March 16th, 1514

Born on March 16th, 1514

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 186,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 618 days, exactly on March 11th, 2026, people who were born on March 16th, 1514 will be 187,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 16th?

March 16th, 2014

Annexation of Crimea: The Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a controversial referendum in which voters overwhelmingly chose to join Russia as a federal subject.

March 16th, 2003

American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer in Rafah while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian house.

March 16th, 2001

A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 people.

March 16th, 1984

William Buckley, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.

March 16th, 1968

Vietnam War: American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Sơn Mỹ village in the Sơn Tịnh District of South Vietnam.

March 16th, 1962

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a charter flight carrying U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers, disappeared without a trace, prompting one of the largest searches in the history of the Pacific.

March 16th, 1935

Conscription was re-introduced in Germany by the Nazi regime, and the German military was renamed the Wehrmacht.

March 16th, 1872

In the inaugural final of the FA Cup (trophy pictured) Wanderers defeated Royal Engineers 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.

March 16th, 1802

Congress passed the Military Peace Establishment Act, authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate the U.S. Military Academy (pictured) at West Point, New York.

March 16th, 1782

American Revolutionary War: Spain captured the island of Roatán from England off the coast of what is now Honduras.

March 16th, 1689

The Royal Welch Fusiliers (cap badge pictured), one of the oldest line-infantry regiments of the British Army, was founded.

March 16th, 1621

Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, walked into Plymouth Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English (depicted).

March 16th, 1322

Despenser War: A royalist army defeated troops loyal to Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, in the Battle of Boroughbridge, which allowed King Edward II of England to hold on to power for another five years.

March 16th, 1190

Around 150 Jews died inside York Castle, the majority committing mass suicide to avoid being killed by a mob.

March 16th, 0934

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 16th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 16th?

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

85

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

*March 16th, 1751, Port Conway †June 28th, 1836, Montpelier

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, 16th arrondissement of Paris

65

Jens Stoltenberg

34th Prime Minister of Norway, subsequently 13th Secretary-General of NATO

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

47

Sebastian von Heusenstamm

Archbishop of Mainz

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

65

Georg Simon Ohm

German physicist and mathematician

*March 16th, 1789, Erlangen †July 6th, 1854, Munich

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

53

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

35

Gabriel Attal

French politician

*March 16th, 1989, Clamart

63

Francisco Pizarro

Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire

*March 16th, 1478, Trujillo †June 26th, 1541, Lima

60

Jörg Schmadtke

German association football executive

*March 16th, 1964, Düsseldorf

Same year
Born in 1514

49

Andreas Vesalius

Flemish anatomist, physician and author (1514–1564)

*December 31st, 1514, Mont aux Potences - Galgenberg †October 16th, 1564, Zakynthos

62

Tahmasp I

Safavid Shah of Iran from 1524 to 1576

*February 22nd, 1514, Isfahan †May 14th, 1576, Qazvin

60

Georg Joachim Rheticus

Austrian astronomist and mathematician (1514–1574)

*February 16th, 1514, Feldkirch †December 4th, 1574, Košice

73

Joachim Mynsinger von Frundeck

German judge

*August 13th, 1514, Stuttgart †May 3rd, 1588, Helmstedt

59

Otto Truchsess von Waldburg

Catholic cardinal

*February 26th, 1514, Schloss Scheer †April 2nd, 1573, Rome

43

John Cheke

16th-century English classical scholar and statesman

*June 16th, 1514, Cambridge †September 13th, 1557, London

60

Guidobaldo II della Rovere

Italian condottiero

*April 2nd, 1514, Urbino †September 28th, 1574, Urbino

46

Amago Haruhisa

Japanese warlord

*March 8th, 1514, Izumo Province †January 9th, 1561, Gassantoda Castle

71

Petreius Tiara

Professor of Greek at Leiden University

*July 15th, 1514, Workum †February 8th, 1586, Franeker

33

Lorenzino de' Medici

Italian writer and assassin (1514-1548)

*March 22nd, 1514, Florence †February 26th, 1548, Venice

73

Joachim I. von Alvensleben

German politician and theologian (1514-1588)

*April 7th, 1514, Schloss Hundisburg †February 12th, 1588, Burg Alvensleben

42

Philip, Duke of Mecklenburg

Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1552-1557)

*September 12th, 1514, Schwerin †January 4th, 1557, Güstrow

62

García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca

Spanish noble and admiral

*August 29th, 1514, Villafranca del Bierzo †May 31st, 1577, Naples

73

Wiguleus Hund

German historian

*July 22nd, 1514, Geltendorf †February 28th, 1588, Munich

73

Hai Rui

Chinese politician (1514-1587)

*January 23rd, 1514, Qiongshan District †November 13th, 1587, Nanjing

57

Joachim Mörlin

German bishop (1514-1571)

*April 5th, 1514, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †May 29th, 1571, Königsberg

52

Johannes Herold

(1514-1567)

*December 17th, 1514, Höchstädt an der Donau †June 17th, 1567, Basel

75

Philip IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

*September 20th, 1514, Babenhausen †February 19th, 1590, Lichtenberg

66

Andreas Musculus

German theologian

*November 29th, 1514, Schneeberg †September 29th, 1581, Frankfurt (Oder)

66

Michael Toxites

(1514-1581)

*July 19th, 1514, Sterzing †January 1st, 1581, Haguenau

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 16th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1514 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
March 1514