March 6th, 1530

Born on March 6th, 1530

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 180,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 516 days, exactly on September 26th, 2025, people who were born on March 6th, 1530 will be 181,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 6th?

March 6th, 2000

The Marine Parade Community Building, the mural cladding of which is the largest installation art in Singapore, was opened.

March 6th, 1988

The Troubles: In Operation Flavius, the Special Air Service killed three volunteers of the Provisional Irish Republican Army conspiring to bomb a parade of British military bands in Gibraltar.

March 6th, 1987

The ferry Herald of Free Enterprise capsized while leaving the harbour of Zeebrugge, Belgium, killing 193 people on board.

March 6th, 1953

Following Joseph Stalin's death, Georgy Malenkov succeeded him as Premier of the Soviet Union.

March 6th, 1945

Petru Groza of the Ploughmen's Front became the first prime minister of the Communist Party-dominated government of Romania.

March 6th, 1943

World War II: National Liberation Front forces defeated Italian occupiers in the Battle of Fardykambos, a major sign of the Greek resistance's growth.

March 6th, 1933

The day after the federal election, the Nazi Party banned elected Communist Party of Germany members from taking their seats in the Reichstag.

March 6th, 1930

Organized by the Communist International, hundreds of thousands of people in major cities around the world marched to protest mass unemployment associated with the Great Depression.

March 6th, 1913

First Balkan War: The Greek army captured Bizani Fortress, near Ioannina, from the Ottomans.

March 6th, 1904

Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Led by William Speirs Bruce (pictured), the Antarctic region of Coats Land was discovered by the Scotia.

March 6th, 1853

Giuseppe Verdi's La traviata premiered at La Fenice in Venice, but the performance was considered so bad that it caused him to revise portions of the opera.

March 6th, 1836

Texas Revolution: Mexican troops captured the Alamo Mission in San Antonio from Texian forces after a 13-day siege.

March 6th, 1447

Tommaso Parentucelli was elected as Pope Nicholas V in Rome.

March 6th, 0845

The Abbasid Caliphate executed 42 Byzantine officials who had been captured in the sack of Amorium of 838 for refusing to convert to Islam.

March 6th, 1836

Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 6th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 6th?

88

Michelangelo

Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet (1475–1564)

*March 6th, 1475, Caprese Michelangelo †February 18th, 1564, Rome

32

Gebby Ristiyani Imawan

Badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Tangerang City

37

Kevin-Prince Boateng

Ghanaian association football player

*March 6th, 1987, West Berlin

87

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)

*March 6th, 1927, Aracataca †April 17th, 2014, Mexico City

32

Kim Astrup Sørensen

Badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Herning

55

Jintara Poonlarp

Thai female singer

*March 6th, 1969, Kaset Wisai

94

Ejler Bille

Danish artist (1910-2004)

*March 6th, 1910, Odder †May 1st, 2004, Copenhagen

32

Raphael Beck

German badminton player

*March 6th, 1992, Düsseldorf

27

Teoh Mei Xing

Malaysian badminton player

*March 6th, 1997, Subang Jaya

36

Simon Mignolet

Belgian association football player

*March 6th, 1988, Sint-Truiden

78

David Gilmour

English musician, member of Pink Floyd (born 1946)

*March 6th, 1946, Cambridge

57

Mihai Tudose

Romanian politician

*March 6th, 1967, Brăila

56

Vincent Gale

Actor

*March 6th, 1968, Glasgow

40

Floé Kühnert

German pole vaulter

*March 6th, 1984, Ulm

87

Valentina Tereshkova

Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space

*March 6th, 1937, Bolshoye Maslennikovo

61

Luigi Alamanni

Italian poet

*March 6th, 1495, Florence †April 18th, 1556, Amboise

64

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Russian composer

*March 6th, 1844, Tikhvin †June 21st, 1908, Lyubensk

65

Tom Arnold

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1959)

*March 6th, 1959, Ottumwa

47

Humayun

Mughal Emperor from 1530 to 1540 and 1555 to 1556

*March 6th, 1508, Kabul †January 27th, 1556, Delhi

66

Jean-Xavier Lefèvre

Swiss-born French clarinettist (1763-1829)

*March 6th, 1763, Lausanne †November 9th, 1829, Paris

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53

Ivan IV Vasilyevich

Tsar of Russia from 1547 to 1584

*August 25th, 1530, Kolomenskoye †March 18th, 1584, Moscow

48

Uesugi Kenshin

Japanese daimyo

*February 18th, 1530, Kasugayama Castle †April 19th, 1578, Kasugayama Castle

38

Louis, Prince of Condé

French general, Huguenot leader and founder of the House of Bourbon-Condé (1530-1569)

*May 7th, 1530, Vendôme †March 13th, 1569, Jarnac

71

Claude Fauchet

French official, historian and antiquary (1530–1602)

*July 3rd, 1530, Paris †January 1st, 1602, Paris

77

Lucas Bacmeister

German theologian and university teacher (1530-1608)

*October 18th, 1530, Lüneburg †July 9th, 1608, Rostock

32

Étienne de La Boétie

French judge, writer and philosopher

*November 1st, 1530, Sarlat-la-Canéda †August 18th, 1563, Le Taillan-Médoc

48

François de Montmorency

Marshal of France (1530-1579)

*June 17th, 1530, Chantilly †May 6th, 1579, Écouen

72

David Peifer

German jurist (1530-1602)

*January 3rd, 1530, Leipzig †February 2nd, 1602, Dresden

56

Jan Rubens

Flemish politician, father of Peter Paul Rubens (1530-1587)

*March 13th, 1530, Antwerp †March 1st, 1587, Cologne

67

Stanislaus Bornbach

Polish author and historian (1530-1597)

*January 14th, 1530, Warsaw †March 27th, 1597, Gdańsk

35

Ranuccio Farnese

Italian prelate who was Cardinal of Santa Lucia in Selci

*August 11th, 1530, Valentano †October 29th, 1565, Parma

59

Giambattista Benedetti

Mathematician from Italy

*August 14th, 1530, Venice †January 20th, 1590, Turin

81

Louis III, Count of Löwenstein

Count of Löwenstein (1530-1611)

*February 17th, 1530, Vaihingen an der Enz †March 13th, 1611, Wertheim

76

Joachim Strupp

German author (1530-1606)

*April 6th, 1530, Grünberg †June 18th, 1606, Darmstadt

79

Valentin Forster

German jurist (1530-1609)

*January 20th, 1530, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †October 28th, 1609, Helmstedt

42

John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

German Duke (1530-1573)

*March 11th, 1530, Torgau †March 2nd, 1573, Weimar

38

Onofrio Panvinio

Italian historian and antiquary (1529-1568)

*February 23rd, 1530, Verona †April 27th, 1568, Palermo

40

Gaspar de Bono

Spanish friar

*January 5th, 1530, Valencia †January 1st, 1571, Valencia

85

Bernardino Realino

Italian Jesuit

*December 1st, 1530, Carpi †July 2nd, 1616, Lecce

52

Vratislav von Pernstein

Czech nobleman (1530-1582)

*July 9th, 1530, Velké Meziříčí †October 27th, 1582, Linz

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1530 is a normal year and no leap year.

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