April 20th, 1585

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Born on April 20th, 1585 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on April 20th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on April 20th
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Calendar (April 1585)

Born on April 20th, 1585

Weekday

Saturday

April 20th, 1585 was a Saturday.

Age

439

People born on April 20th, 1585 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 439 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

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Aries (The Ram)

March 22nd, 1585 - April 20th, 1585

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 583 days, exactly on February 7th, 2026, people who were born on April 20th, 1585 will be 161,000 days old!

160,417 Days

22,916 Weeks

5,270 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on April 20th?

April 20th, 2010

An explosion on Deepwater Horizon, an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico, resulted in the largest marine oil spill in history.

April 20th, 2008

Fernando Lugo became the first candidate not from the Colorado Party candidate to be elected President of Paraguay in 61 years.

April 20th, 2004

An incomplete tunnel leading to Singapore's Nicoll Highway MRT station collapsed that led to four deaths and the station's relocation.

April 20th, 1999

Students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold carried out a massacre at Columbine High School, killing 13 people before committing suicide.

April 20th, 1978

Korean Air Lines Flight 902 was shot down after violating Soviet airspace and was forced to make an emergency landing.

April 20th, 1968

South African Airways Flight 228 crashed shortly after take-off from Windhoek in South West Africa, resulting in 123 deaths.

April 20th, 1942

World War II: German and Italian forces began a large-scale counter-insurgency operation in occupied Yugoslavia.

April 20th, 1939

Billie Holiday recorded the song "Strange Fruit", which later became an emblem of the civil rights movement.

April 20th, 1914

A fire and a gun battle between the Colorado National Guard and striking coal miners led to 17 deaths in the Ludlow Massacre.

April 20th, 1828

French explorer René Caillié reached Timbuktu in present-day Mali, and later received a 9,000-franc prize from the Société de Géographie for being the first European to return with a description of the city.

April 20th, 1818

Four days after the Court of King's Bench upheld an English murder suspect's right to a trial by battle in Ashford v Thornton, the plaintiff declined to fight, allowing the defendant to go free.

April 20th, 1809

War of the Fifth Coalition: Commanded by Napoleon, Franco-German forces defeated a reinforced Austrian corps at the Battle of Abensberg.

April 20th, 1657

Anglo-Spanish War: The English navy sank much of a Spanish treasure fleet at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife off the Canary Islands, but was unable to capture the treasure.

April 20th, 1537

Bacatá, the main settlement of the Muisca Confederation in present-day Colombia, was conquered by Spanish conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.

April 20th, 1535

Sun dogs were observed over Stockholm, Sweden, inspiring the painting Vädersolstavlan (depicted), the oldest coloured depiction of the city.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 20th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 20th?

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

*April 20th, 1889, Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus †April 30th, 1945, Führerbunker

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

Line Kjærsfeldt

Danish badminton player

*April 20th, 1994, Aarhus

Rose of Lima

Dominican saint from Peru

*April 20th, 1586, Lima †August 24th, 1617, Lima

Elena Verdugo

American actress (1925-2017)

*April 20th, 1925, Paso Robles †May 30th, 2017, Los Angeles

Kristin Clemet

Norwegian politician

*April 20th, 1957, Harstad Municipality

Leslie Phillips

British actor (1924–2022)

*April 20th, 1924, Tottenham †November 7th, 2022, Minneapolis

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

Lucian Pulvermacher

Pope

*April 20th, 1918, Wisconsin †November 30th, 2009, Springdale

Heinz Melkus

German racing driver (1928-2005)

*April 20th, 1928, Dresden †September 5th, 2005, Dresden

Napoleon III

President of the Second French Republic, Emperor of the Second French Empire and the last king in French history (1848–1870)

*April 20th, 1808, Paris †January 9th, 1873, Chislehurst

Basta

Russian rapper, producer and radio host

*April 20th, 1980, Rostov-on-Don

Erik Meijs

Badminton player

*April 20th, 1991, Zoetermeer †November 16th, 2017, Duisburg

Johannes Agricola

Reformer, humanist

*April 20th, 1494, Lutherstadt Eisleben †September 22nd, 1566, Berlin

Capo Plaza

Italian rapper (1998)

*April 20th, 1998, Salerno

Andy Serkis

English actor

*April 20th, 1964, Ruislip

Shemar Moore

American actor

*April 20th, 1970, Oakland

Gro Harlem Brundtland

29th Prime Minister of Norway

*April 20th, 1939, Bærum Municipality

Mike Pniewski

American actor

*April 20th, 1961, Los Angeles

Clint Howard

American actor

*April 20th, 1959, Burbank

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