July 15th, 1562

Born on July 15th, 1562

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 345 days, exactly on March 29th, 2025, people who were born on July 15th, 1562 will be 169,000 days old!

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What happened on July 15th?

July 15th, 2012

South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style.

July 15th, 2009

Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed in northwestern Iran, killing all 168 people aboard.

July 15th, 1983

Sega's first home video game console, the SG-1000, was released in Japan.

July 15th, 1943

The all-female Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion was formed in the Soviet Union's First Polish Army.

July 15th, 1870

Manitoba was established as a province of Canada following the transfer of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company.

July 15th, 1815

Aboard HMS Bellerophon, French emperor Napoleon (pictured) surrendered to Royal Navy captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, concluding the Napoleonic Wars.

July 15th, 1799

French soldiers at Fort Julien, near the Egyptian port city of Rashid, uncovered the Rosetta Stone (pictured), an essential key in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts.

July 15th, 1410

The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald, the decisive engagement of the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.

July 15th, 1946

The State of North Borneo, now Sabah, Malaysia, is annexed by the United Kingdom.

July 15th, 1941

The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins the deportation of 100,000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to extermination camps.

July 15th, 1927

Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by Austrian police in Vienna.

July 15th, 1922

The Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.

July 15th, 1920

Aftermath of World War I: The Parliament of Poland establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.

July 15th, 1918

World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.

July 15th, 1916

In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 15th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 15th?

63

Rembrandt

Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)

*July 15th, 1606, Leiden †October 4th, 1669, Amsterdam

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

69

Emmeline Pankhurst

English suffragist

*July 15th, 1858, Moss Side †June 14th, 1928, Hampstead

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

23

Paulinho

Brazilian association football player, born 2000

*July 15th, 2000, Rio de Janeiro

24

Kenia Os

Mexican singer-songwriter and businesswoman

*July 15th, 1999, Mazatlán

47

Diane Kruger

German actress

*July 15th, 1976, Algermissen

77

Linda Ronstadt

American singer (born 1946)

*July 15th, 1946, Tucson

70

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Haitian politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president

*July 15th, 1953, Port-Salut

42

Alou Diarra

French association football player

*July 15th, 1981, Villepinte

71

Daniel Mesguich

French actor

*July 15th, 1952, Algiers

58

Gero Miesenböck

Austrian neuroscientist

*July 15th, 1965, Braunau am Inn

64

Vincent Lindon

French actor

*July 15th, 1959, Boulogne-Billancourt

64

Michael Boddenberg

German politician

*July 15th, 1959, Troisdorf

61

Emil von Sydow

German geographer

*July 15th, 1812, Freiberg †October 13th, 1873, Berlin

62

Forest Whitaker

American actor

*July 15th, 1961, Longview

78

Inigo Jones

16th/17th-century English architect; (1573-1652)

*July 15th, 1573, London †June 21st, 1652, London

80

Frank Glaubrecht

German actor and dub actor

*July 15th, 1943, Berlin

74

Jacques Derrida

Algerian-French philosopher

*July 15th, 1930, El Biar †October 8th, 2004, 5th arrondissement of Paris

76

Adolf Wurmbach

German author

*July 15th, 1891, Littfeld †January 17th, 1968, Kredenbach

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Born in 1562

72

Lope de Vega

Spanish playwright and poet (1562-1635)

*November 25th, 1562, Madrid †August 27th, 1635, Madrid

70

George Abbot

Archbishop of Canterbury

*October 19th, 1562, Guildford †August 5th, 1633, Croydon

49

Katō Kiyomasa

16th-century Japanese daimyo

*July 25th, 1562, Myōgyō-ji †August 2nd, 1611, Kumamoto

53

François de Joyeuse

Duke of Joyeuse

*June 24th, 1562, Carcassonne †August 23rd, 1615, Avignon

49

Vincenzo Gonzaga

Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1562-1612)

*September 21st, 1562, Mantua †February 9th, 1612, Mantua

71

Xu Guangqi

Late-Ming-dynasty Chinese politician, Scholar, Lay Catholic leader and Servant of God (*1562 – †1633)

*May 4th, 1562, Shanghai County †November 8th, 1633, Shuntian Fu

68

Carlo Emanuele I, Duke of Savoy

Italian noble (1562-1630)

*January 12th, 1562, Rivoli †July 26th, 1630, Savigliano

42

Hercule, Lord of Monaco

Monegasque noble (1562-1604)

*September 24th, 1562, Monaco †November 29th, 1604, Monaco

70

Juan de Torres Osorio

17th-century Spanish Catholic bishop

*January 16th, 1562, Cuéllar †July 19th, 1632, Valladolid

70

Paul Tarnow

German theologian (1562-1633)

*June 28th, 1562, Grevesmühlen †April 6th, 1633, Rostock

54

Andreas Osiander

German theologian and hymnist, 1562-1617

*May 26th, 1562, Blaubeuren †April 21st, 1617, Tübingen

68

Philipp Dulichius

German composer

*December 18th, 1562, Chemnitz †March 24th, 1631, Szczecin

31

Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme

Roman Catholic cardinal

*August 19th, 1562, France †July 30th, 1594, Paris

57

Kilian Stisser

German jurist and politician (1562-1620)

*March 23rd, 1562, Quedlinburg †January 9th, 1620, Halle (Saale)

60

George, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

Count of Nassau-Beilstein, then Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

*September 1st, 1562, Dillenburg †August 9th, 1623, Dillenburg

65

Valerius Herberger

German theologian (1562-1627)

*April 21st, 1562, Wschowa †May 18th, 1627, Wschowa

62

Johann Hartmann Beyer

German mathematician and physician

*November 30th, 1562, Frankfurt †November 30th, 1624, Frankfurt

63

Henning Dedekind

German composer

*December 30th, 1562, Neustadt am Rübenberge †July 28th, 1626, Gebesee

68

Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola

Spanish poet and historian (1562-1631)

*August 26th, 1562, Barbastro †February 4th, 1631, Zaragoza

85

Christen Sørensen Longomontanus

Danish astronomer

*October 4th, 1562, Denmark †October 8th, 1647, Copenhagen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1562 is a normal year and no leap year.

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