March 18th, 1485

Born on March 18th, 1485

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 196,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 102 days, exactly on July 30th, 2024, people who were born on March 18th, 1485 will be 197,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 18th?

March 18th, 1277

Charles I of Anjou acquired a claim on the Kingdom of Jerusalem in exchange for a significant sum of money.

March 18th, 2019

Syrian civil war: The U.S. Air Force carried out an airstrike in al-Baghuz Fawqani, killing 64 civilians.

March 18th, 1990

Unidentified thieves stole thirteen works of art collectively valued at $500 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (pictured) in Boston, Massachusetts.

March 18th, 1977

The punk group the Clash released their first single, "White Riot", described as their "most controversial song" due to its lyrics about class economics and race.

March 18th, 1970

U.S. postal workers began an eight-day strike after Congress raised their wages by only 4 percent despite increasing its own pay by 41 percent.

March 18th, 1969

Vietnam War: The United States began secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.

March 18th, 1965

Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov ventured outside the Soviet spacecraft Voskhod 2, becoming the first person to walk in space.

March 18th, 1959

Tibetan uprising: After the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge at Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, Chinese forces bombarded the monastery, inflicting severe destruction and killing hundreds of Buddhist monks.

March 18th, 1938

Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas issued a decree expropriating foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities, which were later incorporated into Pemex, a state-owned petroleum company.

March 18th, 1921

Russian Civil War: Bolshevik forces suppressed a rebellion of sailors and civilians in Kronstadt.

March 18th, 1915

First World War: In one of the largest naval battles of the Gallipoli campaign, Ottoman forces sank three Allied battleships and severely damaged three others.

March 18th, 1906

Romanian inventor Traian Vuia became the first person to fly a heavier-than-air monoplane (pictured) with an unassisted takeoff.

March 18th, 1892

Canadian governor general Lord Stanley of Preston pledged to donate an award to Canada's top-ranked amateur ice hockey club, now known as the Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.

March 18th, 1241

First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongol forces defeated the Polish armies of Sandomierz and Kraków at the Battle of Chmielnik.

March 18th, 0363

A fire began in Rome that resulted in the destruction of the Temple of Apollo Palatinus.

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

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

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

71

Grover Cleveland

President of the United States (1885–89; 1893–97)

*March 18th, 1837, Caldwell †June 24th, 1908, Princeton

55

Rudolf Diesel

German inventor and mechanical engineer (1858–1913)

*March 18th, 1858, Paris †September 30th, 1913, English Channel

41

Hwang Yu-mi

South Korean badminton player

*March 18th, 1983, Seoul

39

Stiliyan Makarski

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1985, Sofia

35

Woon Khe Wei

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1989, Selangor

34

Wong Wing Ki

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1990, Hong Kong

30

Naru Shinoya

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1994, Aichi Prefecture

26

Yukiko Takahata

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1998, Hokkaido

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

26

Zhou Chaomin

Chinese badminton player

*March 18th, 1998, Guangdong

56

Stéphane Mallarmé

French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)

*March 18th, 1842, Paris †September 9th, 1898, Fontainebleau

29

Jaromír Janáček

Czech badminton player

*March 18th, 1995, Český Krumlov

61

Vanessa Williams

American actress, singer and former Miss America

*March 18th, 1963, The Bronx

72

Dennis Chun

American actor

*March 18th, 1952, Hawaii

43

Fabian Cancellara

Swiss cyclist

*March 18th, 1981, Wohlen bei Bern

47

Øyvind Gjerde

Norwegian footballer

*March 18th, 1977, Åndalsnes

34

Ines Rau

French transgender model

*March 18th, 1990, Nancy

Same year
Born in 1485

50

Catherine of Aragon

First wife of Henry VIII of England (1485–1536)

*December 16th, 1485, Alcalá de Henares †January 7th, 1536, Kimbolton Castle

72

Johannes Bugenhagen

German theologian; (1485-1558)

*June 24th, 1485, Wollin †April 20th, 1558, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

48

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu

15th century Indian Vaishnavite saint

*November 30th, 1485, Nabadwip †November 30th, 1533, Puri

71

Giovanni Battista Ramusio

Venetian geographer and writer

*July 20th, 1485, Treviso †July 10th, 1557, Padua

69

Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg

Electress consort of Brandenburg

*June 24th, 1485, Nyborg Slot †June 10th, 1555, Berlin

61

Johann Kleeberger

German merchant

*February 6th, 1485, Nuremberg †September 6th, 1546, Lyon

63

Johannes Dantiscus

16th-century bishop and author

*October 1st, 1485, Gdańsk †October 27th, 1548, Lidzbark Warmiński

61

Beatus Rhenanus

German humanist, religious reformer, classical scholar and book collector (1485-1547)

*August 22nd, 1485, Sélestat †July 20th, 1547, Strasbourg

90

Wilhelm Werner von Zimmern

German judge and historian

*January 6th, 1485, Messkirch †January 7th, 1575, Bösingen

39

Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Mecklenburgian royal

*September 14th, 1485, Plau am See †May 12th, 1525, Rödelheim

69

Giovanni Arcimboldi

Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal of Milan

*September 27th, 1485, Milan †April 6th, 1555, Milan

52

Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach

German princess

*March 10th, 1485, Ansbach †May 24th, 1537, Legnica

16

Astorre III Manfredi

Italian noble

*June 20th, 1485, Faenza †June 9th, 1502, Rome

67

Blas Ortiz

Spanish writer

*January 1st, 1485, Villarrobledo †January 1st, 1552, Toledo

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1485 is a normal year and no leap year.

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