November 9th, 1578

Born on November 9th, 1578

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 162,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 296 days, exactly on February 18th, 2025, people who were born on November 9th, 1578 will be 163,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 9th?

November 9th, 2019

Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan inaugurated the Kartarpur Corridor, a visa-free border crossing connecting the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib to the Indian border.

November 9th, 2016

A tram derailment in Croydon, London, killed seven people.

November 9th, 1993

Bosnian War: Croatian Defence Council forces destroyed the Stari Most, a 16th-century bridge crossing the river Neretva in the city of Mostar (rebuilt bridge pictured).

November 9th, 1989

East German official Günter Schabowski mistakenly announced the immediate opening of the inner German border, resulting in the fall of the Berlin Wall that night.

November 9th, 1967

The first issue of Rolling Stone, an American magazine focusing on music, politics and popular culture, was published.

November 9th, 1939

World War II: A covert Sicherheitsdienst operation captured two British Secret Intelligence Service agents near Venlo in the Netherlands.

November 9th, 1938

Kristallnacht began as SA stormtroopers and civilians destroyed and ransacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues in Germany and Austria, resulting in at least 90 deaths and the deportation of 30,000 men to concentration camps.

November 9th, 1918

The government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic adopted a tricolour national flag (pictured) that remains in use today with slight modifications by the present-day Republic of Azerbaijan.

November 9th, 1914

World War I: Off the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Australian light cruiser Sydney sank Emden, the last active German warship in the Indian Ocean.

November 9th, 1913

A severe blizzard reached its maximum intensity in the Great Lakes Basin of North America, destroying 19 ships and 68,300 tons of cargo, and killing more than 250 people.

November 9th, 1888

Mary Jane Kelly, widely believed to be the fifth and final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper, was murdered in London.

November 9th, 1822

USS Alligator engaged three pirate schooners off the coast of Cuba in one of the West Indies anti-piracy operations of the United States.

November 9th, 1971

American banker John List murdered his wife, mother, and three children with a pair of handguns.

November 9th, 1970

Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.

November 9th, 1967

Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft, atop the first Saturn V rocket, from Florida's Cape Kennedy.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 9th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 9th?

39

French Montana

Moroccan rapper

*November 9th, 1984, Casablanca

59

Rudolf Amsinck

9 Nov 1577 - 1 Dec 1636

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

39

Andrej Ashmarin

Badminton player

*November 9th, 1984, Moscow

62

Carl Sagan

American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)

*November 9th, 1934, Brooklyn †December 20th, 1996, Seattle

49

Alessandro Del Piero

Italian association football player

*November 9th, 1974, Conegliano

85

Hedy Lamarr

Austrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping (1914-2000)

*November 9th, 1914, Vienna †January 19th, 2000, Casselberry

91

Alistair Horne

British writer and historian (1925-2017)

*November 9th, 1925, London †May 25th, 2017, Oxfordshire

63

Erika Mann

German actress and writer (1905-1969)

*November 9th, 1905, Munich †August 27th, 1969, Zürich

86

Imre Kertész

Hungarian author

*November 9th, 1929, Budapest †March 31st, 2016, Budapest

56

Johannes Narssius

Dutch physician and poet (1580-1637), owner/creator of the album amicorum of Joannes Narsius

*November 9th, 1580, Dordrecht †January 1st, 1637, Batavia

94

Robert Frank

Swiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker (1924-2019)

*November 9th, 1924, Zürich †September 9th, 2019, Inverness

51

Johann Matthäus Meyfart

German theologian and writer

*November 9th, 1590, Jena †January 26th, 1642, Erfurt

42

Scottie Thompson

American actress

*November 9th, 1981, Richmond

35

Lio Tipton

Actor and model from the United States

*November 9th, 1988, Minneapolis

71

Andreas Aigmüller

German musician

*November 9th, 1952, Magdeburg

56

Daphne Guinness

British and Irish artist and personality

*November 9th, 1967, London

77

Spiro Agnew

Vice president of the United States from 1969 to 1973

*November 9th, 1918, Baltimore †September 17th, 1996, Berlin

29

MNEK

English singer, songwriter and record producer

*November 9th, 1994, Lewisham

52

Sabri Lamouchi

French association football player and manager

*November 9th, 1971, Lyon

85

Massimo Pallottino

Italian archaeologist (1909-1995)

*November 9th, 1909, Rome †February 7th, 1995, Rome

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Born in 1578

79

William Harvey

English physician (1578–1657)

*April 1st, 1578, Folkestone †June 3rd, 1657, Roehampton

58

Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor from 1619 to 1637

*July 9th, 1578, Graz †February 15th, 1637, Vienna

56

John Webster

English dramatist (1578-1634)

*January 1st, 1578, London †January 1st, 1634, London

42

Philip III of Spain

King of Castilla and León and King of Aragon and Portugal

*April 14th, 1578, Madrid †March 31st, 1621, Madrid

75

John Taylor

English poet (1578-1653)

*August 24th, 1578, Gloucester †December 1st, 1653, London

61

Agostino Agazzari

Italian composer and music theorist (1578-1640)

*December 2nd, 1578, Siena †April 10th, 1640, Siena

24

Agnes of Solms-Laubach

Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (1578-1602)

*January 7th, 1578, Laubach †November 23rd, 1602, Laubach

82

Francesco Albani

Baroque painter (1578–1660)

*March 17th, 1578, Bologna †October 4th, 1660, Bologna

64

Christian Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Co-ruler of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

*May 11th, 1578, Sondershausen †November 25th, 1642, Arnstadt

69

Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau

Countess of Orange-Nassau by birth and by marriage Countess of Hanau-Münzenberg (1578-1648)

*July 31st, 1578, Antwerp †April 12th, 1648, The Hague

79

Christine of Hesse-Kassel

Duchess consort of Saxe-Eisenach

*October 19th, 1578, Kassel †August 19th, 1658, Kassel

65

George Sandys

English traveller, colonist, poet, translator

*March 2nd, 1578, Bishopthorpe Palace †March 1st, 1644, Boxley

74

Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg

Duke of Jülich and Berg

*November 4th, 1578, Neuburg an der Donau †March 20th, 1653, Düsseldorf

73

Hans Christoph Ebeleben

German jurist (1578-1651)

*June 23rd, 1578, Wartenburg †November 7th, 1651, Dresden

71

Matteo Rosselli

Italian painter (1578-1650)

*August 8th, 1578, Florence †January 18th, 1650, Florence

45

Ulrik of Denmark

Danish prince-bishop

*December 30th, 1578, Kolding †March 27th, 1624, Rühn

57

Melchior Goldast

Swiss historian (1578-1635)

*January 6th, 1578, Bischofszell †August 11th, 1635, Giessen

69

Johann Behm

German author and theologian (1578-1648)

*June 23rd, 1578, Königsberg †April 23rd, 1648, Königsberg

59

Prince Johann I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

First prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1578–1638)

*August 17th, 1578, Sigmaringen †March 22nd, 1638, Munich

32

Adam Elsheimer

German painter and draftsman (1578-1610)

*March 18th, 1578, Frankfurt †December 11th, 1610, Rome

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1578 is a normal year and no leap year.

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