November 12th, 1543

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Born on November 12th, 1543 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on November 12th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on November 12th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (November 1543)

Born on November 12th, 1543

Weekday

Friday

November 12th, 1543 was a Friday.

Age

480

People born on November 12th, 1543 will turn 481 this year (2024), in exactly 132 days .

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

October 24th, 1543 - November 22nd, 1543

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 449 days, exactly on September 25th, 2025, people who were born on November 12th, 1543 will be 176,000 days old!

175,551 Days

25,078 Weeks

5,767 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on November 12th?

November 12th, 2014

The European Space Agency lander Philae (artist's impression shown) touched down on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, becoming the first spacecraft to land on a comet.

November 12th, 2006

Although the Georgian government declared it illegal, South Ossetia held a referendum on independence, with more than 99 percent of voters in favour of preserving the region's status as a de facto independent state.

November 12th, 2001

American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into residential buildings five minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, killing a total of 265 people.

November 12th, 1996

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 collided in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349 people, the deadliest such collision in history.

November 12th, 1991

Indonesian forces opened fire on student demonstrators protesting the occupation of East Timor in the capital Dili, killing at least 250 people.

November 12th, 1973

The first episode of Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running television sitcom in history, premiered on the BBC.

November 12th, 1970

The deadliest tropical cyclone in history made landfall on the coast of East Pakistan (Bangladesh), killing at least 250,000 people.

November 12th, 1948

Former Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo was sentenced to death for war crimes alongside generals Iwane Matsui, Akira Mutō and Kenji Doihara.

November 12th, 1945

Sudirman was elected the first commander-in-chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces.

November 12th, 1944

Second World War: The Royal Air Force sank the German battleship Tirpitz on the ninth attempt (video featured), killing about 1,000 sailors on board.

November 12th, 1942

World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the decisive engagement in a series of sea battles between Allied and Japanese forces during the months-long Guadalcanal campaign in the Solomon Islands, began.

November 12th, 1940

World War II: Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrived in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis powers.

November 12th, 1932

At the request of the Government of Western Australia, the Australian military officially resumed fighting the Great Emu War after their prior withdrawal.

November 12th, 1928

The British ocean liner SS Vestris sank in the western Atlantic Ocean, killing 111 people.

November 12th, 1912

Eight months after perishing during the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, the bodies of Robert Falcon Scott (pictured) and his companions were discovered on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 12th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 12th?

Dieter Wedel

German director and screenwriter

*November 12th, 1941, Frankfurt †July 13th, 2022, Hamburg

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

Daria Bujnicka

Badminton player

*November 12th, 2003, Łódź

Grace Kelly

American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (1929–1982)

*November 12th, 1929, Philadelphia †September 14th, 1982, Commune of Monaco

Richard Baxter

English Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer

*November 12th, 1615, Rowton †December 8th, 1691, London

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Onești

Ricardo Fernandes

Badminton player

*November 12th, 1972, Funchal

Bernd Fritz

German author

*November 12th, 1945, Bechtheim †April 16th, 2017, Bechtheim

Anne Hathaway

American actress

*November 12th, 1982, Brooklyn

Florent Manaudou

French swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, former world record-holder

*November 12th, 1990, Villeurbanne

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville

French admiral and explorer (1729–1811)

*November 12th, 1780, Paris †August 31st, 1811, Paris

Tonya Harding

American figure skater

*November 12th, 1970, Portland

Baháʼu'lláh

Founder of the Bahá'í Faith

*November 12th, 1817, Tehran †May 29th, 1892, Acre

Neil Young

Canadian singer, songwriter and filmmaker (born 1945)

*November 12th, 1945, Toronto

Patrice Leconte

French film director and screenwriter

*November 12th, 1947, Paris

Enzo Francescoli

Uruguayan footballer

*November 12th, 1961, Montevideo

Juana Inés de la Cruz

Mexican writer, philosopher, composer and poet

*November 12th, 1651, Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz †April 17th, 1695, Mexico City

Tadeusz Borowski

Polish writer and journalist (1922-1951)

*November 12th, 1922, Zhytomyr †July 3rd, 1951, Warsaw

Ulrich von Hassell

German diplomat and resistance fighter against National Socialism (1881–1944)

*November 12th, 1881, Anklam †September 8th, 1944, Plötzensee Prison

Keith Mitchell

Grenadian politician

*November 12th, 1946, Saint George Parish

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 November 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on November 12th.

Birth of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day. (Republic of China)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Taiwan

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XII.XI.MDXLIII

12.11.1543

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XL = 40

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

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

Calendar
November 1543

November 1543

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November 12th, 1543

Born on November 12th, 1543

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

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

175,551 Days

25,078 Weeks

5,767 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on November 12th?

The European Space Agency lander Philae (artist's impression shown) touched down on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, becoming the first spacecraft to land on a comet.

Although the Georgian government declared it illegal, South Ossetia held a referendum on independence, with more than 99 percent of voters in favour of preserving the region's status as a de facto independent state.

American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into residential buildings five minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, killing a total of 265 people.

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 collided in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349 people, the deadliest such collision in history.

Indonesian forces opened fire on student demonstrators protesting the occupation of East Timor in the capital Dili, killing at least 250 people.

The first episode of Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running television sitcom in history, premiered on the BBC.

The deadliest tropical cyclone in history made landfall on the coast of East Pakistan (Bangladesh), killing at least 250,000 people.

Former Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo was sentenced to death for war crimes alongside generals Iwane Matsui, Akira Mutō and Kenji Doihara.

Sudirman was elected the first commander-in-chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces.

Second World War: The Royal Air Force sank the German battleship Tirpitz on the ninth attempt (video featured), killing about 1,000 sailors on board.

World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the decisive engagement in a series of sea battles between Allied and Japanese forces during the months-long Guadalcanal campaign in the Solomon Islands, began.

World War II: Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrived in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis powers.

At the request of the Government of Western Australia, the Australian military officially resumed fighting the Great Emu War after their prior withdrawal.

The British ocean liner SS Vestris sank in the western Atlantic Ocean, killing 111 people.

Eight months after perishing during the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, the bodies of Robert Falcon Scott (pictured) and his companions were discovered on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 12th

Same Day Who's birthday is on November 12th?

Same year Born in 1543

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on November 12th

Birth of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day. (Republic of China)

Arsatius

Astrik (or Anastasius) of Pannonhalma

Cumméne Fota

Cunibert

Emilian of Cogolla

Imerius of Immertal

Josaphat Kuntsevych (Roman Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church)

Lebuinus (Liafwine)

Livinus of Ghent

Machar

Margarito Flores García

Nilus of Sinai

Patiens

René d'Angers

Theodore the Studite

Ymar

November 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (Azerbaijan)

Father's Day (Indonesia)

National Health Day (Indonesia)

National Youth Day (East Timor)

World Pneumonia Day