March 6th, 1499

Born on March 6th, 1499

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 191,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 6th?

March 6th, 2000

The Marine Parade Community Building, the mural cladding of which is the largest installation art in Singapore, was opened.

March 6th, 1988

The Troubles: In Operation Flavius, the Special Air Service killed three volunteers of the Provisional Irish Republican Army conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar.

March 6th, 1987

The ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsized while leaving the harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium, killing 193 people on board.

March 6th, 1953

Following Joseph Stalin's death, Georgy Malenkov succeeded him as Premier of the Soviet Union.

March 6th, 1945

Petru Groza of the Ploughmen's Front became the first prime minister of the Communist Party-dominated government of Romania.

March 6th, 1943

World War II: National Liberation Front forces defeated Italian occupiers in the Battle of Fardykambos, a major sign of the Greek resistance's growth.

March 6th, 1933

The day after the federal election, the Nazi Party banned elected Communist Party of Germany members from taking their seats in the Reichstag.

March 6th, 1930

Organized by the Communist International, hundreds of thousands of people in major cities around the world marched to protest mass unemployment associated with the Great Depression.

March 6th, 1913

First Balkan War: The Greek army captured Bizani Fortress, near Ioannina, from the Ottomans.

March 6th, 1904

Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce (pictured), the Antarctic region of Coats Land was discovered by the Scotia.

March 6th, 1853

Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata premiered at La Fenice in Venice, but the performance was considered so bad that it caused him to revise portions of the opera.

March 6th, 1836

Texas Revolution: Mexican troops captured the Alamo Mission in San Antonio from Texian forces after a 13-day siege.

March 6th, 1447

Tommaso Parentucelli was elected as Pope Nicholas V in Rome.

March 6th, 0845

The Abbasid Caliphate executed 42 Byzantine officials who had been captured in the sack of Amorium of 838 for refusing to convert to Islam.

March 6th, 1836

Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 6th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 6th?

88

Michelangelo

Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet (1475–1564)

*March 6th, 1475, Caprese Michelangelo †February 18th, 1564, Rome

32

Gebby Ristiyani Imawan

Badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Tangerang City

61

Luigi Alamanni

Italian poet

*March 6th, 1495, Florence †April 18th, 1556, Amboise

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

87

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

*March 6th, 1927, Aracataca †April 17th, 2014, Mexico City

32

Kim Astrup Sørensen

Badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Herning

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

94

Ejler Bille

Danish artist (1910-2004)

*March 6th, 1910, Odder †May 1st, 2004, Copenhagen

32

Raphael Beck

German badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Düsseldorf

47

Humayun

Mughal Emperor from 1530 to 1540 and 1555 to 1556

*March 6th, 1508, Kabul †January 27th, 1556, Delhi

27

Teoh Mei Xing

Malaysian badminton player

*March 6th, 1997, Subang Jaya

36

Simon Mignolet

Belgian association football player

*March 6th, 1988, Sint-Truiden

78

David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

*March 6th, 1946, Cambridge

57

Mihai Tudose

Romanian politician

*March 6th, 1967, Brăila

56

Vincent Gale

Actor

*March 6th, 1968, Glasgow

40

Floé Kühnert

German pole vaulter

*March 6th, 1984, Ulm

87

Valentina Tereshkova

Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space

*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

64

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Russian composer

*March 6th, 1844, Tikhvin †June 21st, 1908, Lyubensk

65

Tom Arnold

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1959)

*March 6th, 1959, Ottumwa

57

Francesco Guicciardini

Italian writer, historian and politician (1483-1540)

*March 6th, 1483, Florence †May 22nd, 1540, Arcetri

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Born in 1499

66

Pius IV

Pope from 1559 to 1565

*March 31st, 1499, Milan †December 9th, 1565, Rome

53

Katharina von Bora

Wife of Martin Luther

*January 29th, 1499, Lippendorf †December 20th, 1552, Torgau

24

Claude of France

Duchess of Brittany; queen consort of France (1499–1524)

*October 13th, 1499, Romorantin-Lanthenay †July 20th, 1524, Blois

44

Mary Boleyn

Sister of the queen of England Anne Boleyn

*January 1st, 1499, Blickling Hall †July 19th, 1543, Essex

61

Sebald Heyden

German musicologist and theologian

*December 8th, 1499, Bruck †July 9th, 1561, Nuremberg

92

Michiel Coxie

Flemish painter (1499-1592)

*March 14th, 1499, Mechelen †March 3rd, 1592, Mechelen

74

Johann Naeve

German physician

*August 29th, 1499, Chemnitz †July 7th, 1574

66

Diane de Poitiers

French noblewoman and courtier (1500-1566)

*September 3rd, 1499, Saint-Vallier †April 25th, 1566, Château d'Anet

63

Peter Martyr Vermigli

Italian Reformed theologian

*September 8th, 1499, Florence †November 12th, 1562, Zürich

82

Thomas Platter

Swiss writer and scholar

*February 10th, 1499, Grächen †January 26th, 1582, Basel

53

Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg

Count of Schwarzburg

*October 31st, 1499, Sondershausen †November 10th, 1552, Gehren

50

John Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach

(1499-1550)

*September 20th, 1499, Ansbach †May 17th, 1550, Halle (Saale)

37

Johann Carion

German astrologer and historical writer

*March 31st, 1499, Bietigheim-Bissingen †February 12th, 1537, Magdeburg

70

John of Ávila

Spanish priest, Doctor of the

*January 6th, 1499, Almodóvar del Campo †May 10th, 1569, Montilla

68

Kilian Goldstein

German jurist

*March 25th, 1499, Kitzingen †January 25th, 1568, Halle (Saale)

1

Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset

Duke of Somerset

*February 21st, 1499, Palace of Placentia †June 19th, 1500, London

43

Sebastian Franck

German Renaissance humanist

*January 20th, 1499, Donauwörth †January 1st, 1543, Basel

58

Justus Menius

German theologian

*December 13th, 1499, Fulda †August 11th, 1558, Leipzig

71

Johannes Brenz

German church reformer

*June 24th, 1499, Weil der Stadt †September 11th, 1570, Stuttgart

65

Valentin Kötzler

German jurist

*February 1st, 1499, Nuremberg †December 12th, 1564, Nuremberg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1499 is a normal year and no leap year.

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