February 18th, 1569

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Born on February 18th, 1569 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 18th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 18th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1569)

Born on February 18th, 1569

Weekday

Tuesday

February 18th, 1569 was a Tuesday.

Age

455

People born on February 18th, 1569 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 455 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1569 - February 19th, 1569

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 166,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 740 days, exactly on May 13th, 2026, people who were born on February 18th, 1569 will be 167,000 days old!

166,260 Days

23,751 Weeks

5,462 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 18th?

February 18th, 2013

Eight gunmen stole US$50,000,000 worth of diamonds from a Swiss-bound aircraft at Brussels Airport.

February 18th, 2010

WikiLeaks published the first of hundreds of thousands of classified documents disclosed by Chelsea Manning.

February 18th, 1946

President Harry S. Truman signed the Rescission Act, annulling benefits payable to Filipino troops who fought for the U.S. during World War II.

February 18th, 1943

The core members of the White Rose, an anti-Nazi resistance group, were arrested by the Gestapo.

February 18th, 1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army began the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among Chinese Singaporeans.

February 18th, 1878

Competition between two American merchants in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, turned into a range war when a member of one faction was murdered by the other.

February 18th, 1873

Vasil Levski, a national hero of Bulgaria, was executed in Sofia by the Ottoman authorities for his efforts to establish an independent Bulgarian republic.

February 18th, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: French troops led by Napoleon forced the Army of Bohemia to retreat after it advanced dangerously close to Paris.

February 18th, 1781

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: A British expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa landed in Elmina in present-day Ghana.

February 18th, 1766

Enslaved Malagasy captives on the Dutch East India Company slave ship Meermin began a mutiny that led to the ship's destruction on Cape Agulhas in present-day South Africa and the recapture of the instigators.

February 18th, 1637

Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, a Spanish fleet intercepted an Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of forty-four vessels escorted by six men-of-war, destroying or capturing twenty ships.

February 18th, 1268

The Battle of Wesenberg took place between Novgorodian and Pskovian forces against the Livonian Order and its allies, ending with Russian forces retreating from Danish Estonia.

February 18th, 2019

Seven members of Parliament in the United Kingdom resigned from the Labour Party to form a new political party called The Independent Group.

February 18th, 2014

A series of violent events (pictured) involving protesters, riot police, and unknown shooters began in Kyiv that culminated in the ousting of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych five days later.

January 1st, 1970

According to Hindu scriptures, Kali Yuga, the last of the four stages that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas, began.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 18th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 18th?

Francesco Redi

Italian entomologist and poet

*February 18th, 1626, Arezzo †March 1st, 1697, Pisa

Toni Morrison

African American novelist, essayist, and academic

*February 18th, 1931, Lorain †August 5th, 2019, The Bronx

Alessandro Volta

Italian physicist, chemist, and pioneer of electricity and power (1745-1827)

*February 18th, 1745, Como †March 5th, 1827, Como

Mary I of England

Queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558

*February 18th, 1516, Palace of Placentia †November 17th, 1558, St James's Palace

Zhou Mi

Badminton player

*February 18th, 1979, Nanning

Rayoni Head

Badminton player

*February 18th, 1976, London Borough of Hillingdon

John Travolta

American actor (born 1954)

*February 18th, 1954, Englewood

Molly Ringwald

American actress, singer, dancer, and author (1968-)

*February 18th, 1968, Roseville

Dr. Dre

American rapper, record producer, and businessman

*February 18th, 1965, Compton

Roberto Baggio

Italian association football player (born 1967)

*February 18th, 1967, Caldogno

Christian Tiffert

German association football player and manager

*February 18th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

Anton Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1985)

*February 18th, 1985, Peckham

Yoko Ono

Japanese artist and activist based in the United States

*February 18th, 1933, Tokyo

Jayne Atkinson

British actress

*February 18th, 1959, Bournemouth

Dennis DeYoung

American musician

*February 18th, 1947, Chicago

Ernst Mach

Austrian physicist and university educator (1838–1916)

*February 18th, 1838, Brno-Chrlice †February 19th, 1916, Vaterstetten

Miloš Forman

Czech American director, screenwriter, and professor (1932–2018)

*February 18th, 1932, Čáslav †April 13th, 2018, Danbury

Courtney Act

Australian drag queen

*February 18th, 1982, Brisbane

Manfred Wolter

German writer

*February 18th, 1938, Potsdam †October 14th, 1999, Woltersdorf

Gary Neville

English association football player and manager (born 1975)

*February 18th, 1975, Bury

Same year
Born in 1569

Jahangir I

The fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627

*August 30th, 1569, Fatehpur Sikri †October 28th, 1627, Rajauri

Conrad Vorstius

Dutch theologian

*July 19th, 1569, Cologne †September 29th, 1622, Tönning

Eusebius Schenck

*April 11th, 1569, Chroboly †October 28th, 1628, Jena

Guillén de Castro y Bellvis

Spanish dramatist

*November 14th, 1569, Valencia †July 28th, 1631, Madrid

Giambattista Marino

Italian poet

*October 14th, 1569, Naples †March 25th, 1625, Naples

Étienne Martellange

Architect (1569-1641)

*December 22nd, 1569, Lyon †October 3rd, 1641, Paris

Salamone Rossi

Italian composer

*November 30th, 1569, Mantua †January 1st, 1630, Mantua

Georg Friedrich of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim

Czech nobleman, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersdorf, Bohemian nobleman, officer and occasional poet

*September 5th, 1569, Neuenstein †July 7th, 1645, Langenburg

John Davies

English poet, lawyer, and politician, born 1569

*April 16th, 1569, England †December 8th, 1626, London

Paul Sartorius

German composer

*November 16th, 1569, Nuremberg †February 28th, 1609, Innsbruck

Georgius Carolides

Czech poet

*April 11th, 1569, Prague †October 21st, 1612, Prague

Daniel Angelocrator

German Reformed minister (1569-1635)

*October 19th, 1569, Korbach †July 30th, 1635, Köthen

Heribert Rosweyde

Jesuit hagiographer

*January 20th, 1569, Utrecht †October 4th, 1629, Antwerp

John Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

*February 13th, 1569, Bitche †November 19th, 1625, Lichtenberg

Ranuccio I Farnese

Duke of Parma

*March 28th, 1569, Parma †March 5th, 1622, Parma

Ernst of Schaumburg

Count of Holstein-Pinneberg and Schaumburg

*September 24th, 1569, Bückeburg †January 17th, 1622, Bückeburg

Friedrich Kettler

Aristocrat from Latvia

*November 25th, 1569, Jelgava †August 17th, 1642, Jelgava

Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp

Regent of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

*June 1st, 1569, Gottorf Castle †November 14th, 1634, Schwerin

Nils Turesson Bielke

Swedish politician

*November 5th, 1569, Hörningsholm Castle †December 17th, 1639, Salsta

Joachim Andreas von Schlick

Czech nobleman (1569-1621)

*September 9th, 1569, Ostrov †June 21st, 1621, Old Town Square

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 18th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 18th.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Gambia from the United Kingdom in 1965

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Gambia

Kurdish Students Union Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Iraq

National Democracy Day, celebrates the 1951 overthrow of the Rana dynasty (Nepal)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Nepal

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVIII.II.MDLXIX

18.2.1569

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1569 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1569

February 1569

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
5						1	2
6	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
7	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
8	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
9	24	25	26	27	28