August 18th, 1577

Born on August 18th, 1577

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 18th?

August 18th, 2017

Two people were killed and eight others wounded when a rejected asylum seeker went on a knife rampage in Turku, Finland.

August 18th, 2008

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.

August 18th, 1983

Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.

August 18th, 1966

Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan, but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

August 18th, 1964

East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

August 18th, 1948

Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".

August 18th, 1945

World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.

August 18th, 1940

Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.

August 18th, 1920

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.

August 18th, 1919

Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship.

August 18th, 1877

American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the smaller one.

August 18th, 1864

American Civil War: At the Battle of Globe Tavern, Union forces attempted to sever the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg.

August 18th, 1783

A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain.

August 18th, 1612

The trials of the Pendle and Samlesbury witches (statue pictured), among the most famous of England's witch trials, began at the assizes in Lancaster.

August 18th, 1590

John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in North America (located in present-day North Carolina), returned after a three-year absence to find it deserted (depicted).

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

Born on August 18th, 1577

56

Ambrosius Rhode

German mathematician, author and astronomer

*August 18th, 1577, Kemberg †August 24th, 1633, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

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74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

39

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

30

Sikki Reddy

Indian badminton player

*August 18th, 1993, Kodad

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

23

Belén Aizen

Argentinian handball player

*August 18th, 2000, General San Martín

86

Paul Grimm

German prehistorian and medievalist (1907-1993)

*August 18th, 1907, Torgau †November 19th, 1993, Berlin

24

Vitão

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 18th, 1999, São Paulo

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

26

Goh Sze Fei

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1997, Malacca

96

Rosalynn Carter

First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*August 18th, 1927, Plains †November 19th, 2023, Plains

45

Sergio Llopis

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1978, Xàtiva

25

Joy Lai

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1998, Victoria

89

Luc Montagnier

French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine (2008)

*August 18th, 1932, Chabris †February 8th, 2022, Neuilly-sur-Seine

436

Virginia Dare

First child born in the Americas to English parents

*August 18th, 1587, Roanoke Colony

90

Roman Polanski

French-Polish director, screenwriter, producer and actor

*August 18th, 1933, Paris

54

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

66

Carole Bouquet

French actress

*August 18th, 1957, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Carolin Emcke

German journalist; Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2016

*August 18th, 1967, Mülheim an der Ruhr

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62

Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish painter (1577-1640)

*June 28th, 1577, Siegen †May 30th, 1640, Antwerp

22

Beatrice Cenci

Italian noblewoman and murderer

*February 6th, 1577, Rome †September 11th, 1599, Rome

62

Robert Burton

English scholar (1577–1640)

*February 8th, 1577, Leicestershire †January 25th, 1640, Oxford

70

Christian IV of Denmark

King of Denmark and Norway (1577-1648)

*April 12th, 1577, Frederiksborg Palace †February 28th, 1648, Rosenborg Castle

61

François Leclerc du Tremblay

French Capuchin friar and political adviser (1577–1638)

*November 4th, 1577, Paris †December 17th, 1638, Rueil-Malmaison

51

Nicolas Trigault

French Jesuit, missionary and writer

*January 1st, 1577, Douai †November 14th, 1628, Hangzhou

51

Piet Pieterszoon Hein

Dutch admiral

*November 25th, 1577, Delfshaven †June 18th, 1629, English Channel

82

Jacob Cats

Dutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician (1577-1660)

*November 10th, 1577, Schouwen-Duiveland †September 12th, 1660, The Hague

62

Noël Brûlart de Sillery

French diplomat (1578-1640)

*December 25th, 1577, Kingdom of France †September 26th, 1640, Kingdom of France

66

Guido Bentivoglio

Italian cardinal and diplomat (1579–1644)

*October 4th, 1577, Ferrara †September 7th, 1644, Rome

59

Rudolf Amsinck

9 Nov 1577 - 1 Dec 1636

*November 9th, 1577, Hamburg †December 1st, 1636

87

Adam Willaerts

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1577-1664)

*January 1st, 1577, London †April 4th, 1664, Rotterdam

67

Jan Baptist van Helmont

Chemist, physiologist, and physician from the Spanish Low Countries

*January 1st, 1577, City of Brussels †December 30th, 1644, Vilvoorde

43

Cristofano Allori

Italian portrait painter of the late Florentine Mannerist school (1577-1621)

*October 17th, 1577, Florence †April 1st, 1621, Florence

80

Johann Merck

German rector

*June 29th, 1577, Rentweinsdorf †June 3rd, 1658, Leipzig

48

Dorothea Augusta of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

(1577-1625)

*February 12th, 1577, Wolfenbüttel †December 19th, 1625, Wolfenbüttel

24

John Casimir of Nassau-Gleiberg

Count of Nassau-Gleiberg (1594-1602)

*September 24th, 1577, Ottweiler †March 29th, 1602, Wehen

44

Thomas Sagittarius

German polymath and university teacher

*April 7th, 1577, Stendal †April 21st, 1621, Wrocław

78

Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

German noble

*February 17th, 1577, Ratzeburg †January 18th, 1656, Lauenburg/Elbe

60

Pieter Huyssens

Flemish architect (1577-1637)

*February 22nd, 1577, Bruges †June 6th, 1637, Bruges

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No: With 365 days 1577 is a normal year and no leap year.

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