April 8th, 1509

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Born on April 8th, 1509 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on April 8th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on April 8th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (April 1509)

Born on April 8th, 1509

Weekday

Thursday

April 8th, 1509 was a Thursday.

Age

515

People born on April 8th, 1509 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 515 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

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Aries (The Ram)

March 21st, 1509 - April 20th, 1509

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 870 days, exactly on September 24th, 2026, people who were born on April 8th, 1509 will be 189,000 days old!

188,130 Days

26,875 Weeks

6,180 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on April 8th?

April 8th, 1968

BOAC Flight 712 experienced an engine fire shortly after take-off from London Heathrow, leading to the deaths of five people on board, including flight attendant Jane Harrison, who was posthumously awarded a George Cross for heroism.

April 8th, 1959

A team of computer scientists and others met to discuss the creation of a common business-oriented programming language, which became COBOL.

April 8th, 1943

Otto and Elise Hampel were executed in Berlin for performing acts of resistance against Nazism.

April 8th, 1942

World War II: The United States Army Air Forces flew its first mission from India over the Hump (the eastern end of the Himalayas) to deliver materiel to China.

April 8th, 1933

The Australian state of Western Australia voted to secede from the federation, but efforts to implement the result proved to be unsuccessful.

April 8th, 1911

American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the silent short film Little Nemo (featured), one of the earliest animated films.

April 8th, 1904

France and the United Kingdom signed the Entente Cordiale, agreeing to a peaceful coexistence after centuries of intermittent conflict.

April 8th, 1864

American Civil War: Late-arriving reinforcements helped Confederate forces rout the Union Army at the Battle of Mansfield.

April 8th, 1630

Kiliaen van Rensselaer purchased land near present-day Albany, New York, to establish Rensselaerswyck, which became the most successful patroonship under the Dutch West India Company.

April 8th, 1271

Crusades: The Knights Hospitaller surrendered the Krak des Chevaliers, a castle in present-day Syria, to the army of the Mamluk sultan Baybars.

April 8th, 0876

Abbasid forces decisively defeated the Saffarid emir Ya'qub ibn Laith, forcing the latter to halt his advance into Iraq.

April 8th, 0217

Roman emperor Caracalla (pictured) was assassinated near Harran and succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect Macrinus.

April 8th, 1820

The Venus de Milo, an ancient Greek statue of a woman with its arms missing, was discovered on the island of Milos.

April 8th, 1960

The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280 million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.

April 8th, 1959

The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 8th?

Michele Mercati

Italian polyhistor (1541-1593)

*April 8th, 1541, San Miniato †June 25th, 1593, Rome

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

Carlo Carafa

Italian cardinal

*April 8th, 1517, Naples †March 14th, 1561, Rome

Philip IV of Spain

King of Spain and Portugal (1605-1665)

*April 8th, 1605, Valladolid Royal Palace †September 17th, 1665, Cuarto bajo del Rey

Adrian Boult

British conductor

*April 8th, 1889, Chester †February 22nd, 1983, London

Hugo von Mohl

German botanist (1805–1872)

*April 8th, 1805, Stuttgart †April 1st, 1872, Tübingen

Karl Scherm

German association football player (1904-1977)

*April 8th, 1904, Nuremberg †June 30th, 1977, Nuremberg

Eric Porter

British actor (1928-1995)

*April 8th, 1928, Shepherd's Bush †May 15th, 1995, London

Same year
Born in 1509

John Calvin

French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)

*July 10th, 1509, Noyon †May 27th, 1564, Geneva

John of Leiden

Anabaptist leader, King of Munster (1509-1536)

*February 2nd, 1509, Zevenhoven †January 22nd, 1536, Münster

Melchor Cano

Spanish theologian (1509-1560)

*January 6th, 1509, Tarancón †September 30th, 1560, Toledo

Gian Girolamo Albani

Italian cardinal (1509-1591)

*January 3rd, 1509, Bergamo †April 25th, 1591, Rome

Ippolito II d'Este

Catholic cardinal

*August 25th, 1509, Ferrara †December 2nd, 1572, Rome

Giovanni Morone

Cardinal

*January 25th, 1509, Milan †December 1st, 1580, Rome

Magnus III, Duke of Mecklenburg

Member of the House of Mecklenburg, Prince-Bishop of Schwerin

*July 4th, 1509, Burg Stargard †January 28th, 1550, Bützow

Philip II of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Count of Saarbrücken and Saarwerden (1544-1554)

*July 25th, 1509, Saarbrücken †June 19th, 1554, Strasbourg

Jean Goujon

French artist

*November 30th, 1509, Rouen †November 30th, 1566, Bologna

John, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels

Duke of Münsterberg, Duke of Oels and Count of Glatz

*November 4th, 1509, Oleśnica †February 28th, 1565, Oleśnica

Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal

Roman Catholic cardinal (1509-1540)

*April 23rd, 1509, Évora †April 21st, 1540, Lisbon

Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg

Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1539-1578)

*March 27th, 1509, Bad Arolsen †April 15th, 1578, Eilhausen

Henry XXI of Stolberg

German nobleman

*January 2nd, 1509, Stolberg †November 12th, 1572, Stolberg

Joachim I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

German prince

*August 7th, 1509, Dessau †December 6th, 1561, Dessau

Étienne Dolet

French translator and scholar (1509-1546)

*August 3rd, 1509, Orléans †August 3rd, 1546, Paris

Pasquale Cicogna

Doge of Venice (1509-1595)

*May 27th, 1509, Venice †April 2nd, 1595, Venice

Cornelius Wischaven

*October 2nd, 1509, Mechelen †August 25th, 1559, Loreto

Luis de Morales

16th-century Spanish painter

*January 1st, 1509, Badajoz †May 9th, 1586, Badajoz

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on April 8th.

Earliest day on which Fast and Prayer Day can fall, while April 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Friday in April (Liberia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Liberia

International Romani Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Romani_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VIII.IV.MDIX

8.4.1509

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

IX = 9

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1509 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
April 1509

April 1509

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