March 7th, 1572

Born on March 7th, 1572

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 165,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 858 days, exactly on September 3rd, 2026, people who were born on March 7th, 1572 will be 166,000 days old!

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What happened on March 7th?

March 7th, 2009

Dissident Irish republican campaign: Two off-duty British Army soldiers were shot dead by Real IRA paramilitaries outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland.

March 7th, 1968

Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Truong Cong Dinh to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho to root out Viet Cong forces in the area.

March 7th, 1965

Unarmed civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were attacked by police (pictured) on "Bloody Sunday".

March 7th, 1945

World War II: At the beginning of the Battle of Remagen, Allied forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge, which possibly hastened the war's conclusion.

March 7th, 1941

The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board.

March 7th, 1936

Nazi German forces re-occupied the demilitarized Rhineland, violating both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties that were signed after World War I.

March 7th, 1900

The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver.

March 7th, 1871

José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, began a four-year premiership as Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, the longest in the state's history.

March 7th, 1850

United States senator Daniel Webster delivered a speech advocating compromise on slavery, which proved to be unpopular with abolitionists in his home state.

March 7th, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon's army forced Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov's Russian troops to withdraw from the Chemin des Dames, but French casualties exceeded Russian losses.

March 7th, 1573

A peace treaty brought the Ottoman–Venetian War to an end, ceding Cyprus from the Republic of Venice to the Ottoman Empire.

March 7th, 0321

Emperor Constantine I decreed that Sunday, the day honoring the sun god Sol Invictus (disc pictured), would be the Roman day of rest.

March 7th, 2007

Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people.

March 7th, 2006

The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.

March 7th, 1993

The tugboat Thomas Hebert sank off the coast of New Jersey, USA.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 7th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 7th?

27

Bad Gyal

Spanish singer

*March 7th, 1997, Vilassar de Mar

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

44

Ewald Christian von Kleist

German poet and noble

*March 7th, 1715, Cybulino, Koszalin County †August 24th, 1759, Frankfurt (Oder)

29

Fajar Alfian

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1995, Bandung City

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

74

Karl von den Steinen

German explorer

*March 7th, 1855, Mülheim an der Ruhr †November 4th, 1929, Kronberg im Taunus

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung City

54

Rachel Weisz

British actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

33

Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond

Scottish-English nobleman (1639-1672)

*March 7th, 1639, London †December 12th, 1672, Helsingør

46

Rebecca Bellingham

New Zealand badminton player

*March 7th, 1978, Auckland

38

Kowi Chandra

Badminton player

*March 7th, 1986, Palembang

49

Ulrica Persson

Swedish female cross-country skier

*March 7th, 1975, Torsby

75

Clement XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1758 to 1769

*March 7th, 1693, Venice †February 2nd, 1769, Rome

37

Hatem Ben Arfa

French association football player

*March 7th, 1987, Clamart

65

Donna Murphy

American actress, singer

*March 7th, 1959, New York City

94

Elin Reimer

Danish actress (1928-2022)

*March 7th, 1928, Frederiksberg †September 17th, 2022, Virum

63

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

French politician (born 1961)

*March 7th, 1961, 15th arrondissement of Paris

79

Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor

Marshal of France (1770-1849)

*March 7th, 1770, Hayange †July 28th, 1849, Paris

85

Jacques Chaban-Delmas

82nd Prime Minister of France

*March 7th, 1915, 13th arrondissement of Paris †November 10th, 2000, 7th arrondissement of Paris

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65

Ben Jonson

English playwright, poet, and actor (1572–1637)

*June 11th, 1572, Westminster †August 6th, 1637, London

62

Erasmus Widmann

German composer

*January 1st, 1572, Schwäbisch Hall †October 31st, 1634, Rothenburg ob der Tauber

59

Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, musician (1572-1632)

*May 25th, 1572, Kassel †March 15th, 1632, Eschwege

49

William Strachey

English writer

*April 4th, 1572, Saffron Walden †May 31st, 1621, London

65

Cyril Lucaris

Patriarch of Constantinople

*November 13th, 1572, Heraklion †June 27th, 1638, Bosporus Strait

79

Vilem Slavata of Chlum

Czech baroque writer, hofmeister, valet and nobleman

*December 1st, 1572, Kutná Hora †January 19th, 1652, Jindřichův Hradec

77

Ellen Marsvin

Danish noble (1572-1649)

*February 1st, 1572, Landskrona Citadel †November 11th, 1649, Holckenhavn Castle

62

Fakhr-al-Din II

Lebanese prince

*August 6th, 1572, Baakleen †April 13th, 1635, Jezzine

69

Jane Frances de Chantal

French nun

*January 28th, 1572, Dijon †December 13th, 1641, Moulins

69

Francis van Aarssens

Dutch diplomat and statesman (1572-1641)

*September 27th, 1572, City of Brussels †December 27th, 1641, The Hague

32

Prince Daniyal

Mughal prince

*September 11th, 1572, Ajmer †March 19th, 1605, Burhanpur

73

Conrad Bachmann

German librarian, author and historian (1572-1646)

*October 23rd, 1572, Melsungen †April 27th, 1646, Marburg

64

Daniel Sennert

Physician, chemist

*November 25th, 1572, Wrocław †July 21st, 1637, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

48

Rudolph Goclenius the Younger

German physician and professor of physics, astronomy and arithmetic

*August 22nd, 1572, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †March 3rd, 1621, Marburg

80

Ludwig Jungermann

German doctor and botanist (1572-1653)

*July 14th, 1572, Leipzig †June 7th, 1653, Leipzig

47

John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg

Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg

*November 8th, 1572, Halle (Saale) †December 23rd, 1619, Berlin

59

Henri of Savoy, Duke of Nemours

Duke of Nemours (1595–1632)

*November 2nd, 1572, Paris †July 10th, 1632, Paris

63

Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera

Lord of Gera, Lobenstein and Oberkranichfeld (1572-1635)

*June 10th, 1572, Gera †December 3rd, 1635, Gera

60

Francis II, Duke of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine

*February 27th, 1572, Nancy †October 14th, 1632, Badonviller

72

Wilhelm Alard

German theologian

*November 22nd, 1572, Wilster †May 8th, 1645, Krempe

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Leap year

Yes: 1572 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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