July 16th, 1560

Born on July 16th, 1560

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

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What happened on July 16th?

July 16th, 2013

At least 23 students died and dozens more fell ill at a primary school in the Indian state of Bihar after consuming a Midday Meal that was contaminated with pesticide.

July 16th, 2008

A tainted milk powder scandal broke in China which ultimately involved an estimated 300,000 victims, the vast majority infants, with 54,000 hospitalized with kidney problems and 6 deaths.

July 16th, 2007

An earthquake of magnitude .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw6.6 struck Niigata Prefecture, Japan, causing a leak of radioactive gases from the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant.

July 16th, 2004

Millennium Park, a public park in Chicago, Illinois, and the world's largest rooftop garden, opened to the public.

July 16th, 1983

A Sikorsky S-61 helicopter operated by British Airways crashed in thick fog in the Celtic Sea, killing 20 of the 26 people on board.

July 16th, 1965

South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo—an undetected communist spy—was reported dead due to injuries sustained during his capture, but it is generally assumed he was killed on the orders of military officials.

July 16th, 1951

The Catcher in the Rye, an American coming-of-age novel by J. D. Salinger, was first published.

July 16th, 1950

Korean War: A Korean People's Army unit massacred 31 prisoners of war of the U.S. Army on a mountain near the village of Tuman.

July 16th, 1931

Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie promulgated the nation's first modern constitution.

July 16th, 1790

President George Washington signed the Residence Act, selecting a new permanent site along the Potomac River for the capital of the United States, which later became Washington, D.C.

July 16th, 1782

Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail premiered in Vienna, after which Emperor Joseph II anecdotally remarked that it had "too many notes".

July 16th, 1377

The ten-year-old Richard II was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

July 16th, 1232

Muhammad ibn Yusuf (pictured), who later established the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state in Spain, was elected the ruler of Arjona.

July 16th, 2019

A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.

July 16th, 2015

Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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

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

40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

55

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

*July 16th, 1872, Borge Municipality †June 18th, 1928, Arctic Ocean

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

55

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

54

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

48

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

*July 16th, 1968, Arnhem †March 24th, 2017, Apeldoorn

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

49

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

36

Brinner Henrique Santos Souza

Brazilian footballer

*July 16th, 1987, Lavras

75

Robert Lieberman

American film director

*July 16th, 1947, Buffalo †July 1st, 2023, Los Angeles

34

Gareth Bale

Welsh association football player

*July 16th, 1989, Cardiff

67

Tony Kushner

American playwright and screenwriter

*July 16th, 1956, Manhattan

26

Tales Soares

Brazilian model

*July 16th, 1992, Minas Gerais †April 27th, 2019, São Paulo

70

Corin Redgrave

British actor (1939-2010)

*July 16th, 1939, Marylebone †April 6th, 2010, Tooting

Same year
Born in 1560

36

Theodosius Fabricius

German theologian (1560-1597)

*August 11th, 1560, Nordhausen †August 7th, 1597, Göttingen

54

Elizabeth Báthory

Hungarian countess

*August 7th, 1560, Nyírbátor †August 21st, 1614, Čachtice Castle

73

Wilhelm Fabry

German surgeon (1560-1634)

*June 25th, 1560, Hilden †February 15th, 1634, Bern

76

Albrecht Manuel

Swiss politician (1560-1637)

*November 2nd, 1560, Bern †August 11th, 1637, Bern

66

Jan Gruter

Flemish-born philologist, scholar, and librarian (1560-1627)

*December 3rd, 1560, Antwerp †September 20th, 1627, Heidelberg

49

Jacobus Arminius

Dutch theologian, inspirator of Arminianism, champion of tolerance (1560-1609)

*October 10th, 1560, Oudewater †October 19th, 1609, Leiden

48

Annibale Carracci

Bolognese painter (1560–1609)

*November 3rd, 1560, Bologna †July 15th, 1609, Rome

52

John Harington

English courtier, Queens godson and author

*August 4th, 1560, Kelston †November 20th, 1612, Somerset

64

Gaspard Bauhin

Swiss botanist (1560-1624)

*January 17th, 1560, Basel †December 5th, 1624, Basel

40

Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

*September 4th, 1560, Neuburg an der Donau †December 16th, 1600, Birkenfeld

30

Christian I, Elector of Saxony

German noble

*October 29th, 1560, Dresden †September 25th, 1591, Dresden

71

Pietro Durazzo

Doge of the Republic of Genoa

*August 8th, 1560, Genoa †December 18th, 1631, Genoa

69

Thomas Chrön

17th-century Catholic bishop

*November 13th, 1560, Ljubljana †February 10th, 1630, Gornji Grad

68

Hieronymus Praetorius

German composer (1560-1629)

*August 10th, 1560, Hamburg †January 27th, 1629, Hamburg

49

Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes

Spanish general and statesman

*September 18th, 1560, Zamora †July 22nd, 1610, Milan

67

Juan Sánchez Cotán

Spanish artist (1560-1627)

*June 25th, 1560, Orgaz †September 8th, 1627, Granada

51

Charles III de Croÿ

Belgian noble (1560-1612)

*July 11th, 1560, Beaumont †January 16th, 1612, Beaumont

31

Thomas Cavendish

English explorer and privateer (1560-1592)

*September 19th, 1560, Ipswich †May 1st, 1592, South Atlantic Ocean

60

William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe (1560–1620)

*March 13th, 1560, Dillenburg †May 31st, 1620, Leeuwarden

57

Charles, Margrave of Burgau

German nobleman

*November 22nd, 1560, Velký Vřešťov †October 31st, 1618, Überlingen

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Leap year

Yes: 1560 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).

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