August 18th, 1504

Born on August 18th, 1504

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 189,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 18th?

August 18th, 2017

Two people were killed and eight others wounded when a rejected asylum seeker went on a knife rampage in Turku, Finland.

August 18th, 2008

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.

August 18th, 1983

Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.

August 18th, 1966

Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan, but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

August 18th, 1964

East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

August 18th, 1948

Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".

August 18th, 1945

World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.

August 18th, 1940

Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.

August 18th, 1920

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.

August 18th, 1919

Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship.

August 18th, 1877

American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the smaller one.

August 18th, 1864

American Civil War: At the Battle of Globe Tavern, Union forces attempted to sever the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg.

August 18th, 1783

A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain.

August 18th, 1612

The trials of the Pendle and Samlesbury witches (statue pictured), among the most famous of England's witch trials, began at the assizes in Lancaster.

August 18th, 1590

John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in North America (located in present-day North Carolina), returned after a three-year absence to find it deserted (depicted).

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

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

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

39

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

30

Sikki Reddy

Indian badminton player

*August 18th, 1993, Kodad

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

23

Belén Aizen

Argentinian handball player

*August 18th, 2000, General San Martín

24

Vitão

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 18th, 1999, São Paulo

86

Paul Grimm

German prehistorian and medievalist (1907-1993)

*August 18th, 1907, Torgau †November 19th, 1993, Berlin

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

26

Goh Sze Fei

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1997, Malacca

96

Rosalynn Carter

First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*August 18th, 1927, Plains †November 19th, 2023, Plains

45

Sergio Llopis

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1978, Xàtiva

25

Joy Lai

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1998, Victoria

89

Luc Montagnier

French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine (2008)

*August 18th, 1932, Chabris †February 8th, 2022, Neuilly-sur-Seine

45

Francesco Canova da Milano

Italian composer, 1497-1543

*August 18th, 1497, Monza †January 2nd, 1543, Milan

90

Roman Polanski

French-Polish director, screenwriter, producer and actor

*August 18th, 1933, Paris

54

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

66

Carole Bouquet

French actress

*August 18th, 1957, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Carolin Emcke

German journalist; Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2016

*August 18th, 1967, Mülheim an der Ruhr

Same year
Born in 1504

68

Pius V

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1566 to 1572, saint

*January 17th, 1504, Bosco Marengo †May 1st, 1572, Rome

46

Shin Saimdang

Calligraphist and noted poet (1504-1551)

*October 29th, 1504, Gangneung †May 17th, 1551, Paju

86

Daniel Greser

German theologian (1504-1591)

*December 6th, 1504, Weilburg †September 29th, 1591, Dresden

70

Matthew Parker

Archbishop of Canterbury (1504-1575)

*August 6th, 1504, Norwich †May 17th, 1575, Lambeth Palace

65

Francesco Primaticcio

Italian painter (1504-1570)

*April 30th, 1504, Bologna †January 1st, 1570, Paris

75

Stanislaus Hosius

Catholic cardinal (1504-1579)

*May 5th, 1504, Kraków †August 5th, 1579, Capranica Prenestina

70

Anna II, Abbess of Quedlinburg

Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg

*January 28th, 1504, Stolberg †March 4th, 1574, Quedlinburg

66

Melchior Kling

German jurist and diplomat

*December 1st, 1504, Steinau an der Straße †February 21st, 1571, Halle (Saale)

83

Florian Griespek von Griespach

Czech nobleman (1504-1588)

*December 18th, 1504, Innsbruck †March 29th, 1588, Nelahozeves

71

Heinrich Bullinger

Swiss reformer

*July 18th, 1504, Bremgarten †September 17th, 1575, Zürich

44

Caspar Creuziger

German humanist

*January 1st, 1504, Leipzig †November 16th, 1548, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

79

Antonio Francesco Grazzini

Italian writer, poet and playwright of XVI century

*March 22nd, 1504, Florence †February 18th, 1584, Florence

46

John V, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

Prince of Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Zerbst

*September 4th, 1504, Dessau †February 4th, 1551, Zerbst

33

Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy

Portuguese noble (1505-1538)

*December 31st, 1504, Lisbon †January 8th, 1538, Nice

44

Lienhard Hirschvogel

German merchant

*June 21st, 1504, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1549, Augsburg

61

Johannes Mathesius

German theologian

*June 24th, 1504, Rochlitz †October 7th, 1565, Jáchymov

62

Philipp Gallicius

Swiss theologian

*February 4th, 1504, Müstair †June 7th, 1566, Chur

47

Guru Angad Dev

The second Guru of Sikhism

*March 31st, 1504, Sri Muktsar Sahib †March 28th, 1552, Amritsar

73

Scipione Rebiba

Catholic cardinal (1504-1577)

*February 3rd, 1504, San Marco d'Alunzio †July 23rd, 1577, Rome

89

Charles de Bourgueville

French historian and poet

*March 5th, 1504, Caen †November 5th, 1593, Caen

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Leap year

Yes: 1504 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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