October 18th, 1479

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Born on October 18th, 1479 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on October 18th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on October 18th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (October 1479)

Born on October 18th, 1479

Weekday

Saturday

October 18th, 1479 was a Saturday.

Age

544

People born on October 18th, 1479 will turn 545 this year (2024), in exactly 168 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1479 - October 23rd, 1479

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 198,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 110 days, exactly on August 21st, 2024, people who were born on October 18th, 1479 will be 199,000 days old!

198,890 Days

28,412 Weeks

6,534 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on October 18th?

October 18th, 2019

Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into open battle against the Chilean national police, forcing President Sebastián Piñera to declare a state of emergency.

October 18th, 1967

The Soviet space probe Venera 4 became the first spacecraft to perform direct in situ analysis of the environment of another planet (Venus).

October 18th, 1963

The first cat in space, later known as Félicette, launched aboard a French Véronique rocket.

October 18th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: In an act of retaliation against ports that supported Patriot activities in the early stages of the war, the Royal Navy destroyed what is now Portland, Maine.

October 18th, 1748

The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.

October 18th, 1587

Filipino sailors disembarked from the Manila galleon Nuestra Señora de Buena Esperanza in what is now Morro Bay, California, the first documented instance of Asians in the Americas.

October 18th, 1565

The first recorded naval battle between Europeans and the Japanese occurred when a flotilla of samurai attacked two Portuguese trade vessels at the Battle of Fukuda Bay in Nagasaki.

October 18th, 1356

The most significant earthquake to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history destroyed Basel, Switzerland.

October 18th, 1081

Byzantine–Norman wars: Robert Guiscard led an invasion of the Byzantine Empire, capturing Dyrrhachium in present-day Albania.

October 18th, 0320

Pappus of Alexandria, one of the last great Greek mathematicians of antiquity, observed an eclipse that allowed historians to calculate the approximate dates of his life.

October 18th, 1599

Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Báthory in the Battle of Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.

October 18th, 1597

King Philip II of Spain sends his third and final armada against England, but it ends in failure due to storms. The remaining ships are captured or sunk by the English.

October 18th, 1565

Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.

October 18th, 1561

In Japan the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima is fought between the forces of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen, resulting in a draw.

October 18th, 1540

Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.

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

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

Klaus Kinski

German actor (1926–1991)

*October 18th, 1926, Sopot †November 23rd, 1991, Lagunitas-Forest Knolls

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

Zac Efron

American actor and singer (born 1987)

*October 18th, 1987, San Luis Obispo

Lindsey Vonn

American alpine skier (born 1984)

*October 18th, 1984, Saint Paul

Gary Austin

American theatre director (1941-2017)

*October 18th, 1941, Duncan †April 1st, 2017, Los Angeles

Henri Bergson

French philosopher (1859–1941)

*October 18th, 1859, Paris †January 4th, 1941, Paris

Zhu Xi

Chinese historian, Neoconfucian philosopher, poet, and politician during the Song dynasty (1130–1200)

*October 18th, 1130, Youxi County †April 23rd, 1200, People's Republic of China

Heinrich von Kleist

German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer (1777–1811)

*October 18th, 1777, Frankfurt (Oder) †November 21st, 1811, Kleiner Wannsee

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Belgian actor and martial artist

*October 18th, 1960, Berchem-Sainte-Agathe - Sint-Agatha-Berchem

Chuck Berry

American musician (1926–2017)

*October 18th, 1926, St. Louis †March 18th, 2017, St. Charles

Joe Morton

American actor

*October 18th, 1947, The Bronx

Huell Howser

American television personality (1945-2013)

*October 18th, 1945, Gallatin †January 7th, 2013, Palm Springs

Freida Pinto

Indian actress

*October 18th, 1984, Mumbai

Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Doctor, Ivorian politician, first president of Côte d'Ivoire (1905-1993)

*October 18th, 1905, N’Gokro †December 7th, 1993, Yamoussoukro

Ntozake Shange

African American writer and performance artist (1948-2018)

*October 18th, 1948, Trenton †October 27th, 2018, Bowie

Laci Green

American YouTuber, video blogger, sex educator, and activist.

*October 18th, 1989, Utah

Martina Navratilova

Czech-American tennis player

*October 18th, 1956, Prague

Philip III, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

*October 18th, 1482, Babenhausen †May 15th, 1538, Bouxwiller

Alec McLean

New Zealand rower

*October 18th, 1950, Wellington

Ernest Simoni

Albanian Roman Catholic cardinal

*October 18th, 1928, Blinisht

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 October 18th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 18th.

Independence Day (Azerbaijan), celebrates the independence of Azerbaijan from the Soviet Union in 1991.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Azerbaijan,_28_May)

Necktie Day (Croatia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necktie

Persons Day (Canada)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persons_Day

World Menopause Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Menopause_Society

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVIII.X.MCDLXXIX

18.10.1479

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.

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October 18th, 1479

Born on October 18th, 1479

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 198,000 days old!

198,890 Days

28,412 Weeks

6,534 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 18th?

Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into open battle against the Chilean national police, forcing President Sebastián Piñera to declare a state of emergency.

The Soviet space probe Venera 4 became the first spacecraft to perform direct in situ analysis of the environment of another planet (Venus).

The first cat in space, later known as Félicette, launched aboard a French Véronique rocket.

American Revolutionary War: In an act of retaliation against ports that supported Patriot activities in the early stages of the war, the Royal Navy destroyed what is now Portland, Maine.

The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.

Filipino sailors disembarked from the Manila galleon Nuestra Señora de Buena Esperanza in what is now Morro Bay, California, the first documented instance of Asians in the Americas.

The first recorded naval battle between Europeans and the Japanese occurred when a flotilla of samurai attacked two Portuguese trade vessels at the Battle of Fukuda Bay in Nagasaki.

The most significant earthquake to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history destroyed Basel, Switzerland.

Byzantine–Norman wars: Robert Guiscard led an invasion of the Byzantine Empire, capturing Dyrrhachium in present-day Albania.

Pappus of Alexandria, one of the last great Greek mathematicians of antiquity, observed an eclipse that allowed historians to calculate the approximate dates of his life.

Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Báthory in the Battle of Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.

King Philip II of Spain sends his third and final armada against England, but it ends in failure due to storms. The remaining ships are captured or sunk by the English.

Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture the Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.

In Japan the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima is fought between the forces of Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen, resulting in a draw.

Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto's forces destroy the fortified town of Mabila in present-day Alabama, killing Tuskaloosa.

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

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

Same year Born in 1479

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 18th

Alaska Day (Alaska, United States)

Justus of Beauvais

Luke the Evangelist

Peter of Alcantara, can also be celebrated on October 19.

October 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Independence Day (Azerbaijan), celebrates the independence of Azerbaijan from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Necktie Day (Croatia)

Persons Day (Canada)

World Menopause Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

18.10.1479

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Leap year

Calendar October 1479

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 198,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Calendar
October 1479

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