August 31st, 1523

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Born on August 31st, 1523 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 31st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 31st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1523)

Born on August 31st, 1523

Weekday

Friday

August 31st, 1523 was a Friday.

Age

500

People born on August 31st, 1523 will turn 501 this year (2024), in exactly 126 days .

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

August 24th, 1523 - September 23rd, 1523

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 182,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 138 days, exactly on September 12th, 2024, people who were born on August 31st, 1523 will be 183,000 days old!

182,862 Days

26,123 Weeks

6,007 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 31st?

August 31st, 2019

A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.

August 31st, 2016

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff was removed from office following her impeachment on charges of criminal administrative misconduct.

August 31st, 2002

Typhoon Rusa made landfall in Goheung as the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, killing at least 236 people.

August 31st, 1997

Diana, Princess of Wales (pictured), her partner Dodi Fayed, and their driver were killed in a car crash in Paris.

August 31st, 1969

On the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival 1969, an event attended by approximately 150,000 people over three days, Bob Dylan appeared in his first gig in three years.

August 31st, 1959

A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, failed to kill Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia.

August 31st, 1942

The Matagorda hurricane, the most intense and costliest tropical cyclone of the 1942 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing $26.5 million in damages and eight deaths.

August 31st, 1941

World War II: A detachment of Chetniks captured the town of Loznica in German-occupied Serbia.

August 31st, 1940

Second World War: Two Royal navy destroyers were lost to mines and two other vessels damaged off Texel, Netherlands, killing around 300 men.

August 31st, 1939

Nazi forces, posing as Poles, staged an attack against the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany, creating an excuse to invade Poland the next day.

August 31st, 1907

Russia and the United Kingdom signed the Anglo-Russian Convention, defining their respective spheres of interest in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet.

August 31st, 1897

Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the Kinetoscope, a precursor to the modern movie projector.

August 31st, 1888

The body of Mary Ann Nichols, the alleged first victim of an unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper (depicted), was found in Buck's Row, London.

August 31st, 1876

Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire was deposed after a reign of 93 days on grounds of mental illness.

August 31st, 1218

Al-Kamil became the fourth sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 31st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 31st?

Hermann von Helmholtz

German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894)

*August 31st, 1821, Potsdam †September 8th, 1894, Charlottenburg

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

*August 31st, 1949, Philadelphia

Holger Osieck

German association football player and manager

*August 31st, 1948, Duisburg

Herbert Reul

German politician (CDU)

*August 31st, 1952, Langenfeld

Maria Montessori

Italian pedagogue and physician

*August 31st, 1870, Chiaravalle †May 6th, 1952, Noordwijk

Marc Webb

American music video and film director

*August 31st, 1974, Bloomington

Amanda Anisimova

American tennis player

*August 31st, 2001, Freehold Township

Roland Culver

Actor (1900-1984)

*August 31st, 1900, Highgate †March 1st, 1984, Henley-on-Thames

Chris Tucker

American actor and comedian

*August 31st, 1971, Atlanta

Heinrich Sudermann

German politician (1520-1591)

*August 31st, 1520, Cologne †September 7th, 1591, Lübeck

Warren Berlinger

American actor

*August 31st, 1937, Brooklyn †December 2nd, 2020, Valencia

Pepe Reina

Spanish association football player

*August 31st, 1982, Madrid

Tsai Ing-wen

President of Taiwan (R.O.C. authorities) and former Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party

*August 31st, 1956, Zhongshan District

Charmaine Craig

American actress

*August 31st, 1971, United States of America

Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi crown prince and Minister of Defense (born 1985)

*August 31st, 1985, Riyadh

Fabio Jakobsen

Dutch cyclist

*August 31st, 1996, Gorinchem

Robert Kocharyan

Second President of Armenia

*August 31st, 1954, Khankendi

Ismail II

Third Safavid Shah of Iran

*August 31st, 1533, Qazvin †November 24th, 1577, Qazvin

Queen Rania of Jordan

Queen Consort of Jordan

*August 31st, 1970, Kuwait City

Same year
Born in 1523

Marco Antonio Bragadin

Military officer of the Republic of Venice and last Captain-General of Venetian Cyprus (1523-1571)

