July 8th, 1543

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Born on July 8th, 1543 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on July 8th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on July 8th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (July 1543)

Born on July 8th, 1543

Weekday

Thursday

July 8th, 1543 was a Thursday.

Age

480

People born on July 8th, 1543 will turn 481 this year (2024), in exactly 7 days .

Zodiac

♋

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 324 days, exactly on May 21st, 2025, people who were born on July 8th, 1543 will be 176,000 days old!

175,676 Days

25,096 Weeks

5,771 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on July 8th?

July 8th, 2021

Head of a Bear (pictured) sold at auction in London for a total of £8.8 million, a record for a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.

July 8th, 2014

German citizen Lars Mittank disappeared from Varna Airport, Bulgaria; his last known movements have been widely watched on YouTube.

July 8th, 2003

Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.

July 8th, 1994

Upon the death of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il (pictured) became the supreme leader of North Korea.

July 8th, 1980

Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashes near Almaty International Airport in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan) killing all 166 people on board.

July 8th, 1966

King Mwambutsa IV of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.

July 8th, 1965

Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 is destroyed by a bomb near 100 Mile House, Canada, killing 52.

July 8th, 1962

Following student protests at Rangoon University, Burmese general Ne Win ordered the demolition of the historic students' union building.

July 8th, 1950

Korean War: American troops withdrew from Cheonan, in modern-day South Korea, after suffering heavy casualties from a North Korean attack.

July 8th, 1947

Following reports of the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Forces personnel near Roswell, New Mexico, the military stated that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon.

July 8th, 1874

The Mounties begin their March West, their first journey to the Canadian Prairies.

July 8th, 1776

The United States Declaration of Independence received its first formal public reading, in Philadelphia.

July 8th, 1758

French and Indian War: French forces defeated the British at Fort Carillon on the shore of Lake Champlain in the British colony of New York.

July 8th, 1709

Great Northern War: Swedish forces under Charles XII were defeated by Russian troops led by Peter the Great at the Battle of Poltava.

July 8th, 1663

Charles II of England granted the Rhode Island Royal Charter, described as the "grandest instrument of human liberty ever constructed", to the Baptist minister John Clarke.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 8th?

Khosit Phetpradab

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1994, Ratchaburi

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

Carlos, Prince of Asturias

Prince of Asturias; eldest child of Philip II of Spain

*July 8th, 1545, Valladolid †July 24th, 1568, Madrid

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

*July 8th, 1838, Constance †March 8th, 1917, Berlin

100

Jean Rouverol

American actress and screenwriter

*July 8th, 1916, St. Louis †March 24th, 2017, Dover

John D. Rockefeller

American business magnate and philanthropist (1839–1937)

*July 8th, 1839, Richford †May 23rd, 1937, Ormond Beach

Jean de La Fontaine

French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)

*July 8th, 1621, Château-Thierry †April 13th, 1695, Paris

Hwang Ji-man

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Miryang

Rashid Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1968, Banting

Hiroyuki Saeki

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1987, Kurashiki

103

Alejandra Soler

Spanish teacher and politician (1913-2017)

*July 8th, 1913, Valencia †March 1st, 2017, Valencia

Febby Angguni

Indonesian badminton player

*July 8th, 1991, Bandung

Zeynep Bastık

Turkish singer-songwriter, dancer and actress

*July 8th, 1993, Çanakkale

Rachel van Cutsen

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1984, Spijkenisse

Virginie Delvingt

Badminton player

*July 8th, 1971, Strasbourg

Ang Li Peng

Malaysian badminton player

*July 8th, 1981, Banting

Rocky Carroll

American actor

*July 8th, 1963, Cincinnati

Artemisia Gentileschi

Italian Baroque painter (1593—1651)

*July 8th, 1593, Rome †November 30th, 1652, Naples

Billy Crudup

American actor (born 1968)

*July 8th, 1968, Manhasset

Louis Jordan

American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908–1975)

*July 8th, 1908, Arkansas †February 4th, 1975, Los Angeles

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 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on July 8th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VIII.VII.MDXLIII

8.7.1543

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.

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July 8th, 1543

Born on July 8th, 1543

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

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

175,676 Days

25,096 Weeks

5,771 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on July 8th?

Head of a Bear (pictured) sold at auction in London for a total of £8.8 million, a record for a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.

German citizen Lars Mittank disappeared from Varna Airport, Bulgaria; his last known movements have been widely watched on YouTube.

Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashes near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.

Upon the death of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il (pictured) became the supreme leader of North Korea.

Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashes near Almaty International Airport in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan) killing all 166 people on board.

King Mwambutsa IV of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.

Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 is destroyed by a bomb near 100 Mile House, Canada, killing 52.

Following student protests at Rangoon University, Burmese general Ne Win ordered the demolition of the historic students' union building.

Korean War: American troops withdrew from Cheonan, in modern-day South Korea, after suffering heavy casualties from a North Korean attack.

Following reports of the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Forces personnel near Roswell, New Mexico, the military stated that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon.

The Mounties begin their March West, their first journey to the Canadian Prairies.

The United States Declaration of Independence received its first formal public reading, in Philadelphia.

French and Indian War: French forces defeated the British at Fort Carillon on the shore of Lake Champlain in the British colony of New York.

Great Northern War: Swedish forces under Charles XII were defeated by Russian troops led by Peter the Great at the Battle of Poltava.

Charles II of England granted the Rhode Island Royal Charter, described as the "grandest instrument of human liberty ever constructed", to the Baptist minister John Clarke.

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

Same Day Who's birthday is on July 8th?

Same year Born in 1543

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 8th

Abda and Sabas

Auspicius of Trier

Grimbald

Kilian and Totnan

Saints Peter and Fevronia Day (Russian Orthodox)

Procopius of Scythopolis

Sunniva and companions

Theobald of Marly

July 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Air Force and Air Defense Forces Day (Ukraine)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

8.7.1543

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

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Born in 1543

Calendar
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