Born on August 16th, 1544
Weekday
Wednesday
August 16th, 1544 was a Wednesday.
Zodiac
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Leo (The Lion)
July 23rd, 1544 - August 23rd, 1544
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 175,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 794 days, exactly on June 30th, 2026, people who were born on August 16th, 1544 will be 176,000 days old!
175,206 Days
25,029 Weeks
5,756 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on August 16th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 16th
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Who's birthday is on August 16th?
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Gabriel Lippmann
Luxembourgish physicist nationalized French (1845-1921)
*August 16th, 1845, Bonnevoie †July 13th, 1921, Atlantic Ocean
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58 Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
President of Nigeria (1951-2010)
*August 16th, 1951, Katsina †May 5th, 2010, Nigerian Presidential ComplexSame year
Born in 1544
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59 William Gilbert
English physician, physicist and natural philosopher (1544-1603)
*May 24th, 1544, Colchester †November 30th, 1603, London
16 Francis II of France
King of France (1544-1560)
*January 19th, 1544, Fontainebleau †December 5th, 1560, Orléans
32 Anna of Saxony
Dutch princess (1545-1577)
*December 23rd, 1544, Dresden †December 18th, 1577, Dresden
Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania
Duke of Pomerania-Stettin from 1603 to 1606
*August 9th, 1544, Wolgast †March 7th, 1606, SzczecinGillis van Coninxloo
Flemish painter (1544-1607)
*January 24th, 1544, Antwerp †January 4th, 1607, AmsterdamDorothea Susanne of Simmern
Duchess of Saxe-Weimar
*November 15th, 1544, Simmern †April 8th, 1592, WeimarIsaac Habrecht
Swiss clockmaker
*February 23rd, 1544, Schaffhausen †November 11th, 1620, Strasbourg
34 Takenaka Shigeharu
Japanese samurai
*September 27th, 1544, Ōno district †July 6th, 1579, Miki Castle,_fondateur_de_la_congr%C3%A9gation_des_Fr%C3%A8res_de_la_doctrine_chr%C3%A9tienne_-_P2187_-_Mus%C3%A9e_Carnavalet.jpg "César de Bus")
63 César de Bus
French Roman Catholic priest and saint
*February 3rd, 1544, Cavaillon †April 15th, 1607, AvignonJohann Conrad Meyer
Swiss politician (1544-1604)
*May 5th, 1544, Schaffhausen †June 18th, 1604, MaienfeldThomas Hobson
English keeper of a livery stable
*January 1st, 1544, Stratford-upon-Avon †January 1st, 1631, WalesBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on August 16th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 16th.
Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennington_Battle_DayChildren's Day (Paraguay)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_DayTranslation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_of_EdessaAugust 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_16_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gozan_no_OkuribiNational Airborne Day (United States)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airborne_DayRestoration Day (Dominican Republic)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Dominican_RepublicThe first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_GabonXicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XicolatadaDate as a Roman numeral / digit
16.8.1544
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | XL = 40 | X = 10 | V = 5 | IV = 4 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1544 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).