March 16th, 1557

Born on March 16th, 1557

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 16th?

March 16th, 2014

Annexation of Crimea: The Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a controversial referendum in which voters overwhelmingly chose to join Russia as a federal subject.

March 16th, 2003

American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer in Rafah while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian house.

March 16th, 2001

A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 people.

March 16th, 1984

William Buckley, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.

March 16th, 1968

Vietnam War: American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Sơn Mỹ village in the Sơn Tịnh District of South Vietnam.

March 16th, 1962

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a charter flight carrying U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers, disappeared without a trace, prompting one of the largest searches in the history of the Pacific.

March 16th, 1935

Conscription was re-introduced in Germany by the Nazi regime, and the German military was renamed the Wehrmacht.

March 16th, 1872

In the inaugural final of the FA Cup (trophy pictured) Wanderers defeated Royal Engineers 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.

March 16th, 1802

Congress passed the Military Peace Establishment Act, authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate the U.S. Military Academy (pictured) at West Point, New York.

March 16th, 1782

American Revolutionary War: Spain captured the island of Roatán from England off the coast of what is now Honduras.

March 16th, 1689

The Royal Welch Fusiliers (cap badge pictured), one of the oldest line-infantry regiments of the British Army, was founded.

March 16th, 1621

Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, walked into Plymouth Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English (depicted).

March 16th, 1190

Around 150 Jews died inside York Castle, the majority committing mass suicide to avoid being killed by a mob.

March 16th, 0934

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

March 18th, 2007

Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and installed Zedekiah as King of Judah.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 16th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 16th?

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

85

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

*March 16th, 1751, Port Conway †June 28th, 1836, Montpelier

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

65

Georg Simon Ohm

German physicist and mathematician

*March 16th, 1789, Erlangen †July 6th, 1854, Munich

65

Jens Stoltenberg

34th Prime Minister of Norway, subsequently 13th Secretary-General of NATO

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

35

Gabriel Attal

French politician

*March 16th, 1989, Clamart

53

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

60

Jörg Schmadtke

German association football executive

*March 16th, 1964, Düsseldorf

54

Adriana Fonseca

Mexican actress

*March 16th, 1970, Veracruz

87

Teresa Berganza

Spanish mezzo-soprano

*March 16th, 1935, Madrid †May 13th, 2022, San Lorenzo de El Escorial

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Born in 1557

40

Feodor I of Russia

Tsar of Russia (1557-1598)

*May 31st, 1557, Pereslavl-Zalessky †January 7th, 1598, Moscow

62

Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor; (1557-1619)

*February 24th, 1557, Vienna †March 20th, 1619, Vienna

64

Martin Behm

German theologian and writer (1557-1622)

*September 16th, 1557, Lubań †February 5th, 1622, Lubań

69

Jacques Mauduit

French composer

*September 16th, 1557, Paris †August 21st, 1627, Paris

28

Vittoria Accoramboni

Italian noble (1557-1585)

*February 15th, 1557, Gubbio †December 22nd, 1585, Padua

40

Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein

German Count Palantine

*April 11th, 1557, Meisenheim †December 17th, 1597, Schloss Friedrichsburg

38

Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel

English nobleman and Catholic saint (1557-1595)

*June 28th, 1557, London †October 19th, 1595, London

66

Ernst Cothmann

German university teacher (1557-1624)

*December 6th, 1557, Lemgo †April 13th, 1624, Rostock

44

Agostino Carracci

Bolognese painter of the Baroque (1557-1602)

*August 16th, 1557, Bologna †March 22nd, 1602, Parma

74

Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

Queen consort of Denmark and Norway

*September 4th, 1557, Wismar †October 14th, 1631, Nykøbing Falster

73

Anne Howard, Countess of Arundel

English countess and poet

*March 21st, 1557, Carlisle †April 19th, 1630, Shifnal

49

Stephen Bocskay

Prince of Transylvania (1557–1606)

*January 1st, 1557, Cluj-Napoca †December 29th, 1606, Košice

64

Alfonso Fontanelli

Italian composer

*February 15th, 1557, Reggio Emilia †February 11th, 1622, Rome

59

György Thurzó

Palatine of Hungary (1557-1616)

*September 2nd, 1557, Lietava †December 26th, 1616, Bytča

50

Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg

*August 19th, 1557, Montbéliard †January 29th, 1608, Stuttgart

48

Casimir VI, Duke of Pomerania

Non-reigning Duke of Pomerania and Lutheran Administrator of Cammin Prince-Bishopric (1557-1605)

*March 22nd, 1557, Wolgast †May 10th, 1605, Darłowo

76

Lew Sapieha

Polish–Lithuanian noble (1557-1633)

*April 4th, 1557, Astroŭna †July 7th, 1633, Vilnius

64

Leandro Bassano

Italian painter (1557-1622)

*June 10th, 1557, Bassano del Grappa †April 15th, 1622, Venice

70

Sibylle of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg by birth and by marriage Margravine of Burgau

*August 26th, 1557, Kleve †January 1st, 1628, Günzburg

85

Georg Huber

(1557-1642)

*January 1st, 1557, St. Gallen †August 29th, 1642

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1557 is a normal year and no leap year.

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