October 7th, 1543

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Born on October 7th, 1543 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on October 7th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on October 7th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (October 1543)

Born on October 7th, 1543

Weekday

Thursday

October 7th, 1543 was a Thursday.

Age

480

People born on October 7th, 1543 will turn 481 this year (2024), in exactly 157 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1543 - October 23rd, 1543

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 474 days, exactly on August 20th, 2025, people who were born on October 7th, 1543 will be 176,000 days old!

175,526 Days

25,075 Weeks

5,766 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on October 7th?

October 7th, 2023

2023 Hamas led_attack on Israel happened as Hamas attacked Israel starting the Israel–Hamas war

October 7th, 2008

2008 TC3 exploded above the Nubian Desert in Sudan, in the first time that an asteroid impact had been predicted prior to atmospheric entry.

October 7th, 2006

Anna Politkovskaya (pictured), a Russian journalist and human-rights activist, was assassinated in the elevator of her apartment block in Moscow.

October 7th, 1991

Croatian War of Independence: The Yugoslav People's Army conducted an air strike on Banski Dvori, the official residence of the president of Croatia in Zagreb.

October 7th, 1988

Near Point Barrow in Alaska, an Iñupiat hunter discovered three gray whales trapped in pack ice, which resulted in an international effort to free them.

October 7th, 1985

During severe floods in Puerto Rico, about 130 people died as a result of the deadliest single landslide on record in North America.

October 7th, 1944

The Holocaust: Sonderkommando work-unit members in Auschwitz concentration camp revolted upon learning that they were due to be killed; although a few managed to escape, most were massacred on the same day.

October 7th, 1916

Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.

October 7th, 1914

Japan captured Pohnpei from Germany, eventually leading to large-scale Japanese immigration to Micronesia.

October 7th, 1878

The state funeral of Mindon Min (pictured), who ruled Myanmar for 25 years, took place; his death was reportedly preceded by strange omens, and his senior princes were unable to attend as they had all been arrested.

October 7th, 1868

Ōdate, the last castle of the Satake clan in Japan's Tōhoku region, was captured during the Boshin War.

October 7th, 1800

The French privateer Robert Surcouf led a 150-man crew to capture the 40-gun, 437-man East Indiaman Kent.

October 7th, 1780

American Revolutionary War: Patriots and Loyalist militias engaged each other at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina.

October 7th, 1763

King George III issued a royal proclamation that forbade British settlement of much of newly acquired French territory in North America, reserving the land for indigenous peoples.

October 7th, 1571

Ottoman–Habsburg wars: The Battle of Lepanto was fought near the Gulf of Corinth, a significant setback for the Ottoman Empire and the last major naval battle fought entirely with galleys.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 7th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 7th?

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

Friðrik Dór

Icelandic singer

*October 7th, 1988, Hafnarfjörður

Niels Bohr

Danish physicist (1885–1962)

*October 7th, 1885, Copenhagen †November 18th, 1962, Copenhagen

Georg Besserer

German theologian (1544-1604)

*October 7th, 1544, Kitzingen †April 20th, 1604

Dylan Baker

American actor

*October 7th, 1959, Syracuse

Desmond Tutu

South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner (1931–2021)

*October 7th, 1931, Klerksdorp †December 26th, 2021, Cape Town

Trent Alexander-Arnold

English association football player

*October 7th, 1998, Liverpool

Joy Behar

American comedian, television host, actress and writer

*October 7th, 1942, Brooklyn

Scipione Ammirato

Italian historian (1531-1601)

*October 7th, 1531, Lecce †January 11th, 1601, Florence

James Whitcomb Riley

American poet from Indianapolis

*October 7th, 1849, Greenfield †July 22nd, 1916, Indianapolis

Jayne Torvill

English ice skater

*October 7th, 1957, Nottingham

Pantaleon Candidus

German author, historian and theologian (1540-1608)

*October 7th, 1540, Austria †February 3rd, 1608, Zweibrücken

Gary Scott Thompson

American television producer

*October 7th, 1959, Pago Pago

Melinda Schneider

Australian singer

*October 7th, 1971, Sydney

Alessandro Farnese

Italian cardinal and diplomat (1520–1589)

*October 7th, 1520, Valentano †March 2nd, 1589, Rome

Kira Kosarin

American actress and singer (born 1997)

*October 7th, 1997, Morristown

William Laud

Archbishop of Canterbury

*October 7th, 1573, Reading †January 10th, 1645, Tower Hill

Jake Humphrey

British television presenter and journalist

*October 7th, 1978, Peterborough

Diego Costa

Spanish-Brazilian association football player

*October 7th, 1988, Lagarto

Harry Kroto

British chemist (1939-2016)

*October 7th, 1939, Wisbech †April 30th, 2016, Lewes

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 October 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 7th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VII.X.MDXLIII

7.10.1543

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

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

Calendar
October 1543

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October 7th, 1543

Born on October 7th, 1543

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

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

175,526 Days

25,075 Weeks

5,766 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 7th?

2023 Hamas led_attack on Israel happened as Hamas attacked Israel starting the Israel–Hamas war

2008 TC3 exploded above the Nubian Desert in Sudan, in the first time that an asteroid impact had been predicted prior to atmospheric entry.

Anna Politkovskaya (pictured), a Russian journalist and human-rights activist, was assassinated in the elevator of her apartment block in Moscow.

Croatian War of Independence: The Yugoslav People's Army conducted an air strike on Banski Dvori, the official residence of the president of Croatia in Zagreb.

Near Point Barrow in Alaska, an Iñupiat hunter discovered three gray whales trapped in pack ice, which resulted in an international effort to free them.

During severe floods in Puerto Rico, about 130 people died as a result of the deadliest single landslide on record in North America.

The Holocaust: Sonderkommando work-unit members in Auschwitz concentration camp revolted upon learning that they were due to be killed; although a few managed to escape, most were massacred on the same day.

Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.

Japan captured Pohnpei from Germany, eventually leading to large-scale Japanese immigration to Micronesia.

The state funeral of Mindon Min (pictured), who ruled Myanmar for 25 years, took place; his death was reportedly preceded by strange omens, and his senior princes were unable to attend as they had all been arrested.

Ōdate, the last castle of the Satake clan in Japan's Tōhoku region, was captured during the Boshin War.

The French privateer Robert Surcouf led a 150-man crew to capture the 40-gun, 437-man East Indiaman Kent.

American Revolutionary War: Patriots and Loyalist militias engaged each other at the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina.

King George III issued a royal proclamation that forbade British settlement of much of newly acquired French territory in North America, reserving the land for indigenous peoples.

Ottoman–Habsburg wars: The Battle of Lepanto was fought near the Gulf of Corinth, a significant setback for the Ottoman Empire and the last major naval battle fought entirely with galleys.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 7th

Same Day Who's birthday is on October 7th?

Same year Born in 1543

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 7th

Justina of Padua

Henry Muhlenberg (some Lutheran Churches, Episcopal Church of the USA)

Osgyth

Our Lady of the Rosary

Pope Mark

Sergius and Bacchus

October 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Teachers' Day (Laos)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

7.10.1543

Legend

Leap year

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

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 7th

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Who's birthday is on October 7th?

Same year
Born in 1543

Calendar
October 1543

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
39					1	2	3
40	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
41	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
42	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
43	25	26	27	28	29	30	31