July 3rd, 1543

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People who were born on July 3rd, 1543 celebrate their birthday today! They'll be 481 year(s) old today.

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Born on July 3rd, 1543 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on July 3rd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on July 3rd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (July 1543)

Born on July 3rd, 1543

Weekday

Saturday

July 3rd, 1543 was a Saturday.

Age

481

Zodiac

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Cancer (The Crab)

June 22nd, 1543 - July 22nd, 1543

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 175,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 317 days, exactly on May 16th, 2025, people who were born on July 3rd, 1543 will be 176,000 days old!

175,683 Days

25,097 Weeks

5,772 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Minutes

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What happened on July 3rd?

July 3rd, 2013

General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led a coalition to depose President Mohamed Morsi in a coup d'état in Cairo, suspending the Egyptian Constitution of 2012.

July 3rd, 1979

U.S. president Jimmy Carter signed a presidential finding, authorizing the CIA to secretly aid the mujahideen in their fight against the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

July 3rd, 1973

British singer David Bowie retired his stage persona Ziggy Stardust in a surprise announcement on the last day of a 17-month tour.

July 3rd, 1952

SS United States (pictured) departed New York Harbor on her maiden voyage, on which completion she became the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic.

July 3rd, 1940

Second World War: The Royal Navy attacked the French fleet at Mers El Kébir, fearing that the ships would fall into Axis hands after the French–German armistice.

July 3rd, 1938

On the 75th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Gettysburg, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Eternal Light Peace Memorial.

July 3rd, 1863

Confederate forces were defeated by the Union Army on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg (pictured), a turning point in the American Civil War.

July 3rd, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Loyalists and Iroquois killed over 300 Patriots at the Battle of Wyoming in Pennsylvania.

July 3rd, 1754

French and Indian War: George Washington surrendered Fort Necessity in Pennsylvania, the only military surrender in his career.

July 3rd, 0324

Civil wars of the Tetrarchy: Roman emperor Constantine the Great defeated his former colleague Licinius at the Battle of Adrianople.

July 3rd, 2013

President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is removed from office by the military after four days of protests all over the country calling for his resignation, to which he did not respond. The president of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, Adly Mansour, is declared acting president until further elections are held.

July 3rd, 1996

British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland.

July 3rd, 1988

The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus.

July 3rd, 1979

U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.

July 3rd, 1973

David Bowie retires his stage persona Ziggy Stardust with the surprise announcement that it is "the last show that we'll ever do" on the last day of the Ziggy Stardust Tour.

Today's Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 3rd?

Vince Clarke

English synth-pop musician and songwriter

*July 3rd, 1960, South Woodford tube station

Kontra K

German rapper

*July 3rd, 1987, Berlin

Vladimir Ivanov

Russian badminton player

*July 3rd, 1987, Kusa

PartyNextDoor

Canadian R&B singer

*July 3rd, 1993, Mississauga

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

Franz Kafka

Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)

*July 3rd, 1883, Prague †June 3rd, 1924, Kierling

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski

German politician (1932–2015)

*July 3rd, 1932, Alt-Treptow †June 21st, 2015, Rottach-Egern

Erika Endesfelder

German egyptologist (1935-2015)

*July 3rd, 1935, Berlin †January 28th, 2015, Berlin

Julian Assange

Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)

*July 3rd, 1971, Townsville

Sebastian Vettel

German racing driver

*July 3rd, 1987, Heppenheim

Patrick Wilson

American actor

*July 3rd, 1973, Norfolk

Mikkel Damsgaard

Danish association football player

*July 3rd, 2000, Jyllinge

Tom Stoppard

British playwright (born 1937)

*July 3rd, 1937, Zlín

Audra McDonald

American actress and singer (born 1970)

*July 3rd, 1970, Berlin

Betty Buckley

American actress and singer

*July 3rd, 1947, Big Spring

Dave Barry

American writer

*July 3rd, 1947, Armonk

Thomas Gibson

American actor and director

*July 3rd, 1962, Charleston

Shawnee Smith

American actress

*July 3rd, 1969, Orangeburg

Joanne Harris

British and French author

*July 3rd, 1964, Barnsley

Same year
Born in 1543

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)

*January 31st, 1543, Okazaki Castle †June 1st, 1616, Sunpu Castle

Claudio Acquaviva

Superior General of the Society of Jesus

*September 14th, 1543, Atri †January 31st, 1615, Rome

Hartmann Pistoris

German jurist (1543-1603)

*January 22nd, 1543, Leipzig †March 1st, 1603, Leipzig

Kanō Eitoku

Japanese artist (1543-1590)

*February 16th, 1543, Heian-kyō †October 12th, 1590, Heian-kyō

Charles III, Duke of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine from 1545

*February 18th, 1543, Nancy †May 14th, 1608, Nancy

John Still

Bishop of Bath and Wells in Somerset, England

*November 30th, 1543, Grantham †January 1st, 1608, Wells

Dorothea van Saksen-Lauenburg

(1543-1586)

*March 11th, 1543, Lüneburg †April 5th, 1586, Herzberg am Harz

Valentin Schindler

Lutheran Hebraist and professor of the University of Wittenberg, where he was an important teacher of the Hebrew language

*February 14th, 1543, Oederan †June 11th, 1604, Helmstedt

Christine of Hesse

Duchess Consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

*June 29th, 1543, Kassel †May 13th, 1604, Kiel

Johann Yetzeler

(1543-1622)

*January 1st, 1543, Schaffhausen †January 1st, 1622, Schaffhausen

Lettice Knollys

English noblewoman

*November 8th, 1543, Rotherfield Greys †December 25th, 1634, Drayton Bassett

Sharaf Khan Bidlisi

Kurdish noble and writer (1543-c.1603)

*February 25th, 1543, Bitlis †January 1st, 1603, Bitlis

François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières

Marshal of France (1543-1626)

*April 1st, 1543, Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur †September 21st, 1626, Valence

John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern

German prince and reigning count palatine of Simmern (1543-1592)

*March 7th, 1543, Simmern †January 16th, 1592, Heidelberg

Giovanni Bembo

Doge of Venice (1543-1618)

*August 21st, 1543, Venice †March 16th, 1618, Venice

Petrus Albinus

German professor, father of Saxon historiography

*June 28th, 1543, Schneeberg †July 31st, 1598, Dresden

Antonio Archilei

Italian singer, composer and luth player

*March 12th, 1543, Albano Laziale †January 1st, 1612, Florence

Nathanael Chytraeus

German historian and theologian

*January 1st, 1543, Menzingen †January 1st, 1598, Bremen

Johann Lange

*September 4th, 1543, Wesselburen †November 17th, 1616, Kamenz

Àngela Margarida Prat

*October 26th, 1543, Manresa †December 24th, 1608

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 3rd.

Independence Day, celebrates the liberation of Minsk from Nazi occupation by Soviet troops in 1944 (Belarus)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Belarus)

The start of the Dog Days according to the Old Farmer's Almanac but not according to established meaning in most European cultures

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_days

Women's Day (Myanmar)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

III.VII.MDXLIII

3.7.1543

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XL = 40

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1543 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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