August 28th, 1559

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Born on August 28th, 1559 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 28th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 28th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1559)

Born on August 28th, 1559

Weekday

Friday

August 28th, 1559 was a Friday.

Age

464

People born on August 28th, 1559 will turn 465 this year (2024), in exactly 122 days .

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

August 24th, 1559 - September 23rd, 1559

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 283 days, exactly on February 5th, 2025, people who were born on August 28th, 1559 will be 170,000 days old!

169,717 Days

24,245 Weeks

5,576 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on August 28th?

August 28th, 2021

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line opens for service

August 28th, 2003

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

August 28th, 1993

The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.

August 28th, 1987

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

August 28th, 1973

Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; during the incident the hostages had bonded with their captors, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.

August 28th, 1963

American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

August 28th, 1955

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

August 28th, 1950

In tennis, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

August 28th, 1914

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight.

August 28th, 1909

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

August 28th, 1833

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

August 28th, 1830

Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

August 28th, 1789

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

August 28th, 1640

Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.

August 28th, 1619

Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 28th?

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author (1828–1910)

*August 28th, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana †November 7th, 1910, Astapovo

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

*August 28th, 1749, Frankfurt †March 22nd, 1832, Weimar

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

*August 28th, 1797, Brzeg †August 1st, 1840, Athens

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

*August 28th, 1928, Remscheid †June 9th, 2009, Seehausen am Staffelsee

Dietz-Otto Edzard

German Assyriologist

*August 28th, 1930, Bremen †June 2nd, 2004, Munich

Heinrich Heydemann

German classical archaeologist

*August 28th, 1842, Greifswald †September 10th, 1890, Halle (Saale)

Carsten Jancker

German association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1974, Grevesmühlen

Taichang Emperor

15th Emperor of the Ming dynasty

*August 28th, 1582, Beijing †September 26th, 1620, Beijing

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

*August 28th, 1923, Berlin †January 14th, 2015, Berlin

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

*August 28th, 1867, Foggia †November 12th, 1948, Milan

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

*August 28th, 1929, Miami †December 2nd, 1995, Los Angeles

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1574-1648)

*August 28th, 1574, Celle †December 10th, 1648, Celle

Nick E. Tarabay

Lebanese and American actor

*August 28th, 1975, Beirut

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

*August 28th, 1829, Witten †August 9th, 1891, Koblenz-Horchheim

Kevin McNaughton

British footballer (born 1982)

*August 28th, 1982, Dundee

Same year
Born in 1559

Alice Spencer

English countess, viscountess and baroness

*May 4th, 1559, Althorp †January 23rd, 1637, Harefield

Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau

Prince-archbishop of Salzburg between 1587 and 1612

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

Nurhaci

Jurchen chieftain of Later Jin, founder of Qing Dynasty

*February 11th, 1559, Hetu Ala City †September 30th, 1626, Xingcheng

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

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

Lawrence of Brindisi

Italian Capuchin, saint (1559-1619)

*July 22nd, 1559, Brindisi †July 22nd, 1619, Lisbon

Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Margrave of Baden-Baden

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

Melchior Jöstel

German mathematician (1559-1611)

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

Amar Singh I

Eldest son and successor of Maharana Pratap of Mewar

*March 16th, 1559, Chittorgarh Fort †January 26th, 1620, Chittorgarh Fort

Cigoli

Tuscan painter active in Rome (1559-1613)

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

Jacques Sirmond

French jesuit scholar (1559-1651)

*October 12th, 1559, Riom †October 7th, 1651, Paris

Giulio Mancini

Italian art historian

*February 21st, 1559, Siena †August 22nd, 1630, Rome

Dominique de Jésus-Marie

Spanish monk (1559-1630)

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

Salomon Gesner

German theologian and educationist (1559-1605)

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

Isaac Casaubon

Classical scholar and philologist (1559–1614)

*February 18th, 1559, Geneva †July 1st, 1614, London

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

Frederik van den Bergh

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

*August 18th, 1559, Ulft †September 3rd, 1618

Johann Friedrich Schröter

*January 1st, 1559, Jena †January 1st, 1625, Jena

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.VIII.MDLIX

28.8.1559

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

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

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August 28th, 1559

Born on August 28th, 1559

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

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

169,717 Days

24,245 Weeks

5,576 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 28th?

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line opens for service

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; during the incident the hostages had bonded with their captors, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.

American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

In tennis, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight.

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.

Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 28th?

Same year Born in 1559

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 28th

Alexander of Constantinople

Augustine of Hippo

Edmund Arrowsmith

Hermes

Moses the Black

August 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

National Grandparents Day (Mexico)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

28.8.1559

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

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

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Who's birthday is on August 28th?

Same year
Born in 1559

Calendar
August 1559

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