April 7th, 1496

Born on April 7th, 1496

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 192,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 126 days, exactly on September 6th, 2024, people who were born on April 7th, 1496 will be 193,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 7th?

April 7th, 2017

A hijacker deliberately drove a truck into crowds along Drottninggatan in Stockholm, Sweden, killing five people.

April 7th, 1995

First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops began a massacre of hundreds of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.

April 7th, 1994

Rwandan Civil War: The Rwandan genocide began a few hours after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana, with hundreds of thousands killed in the following 100 days.

April 7th, 1979

Uganda–Tanzania War: Tanzanian forces defeated Ugandan troops and their Libyan allies at the Battle of Entebbe, opening the way for an advance on the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

April 7th, 1972

Communist forces overran the South Vietnamese town of Lộc Ninh.

April 7th, 1964

Reverend Bruce W. Klunder was killed by a bulldozer while he was protesting the construction of a segregated school in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

April 7th, 1949

The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, based on Tales of the South Pacific by James Michener, opened on Broadway.

April 7th, 1948

The United Nations established the World Health Organization to act as a coordinating authority on international public health.

April 7th, 1945

World War II: U.S. forces sank the Japanese battleship Yamato during Operation Ten-Go in the East China Sea.

April 7th, 1926

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini survived an assassination attempt by Irishwoman Violet Gibson.

April 7th, 1896

An Arctic expedition led by Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen (pictured) reached 86°13.6′N, almost three degrees beyond the previous Farthest North latitude.

April 7th, 1862

American Civil War: Union forces defeated Confederate troops at the Battle of Shiloh, the bloodiest battle in U.S. history at the time, in Hardin County, Tennessee.

April 7th, 1655

After a conclave lasting eighty days, the College of Cardinals elected Fabio Chigi as Pope Alexander VII (pictured).

April 7th, 2001

NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey (artist's conception pictured), the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth, launched from Cape Canaveral.

April 7th, 1824

The Mechanics' Institution is established in Manchester, England at the Bridgewater Arms hotel, as part of a national movement for the education of working men. The institute is the precursor to three Universities in the city: the University of Manchester, UMIST and the Metropolitan University of Manchester (MMU).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 7th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 7th?

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

24

Jimena Riadigos

Argentinian Beach handball player

*April 7th, 2000, Mar del Plata

61

Daniel Toscan du Plantier

French film producer

*April 7th, 1941, Chambéry †February 11th, 2003, Berlin

46

Francis Xavier

Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)

*April 7th, 1506, Javier †December 3rd, 1552, Shangchuan Island

60

Russell Crowe

New Zealand actor

*April 7th, 1964, Wellington

67

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator

*April 7th, 1889, Vicuña †January 10th, 1957, Hempstead

80

William Wordsworth

English Romantic poet (1770–1850)

*April 7th, 1770, Cockermouth †April 23rd, 1850, Rydal Mount

41

Franck Ribéry

French association football player

*April 7th, 1983, Boulogne-sur-Mer

85

Francis Ford Coppola

American filmmaker

*April 7th, 1939, Detroit

48

Kevin Alejandro

American actor and film director

*April 7th, 1976, San Antonio

53

Veit Rosenberger

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 7th, 1963, Meckesheim †September 1st, 2016, Meckesheim

44

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

*April 7th, 1915, Philadelphia †July 17th, 1959, New York City

62

Robert Wells

Swedish pianist, composer and singer

*April 7th, 1962, Stockholm

72

Clarke Peters

American actor, singer, writer and director

*April 7th, 1952, New York City

51

Bob Berg

American jazz saxophonist (1951–2002)

*April 7th, 1951, Brooklyn †December 5th, 2002, Amagansett

27

Oliver Burke

Scottish association football player (born 1997)

*April 7th, 1997, Kirkcaldy

68

Siegfried Schneider

German politician (1956–)

*April 7th, 1956, Hitzhofen

39

KC Concepcion

Filipina actress and singer (born 1985)

*April 7th, 1985, Manila

Same year
Born in 1496

64

Gustav I of Sweden

King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560

*May 12th, 1496, Rydboholm Castle †September 29th, 1560, Stockholm

45

Hieronymus Jaroslaw Łaski

Polish diplomat (1496-1541)

*September 27th, 1496, Łask †December 22nd, 1541, Kraków

37

Mary Tudor

Queen of France from 1514 to 1515

*March 18th, 1496, Richmond Palace †June 25th, 1533, Westhorpe Hall

53

Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise

Duke of Guise

*October 20th, 1496, Custines †April 12th, 1550, Joinville

81

Sebastian Schertlin von Burtenbach

German writer (1496-1577)

*February 12th, 1496, Schorndorf †November 18th, 1577, Burtenbach

62

Johann Forster

German theologian

*July 10th, 1496, Augsburg †December 7th, 1558, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

70

Johann Hodiejowsky von Hodiejowa

Czech humanist

*January 6th, 1496, Kotýřina †February 11th, 1566, Řepice

80

Konrad Heresbach

German reformer

*August 28th, 1496, Mettmann †October 14th, 1576, Wesel

60

Joseph ha-Kohen

Jewish historian

*December 20th, 1496, Avignon †November 30th, 1557, Genoa

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Public holidays on April 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days, Genocide Memorial Day) which are celebrated on April 7th.

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Leap year

Yes: 1496 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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