Cáceres †June 26th, 1541, Lima

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

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

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

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

Richard Stallman

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

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

Jens Stoltenberg

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

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

Georg Simon Ohm

German physicist and mathematician

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

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

Gabriel Attal

French politician

*March 16th, 1989, Clamart

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

Jörg Schmadtke

German association football executive

*March 16th, 1964, Düsseldorf

Adriana Fonseca

Mexican actress

*March 16th, 1970, Veracruz

Same year
Born in 1479

Ferdinand Magellan

Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain

*November 30th, 1479, Ponte da Barca †April 27th, 1521, Mactan

Juana I of Castile

Queen of Castile from 1504 and of Aragon from 1516

*November 6th, 1479, Toledo †April 12th, 1555, Tordesillas

Vasili III of Moscow

Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533

*March 25th, 1479, Moscow †December 3rd, 1533, Moscow

Lazarus Spengler

German hymnwriter

*March 13th, 1479, Nuremberg †September 7th, 1534, Nuremberg

John Gage

English courtier during the Tudor period

*October 28th, 1479, Burstow †April 18th, 1556, Firle Place

Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours

Italian nobleman, the third son of Lorenzo the Magnificent (1479-1516)

*March 12th, 1479, Florence †March 17th, 1516, Florence

Lisa del Giocondo

Subject of the Mona Lisa

*June 15th, 1479, Florence †July 25th, 1542, Florence

Joan Gascó

Spanish painter (1480-1529)

*November 30th, 1479, Tafalla †November 30th, 1528, Vic

Bogdan III the One-Eyed

Voivode of Moldavia

*March 9th, 1479, Huși †April 20th, 1517, Huși

Guru Amar Das

The third Guru of Sikhism

*May 5th, 1479, Amritsar †September 1st, 1574, Goindwal Sahib

Pompeo Colonna

Catholic cardinal

*May 12th, 1479, Rome †June 28th, 1532, Naples

Catherine of York

English princess

*August 14th, 1479, Eltham Palace †November 15th, 1527, Tiverton

Johann Cochlaeus

German humanist

*January 10th, 1479, Wendelstein †January 11th, 1552, Wrocław

Ippolito d'Este

Catholic cardinal

*March 20th, 1479, Ferrara †September 3rd, 1520, Ferrara

Duke Heinrich V, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Duke of Mecklenburg

*May 3rd, 1479, Schwerin †February 6th, 1552, Schwerin

Vallabha

Hindu philosopher and founder of Pushtimarg, a Vaishnav Hindu sect

*January 1st, 1479, Champaran, Chhattisgarh †January 1st, 1531, Varanasi

Giglio Gregorio Giraldi

Italian poet

*June 13th, 1479, Ferrara †January 31st, 1552, Ferrara

Celio Calcagnini

Italian humanist

*September 17th, 1479, Ferrara †April 24th, 1541, Ferrara

Veit Werner von Zimmern

*June 15th, 1479, Messkirch †April 25th, 1499, Sulz am Neckar

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 16th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVI.III.MCDLXXIX

16.3.1479

Legend

M = 1000

CD = 400

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1479 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
March 1479

March 1479

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13	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
14	31

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10	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
11	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
12	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
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14	31

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10	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
11	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
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March 16th, 1479

Born on March 16th, 1479

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 199,000 days old!

199,102 Days

28,443 Weeks

6,541 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on March 16th?

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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?

Same year Born in 1479

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 16th

Finian Lobhar (Finian the Leper)

Heribert of Cologne.

Hilarius of Aquileia

Julian of Antioch

March 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of the Book Smugglers (Lithuania)

Remembrance day of the Latvian legionnaires (Latvia)

Saint Urho's Day (Finnish Americans and Finnish Canadians)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

16.3.1479

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 199,000 days old!

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

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Same year
Born in 1479

Calendar
March 1479

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
9						1	2
10	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
11	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
12	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
13	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
14	31