March 7th, 1516

Born on March 7th, 1516

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 185,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 403 days, exactly on June 6th, 2025, people who were born on March 7th, 1516 will be 186,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 7th?

March 7th, 2009

Dissident Irish republican campaign: Two off-duty British Army soldiers were shot dead by Real IRA paramilitaries outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland.

March 7th, 1968

Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Truong Cong Dinh to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho to root out Viet Cong forces in the area.

March 7th, 1965

Unarmed civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were attacked by police (pictured) on "Bloody Sunday".

March 7th, 1945

World War II: At the beginning of the Battle of Remagen, Allied forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge, which possibly hastened the war's conclusion.

March 7th, 1941

The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board.

March 7th, 1936

Nazi German forces re-occupied the demilitarized Rhineland, violating both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties that were signed after World War I.

March 7th, 1900

The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver.

March 7th, 1871

José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, began a four-year premiership as Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, the longest in the state's history.

March 7th, 1850

United States senator Daniel Webster delivered a speech advocating compromise on slavery, which proved to be unpopular with abolitionists in his home state.

March 7th, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon's army forced Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov's Russian troops to withdraw from the Chemin des Dames, but French casualties exceeded Russian losses.

March 7th, 1573

A peace treaty brought the Ottoman–Venetian War to an end, ceding Cyprus from the Republic of Venice to the Ottoman Empire.

March 7th, 0321

Emperor Constantine I decreed that Sunday, the day honoring the sun god Sol Invictus (disc pictured), would be the Roman day of rest.

March 7th, 2007

Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people.

March 7th, 2006

The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.

March 7th, 1993

The tugboat Thomas Hebert sank off the coast of New Jersey, USA.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 7th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 7th?

27

Bad Gyal

Spanish singer

*March 7th, 1997, Vilassar de Mar

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

29

Fajar Alfian

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1995, Bandung City

44

Ewald Christian von Kleist

German poet and noble

*March 7th, 1715, Cybulino, Koszalin County †August 24th, 1759, Frankfurt (Oder)

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

74

Karl von den Steinen

German explorer

*March 7th, 1855, Mülheim an der Ruhr †November 4th, 1929, Kronberg im Taunus

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung City

54

Rachel Weisz

British actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

46

Rebecca Bellingham

New Zealand badminton player

*March 7th, 1978, Auckland

38

Kowi Chandra

Badminton player

*March 7th, 1986, Palembang

33

Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond

Scottish-English nobleman (1639-1672)

*March 7th, 1639, London †December 12th, 1672, Helsingør

49

Ulrica Persson

Swedish female cross-country skier

*March 7th, 1975, Torsby

37

Hatem Ben Arfa

French association football player

*March 7th, 1987, Clamart

65

Donna Murphy

American actress, singer

*March 7th, 1959, New York City

94

Elin Reimer

Danish actress (1928-2022)

*March 7th, 1928, Frederiksberg †September 17th, 2022, Virum

63

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

French politician (born 1961)

*March 7th, 1961, 15th arrondissement of Paris

26

Magdalena of Saxony

Princess of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg (1507-1534)

*March 7th, 1507, Dresden †January 25th, 1534, Berlin

79

Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor

Marshal of France (1770-1849)

*March 7th, 1770, Hayange †July 28th, 1849, Paris

75

Clement XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1758 to 1769

*March 7th, 1693, Venice †February 2nd, 1769, Rome

Same year
Born in 1516

42

Mary I of England

Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558

*February 18th, 1516, Palace of Placentia †November 17th, 1558, St James's Palace

34

Elkas Mirza

Iranian poet (1516-1550)

*March 15th, 1516, Karabakh †April 9th, 1550, Qahqaheh Castle

48

Modestinus Pistoris

German politician

*December 9th, 1516, Leipzig †September 15th, 1565, Leipzig

65

Bayinnaung

King of Burma

*January 16th, 1516, Taungoo †November 10th, 1581, Bago

55

Agostino Barbarigo

Italian admiral

*January 22nd, 1516, Venice †October 9th, 1571, Nafpaktos

35

Margaret Leijonhufvud

Queen consort of Sweden

*January 1st, 1516, Gräfsnäs †August 26th, 1551, Överselö församling

49

Conrad Gessner

Swiss physician, bibliographer and naturalist (1516–1565)

*March 26th, 1516, Zürich †December 13th, 1565, Zürich

62

Adriaen Pauw

Dutch merchant and politician of the Netherlands

*January 13th, 1516, Gouda †October 8th, 1578, Amsterdam

58

Johann Jakob Fugger

German banker and merchant (1517-1575)

*December 23rd, 1516, Augsburg †July 14th, 1575, Munich

68

Adam Siber

German humanist and teacher

*September 8th, 1516, Wildenfels †September 24th, 1584, Grimma

74

Emilie of Saxony

Third wife of Margrave George the Pious of Brandenburg-Ansbach

*July 27th, 1516, Freiberg †April 9th, 1591, Ansbach

55

Georg Fabricius

German poet, historian, and archaeologist, 1516-1571

*April 23rd, 1516, Chemnitz †July 17th, 1571, Meissen

64

Hieronymus Wolf

German historian and humanist (1516 - 1580)

*August 13th, 1516, Oettingen in Bayern †October 8th, 1580, Augsburg

51

Guglielmo Grataroli

Italian physician and philosopher

*May 16th, 1516, Bergamo †April 16th, 1568, Basel

54

Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox

Grandfather of James VI and I, Regent of Scotland

*September 21st, 1516, Dumbarton †September 4th, 1571, Stirling

57

Martin Helwig

German cartographer of Silesia

*November 15th, 1516, Nysa †February 5th, 1574, Wrocław

60

Hartmann Beyer

German theologian

*September 30th, 1516, Frankfurt †August 11th, 1577, Frankfurt

67

Maximilian Mörlin

German theologian (1516-1584)

*October 14th, 1516, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †April 20th, 1584, Coburg

74

Girolamo Zanchi

Italian theologian (1516-1590)

*February 2nd, 1516, Alzano Lombardo †November 19th, 1590, Heidelberg

75

William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

German nobleman; Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1516-1592)

*July 28th, 1516, Düsseldorf †January 5th, 1592, Düsseldorf

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Leap year

Yes: 1516 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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