August 7th, 1585

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Born on August 7th, 1585 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 7th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 7th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1585)

Born on August 7th, 1585

Weekday

Wednesday

August 7th, 1585 was a Wednesday.

Age

438

People born on August 7th, 1585 will turn 439 this year (2024), in exactly 100 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1585 - August 23rd, 1585

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 758 days, exactly on May 27th, 2026, people who were born on August 7th, 1585 will be 161,000 days old!

160,242 Days

22,891 Weeks

5,264 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on August 7th?

August 7th, 1998

Car bombs exploded simultaneously at the American embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.

August 7th, 1987

Lynne Cox became the first person to swim between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, crossing from Little Diomede to Big Diomede in the Bering Strait in 2 hours and 5 minutes.

August 7th, 1985

Five members of the Bamber family were found murdered at a farmhouse in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, England.

August 7th, 1970

Jonathan Jackson kidnapped Harold Haley, a judge in Marin County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers, including Jackson's brother George.

August 7th, 1955

Hurricane Diane, the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than $1 billion in damages, formed between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde.

August 7th, 1946

The Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the latter was handling the Turkish Straits no longer represented the security interests of its fellow Black Sea nations, escalating the Turkish Straits crisis.

August 7th, 1944

IBM presented the first program-controlled calculator to Harvard University, after which it became known as the Mark I.

August 7th, 1942

World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi (pictured), Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

August 7th, 1914

The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the region of Alsace from Germany.

August 7th, 1909

Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City with three passengers, Alice Huyler Ramsey arrived in San Francisco to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the contiguous United States.

August 7th, 1897

Mahdist War: Anglo-Egyptian soldiers clashed with Mahdist Sudanese rebels in the Battle of Abu Hamed.

August 7th, 1794

U.S. president George Washington invoked the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

August 7th, 1782

The Badge of Military Merit (pictured), the precursor to the U.S. Purple Heart, was established as a military decoration of the Continental Army.

August 7th, 1679

Le Griffon (depicted), a barque built by René-Robert de La Salle, began its journey to be the first sailing ship to navigate the upper Great Lakes.

August 7th, 1461

Ming Chinese general Cao Qin staged a failed coup against the Tianshun Emperor.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 7th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 7th?

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

Mariah Angeliq

American singer

*August 7th, 1999, Miami

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

*August 7th, 1909, Swift Current †October 17th, 1981, Toronto

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

Charlize Theron

South African and American actress and producer

*August 7th, 1975, Benoni

Sigfried Held

German association football player and manager

*August 7th, 1942, Bruntál

Jordan Torunarigha

German association football player

*August 7th, 1997, Chemnitz

John Glover

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Kingston

Harald Effenberg

German actor and voice actor

*August 7th, 1957, Pätz

Manfred Lefkes

German association football player

*August 7th, 1959, Cologne

Valter Birsa

Slovenian footballer

*August 7th, 1986, Šempeter pri Gorici

Simon Yates

British road and track racing cyclist

*August 7th, 1992, Bury

Elinor Ostrom

American political economist (1933-2012)

*August 7th, 1933, Los Angeles †June 12th, 2012, Bloomington

Ulrich Salchow

Swedish figure skater

*August 7th, 1877, Copenhagen †April 19th, 1949, Hedvig Eleonora parish

Kyler Skibidi Murray

American football and baseball player (born 1997)

*August 7th, 1997, Bedford

Stefan Heße

German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Archbishop of Hamburg

*August 7th, 1966, Cologne

Sofia Rotaru

Soviet and Ukrainian musician, singer, songwriter, actress, author of Moldovan origin

*August 7th, 1947, Marshyntsi

Elizabeth Báthory

Hungarian countess

*August 7th, 1560, Nyírbátor †August 21st, 1614, Čachtice Castle

Catalina Denis

Colombian actor and model

*August 7th, 1995, Colombia

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

Claude Favre de Vaugelas

Savoyard grammarian and man of letters (1585-1650)

