March 10th, 1561

Born on March 10th, 1561

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

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What happened on March 10th?

March 10th, 1695

Nine Years' War: At the Battle of Sant Esteve d'en Bas, Catalan miquelets attacked a column of French regular infantry and caused them to surrender.

March 10th, 2019

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (aircraft pictured) crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, with the deaths of all 157 people on board.

March 10th, 2008

The New York Times revealed that Eliot Spitzer (pictured), Governor of New York, had patronized a prostitution ring.

March 10th, 2006

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (artist's impression pictured) reached and entered orbit around Mars.

March 10th, 1990

Eighteen months after seizing power, Prosper Avril was ousted as the military head of state of Haiti.

March 10th, 1977

Astronomers using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory discovered a faint ring system around Uranus.

March 10th, 1975

Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnam began its final push for victory over South Vietnam with an attack on Ban Me Thuot.

March 10th, 1968

Vietnam War/Laotian Civil War: North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces overwhelmed the American, Laotian, Thai, and Hmong defenders of Lima Site 85.

March 10th, 1966

Military prime minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.

March 10th, 1965

Thomas Playford, Premier of South Australia, left office after 27 years, the longest term of any democratically elected leader in the history of Australia.

March 10th, 1959

An anti-Chinese uprising began as thousands of Tibetans surrounded the Potala Palace in Lhasa to prevent the Dalai Lama from leaving or being removed by the Chinese army.

March 10th, 1949

Mildred Gillars, nicknamed Axis Sally, was convicted of treason for working with the Nazis as a broadcaster.

March 10th, 1945

World War II: The United States Army Air Forces conducted a firebombing raid on Tokyo that killed at least 90,000 people.

March 10th, 1915

The Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the first deliberately planned British offensive of the First World War, began.

January 1st, 1970

The Roman Republic defeated Carthaginian forces at the Battle of the Aegates, off the western coast of Sicily, in the final battle of the First Punic War.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 10th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 10th?

30

Bad Bunny

Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer

*March 10th, 1994, Almirante Sur

90

Hans Riegel

German businessman, badminton player

*March 10th, 1923, Bonn †October 15th, 2013, Bonn

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

Chanan Colman

Danish-American-Israeli former basketball player

*March 10th, 1984, Gladsaxe Municipality

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

54

Osama bin Laden

Saudi terrorist and co-founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

*March 10th, 1957, Riyadh †May 2nd, 2011, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad

62

Kid Vinil

Brazilian singer, radio broadcaster, composer and journalist

*March 10th, 1955, Cedral †May 19th, 2017, São Paulo

40

Olivia Wilde

American actress and filmmaker (born 1984)

*March 10th, 1984, New York City

29

Marie Batomene

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1995, Béthune

69

Sven-Erik Österberg

Swedish politician and county governor

*March 10th, 1955, Munktorp

61

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor of the Habsburg dynasty and king of Bohemia, Croatia and Hungary (1503–1564)

*March 10th, 1503, Alcalá de Henares †July 25th, 1564, Vienna

59

Jeremias Wigger

Swiss cross country skier

*March 10th, 1965, Hasle

31

Jack Butland

English association football player

*March 10th, 1993, Bristol

66

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann

German politician

*March 10th, 1958, Düsseldorf

58

Edie Brickell

American singer

*March 10th, 1966, Dallas

61

Jeff Ament

American bassist

*March 10th, 1963, Havre

80

Jupp Derwall

German association football player and manager (1927–2007)

*March 10th, 1927, Würselen †June 26th, 2007, Sankt Ingbert

88

Sepp Blatter

8th President of the International Federation of Association Football

*March 10th, 1936, Visp

41

Janet Mock

American writer, director, producer, TV host and transgender rights activist

*March 10th, 1983, Honolulu

51

Nick Bostrom

Swedish philosopher and writer (born 1973)

*March 10th, 1973, Helsingborg

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65

Francis Bacon

English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)

*January 22nd, 1561, York House, Strand †April 9th, 1626, Highgate

65

Luis de Góngora

Spanish Baroque lyric poet (1561-1627)

*July 11th, 1561, Córdoba †May 23rd, 1627, Córdoba

44

Anna Maria of Anhalt

German noblewoman

*June 13th, 1561, Zerbst †November 14th, 1605, Brzeg

24

Anthony Babington

English nobleman convicted of plotting the assassination of Elizabeth I of England (1561-1586)

*October 24th, 1561, Dethick †September 20th, 1586, London

64

Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk

English sailor, politician, and courtier (1561–1626)

*August 24th, 1561, London †May 28th, 1626, Charing Cross

67

Edwin Sandys

English politician; (1561-1629)

*December 9th, 1561, Worcestershire †October 1st, 1629

71

Jacopo Peri

Italian composer and singer

*August 20th, 1561, Rome †August 12th, 1633, Florence

53

Adriaan van Roomen

Belgian mathematician (1561–1615)

*September 29th, 1561, Leuven †May 4th, 1615, Mainz

17

Archduke Wenceslaus of Austria

Austrian archduke

*March 9th, 1561, Wiener Neustadt †September 22nd, 1578, Madrid

71

Philippe van Lansberge

Dutch astronomer

*August 25th, 1561, Ghent †December 8th, 1632, Middelburg

41

Jacopo Corsi

Italian composer

*July 17th, 1561, Florence †December 29th, 1602, Florence

67

Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena

Italian noble (1562-1628)

*November 30th, 1561, Ferrara †December 11th, 1628, Modena

62

Erdmuthe of Brandenburg

Duchess of Pomerania-Stettin (1561-1623)

*June 26th, 1561, Berlin †November 13th, 1623, Słupsk

69

Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Duchess consort of Pomerania-Wolgast

*December 1st, 1561, Wolfenbüttel †January 30th, 1631, Loitz

62

John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen

Count of Nassau-Siegen (1606-1623)

*June 7th, 1561, Oberes Schloss †September 27th, 1623, Oberes Schloss

36

Andreas Angelus

Pastor, teacher, chronicler of the Mark Brandenburg (1561-1598)

*November 16th, 1561, Strausberg †August 9th, 1598, Strausberg

53

Wolf Jacob Stromer

German architect

*May 26th, 1561, Nuremberg †June 29th, 1614, Nuremberg

55

Anna of Württemberg

German princess (1561-1616)

*June 12th, 1561, Stuttgart †July 7th, 1616, Chojnów

68

Camillo Procaccini

Italian painter (c.1555-1629)

*March 3rd, 1561, Parma †August 21st, 1629, Milan

66

Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia

Spanish monk, musician and composer

*July 31st, 1561, Zaragoza †December 16th, 1627, Zaragoza

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1561 is a normal year and no leap year.

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