August 31st, 1541

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Born on August 31st, 1541 – 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 1541)

Born on August 31st, 1541

Weekday

Sunday

August 31st, 1541 was a Sunday.

Age

482

People born on August 31st, 1541 will turn 483 this year (2024), in exactly 124 days .

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

August 24th, 1541 - September 23rd, 1541

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 176,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 711 days, exactly on April 10th, 2026, people who were born on August 31st, 1541 will be 177,000 days old!

176,289 Days

25,184 Weeks

5,791 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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

Isabella de' Medici

Daughter of Cosimo I. de’ Medici and Eleonora of Toledo (1542-1576)

*August 31st, 1542, Florence †July 16th, 1576, Cerreto Guidi

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

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

Ismail II

Third Safavid Shah of Iran

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

Charmaine Craig

American actress

*August 31st, 1971, United States of America

Arnold Mercator

German cartographer

*August 31st, 1537, Leuven †July 6th, 1587, Duisburg

Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi crown prince and Minister of Defense (born 1985)

*August 31st, 1985, Riyadh

Robert Kocharyan

Second President of Armenia

*August 31st, 1954, Khankendi

Fabio Jakobsen

Dutch cyclist

*August 31st, 1996, Gorinchem

Same year
Born in 1541

Michele Mercati

Italian polyhistor (1541-1593)

*April 8th, 1541, San Miniato †June 25th, 1593, Rome

Menso Alting

Preacher and reformer

*November 9th, 1541, Eelde †October 7th, 1612, Emden

Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex

English noble and general (1541-1576)

*September 16th, 1541, Carmarthen †September 22nd, 1576, Dublin

Francesco I de' Medici

Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541-1587)

*March 25th, 1541, Florence †October 17th, 1587, Poggio a Caiano

Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon

French general

*March 15th, 1541, Murs †December 2nd, 1615, Avignon

Philip II, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels

German noble

*January 1st, 1541, Marburg †January 1st, 1583, Rheinfels Castle

Johann Bauhin

Swiss botanist

*December 12th, 1541, Basel †October 26th, 1612, Montbéliard

Johann von Wattenwyl

Swiss politician (1541-1604)

*January 1st, 1541, Bern †May 28th, 1604, Bern

Philip V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg from 1590 to 1599

*February 21st, 1541, Bouxwiller †June 2nd, 1599, Niederbronn-les-Bains

Sophie of Brandenburg

(1541-1564)

*December 14th, 1541, Old Cölln †June 27th, 1564, Český Krumlov

Sigmund Fugger von Kirchberg und Weißenhorn

Bishop of Regensburg (1542-1600)

*November 30th, 1541, Augsburg †January 1st, 1600

Virgil Pingitzer

*October 9th, 1541, Hallein †July 20th, 1619, Jena

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.MDXLI

31.8.1541

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1541 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1541

August 1541

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35	25	26	27	28	29	30	31

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August 31st, 1541

Born on August 31st, 1541

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 176,000 days old!

176,289 Days

25,184 Weeks

5,791 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 1541

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

31.8.1541

Legend

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 176,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Born in 1541

Calendar
August 1541

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