*January 6th, 1585, Meximieux †February 26th, 1650, Paris

William Drummond of Hawthornden

British writer 1585–1649

*December 13th, 1585, Midlothian †December 4th, 1649, Hawthornden Castle

Livia della Rovere

Italian noble (1585-1641)

*December 16th, 1585, Pesaro †July 6th, 1641, Castelleone di Suasa

Johann Jakob Wolff von Todenwarth

*January 1st, 1585, Speyer †January 1st, 1657, Regensburg

John Cotton

English minister, theologian, immigrant to Massachusetts (1585-1652)

*December 4th, 1585, Derby †December 23rd, 1652, Boston

Hendrick Avercamp

Dutch painter (1585-1634)

*January 27th, 1585, Amsterdam †May 15th, 1634, Kampen

Alexandre I de Bournonville

(1585-1656)

*September 14th, 1585, City of Brussels †March 12th, 1656, Lyon

Niklaus Geisler

German architect and sculptor

*April 7th, 1585, Schweinfurt †January 1st, 1665, Lucerne

Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel

English diplomat (1585-1646)

*July 7th, 1585, Finchingfield †October 4th, 1646, Padua

Giovanni Biliverti

Florentine painter (1585-1644)

*August 25th, 1585, Florence †July 16th, 1644, Florence

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

Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc

Governor of St. Christopher

*February 28th, 1585, Allouville-Bellefosse †November 30th, 1636, Saint Kitts

Jean Caylar d'Anduze de Saint-Bonnet

Marshal of France

*March 1st, 1585, Saint-Jean-du-Gard †June 14th, 1636, Fontaneto d'Agogna

Christian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

*November 30th, 1585, Eisenberg castle ruins †December 31st, 1637, Schloss Waldeck

Gregor Francke

German theologian

*December 10th, 1585, Taucha †January 2nd, 1651, Frankfurt (Oder)

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 7th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VII.VIII.MDLXXXV

7.8.1585

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1585 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1585

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August 7th, 1585

Born on August 7th, 1585

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

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

160,242 Days

22,891 Weeks

5,264 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 7th?

Car bombs exploded simultaneously at the American embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.

Lynne Cox became the first person to swim between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, crossing from Little Diomede to Big Diomede in the Bering Strait in 2 hours and 5 minutes.

Five members of the Bamber family were found murdered at a farmhouse in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, England.

Jonathan Jackson kidnapped Harold Haley, a judge in Marin County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers, including Jackson's brother George.

Hurricane Diane, the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than $1 billion in damages, formed between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde.

The Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the latter was handling the Turkish Straits no longer represented the security interests of its fellow Black Sea nations, escalating the Turkish Straits crisis.

IBM presented the first program-controlled calculator to Harvard University, after which it became known as the Mark I.

World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi (pictured), Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the region of Alsace from Germany.

Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City with three passengers, Alice Huyler Ramsey arrived in San Francisco to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the contiguous United States.

Mahdist War: Anglo-Egyptian soldiers clashed with Mahdist Sudanese rebels in the Battle of Abu Hamed.

U.S. president George Washington invoked the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

The Badge of Military Merit (pictured), the precursor to the U.S. Purple Heart, was established as a military decoration of the Continental Army.

Le Griffon (depicted), a barque built by René-Robert de La Salle, began its journey to be the first sailing ship to navigate the upper Great Lakes.

Ming Chinese general Cao Qin staged a failed coup against the Tianshun Emperor.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 7th

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 7th?

Same year Born in 1585

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 7th

Assyrian Martyrs Day (Assyrian community)

Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia)

Albert of Trapani

Cajetan of Thienna

Carpophorus and companions

Dometius of Persia

Donatus of Arezzo

Donatus of Besançon

Donatus of Muenstereifel

John Mason Neale and Catherine Winkworth (Episcopal Church (USA))

Nantovinus

Pope Sixtus II

August 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Filseta (Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church)

Emancipation Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Republic Day (Ivory Coast)

Youth Day (Kiribati)

National Purple Heart Day (United States)