October 8th, 1559

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Born on October 8th, 1559 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on October 8th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on October 8th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (October 1559)

Born on October 8th, 1559

Weekday

Thursday

October 8th, 1559 was a Thursday.

Age

464

People born on October 8th, 1559 will turn 465 this year (2024), in exactly 161 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1559 - October 23rd, 1559

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 322 days, exactly on March 18th, 2025, people who were born on October 8th, 1559 will be 170,000 days old!

169,678 Days

24,239 Weeks

5,574 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

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Hours

What happened on October 8th?

October 8th, 1604

Kepler's Supernova (remnant pictured), the most recent supernova in the Milky Way, was observed worldwide.

October 8th, 2019

Anti-government protests calling for free and fair elections began in Baku, Azerbaijan.

October 8th, 2016

Yemen War: A funeral in Sanaa was hit by two consecutive airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition, leaving 143–155 civilians dead and more than 525 injured.

October 8th, 2001

At Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, Scandinavian Airlines Flight SK686 collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation II business jet, killing 118 people.

October 8th, 1998

A new airport for Oslo, Norway, opened at Gardermoen, replacing a smaller one at the same location that had served as a backup to the city's previous main airport at Fornebu.

October 8th, 1969

Demonstrations organized by the Weather Underground known as the Days of Rage began in Chicago, aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

October 8th, 1952

Three trains collided (aftermath pictured) at Harrow & Wealdstone station in London, killing 112 people and injuring 340 others.* 1956 – Major League Baseball pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history.

October 8th, 1932

The Indian Air Force was founded as an auxiliary air force of the British Royal Air Force.

October 8th, 1918

World War I: After his platoon suffered heavy casualties during the Meuse–Argonne offensive in France's Forest of Argonne, American Corporal Alvin York led the 7 remaining men on an attack against a German machine gun nest; 25 German soldiers were killed and 132 captured.

October 8th, 1871

Five large fires broke out in the United States, including the Great Chicago Fire in Illinois and the Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin, the latter being the deadliest in U.S. history.

October 8th, 1862

The Battle of Perryville, a battle of the American Civil War with a high casualty count, was fought west of Perryville, Kentucky.

October 8th, 0451

The Council of Chalcedon, a Christian ecumenical council, opened, and went on to repudiate the Eutychian doctrine of monophysitism and set forth the Chalcedonian Creed.

October 8th, 2023

The 2023 Israel–Hamas war is declared following the Hamas attack the day prior

October 8th, 2020

Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.

October 8th, 2019

About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 8th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 8th?

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

Duda Beat

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1987, Recife

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

Otto Winter Hjelm

Norwegian composer

*October 8th, 1837, Christiania †May 3rd, 1931, Oslo

Sigourney Weaver

American actress

*October 8th, 1949, Manhattan

Bruno Mars

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

*October 8th, 1985, Honolulu

Matt Damon

American actor, screenwriter, and producer

*October 8th, 1970, Cambridge

Molly Quinn

American actress

*October 8th, 1993, Texarkana

Barbara Palvin

Hungarian model

*October 8th, 1993, Budapest

Jamie Marchi

American voice actress

*October 8th, 1977, Knoxville

Murmel Clausen

German screenwriter

*October 8th, 1973, Munich

Huntley Gordon

Canadian actor (1887-1956)

*October 8th, 1887, Montreal †December 7th, 1956, Van Nuys

Garbiñe Muguruza

Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player

*October 8th, 1993, Caracas

Bella Thorne

American actress and singer (born 1997)

*October 8th, 1997, Pembroke Pines

Anja Gräfenstein

German actress

*October 8th, 1981, Schwerin

Julia Ann

American pornographic actress

*October 8th, 1968, Glendale

Jacques Auguste de Thou

French historian (1553-1617)

*October 8th, 1553, Paris †May 7th, 1617, Paris

Gabriel Dell

American actor (1919-1988)

*October 8th, 1919, New York City †July 3rd, 1988, North Hollywood

Margaret Douglas

Daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor, Queen Dowager of Scotland

*October 8th, 1515, Northumberland †March 7th, 1578, London Borough of Hackney

Giulio Caccini

Italian composer

*October 8th, 1551, Rome †December 10th, 1618, Florence

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 October 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 8th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VIII.X.MDLIX

8.10.1559

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.

Calendar
October 1559

October 1559

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October 8th, 1559

Born on October 8th, 1559

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

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

169,678 Days

24,239 Weeks

5,574 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 8th?

Kepler's Supernova (remnant pictured), the most recent supernova in the Milky Way, was observed worldwide.

Anti-government protests calling for free and fair elections began in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Yemen War: A funeral in Sanaa was hit by two consecutive airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition, leaving 143–155 civilians dead and more than 525 injured.

At Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, Scandinavian Airlines Flight SK686 collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation II business jet, killing 118 people.

A new airport for Oslo, Norway, opened at Gardermoen, replacing a smaller one at the same location that had served as a backup to the city's previous main airport at Fornebu.

Demonstrations organized by the Weather Underground known as the Days of Rage began in Chicago, aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

Three trains collided (aftermath pictured) at Harrow & Wealdstone station in London, killing 112 people and injuring 340 others.* 1956 – Major League Baseball pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history.

The Indian Air Force was founded as an auxiliary air force of the British Royal Air Force.

World War I: After his platoon suffered heavy casualties during the Meuse–Argonne offensive in France's Forest of Argonne, American Corporal Alvin York led the 7 remaining men on an attack against a German machine gun nest; 25 German soldiers were killed and 132 captured.

Five large fires broke out in the United States, including the Great Chicago Fire in Illinois and the Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin, the latter being the deadliest in U.S. history.

The Battle of Perryville, a battle of the American Civil War with a high casualty count, was fought west of Perryville, Kentucky.

The Council of Chalcedon, a Christian ecumenical council, opened, and went on to repudiate the Eutychian doctrine of monophysitism and set forth the Chalcedonian Creed.

The 2023 Israel–Hamas war is declared following the Hamas attack the day prior

Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.

About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 8th

Same Day Who's birthday is on October 8th?

Same year Born in 1559

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 8th

Evodus (or Yves)

Palatias and Laurentia

Pelagia (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches)

Reparata

San Ernesto, Che Guevara as a folk saint. (Bolivian campesinos)

Simeon (Gospel of Luke)

Thaïs

William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard T. Ely (Episcopal Church)

October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

World Space Week (October 4–10)

Air Force Day (India)

Arbor Day (Namibia)

Children's Day (Iran)

Navy Day (Peru)

International Lesbian Day

National Fluffernutter Day