1559 March 1559 March 16th, 1559

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  1. Born on March 16th, 1559 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
  2. Age in days, weeks and months
  3. What happened on March 16th?
  4. Birthdays of famous people
  5. Public holidays on March 16th
  6. Date as a Roman numeral / digit
  7. Calendar (March 1559)

Born on March 16th, 1559

Weekday

Monday

March 16th, 1559 was a Monday.

Age

465

People born on March 16th, 1559 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 465 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1559 - March 20th, 1559

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 169,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 119 days, exactly on August 24th, 2024, people who were born on March 16th, 1559 will be 170,000 days old!

169,881 Days

24,268 Weeks

5,581 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on March 16th?

Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation 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.
Rachel Corrie 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.
2001 Shijiazhuang bombings March 16th, 2001

A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 people.
William Francis Buckley March 16th, 1984

William Buckley, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.
Vietnam War 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.
Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 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.
Conscription March 16th, 1935

Conscription was re-introduced in Germany by the Nazi regime, and the German military was renamed the Wehrmacht.
1872 FA Cup final 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.
United States Congress 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.
American Revolutionary War March 16th, 1782

American Revolutionary War: Spain captured the island of Roatán from England off the coast of what is now Honduras.
Royal Welch Fusiliers March 16th, 1689

The Royal Welch Fusiliers (cap badge pictured), one of the oldest line-infantry regiments of the British Army, was founded.
Samoset March 16th, 1621

Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, walked into Plymouth Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English (depicted).
York Castle March 16th, 1190

Around 150 Jews died inside York Castle, the majority committing mass suicide to avoid being killed by a mob.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period 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.
590s BC 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

Born on March 16th, 1559

60
Amar Singh I
Eldest son and successor of Maharana Pratap of Mewar
*March 16th, 1559, Chittorgarh Fort †January 26th, 1620, Chittorgarh Fort

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Who's birthday is on March 16th?

Eriko Hirose: Age & Birthday 39
Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa
Emily Sweeney: Age & Birthday 31
Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland
James Madison: Age & Birthday 85
James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

*March 16th, 1751, Port Conway †June 28th, 1836, Montpelier
Pál Dárdai: Age & Birthday 48
Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs
Attilio Nicora: Age & Birthday 80
Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome
Richard Stallman: Age & Birthday 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
Isabelle Huppert: Age & Birthday 71
Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris
Georg Simon Ohm: Age & Birthday 65
Georg Simon Ohm

German physicist and mathematician

*March 16th, 1789, Erlangen †July 6th, 1854, Munich
Jens Stoltenberg: Age & Birthday 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
Victor Garber: Age & Birthday 75
Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London
Gabriel Attal: Age & Birthday 35
Gabriel Attal

French politician

*March 16th, 1989, Clamart
Alan Tudyk: Age & Birthday 53
Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso
60
Jörg Schmadtke

German association football executive

*March 16th, 1964, Düsseldorf
Adriana Fonseca: Age & Birthday 54
Adriana Fonseca

Mexican actress

*March 16th, 1970, Veracruz
Teresa Berganza: Age & Birthday 87
Teresa Berganza

Spanish mezzo-soprano

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

Same year
Born in 1559

77
Alice Spencer

English countess, viscountess and baroness

*May 4th, 1559, Althorp †January 23rd, 1637, Harefield
57
Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau

Prince-archbishop of Salzburg between 1587 and 1612

*March 26th, 1559, Bregenz †January 16th, 1617, Fortress Hohensalzburg
67
Nurhaci

Jurchen chieftain of Later Jin, founder of Qing Dynasty

*February 11th, 1559, Hetu Ala City †September 30th, 1626, Xingcheng
61
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

Austrian cardinal and governor of the Netherlands (1559-1621)

*November 15th, 1559, Wiener Neustadt †July 13th, 1621, City of Brussels
45
Catherine de Bourbon

Infanta of Navarre, Princess of France, crown princess of Navarre and crown princess consort of Lorraine

*February 7th, 1559, Paris †February 13th, 1604, Nancy
60
Lawrence of Brindisi

Italian Capuchin, saint (1559-1619)

*July 22nd, 1559, Brindisi †July 22nd, 1619, Lisbon
29
Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Margrave of Baden-Baden

*February 19th, 1559, Baden-Baden †June 7th, 1588, Baden-Baden
52
Melchior Jöstel

German mathematician (1559-1611)

*April 10th, 1559, Dresden †June 13th, 1611, Freiberg
53
Cigoli

Tuscan painter active in Rome (1559-1613)

*September 22nd, 1559, Cigoli †June 18th, 1613, Rome
91
Jacques Sirmond

French jesuit scholar (1559-1651)

*October 12th, 1559, Riom †October 7th, 1651, Paris
71
Giulio Mancini

Italian art historian

*February 21st, 1559, Siena †August 22nd, 1630, Rome
70
Dominique de Jésus-Marie

Spanish monk (1559-1630)

*May 16th, 1559, Calatayud city †February 16th, 1630, Vienna
45
Salomon Gesner

German theologian and educationist (1559-1605)

*November 8th, 1559, Bolesławiec †February 7th, 1605, Lutherstadt Wittenberg
55
Isaac Casaubon

Classical scholar and philologist (1559–1614)

*February 18th, 1559, Geneva †July 1st, 1614, London
58
Countess Palatine Barbara of Zweibrücken-Neuburg

Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken by birth and by marriage Countess of Oettingen-Oettingen (1559-1618)

*July 27th, 1559, Neuburg an der Donau †March 5th, 1618, Oettingen in Bayern
59
Frederik van den Bergh

Soldier in the Eighty Years' War (1559-1618)

*August 18th, 1559, Ulft †September 3rd, 1618
66
Johann Friedrich Schröter
*January 1st, 1559, Jena †January 1st, 1625, Jena
57
Sebastian Abesser
*April 25th, 1559, Grimmelshausen †June 30th, 1616

Birthdays of famous people

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Public holidays on March 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 16th.

Finian Lobhar (Finian the Leper)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finian_Lobhar
Heribert of Cologne.
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heribert_of_Cologne
Hilarius of Aquileia
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilarius_of_Aquileia
Julian of Antioch
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_of_Antioch
March 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_16_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)
Day of the Book Smugglers (Lithuania)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_book_smugglers
Remembrance day of the Latvian legionnaires (Latvia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Day_of_the_Latvian_Legionnaires
Saint Urho's Day (Finnish Americans and Finnish Canadians)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Urho

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVI.III.MDLIX

16.3.1559

Legend

M = 1000D = 500L = 50X = 10IX = 9V = 5I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1559 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
March 1559

March 1559

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9 1
10 2345678
11 9101112131415
12 16171819202122
13 23242526272829
14 3031

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