October 11th, 1562

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Born on October 11th, 1562 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on October 11th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on October 11th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (October 1562)

Born on October 11th, 1562

Weekday

Thursday

October 11th, 1562 was a Thursday.

Age

461

People born on October 11th, 1562 will turn 462 this year (2024), in exactly 167 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1562 - October 23rd, 1562

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 168,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 424 days, exactly on June 25th, 2025, people who were born on October 11th, 1562 will be 169,000 days old!

168,576 Days

24,082 Weeks

5,538 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on October 11th?

October 11th, 2002

A bomb exploded in the Myyrmanni shopping center in Helsinki, Finland, resulting in 7 deaths and 159 injuries.

Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination

October 11th, 1991

During the confirmation hearings upon the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court of the United States, Anita Hill testified that he had sexually harassed her several years earlier.

October 11th, 1987

An estimated 750,000 people attended the "Great March" in Washington, D.C., to demand greater civil rights for the LGBT community.

October 11th, 1975

The American weekly sketch comedy–variety show Saturday Night Live was broadcast for the first time.

October 11th, 1973

Typhoon Nora, the fourth-most intense tropical cyclone on record, dissipated after killing 40 people and leaving more than a million homeless across Taiwan and the Philippines.

October 11th, 1968

Apollo 7 (lift-off pictured), the first manned mission of NASA's Apollo program, and the first three-man American space mission, launched from Complex 34 in Cape Kennedy, Florida.

October 11th, 1942

World War II: At the Battle of Cape Esperance on the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, American ships intercepted and defeated a Japanese fleet sent to attack Henderson Field.

October 11th, 1937

Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, arrived at Berlin Friedrichstraße station to begin a tour of Nazi Germany, where they were greeted with Nazi salutes and dined with high-ranking members of the state apparatus.

October 11th, 1865

The Morant Bay rebellion, led by Paul Bogle and George William Gordon, began in Jamaica; after protestors burned down the courthouse, it was brutally suppressed by Governor Edward John Eyre.

October 11th, 1852

The University of Sydney (pictured), Australia's oldest university, was inaugurated two years after being established by the University of Sydney Act.

October 11th, 1840

Bashir Shihab II (pictured) surrendered to the Ottoman Empire and was removed as Emir of Mount Lebanon after an imperial decree by Sultan Abdülmecid I.

October 11th, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: The Royal Navy captured eleven Dutch Navy ships without any losses at the Battle of Camperdown.

October 11th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: A British fleet defeated American ships at the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, but gave American forces enough time to prepare their defenses for the Saratoga campaign.

October 11th, 1142

The Treaty of Shaoxing was ratified, ending the Jin–Song Wars, although sporadic fighting continued until 1234.

October 11th, 2000

First Minister of Scotland Donald Dewar (pictured), often regarded as the "Father of the Nation", dies in office from a brain hemorrhage.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 11th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 11th?

Cardi B

American rapper (born 1992)

*October 11th, 1992, The Bronx

Sebastian Rode

German association football player

*October 11th, 1990, Seeheim-Jugenheim

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

Inge Taubert

German historian

*October 11th, 1928, Zwickau †December 19th, 2009, Raschau-Markersbach

Joan Cusack

American actress

*October 11th, 1962, New York City

Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945

*October 11th, 1884, Manhattan †November 7th, 1962, Upper East Side

Friedrich Bergius

German chemist

*October 11th, 1884, Wrocław †March 30th, 1949, Buenos Aires

Ronit Roy

Indian actor

*October 11th, 1965, Nagpur

Jean-Jacques Goldman

French musician and record producer

*October 11th, 1951, Paris

François Mauriac

French writer (1885-1970)

*October 11th, 1885, Bordeaux †September 1st, 1970, Paris

Rikishi

American professional wrestler

*October 11th, 1965, San Francisco

Dawn French

British actress and comedian

*October 11th, 1957, Holyhead

Earle Hyman

American actor (1926-2017)

*October 11th, 1926, Rocky Mount †November 17th, 2017, Lillian Booth Actors Home

Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers

German physician and astronomer (1758-1840)

*October 11th, 1758, Hemelingen †March 2nd, 1840, Bremen

Wes Chatham

American actor

*October 11th, 1978, Atlanta

Helga Tiemann

German painter and sculptor (1917–2008)

*October 11th, 1917, Remscheid †October 13th, 2008, Cologne

Jerome Robbins

American choreographer & director (1918–1998)

*October 11th, 1918, New York City †July 29th, 1998, New York City

Friedrich von Hassel

*October 11th, 1833, Hamm †October 14th, 1890, Hamm

Same year
Born in 1562

Lope de Vega

Spanish playwright and poet (1562-1635)

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

George Abbot

Archbishop of Canterbury

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

Katō Kiyomasa

16th-century Japanese daimyo

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

François de Joyeuse

Duke of Joyeuse

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

Vincenzo Gonzaga

Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1562-1612)

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

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

Carlo Emanuele I, Duke of Savoy

Italian noble (1562-1630)

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

Hercule, Lord of Monaco

Monegasque noble (1562-1604)

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

Juan de Torres Osorio

17th-century Spanish Catholic bishop

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

Paul Tarnow

German theologian (1562-1633)

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

Andreas Osiander

German theologian and hymnist, 1562-1617

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

Philipp Dulichius

German composer

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

Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme

Roman Catholic cardinal

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

Kilian Stisser

German jurist and politician (1562-1620)

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

George, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

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

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

Valerius Herberger

German theologian (1562-1627)

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

Johann Hartmann Beyer

German mathematician and physician

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

Henning Dedekind

German composer

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

Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola

Spanish poet and historian (1562-1631)

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

Christen Sørensen Longomontanus

Danish astronomer

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

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 11th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on October 11th.

James the Deacon (Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Deacon

Lommán of Trim

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lommán_of_Trim

Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Soledad_Torres_y_Acosta

Nectarius of Constantinople

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nectarius_of_Constantinople

Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicasius,_Quirinus,_Scubiculus,_and_Pientia

Philip the Evangelist

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_the_Evangelist

Pope John XXIII (Roman Catholic Church)

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII

Zenaida and Philonella

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenaida_and_Philonella

October 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_11_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)

General Pulaski Memorial Day (United States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Pulaski_Memorial_Day

International Day of the Girl Child

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_the_Girl_Child

International Newspaper Carrier Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_Carrier_Day

National Coming Out Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Coming_Out_Day

Revolution Day (North Macedonia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Macedonian_Uprising

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XI.X.MDLXII

11.10.1562

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

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

Calendar
October 1562

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