March 27th, 1588

Born on March 27th, 1588

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 159,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 27th?

March 27th, 2015

Himeji Castle (pictured), the largest and most visited Japanese castle, re-opened after five years of restoration work.

March 27th, 2009

A failure of the dam holding Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Tangerang, Indonesia, caused floods that killed at least 100 people.

March 27th, 2020

North Macedonia became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

March 27th, 2002

Second Intifada: A suicide bomber killed around 30 Israeli civilians and injured about 140 others in Netanya, triggering Operation Defensive Shield, a large-scale counter-terrorist military incursion into the West Bank.

March 27th, 1999

During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, an Army of Yugoslavia unit shot down a U.S. Air Force F-117 stealth aircraft.

March 27th, 1998

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the drug sildenafil (chemical structure pictured), better known by the trade name Viagra, for use as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.

March 27th, 1981

The Solidarity movement in Poland staged a warning strike, the largest in the history of the Eastern Bloc, in which at least 12 million Poles walked off their jobs for four hours.

March 27th, 1980

Brothers Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt failed in their attempt to corner the world silver market, causing panic in commodity and futures exchanges.

March 27th, 1977

Two Boeing 747 airliners collided on a foggy runway at Los Rodeos Airport on the island of Tenerife, killing 583 people in the worst aircraft accident in aviation history

March 27th, 1976

The Washington Metro, the second-busiest rapid transit system in the U.S., opened to commuters.

March 27th, 1958

Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, assumed the office of premier.

March 27th, 1945

World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began Operation Starvation, laying naval mines in many of Japan's vital water routes and ports to disrupt enemy shipping.

March 27th, 1941

World War II: A group of Serbian-nationalist officers of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force carried out a coup d'état after Yugoslavia joined the Axis powers.

March 27th, 1915

Mary Mallon (pictured), the first person to be identified as an asymptomatic carrier of typhoid fever, was placed into quarantine in New York City, where she spent the rest of her life.

March 27th, 1899

Philippine–American War: American forces defeated troops commanded by Philippine president Emilio Aguinaldo at the Battle of Marilao River.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 27th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 27th?

61

Xuxa

Brazilian television presenter, actress, singer and former model and Wiggles member

*March 27th, 1963, Santa Rosa

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

69

Johannes Overbeck

German archaeologist and art historian (1826-1895)

*March 27th, 1826, Antwerp †November 8th, 1895, Leipzig

77

Wilhelm Röntgen

German physicist (1845–1923)

*March 27th, 1845, Lennep †February 10th, 1923, Munich

55

Mariah Carey

American singer and songwriter (born 1969)

*March 27th, 1969, Huntington

61

Quentin Tarantino

American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor

*March 27th, 1963, Knoxville

67

Stephen Dillane

British actor

*March 27th, 1957, Kensington

89

Julian Glover

English actor

*March 27th, 1935, Hampstead

72

Linda Martin

Northern Irish singer

*March 27th, 1952, Omagh

84

Gloria Swanson

American actress (1899–1983)

*March 27th, 1899, Chicago †April 4th, 1983, Weill Cornell Medical Center

92

James Callaghan

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (1912–2005)

*March 27th, 1912, Copnor †March 26th, 2005, East Sussex

35

Diego Rosa

Italian racing cyclist

*March 27th, 1989, Corneliano d'Alba

37

Polina Gagarina

Russian singer, songwriter, actress, and model

*March 27th, 1987, Moscow

74

Eisaku Satō

Prime Minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972

*March 27th, 1901, Tabuse †June 3rd, 1975, The Jikei University Hospital

37

Buster Posey

American baseball player

*March 27th, 1987, Leesburg

83

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

German architect

*March 27th, 1886, Aachen †August 17th, 1969, Chicago

53

David Coulthard

British racing driver

*March 27th, 1971, Twynholm

49

Fergie

American singer and actress

*March 27th, 1975, Whittier

45

Jiří Třanovský

Lutheran priest and hymnwriter

*March 27th, 1592, Cieszyn †May 29th, 1637, Liptovský Mikuláš

36

Jessie J

English singer

*March 27th, 1988, Chadwell Heath

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91

Thomas Hobbes

English philosopher (1588–1679)

*April 5th, 1588, Westport †December 4th, 1679, Derbyshire

59

Marin Mersenne

French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as the "father of acoustics" (1588-1648)

*September 8th, 1588, Oizé †September 1st, 1648, Paris

65

Claudius Salmasius

French classical scholar, writer and professor in Leiden (1588-1653)

*April 15th, 1588, Semur-en-Auxois †September 3rd, 1653, Spa

59

Godard van Reede

Dutch politician and diplomat (1588-1648)

*September 30th, 1588, Utrecht †June 25th, 1648, Utrecht

65

Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy

Dutch painter of Flemish origin (1588-1650)

*January 10th, 1588, Amsterdam †November 30th, 1653, Amsterdam

42

Constance of Austria

Queen consort of Poland and Sweden

*December 24th, 1588, Graz †July 10th, 1631, Warsaw

61

Alessandro Varotari

Painter from Italy (1588-1649)

*April 4th, 1588, Padua †July 20th, 1649, Venice

62

Mahpeyker Kösem Sultan

Consort of Ahmed, Valide Sultan and regent of Murad IV and Ibrahim I, grandmother and regent of Mehmed IV, regent 3 times and valide 2

*November 30th, 1588, Tinos †September 2nd, 1651, Istanbul

61

Anthon von Ditfurth

German poet (1588-1650)

*November 26th, 1588, Stadthagen †May 7th, 1650, Stadthagen

35

Johann Affelmann

German theologian

*November 25th, 1588, Soest †February 28th, 1624, Rostock

45

Johann von Aldringen

Nobleman

*December 10th, 1588, Grund †July 22nd, 1634, Landshut

61

Francesco Gessi

Italian painter (1588-1649)

*January 20th, 1588, Bologna †September 15th, 1649, Bologna

23

Frederick IX, Margrave of Brandenburg

Margrave of Brandenburg (1588–1611)

*March 22nd, 1588, Old Cölln †May 19th, 1611, Słońsk

47

Egon VIII of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg

Count von Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, Bavarian Field-marshal and commander in the Thirty Years' War (1588-1635)

*May 21st, 1588, Speyer †August 24th, 1635, Constance

61

Franz Christoph von Khevenhüller-Frankenburg

Austrian historian, diplomat and politician (1588-1650)

*February 21st, 1588, Landskron Castle †January 1st, 1650, Baden

47

Martin Trost

German orientalist (1588-1636)

*November 11th, 1588, Höxter †April 8th, 1636, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

56

Peder Gustafsson Banér

Swedish politician (1588-1644)

*June 28th, 1588, Djursholm †July 13th, 1644, Stockholm

42

Bénédict Turrettini

Genevan theologian

*November 9th, 1588, Zürich †March 4th, 1631, Geneva

52

Wolrad IV of Waldeck-Eisenberg

German count

*July 7th, 1588, Korbach †October 6th, 1640, Bad Arolsen

77

Nicholas Lanier

English composer, singer, lutenist and painter (1588-1666)

*September 10th, 1588, London †December 31st, 1665, Greenwich

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Leap year

Yes: 1588 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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