March 16th, 1493

Born on March 16th, 1493

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

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

63

Francisco Pizarro

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

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

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

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

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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47

Paracelsus

Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541)

*November 10th, 1493, Einsiedeln †September 24th, 1541, Salzburg

74

Anne de Montmorency

First Duke of Montmorency

*March 15th, 1493, Chantilly †November 12th, 1567, Paris

75

Nicolaus Olahus

Roman Catholic archbishop

*January 10th, 1493, Sibiu †January 15th, 1568, Trnava

59

Olaus Petri

Clergyman, writer, judge and major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden

*January 6th, 1493, Örebro †April 19th, 1552, Storkyrkoförsamlingen

37

Maximilian Sforza

Duke of Milan

*January 25th, 1493, Milan †June 4th, 1530, Paris

69

Girolamo Seripando

Catholic cardinal

*May 6th, 1493, Troia †March 17th, 1563, Trento

67

Anton Fugger

German merchant (1493-1560)

*June 10th, 1493, Nuremberg †September 14th, 1560, Augsburg

66

Baccio Bandinelli

Artist from Italy (1488-1560)

*November 12th, 1493, Florence †February 7th, 1560, Florence

49

Agnolo Firenzuola

Italian poet and litterateur

*September 28th, 1493, Florence †June 27th, 1543, Prato

75

Bernardo Tasso

Italian poet

*November 11th, 1493, Bergamo †September 5th, 1569, Mantua

76

Eleonora Gonzaga

Duchess of Urbino (1493-1550)

*December 31st, 1493, Mantua †February 13th, 1570, Urbino

65

Alessandro Pasqualini

Italian architect

*May 5th, 1493, Bologna †November 30th, 1558, Bielefeld

63

Giovanni Poggio

Italian cardinal and diplomat

*January 26th, 1493, Bologna †February 12th, 1556, Bologna

32

Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach

German noble and viceroy of Valencia (1493-1525)

*January 9th, 1493, Plassenburg †July 5th, 1525, Valencia

61

Girolamo Bellarmato

Italian architect and engineer

*August 24th, 1493, Siena †April 28th, 1555, Chalon-sur-Saône

62

Justus Jonas

German Lutheran reformer

*June 5th, 1493, Nordhausen †October 9th, 1555, Eisfeld

38

George I, Duke of Pomerania

Duke of Pomerania from the House of Griffins

*April 11th, 1493, Darłowo †May 10th, 1531, Szczecin

79

Johann Pfeffinger

German theologian

*December 27th, 1493, Wasserburg am Inn †January 1st, 1573, Leipzig

82

Santi Buglioni

Italian sculptor (1494-1576)

*November 30th, 1493, Florence †November 30th, 1575, Florence

48

Nicolas Cleynaerts

Flemish grammarian

*December 5th, 1493, Diest †January 1st, 1542, Alhambra

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1493 is a normal year and no leap year.

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