September 1st, 1576

Born on September 1st, 1576

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 163,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 493 days, exactly on September 7th, 2025, people who were born on September 1st, 1576 will be 164,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on September 1st?

September 1st, 2019

Hurricane Dorian, the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record outside the tropics, made landfall in the Bahamas at Category 5 intensity.

September 1st, 2000

Speakers' Corner, a free speech area in Hong Lim Park in Singapore, was launched.

September 1st, 1983

A Soviet jet interceptor shot down the civilian Korean Air Lines Flight 007 near the island of Sakhalin in the north Pacific, killing all 246 passengers and 23 crew on board.

September 1st, 1973

A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Irish Sea resulted in the deepest sub rescue in history (pictured).

September 1st, 1972

In a match widely publicized as a Cold War confrontation, American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer became the 11th World Chess Champion with his victory over Soviet Boris Spassky.

September 1st, 1969

Muammar Gaddafi (pictured) led a coup d'état to overthrow King Idris of Libya.

September 1st, 1967

At an Arab League summit, eight nations issued the Khartoum Resolution, declaring that there would be "no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, [and] no negotiations with it".

September 1st, 1952

Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea, which later won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was first published.

September 1st, 1939

German forces attacked multiple locations in Poland, including Wieluń and Westerplatte, starting World War II in Europe.

September 1st, 1914

The passenger pigeon, which once numbered in the billions, became extinct when the last individual died in captivity

September 1st, 1911

Construction began on the Saline Valley salt tram, which during its operation was the steepest tram in the United States.

September 1st, 1902

The first science fiction film, titled A Trip to the Moon and based on From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, was released in France.

September 1st, 1872

A small British force commanded by a surgeon fought off a surprise attack by the Maya on Orange Walk Town, British Honduras.

September 1st, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate forces attacked retreating troops of the Union Army during a rainstorm in Chantilly, Virginia, but the battle ended inconclusively.

September 1st, 1859

A powerful solar flare caused a coronal mass ejection that struck Earth a few hours later, generating the most intense geomagnetic storm ever recorded and causing bright aurorae visible in the middle latitudes.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 1st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 1st?

34

Lea Sirk

Slovene singer

*September 1st, 1989, Koper

36

Sevdaliza

Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter, record producer, visual artist and director

*September 1st, 1987, Tehran

32

Jaymes Young

American singer-songwriter and musician

*September 1st, 1991, Seattle

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

78

Paul Wolters

German classical archaeologist

*September 1st, 1858, Bonn †October 21st, 1936, Munich

27

Zendaya

American actress, singer, and model

*September 1st, 1996, Oakland

35

Jose Antonio Reyes

Spanish footballer

*September 1st, 1983, Utrera †June 1st, 2019, Alcalá de Guadaíra

26

Jungkook

South Korean singer

*September 1st, 1997, Busan

58

Nils Tavernier

French actor and film director

*September 1st, 1965, Paris

72

Rex Beach

Author and water polo player (1877-1949)

*September 1st, 1877, Antrim County †December 7th, 1949, Sebring

94

George Maharis

American actor (1928-2023)

*September 1st, 1928, Astoria †May 24th, 2023, Beverly Hills

61

Ruud Gullit

Dutch association football player and manager

*September 1st, 1962, Amsterdam

84

Heinrich Messner

Austrian alpine skier

*September 1st, 1939, Obernberg am Brenner †October 19th, 2023

66

Gloria Estefan

Cuban-American singer (born 1957)

*September 1st, 1957, Havana

61

Carolee Carmello

American actress and singer

*September 1st, 1962, Albany

55

John Frederick of Holstein-Gottorp

Lutheran archbishop

*September 1st, 1579, Gottorf Castle †September 3rd, 1634, Bremen

77

Barry Gibb

British singer, songwriter, record producer, and co-founder of the group Bee Gees

*September 1st, 1946, Douglas

84

Lily Tomlin

American actress, comedian and writer

*September 1st, 1939, Detroit

70

James Shirley

English writer (1596–1666)

*September 1st, 1596, London †October 1st, 1666, London

68

Francis William Aston

British chemist (1877-1945)

*September 1st, 1877, Harborne †November 20th, 1945, Cambridge

Same 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

43

John Sarkander

Czech saint

*December 20th, 1576, Skoczów †March 17th, 1620, Olomouc

37

Antonio Neri

Italian chemist

*February 29th, 1576, Florence †January 1st, 1614, Florence

45

Alix Le Clerc

French founder of a religious order providing education to girls (1576-1622)

*February 2nd, 1576, Remiremont †January 9th, 1622, Nancy

67

Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau

Electress Palatine (1576-1644)

*March 31st, 1576, Delft †March 15th, 1644, Königsberg

49

Duchess Anna I, Duchess of Prussia

Duchess of Prussia

*July 3rd, 1576, Königsberg †August 30th, 1625, Berlin

84

Petrus 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, Oudewater

66

Johann Kromayer

German educationist (1576-1643)

*December 8th, 1576, Döbeln †July 13th, 1643, Weimar

60

Pietro Paolo Bonzi

Painter of still lifes (1576-1636)

*January 1st, 1576, Cortona †March 17th, 1636, Rome

56

Scipione Borghese

17th-century Catholic cardinal

*November 30th, 1576, Artena †October 2nd, 1633, Rome

74

Herman Wenceslas Czernin of Chudenice

Czech hofmeister and nobleman

*July 24th, 1576, Nedrahovice †February 6th, 1651, Kost Castle

35

Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland

Scholar and writer of Elizabethan England

*October 16th, 1576, Belvoir Castle †June 26th, 1612, Cambridge

52

Kaspar Teutleben

German author

*March 27th, 1576, Laucha †February 11th, 1629, Wenigensömmern

51

Roque González de Santa Cruz

Paraguayan missionary

*November 17th, 1576, Asunción †November 15th, 1628, São Miguel das Missões

47

Eric of Lorraine

French Bishop of Verdun and half brother of Louise of Lorraine, Queen consort of France.

*March 14th, 1576, Nancy †April 27th, 1623, Nancy

76

Thomas Dudley

Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1576-1653)

*October 12th, 1576, Yardley Hastings †July 31st, 1653, Roxbury

73

Caspar Schoppe

German scholar (1576-1649)

*May 27th, 1576, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz †November 19th, 1649, Padua

44

Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

Prince of Anhalt, then Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576-1621)

*October 28th, 1576, Harzgerode †August 20th, 1621, Zerbst

57

John Marston

English writer 1575?-1634

*October 7th, 1576, Coventry †June 25th, 1634, Hampshire

73

Giovanni Diodati

Calvinist theologian

*June 6th, 1576, Geneva †October 3rd, 1649, Geneva

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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).

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