September 1st, 1508

Born on September 1st, 1508

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 188,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 661 days, exactly on February 17th, 2026, people who were born on September 1st, 1508 will be 189,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on September 1st?

September 1st, 2019

Hurricane Dorian, the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record outside the tropics, made landfall in the Bahamas at Category 5 intensity.

September 1st, 2000

Speakers' Corner, a free speech area in Hong Lim Park in Singapore, was launched.

September 1st, 1983

A Soviet jet interceptor shot down the civilian Korean Air Lines Flight 007 near the island of Sakhalin in the north Pacific, killing all 246 passengers and 23 crew on board.

September 1st, 1973

A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Irish Sea resulted in the deepest sub rescue in history (pictured).

September 1st, 1972

In a match widely publicized as a Cold War confrontation, American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer became the 11th World Chess Champion with his victory over Soviet Boris Spassky.

September 1st, 1969

Muammar Gaddafi (pictured) led a coup d'état to overthrow King Idris of Libya.

September 1st, 1967

At an Arab League summit, eight nations issued the Khartoum Resolution, declaring that there would be "no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, [and] no negotiations with it".

September 1st, 1952

Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea, which later won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was first published.

September 1st, 1939

German forces attacked multiple locations in Poland, including Wieluń and Westerplatte, starting World War II in Europe.

September 1st, 1914

The passenger pigeon, which once numbered in the billions, became extinct when the last individual died in captivity

September 1st, 1911

Construction began on the Saline Valley salt tram, which during its operation was the steepest tram in the United States.

September 1st, 1902

The first science fiction film, titled A Trip to the Moon and based on From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, was released in France.

September 1st, 1872

A small British force commanded by a surgeon fought off a surprise attack by the Maya on Orange Walk Town, British Honduras.

September 1st, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate forces attacked retreating troops of the Union Army during a rainstorm in Chantilly, Virginia, but the battle ended inconclusively.

September 1st, 1859

A powerful solar flare caused a coronal mass ejection that struck Earth a few hours later, generating the most intense geomagnetic storm ever recorded and causing bright aurorae visible in the middle latitudes.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 1st

Born on September 1st, 1508

71

Franz Joe͏̈l

Hungarian pharmacologist

*September 1st, 1508, Sopron †October 20th, 1579, Greifswald

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 1st?

34

Lea Sirk

Slovene singer

*September 1st, 1989, Koper

36

Sevdaliza

Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter, record producer, visual artist and director

*September 1st, 1987, Tehran

32

Jaymes Young

American singer-songwriter and musician

*September 1st, 1991, Seattle

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

78

Paul Wolters

German classical archaeologist

*September 1st, 1858, Bonn †October 21st, 1936, Munich

27

Zendaya

American actress, singer, and model

*September 1st, 1996, Oakland

35

Jose Antonio Reyes

Spanish footballer

*September 1st, 1983, Utrera †June 1st, 2019, Alcalá de Guadaíra

26

Jungkook

South Korean singer

*September 1st, 1997, Busan

58

Nils Tavernier

French actor and film director

*September 1st, 1965, Paris

72

Rex Beach

Author and water polo player (1877-1949)

*September 1st, 1877, Antrim County †December 7th, 1949, Sebring

61

Ruud Gullit

Dutch association football player and manager

*September 1st, 1962, Amsterdam

94

George Maharis

American actor (1928-2023)

*September 1st, 1928, Astoria †May 24th, 2023, Beverly Hills

84

Heinrich Messner

Austrian alpine skier

*September 1st, 1939, Obernberg am Brenner †October 19th, 2023

66

Gloria Estefan

Cuban-American singer (born 1957)

*September 1st, 1957, Havana

61

Carolee Carmello

American actress and singer

*September 1st, 1962, Albany

77

Barry Gibb

British singer, songwriter, record producer, and co-founder of the group Bee Gees

*September 1st, 1946, Douglas

84

Lily Tomlin

American actress, comedian and writer

*September 1st, 1939, Detroit

34

Cosmo Jarvis

American actor and musician

*September 1st, 1989, Ridgewood

45

Rocky Marciano

American heavyweight boxing champion (1923-1969)

*September 1st, 1923, Brockton †August 31st, 1969, Newton

36

Mark Herzlich

American football player

*September 1st, 1987, Kirkwood

Same year
Born in 1508

71

Andrea Palladio

Italian architect (1508–1580)

*October 31st, 1508, Padua †August 19th, 1580, Vicenza

47

Humayun

Mughal Emperor from 1530 to 1540 and 1555 to 1556

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

78

Primož Trubar

Carniolan writer, Protestant reformer (1508-1586)

*June 19th, 1508, Rašica †June 28th, 1586, Tübingen

58

Pietro Carnesecchi

Italian humanist (1509-1567)

*December 24th, 1508, Florence †October 1st, 1567, Rome

70

Alessandro Piccolomini

Italian writer and philosopher, titular archbishop of Patrae

*June 13th, 1508, Siena †March 12th, 1579, Siena

51

Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

Italian noble (1508-1559)

*April 5th, 1508, Ferrara †October 3rd, 1559, Ferrara

52

Georg Sabinus

German writer and diplomat (1508-1560)

*May 3rd, 1508, Brandenburg an der Havel †December 2nd, 1560, Frankfurt (Oder)

51

Andreas von Barby

German university teacher (1508-1559)

*July 24th, 1508, Loburg †August 3rd, 1559, Roskilde

46

Gemma Frisius

Frisian physician, mathematician and cartographer (1508–1555)

*December 8th, 1508, Dokkum †May 25th, 1555, Leuven

47

Sebastian von Heusenstamm

Archbishop of Mainz

*March 16th, 1508, Frankfurt †March 18th, 1555, Eltville am Rhein

41

Francis, Duke of

German prince

*November 23rd, 1508, Uelzen †November 23rd, 1549, Gifhorn

55

Thomas Naogeorgus

Playwright

*December 21st, 1508, Straubing †December 29th, 1563, Wiesloch

76

Simon Sulzer

Swiss theologian (1508-1585)

*September 23rd, 1508, Schattenhalb †June 22nd, 1585, Basel

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on September 1st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on September 1st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1508 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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