March 8th, 1524

Born on March 8th, 1524

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 183,000 days old!

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What happened on March 8th?

March 8th, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board, with aircraft debris subsequently washing ashore a few years later in the Indian Ocean.

March 8th, 2017

The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta, collapsed during a stor

March 8th, 1983

Cold War: In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. president Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".

March 8th, 1979

Images taken by Voyager 1 proved the existence of volcanoes on Io (pictured), a moon of Jupiter.

March 8th, 1978

BBC Radio 4 began broadcasting Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction radio series that was later adapted into novels, a television series, and other formats.

March 8th, 1966

Nelson's Pillar, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of Lord Nelson in Dublin, Ireland, was severely damaged by a bomb.

March 8th, 1963

The Ba'ath Party came to power in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council for the Revolutionary Command.

March 8th, 1924

Three violent explosions at a coal mine near Castle Gate, Utah, killed all 171 miners working there.

March 8th, 1919

During the Egyptian Revolution, British authorities arrested rebel leader Saad Zaghloul and exiled him to Malta.

March 8th, 1910

French aviator Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence.

March 8th, 1736

Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, was crowned Shah of Iran.

March 8th, 1702

Anne (pictured) became the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, succeeding her brother-in-law William III.

March 8th, 1658

After a devastating defeat in the Second Northern War, King Frederick III of Denmark–Norway was forced to give up nearly half his Danish territory to Sweden to save the remainder.

March 8th, 1655

The court of Northampton County, Virginia, issued a ruling that made John Casor the first person of African descent in the Thirteen Colonies to be declared a slave for life as a result of a civil suit.

March 8th, 1576

A Spanish colonial officer wrote a letter to King Philip II containing the first known mention of the Maya ruins of Copán in present-day Honduras.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 8th

Same year
Born in 1524

39

Rani Durgavati

Queen regent of Gondwana (1524–1564)

*October 5th, 1524, Banda district †June 24th, 1564, Achalpur

62

Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg

Duchess consort of Mecklenburg

*October 14th, 1524, Denmark †October 15th, 1586, Gedser

65

François Hotman

French jurisconsult

*August 23rd, 1524, Paris †February 12th, 1590, Basel

82

Adolph Occo III

German doctor and scholar (1526-1606)

*October 17th, 1524, Augsburg †October 28th, 1606, Augsburg

61

Ottavio Farnese

Duke of Parma (1524-1586)

*October 9th, 1524, Valentano †September 18th, 1586, Parma

75

Johann Latomus

Catholic priest and chronicler from Frankfurt am Main

*January 24th, 1524, Frankfurt †January 1st, 1600, Frankfurt

60

Giovanni Francesco Commendone

Catholic cardinal (1523-1585)

*March 17th, 1524, Venice †December 26th, 1584, Padua

59

Thomas Erastus

Swiss Calvinist theologian and physician

*September 7th, 1524, Baden †December 31st, 1583, Basel

62

Johannes Vischer

German physician and university teacher

*December 19th, 1524, Wemding †April 21st, 1587, Tübingen

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, International Women's Day, and its related observances) which are celebrated on March 8th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1524 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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