December 18th, 1523

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Born on December 18th, 1523 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on December 18th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on December 18th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (December 1523)

Born on December 18th, 1523

Weekday

Tuesday

December 18th, 1523 was a Tuesday.

Age

500

People born on December 18th, 1523 will turn 501 this year (2024), in exactly 233 days .

Zodiac

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Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

November 23rd, 1523 - December 21st, 1523

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 245 days, exactly on December 30th, 2024, people who were born on December 18th, 1523 will be 183,000 days old!

182,755 Days

26,107 Weeks

6,004 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on December 18th?

December 18th, 2017

An Amtrak Cascades passenger train derailed near DuPont, Washington, killing three people and injuring sixty-five others.

December 18th, 2009

The Copenhagen Summit on climate change ended with the drafting of the non-binding Copenhagen Accord.

December 18th, 1979

Mohammad Mofatteh, an Iranian philosopher, was assassinated by the Furqan Group.

December 18th, 1969

On Her Majesty's Secret Service, the sixth James Bond film and the only one to star George Lazenby, premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London.

December 18th, 1966

Epimetheus, one of the moons of Saturn, was discovered, but was mistaken for Janus; it took twelve years to determine that they are two distinct objects sharing the same orbit.

December 18th, 1963

Ghanaian and other African students organized a protest in Moscow's Red Square in response to the alleged murder of medical student Edmund Assare-Addo.

December 18th, 1958

The United States launched SCORE (rocket pictured), the world's first communications satellite.

December 18th, 1939

Second World War: The Luftwaffe won a victory over the Royal Air Force in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, greatly influencing both sides' future aerial warfare strategy.

December 18th, 1932

Playing indoors at Chicago Stadium on a modified American football field, the Chicago Bears defeated the Portsmouth Spartans in the first playoff game of the National Football League.

December 18th, 1913

The Jew's Christmas, the first American film to include a rabbi as a character, was released.

December 18th, 1898

Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat (pictured) set the first official land speed record, averaging 63.16 km/h (39.245 mph) over 1 km (0.62 mi) in Achères, France.

December 18th, 1867

In Angola, New York, the last coach of a Lake Shore Railway train derailed, plunged 40 feet (12 m) down a gully, and caught fire, resulting in approximately 49 deaths.

December 18th, 1499

Muslims in Granada began a rebellion against their Castilian rulers in response to forced conversions to Catholicism.

December 18th, 1865

US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the United States.

December 18th, 1793

Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 18th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 18th?

Billie Eilish

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

Casper Van Dien

American actor

*December 18th, 1968, Milton

Joseph Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953

*December 18th, 1878, Gori †March 5th, 1953, Kuntsevo Dacha

Vanessa Trump

American model and actress

*December 18th, 1977, New York City

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

Roger Smith

American actor, film producer and screenwriter (1932–2017)

*December 18th, 1932, South Gate †June 4th, 2017, Sherman Oaks

Willi Fährmann

German writer

*December 18th, 1929, Duisburg †May 25th, 2017, Xanten

Brad Pitt

American actor and filmmaker

*December 18th, 1963, Shawnee

Ulrich Wilcken

German historian (1862–1944)

*December 18th, 1862, Szczecin †December 10th, 1944, Baden-Baden

Christina Aguilera

American singer

*December 18th, 1980, Staten Island

Willy Brandt

Chancellor of West Germany (1969–1974), SPD

*December 18th, 1913, Sankt Lorenz †October 8th, 1992, Unkel

Səbuhi Abdullazadə

Azerbaijani footballer

*December 18th, 2001, Azerbaijan

Angie Stone

American singer and actress

*December 18th, 1961, Columbia

Edwin Howard Armstrong

American electrical engineer and inventor

*December 18th, 1890, Manhattan †February 1st, 1954, New York City

Marie-Guillemine Benoist

French painter (1768–1826)

*December 18th, 1768, Paris †October 8th, 1826, Paris

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary (1863–1914)

*December 18th, 1863, Graz †June 28th, 1914, Sarajevo

Brian Orser

Canadian former professional figure skater; Canadian figure skating coach

*December 18th, 1961, Belleville

Joan Wallach Scott

American academic

*December 18th, 1941, Brooklyn

Bettina Rheims

French artist and photographer

*December 18th, 1952, Neuilly-sur-Seine

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 December 18th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVIII.XII.MDXXIII

18.12.1523

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
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