*April 21st, 1523, Venice †August 17th, 1571, Famagusta

Anna Jagiellon

Queen regnant of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania

*October 18th, 1523, Kraków †September 9th, 1596, Warsaw

Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry

Daughter of King Francis I of France

*June 5th, 1523, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †September 15th, 1574, Turin

Esrom Ruedinger

German philologist, physicist, historian, and teacher

*January 1st, 1523, Bamberg †December 2nd, 1590, Altdorf bei Nürnberg

Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

Margravine of Baden

*June 17th, 1523, Ansbach †February 27th, 1558, Pforzheim

Kaspar Eberhard

German theologian (1523-1575)

*March 21st, 1523, Schneeberg †October 20th, 1575, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Blaise de Vigenère

French cryptographer (1523-1596)

*April 5th, 1523, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule †February 19th, 1596, Paris

Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon

Catholic cardinal

*September 22nd, 1523, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre †May 9th, 1590, Fontenay-le-Comte

Rodrigo de Castro Osorio

Spanish cardinal

*March 5th, 1523, Valladolid †September 20th, 1600, Seville

George II of Brieg

Duke of Brzeg from 1547 until his death

*July 18th, 1523, Legnica †May 7th, 1586, Brzeg

Valentin Naboth

German astronomer and mathematician (1523-1593)

*February 13th, 1523, Calau †March 3rd, 1593, Padua

Jan Blahoslav

Czech linguist and writer (1523-1571)

*March 2nd, 1523, Přerov †December 4th, 1571, Moravský Krumlov

Johannes Haller der Jüngere

Swiss clergyman and reformer

*January 1st, 1523, Amsoldingen †January 1st, 1575

Helena Magenbuch

German pharmacist

*January 1st, 1523, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1597

Kaspar von Logau

*November 30th, 1523, Nysa †January 1st, 1574, Wrocław

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 31st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 31st.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Kyrgyzstan)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malaya from the United Kingdom in 1957.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Malaysia)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom in 1962.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Trinidad_and_Tobago

Romanian Language Day (Romania, Moldova)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_Language_Day

North Borneo Self-government Day (Sabah, Borneo)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabah_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXXI.VIII.MDXXIII

31.8.1523

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1523 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1523

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August 31st, 1523

Born on August 31st, 1523

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 182,000 days old!

182,862 Days

26,123 Weeks

6,007 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 31st?

A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff was removed from office following her impeachment on charges of criminal administrative misconduct.

Typhoon Rusa made landfall in Goheung as the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, killing at least 236 people.

Diana, Princess of Wales (pictured), her partner Dodi Fayed, and their driver were killed in a car crash in Paris.

On the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival 1969, an event attended by approximately 150,000 people over three days, Bob Dylan appeared in his first gig in three years.

A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, failed to kill Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia.

The Matagorda hurricane, the most intense and costliest tropical cyclone of the 1942 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing $26.5 million in damages and eight deaths.

World War II: A detachment of Chetniks captured the town of Loznica in German-occupied Serbia.

Second World War: Two Royal navy destroyers were lost to mines and two other vessels damaged off Texel, Netherlands, killing around 300 men.

Nazi forces, posing as Poles, staged an attack against the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany, creating an excuse to invade Poland the next day.

Russia and the United Kingdom signed the Anglo-Russian Convention, defining their respective spheres of interest in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet.

Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the Kinetoscope, a precursor to the modern movie projector.

The body of Mary Ann Nichols, the alleged first victim of an unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper (depicted), was found in Buck's Row, London.

Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire was deposed after a reign of 93 days on grounds of mental illness.

Al-Kamil became the fourth sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 31st

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 31st?

Same year Born in 1523

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 31st

Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day (Balochs and Pashtuns, International observance)

Aidan of Lindisfarne

Aristides of Athens

Cuthburh

Dominguito del Val

Joseph of Arimathea

Paulinus of Trier

Raymond Nonnatus

Wala of Corbie

Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria

August 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malaya from the United Kingdom in 1957.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom in 1962.

Romanian Language Day (Romania, Moldova)

North Borneo Self-government Day (Sabah, Borneo)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

31.8.1523

Legend

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 182,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 31st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 31st?

Same year
Born in 1523

Calendar
August 1523

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
31			1	2	3	4	5
32	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
33	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
34	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
35	27	28	29	30	31