August 18th, 1591

Born on August 18th, 1591

Weekday

Sunday

August 18th, 1591 was a Sunday.

Age

434

People born on August 18th, 1591 will turn 435 this year (2026), in exactly 24 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1591 - August 23rd, 1591

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 158,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 143 days, exactly on December 15th, 2026, people who were born on August 18th, 1591 will be 159,000 days old!

158,857 Days

22,693 Weeks

5,219 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on August 18th?

August 18th, 2008

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.

August 18th, 1983

Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.

August 18th, 1966

Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan (helicopter pictured), but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

August 18th, 1964

East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

August 18th, 1948

Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".

August 18th, 1945

World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.

August 18th, 1940

Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.

August 18th, 1920

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.

August 18th, 1919

Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship.

August 18th, 1891

A hurricane struck the Caribbean island of Martinique, killing about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and causing severe damage.

August 18th, 1877

American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the smaller one.

August 18th, 1864

American Civil War: At the Battle of Globe Tavern, Union forces attempted to sever the Weldon Railroad during the siege of Petersburg.

August 18th, 1783

A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain.

August 18th, 1612

The trials of the Pendle and Samlesbury witches (statue pictured), among the most famous of England's witch trials, began at the assizes in Lancaster.

August 18th, 1590

John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in North America (located in present-day North Carolina), returned after a three-year absence to find it deserted (depicted).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 18th

Same year
Born in 1591

Mustafa I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1617 to 1618 and from 1622 to 1623

*June 24th, 1591, Istanbul †January 20th, 1639, Istanbul

Gérard Desargues

French mathematician and engineer

*February 21st, 1591, Lyon †October 9th, 1661, Lyon

Friedrich Spee

Jesuit, author of Cautio Criminalis

*February 25th, 1591, Düsseldorf †August 9th, 1635, Trier

Anne Hutchinson

Participant in the Antinomian Controversy

*January 1st, 1591, Alford †January 1st, 1643, New Netherland

Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine

Daughter of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga and Eleonora de' Medici (sister of Maria de' Medici), wife of Duke Henri I, Duchess of Lorraine (1591-1632)

*October 2nd, 1591, Mantua †February 7th, 1632, Nancy

Reinier Pauw

Dutch politician (1591-1676)

*September 3rd, 1591, Amsterdam †January 20th, 1676, The Hague

Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena

Italian noble (1591-1644)

*October 22nd, 1591, Ferrara †May 24th, 1644, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana

Dirck Hals

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1591-1656)

*March 19th, 1591, Haarlem †May 17th, 1656, Haarlem

Louise Marillac

Co-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity (1591-1660)

*August 12th, 1591, Paris †March 15th, 1660, Antarctic

Marie Angélique Arnauld

French Cistercian abbess (1591-1661)

*September 8th, 1591, Paris †August 6th, 1661, Magny-les-Hameaux

Gerard Seghers

Flemish painter (1591-1651)

*March 17th, 1591, Antwerp †March 18th, 1651, Antwerp

Robert Herrick

English poet and cleric (1591–1674)

*August 24th, 1591, London †September 30th, 1674, Devon

Dietrich von Velen

*June 30th, 1591, Meppen †September 10th, 1657

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 18th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 18th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVIII.VIII.MDXCI

18.8.1591

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XC = 90

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1591 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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August 18th, 1591

Born on August 18th, 1591

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 158,000 days old!

158,857 Days

22,693 Weeks

5,219 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 18th?

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.

Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.

Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan (helicopter pictured), but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".

World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.

Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.

Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship.

A hurricane struck the Caribbean island of Martinique, killing about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and causing severe damage.

American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the smaller one.

American Civil War: At the Battle of Globe Tavern, Union forces attempted to sever the Weldon Railroad during the siege of Petersburg.

A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain.

The trials of the Pendle and Samlesbury witches (statue pictured), among the most famous of England's witch trials, began at the assizes in Lancaster.

John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in North America (located in present-day North Carolina), returned after a three-year absence to find it deserted (depicted).

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 18th

Same year Born in 1591

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 18th

Agapitus of Palestrina

Alberto Hurtado

Daig of Inniskeen

Evan (or Inan)

Fiacre

Florus and Laurus

Helena of Constantinople (Roman Catholic Church)

William Porcher DuBose (Episcopal Church)

August 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Arbor Day (Pakistan)

Armed Forces Day (North Macedonia)

Birthday of Virginia Dare (Roanoke Island)

Constitution Day (Indonesia)

Long Tan Day, also called Vietnam Veterans' Day (Australia)

National Science Day (Thailand)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

18.8.1591

Legend

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Age in days, weeks and months
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August 1591

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31				1	2	3	4
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