Born on August 8th, 1576
Weekday
Sunday
August 8th, 1576 was a Sunday.
Zodiac
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Leo (The Lion)
July 23rd, 1576 - August 23rd, 1576
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 163,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 474 days, exactly on August 14th, 2025, people who were born on August 8th, 1576 will be 164,000 days old!
163,526 Days
23,360 Weeks
5,372 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on August 8th, 1576?
The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe
The cornerstone of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe's observatory Uraniborg was laid on the island of Hven.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CornerstoneWhat else happened on August 8th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 8th
Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 8th?
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Kathinka Hedwig Agerskov
Danish painter
*August 8th, 1859, Flensburg †November 23rd, 1890, FrederiksbergPiero Drogo
Italian racing driver (1926-1973)
*August 8th, 1926, Vignale Monferrato †April 28th, 1973, Bologna
82 Paul Dirac
British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)
*August 8th, 1902, Bristol †October 20th, 1984, Tallahassee
67 Mohamed Morsi
President of Egypt from 2012 to 2013
*August 8th, 1951, El-Adwah †June 17th, 2019, Tora PrisonJohann Georg Scheffner
German author and translator
*August 8th, 1736, Königsberg †August 16th, 1820, Königsberg
Matteo Rosselli
Italian painter (1578-1650)
*August 8th, 1578, Florence †January 18th, 1650, Florence
68 Louise de Marillac
Co-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity (1591-1660)
*August 12th, 1591, Paris †March 15th, 1660, ParisSame year
Born in 1576
35 Philip Louis II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg
Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (1576-1612)
*November 18th, 1576, Hanau †August 9th, 1612, Hanau
Alix Le Clerc
French founder of a religious order providing education to girls (1576-1622)
*February 2nd, 1576, Remiremont †January 9th, 1622, NancyCountess Louise Juliana of Nassau
Electress Palatine (1576-1644)
*March 31st, 1576, Delft †March 15th, 1644, KönigsbergDuchess Anna I, Duchess of Prussia
Duchess of Prussia
*July 3rd, 1576, Königsberg †August 30th, 1625, BerlinPetrus Scriverius
Dutch writer, philologist and scholar on the history of Holland and Belgium, owner/creator of the album amicorum of Petrus Scriverius
*January 12th, 1576, Haarlem †April 30th, 1660, OudewaterJohann Kromayer
German educationist (1576-1643)
*December 8th, 1576, Döbeln †July 13th, 1643, WeimarPietro Paolo Bonzi
Painter of still lifes (1576-1636)
*January 1st, 1576, Cortona †March 17th, 1636, RomeScipione Borghese
17th-century Catholic cardinal
*November 30th, 1576, Artena †October 2nd, 1633, RomeHerman Wenceslas Czernin of Chudenice
Czech hofmeister and nobleman
*July 24th, 1576, Nedrahovice †February 6th, 1651, Kost CastleRoger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland
Scholar and writer of Elizabethan England
*October 16th, 1576, Belvoir Castle †June 26th, 1612, CambridgeRoque González de Santa Cruz
Paraguayan missionary
*November 17th, 1576, Asunción †November 15th, 1628, São Miguel das MissõesEric of Lorraine
French Bishop of Verdun and half brother of Louise of Lorraine, Queen consort of France.
*March 14th, 1576, Nancy †April 27th, 1623, NancyThomas Dudley
Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1576-1653)
*October 12th, 1576, Yardley Hastings †July 31st, 1653, RoxburyCaspar Schoppe
German scholar (1576-1649)
*May 27th, 1576, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz †November 19th, 1649, PaduaRudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
Prince of Anhalt, then Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576-1621)
*October 28th, 1576, Harzgerode †August 20th, 1621, ZerbstBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on August 8th
Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 8th.
Ceasefire Day (end of Iran–Iraq War) (Iraqi Kurdistan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_IraqDominic de Guzmán, founder of the Dominican Order.
Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_DominicAugust 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_8_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Father's Day or Bā bā Day (爸爸節), Bā Bā is Mandarin for "father" and "8-8", or August 8. (Mongolia, Taiwan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father's_DayHappiness Happens Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Society_of_Happy_PeopleInternational Cat Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Cat_DayNamesday of the Queen (Sweden)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_flying_days_in_SwedenNane Nane Day (Tanzania)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nane_Nane_DaySignal Troops Day (Ukraine)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_UkraineDate as a Roman numeral / digit
8.8.1576
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1576 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).