August 11th, 1527

Born on August 11th, 1527

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 759 days, exactly on August 23rd, 2028, people who were born on August 11th, 1527 will be 183,000 days old!

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What happened on August 11th?

August 11th, 1999

A tornado struck downtown Salt Lake City, damaging 120 homes and injuring over 100 people.

August 11th, 1979

Two Aeroflot passenger jets collided in mid-air near Dniprodzerzhynsk in the Ukrainian SSR, killing all 178 people on both aircraft.

August 11th, 1977

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiated an investigation into the alleged vulnerability of the Ford Pinto (example pictured) to fuel leakage and fire in a rear-end collision.

August 11th, 1973

At a party in New York City, Jamaican musician DJ Kool Herc (pictured) began rapping during an extended break, laying the foundation for hip hop music.

August 11th, 1952

King Talal of Jordan was forced to abdicate due to mental illness and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein.

August 11th, 1945

Amid rumors of kidnappings of children by Jews in Kraków, a crowd of Poles took part in a pogrom, resulting in at least one death.

August 11th, 1929

The first Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic, the oldest and largest African-American parade in the United States, was held in Chicago.

August 11th, 1786

Francis Light founded George Town (city hall pictured), the first British settlement in Southeast Asia and the present-day capital of the Malaysian state of Penang.

August 11th, 1492

The first conclave to be held in the Sistine Chapel elected Roderic Borja as Pope Alexander VI to succeed Innocent VIII.

August 11th, 1309

Reconquista: Aragonese forces led by King James II landed on the coast of Almería, beginning an ultimately unsuccessful siege of the city, then held by the Emirate of Granada.

August 11th, 1975

The Timorese Democratic Union launched a coup in Portuguese Timor, starting the East Timorese civil war.

August 11th, 1991

Nickelodeon's first line of "Nicktoons" (Doug, Rugrats & Ren & Stimpy) premiere on the channel.

August 11th, 2023

Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

August 11th, 2006

The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.

August 11th, 1992

The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 11th

Same year
Born in 1527

71

Philip II of Spain

16th-century King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598

*May 21st, 1527, Palacio de Pimentel †September 13th, 1598, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

49

Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor

King of the Romans, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (1527-1576)

*July 31st, 1527, Vienna †October 12th, 1576, Regensburg

81

John Dee

16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist

*July 13th, 1527, London †November 30th, 1608, Mortlake

57

Luca Cambiaso

Italian painter (1527-1585)

*October 18th, 1527, Moneglia †September 6th, 1585, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

31

Hermann Finck

German composer

*March 21st, 1527, Pirna †December 28th, 1558, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

28

Agnes of Hesse

German noblewoman, by marriage Electress consort of Saxony

*May 31st, 1527, Marburg †November 4th, 1555, Weimar

52

Johannes Stadius

Astronomer, astrologer, mathematician

*May 1st, 1527, Loenhout †June 17th, 1579, Paris

68

John Lesley

Scottish bishop (1527–1596)

*September 29th, 1527, Scotland †May 31st, 1596, Brussels metropolitan area

17

Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal

Intanta of Portugal, Princess of Asturias, Duchess of Milan

*October 15th, 1527, Coimbra †July 12th, 1545, Valladolid

60

Tilemann Heshusius

Gnesio-Lutheran theologian

*November 3rd, 1527, Wesel †September 25th, 1588, Helmstedt

76

Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg

Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

*March 5th, 1527, Schwerin †March 14th, 1603, Güstrow

69

Siegfried Sack

German author and theologian

*March 12th, 1527, Nordhausen †September 2nd, 1596, Magdeburg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1527 is a normal year and no leap year.

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