March 9th, 1585

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Born on March 9th, 1585 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 9th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 9th
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Calendar (March 1585)

Born on March 9th, 1585

Weekday

Saturday

March 9th, 1585 was a Saturday.

Age

439

People born on March 9th, 1585 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 439 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1585 - March 20th, 1585

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 160,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 542 days, exactly on December 27th, 2025, people who were born on March 9th, 1585 will be 161,000 days old!

160,458 Days

22,922 Weeks

5,271 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on March 9th?

March 9th, 1891

Kaʻiulani (pictured) was appointed heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

March 9th, 1977

Twelve gunmen seized three buildings in Washington, D.C., and took 149 hostages in a 39-hour standoff that ended in two deaths.

March 9th, 1967

Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States.

March 9th, 1959

The popular fashion doll Barbie debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.

March 9th, 1956

In Tbilisi, Georgia, Soviet troops suppressed mass demonstrations against Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.

March 9th, 1946

Thirty-three people were killed in a human crush at Burnden Park, a football stadium in Bolton, England.

March 9th, 1945

World War II: In a coup d'état, Imperial Japanese Army officers ousted the government of French Indochina.

March 9th, 1944

World War II: As part of the Battle of Narva, the Soviet Air Forces heavily bombed Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians.

March 9th, 1933

U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to the United States Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.

March 9th, 1932

Éamon de Valera (pictured), a dominant political figure in 20th-century Ireland, became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.

March 9th, 1925

The Royal Air Force began a bombardment and strafing campaign against the mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South Waziristan, in what is now Pakistan.

March 9th, 1862

American Civil War: In the world's first battle between two ironclad warships, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fought to a draw near the mouth of Hampton Roads in Virginia.

March 9th, 1847

Mexican–American War: The Siege of Veracruz began, the first large-scale amphibious assault conducted by United States military forces.

March 9th, 1842

Nabucco, an opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi that established his reputation, premiered at La Scala in Milan.

March 9th, 1841

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that captive Africans who seized control of La Amistad, the trans-Atlantic slave-trading ship carrying them, had been taken into slavery illegally.

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

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

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

Christian Giørtz Middelboe

*March 9th, 1852, Ribe †March 3rd, 1920, Frederiksberg

Yuri Gagarin

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)

*March 9th, 1934, Klushino †March 27th, 1968, Novosyolovo

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

Rexy Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 9th, 1968, Ternate Island

Peter Scholl-Latour

German-French journalist and author (1924-2014)

*March 9th, 1924, Bochum †August 16th, 2014, Rhöndorf

Artur Auernhammer

German politician

*March 9th, 1963, Oberhochstatt

Cornelia Jakobs

Swedish singer and songwriter (1992–)

*March 9th, 1992, Nacka församling

Juliette Binoche

French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)

*March 9th, 1964, Paris

Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval

Spanish archbishop and priest

*March 9th, 1589, Galicia †September 17th, 1665, Madrid

Matteo Salvini

Italian politician

*March 9th, 1973, Milan

Walter Kohn

American physicist (1923–2016)

*March 9th, 1923, Vienna †April 19th, 2016, Santa Barbara

Carl H. Eigenmann

German-American ichthyologist (1863–1927)

*March 9th, 1863, Flehingen †April 24th, 1927, San Diego

Amerigo Vespucci

Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer

*March 9th, 1454, Florence †February 22nd, 1512, Seville

Oscar Isaac

American actor (born 1979)

*March 9th, 1979, Guatemala City

Roberto Ferrari

Italian racing cyclist

*March 9th, 1983, Gavardo

Brenna O'Brien

Actress

*March 9th, 1991, Brampton

Takaaki Kajita

Japanese physicist and astronomer (1959-)

*March 9th, 1959, Higashimatsuyama

Aloysius Gonzaga

Italian aristocrat and Jesuit seminarian and saint

*March 9th, 1568, Castiglione delle Stiviere †June 21st, 1591, Rome

Marco Velo

Road bicycle racer

*March 9th, 1974, Brescia

Same year
Born in 1585

Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu

French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)

*September 9th, 1585, Paris †December 4th, 1642, Paris

Heinrich Schütz

German composer and organist (1585–1672)

*October 18th, 1585, Bad Köstritz †November 6th, 1672, Dresden

Cornelius Jansen

Bishop and theologian (1585-1638)

*October 28th, 1585, Acquoy †May 6th, 1638, Ypres

Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony

German noble (1585–1656)

*March 5th, 1585, Dresden †October 8th, 1656, Dresden

Mary Ward

English Venerated Catholic (1585-1645)

*January 23rd, 1585, Newby with Mulwith †January 30th, 1645, Heworth

Herman op den Graeff

"Mennonite lord bishop" of Krefeld, in 1632 delegate to the Krefeld Mennonite Church Delegation and signer of the Dordrecht Confession of Faith that year

*November 26th, 1585, Kerken †December 27th, 1642, Krefeld