March 16th, 1484

Born on March 16th, 1484

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 197,000 days old!

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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

63

Francisco Pizarro

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

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

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

65

Georg Simon Ohm

German physicist and mathematician

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

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

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

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63

Hernán Cortés

Spanish conquistador

*November 30th, 1484, Medellin †December 2nd, 1547, Castilleja de la Cuesta

47

Huldrych Zwingli

Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder (1484-1531)

*January 1st, 1484, Wildhaus †October 11th, 1531, Kappel am Albis

55

Thomas Cromwell

English statesman (1485–1540)

*November 30th, 1484, Putney †July 28th, 1540, Tower Hill

61

George Spalatin

German humanist

*January 26th, 1484, Spalt †January 26th, 1545, Altenburg

62

Antonio da Sangallo the Younger

Italian architect

*April 12th, 1484, Florence †August 3rd, 1546, Terni

66

Paul Speratus

German Lutheran

*December 13th, 1484, Ellwangen †August 12th, 1551, Kwidzyn

51

Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg

Elector of Brandenburg

*February 21st, 1484, Old Cölln †July 11th, 1535, Stendal

65

Veronica Gambara

Italian poet and stateswoman

*November 30th, 1484, Pralboino †June 13th, 1550, Correggio

68

Wolf Huber

German painter and architect. (c.1485-1553)

*November 30th, 1484, Feldkirch †January 1st, 1553, Passau

59

George of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

*March 4th, 1484, Ansbach †December 27th, 1543, Ansbach

52

Heinrich Ehinger

(1484-1537)

*February 5th, 1484, Constance †January 1st, 1537, Constance

66

Joachim Vadian

Humanist from St Gall

*November 29th, 1484, St. Gallen †April 6th, 1551, St. Gallen

66

Johann Spangenberg

German theologian

*March 29th, 1484, Hardegsen †June 13th, 1550, Lutherstadt Eisleben

70

Gottfried Werner von Zimmern

German writer

*January 13th, 1484, Messkirch †April 2nd, 1554, Messkirch

55

Bernardo Clesio

Catholic cardinal

*March 11th, 1484, Cles †July 30th, 1539, Brixen

76

Bartholomew V. Welser

German banker

*June 25th, 1484, Memmingen †March 28th, 1561, Amberg

74

Julius Caesar Scaliger

Italian scholar, physician and philosopher (1484-1558)

*April 23rd, 1484, Riva del Garda †October 21st, 1558, Agen

68

Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, Marquis of Villafranca

Spanish viceroy (1484-1553)

*July 13th, 1484, Alba de Tormes †February 21st, 1553, Florence

51

Christoph Kress

(1484-1535)

*January 1st, 1484, Nuremberg †December 15th, 1535

42

Luisa de Medrano

Spanish scholar

*August 9th, 1484, Atienza †January 1st, 1527

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Leap year

Yes: 1484 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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