August 18th, 1509

Born on August 18th, 1509

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

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 18th?

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 (helicopter pictured), 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, 1891

A hurricane struck the Caribbean island of Martinique, killing about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and causing severe damage.

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 year
Born in 1509

54

John Calvin

French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)

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

69

Wolrad II, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg

Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1539-1578)

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

52

Joachim I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

German prince

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

85

Pasquale Cicogna

Doge of Venice (1509-1595)

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

37

Étienne Dolet

French translator and scholar (1509-1546)

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

57

Jean Goujon

French artist

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

82

Gian Girolamo Albani

Italian cardinal (1509-1591)

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

71

Giovanni Morone

Cardinal

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

63

Ippolito II d'Este

Catholic cardinal

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

51

Melchor Cano

Spanish theologian (1509-1560)

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

26

John of Leiden

Anabaptist leader, King of Munster (1509-1536)

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

49

Cornelius Wischaven

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

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 18th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 18th.

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Leap year

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

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