September 8th, 1499

Born on September 8th, 1499

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

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on September 8th?

September 8th, 1907

Gertrude Stein meets her life partner and muse, Alice B. Toklas in Paris.

September 8th, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II (pictured) died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland; her eldest son Charles III acceded to the throne as King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.

September 8th, 1995

Construction began on the Dhammakaya Cetiya, a giant stupa at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple in Pathum Thani, Thailand.

September 8th, 1994

USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, resulting in 132 deaths and the longest accident investigation in the history of the National Transportation Safety Board.

September 8th, 1991

At the Tailhook Association symposium in Las Vegas, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators were alleged to have sexually assaulted 90 persons.

September 8th, 1974

Watergate scandal: U.S. president Gerald Ford gave his recently resigned predecessor Richard Nixon a controversial full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he committed while in office.

September 8th, 1936

Opposed to António de Oliveira Salazar's support of the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War, the crews of the Portuguese Navy ships NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and NRP Dão mutinied while anchored in the harbour of Lisbon.

September 8th, 1935

Huey Long, a U.S. senator, was shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dying two days later.

September 8th, 1921

In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Margaret Gorman (pictured) was crowned the "Golden Mermaid", the forerunner to the Miss America pageant.

September 8th, 1900

The Great Galveston hurricane, the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, struck Galveston, Texas, with estimated winds of 135 miles per hour (215 km/h) at landfall, killing at least 6,000 people.

September 8th, 1860

The paddle steamer Lady Elgin (pictured) was rammed by a schooner on Lake Michigan and sank, resulting in the loss of about 300 lives.

September 8th, 1831

William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

September 8th, 1796

French Revolutionary Wars: The French defeated Austrian forces in Bassano, Venetia, Italy.

September 8th, 1775

Maltese priests discontented with the Order of Saint John led an uprising that was quickly suppressed by the Order.

September 8th, 1755

French and Indian War: Despite being ambushed at the start of the Battle of Lake George, British colonial troops and their Mohawk allies were able to defeat French and Canadien troops and their Indian allies.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 8th

Born on September 8th, 1499

63

Peter Martyr Vermigli

Italian Reformed theologian

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

Same year
Born in 1499

66

Pius IV

Pope of the Catholic Church 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

44

Maria Salviati

Florentine noblewoman

*July 17th, 1499, Florence †December 12th, 1543, Villa Castello

53

Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg

Count of Schwarzburg

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

65

Valentin Kötzler

German jurist

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

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

92

Michiel Coxie

Flemish painter (1499-1592)

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

61

Sebald Heyden

German musicologist and theologian

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

74

Johann Naeve

German physician

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

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on September 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on September 8th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

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

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