July 16th, 1596

Born on July 16th, 1596

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 156,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 756 days, exactly on May 23rd, 2026, people who were born on July 16th, 1596 will be 157,000 days old!

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What happened on July 16th?

July 16th, 2013

At least 23 students died and dozens more fell ill at a primary school in the Indian state of Bihar after consuming a Midday Meal that was contaminated with pesticide.

July 16th, 2008

A tainted milk powder scandal broke in China which ultimately involved an estimated 300,000 victims, the vast majority infants, with 54,000 hospitalized with kidney problems and 6 deaths.

July 16th, 2007

An earthquake of magnitude .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw6.6 struck Niigata Prefecture, Japan, causing a leak of radioactive gases from the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant.

July 16th, 2004

Millennium Park, a public park in Chicago, Illinois, and the world's largest rooftop garden, opened to the public.

July 16th, 1983

A Sikorsky S-61 helicopter operated by British Airways crashed in thick fog in the Celtic Sea, killing 20 of the 26 people on board.

July 16th, 1965

South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo—an undetected communist spy—was reported dead due to injuries sustained during his capture, but it is generally assumed he was killed on the orders of military officials.

July 16th, 1951

The Catcher in the Rye, an American coming-of-age novel by J. D. Salinger, was first published.

July 16th, 1950

Korean War: A Korean People's Army unit massacred 31 prisoners of war of the U.S. Army on a mountain near the village of Tuman.

July 16th, 1931

Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie promulgated the nation's first modern constitution.

July 16th, 1790

President George Washington signed the Residence Act, selecting a new permanent site along the Potomac River for the capital of the United States, which later became Washington, D.C.

July 16th, 1782

Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail premiered in Vienna, after which Emperor Joseph II anecdotally remarked that it had "too many notes".

July 16th, 1377

The ten-year-old Richard II was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

July 16th, 1232

Muhammad ibn Yusuf (pictured), who later established the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state in Spain, was elected the ruler of Arjona.

July 16th, 2019

A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.

July 16th, 2015

Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 16th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 16th?

40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

55

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

*July 16th, 1872, Borge Municipality †June 18th, 1928, Arctic Ocean

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

55

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

54

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

48

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

*July 16th, 1968, Arnhem †March 24th, 2017, Apeldoorn

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

49

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

36

Brinner Henrique Santos Souza

Brazilian footballer

*July 16th, 1987, Lavras

75

Robert Lieberman

American film director

*July 16th, 1947, Buffalo †July 1st, 2023, Los Angeles

34

Gareth Bale

Welsh association football player

*July 16th, 1989, Cardiff

67

Tony Kushner

American playwright and screenwriter

*July 16th, 1956, Manhattan

26

Tales Soares

Brazilian model

*July 16th, 1992, Minas Gerais †April 27th, 2019, São Paulo

70

Corin Redgrave

British actor (1939-2010)

*July 16th, 1939, Marylebone †April 6th, 2010, Tooting

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Born in 1596

53

René Descartes

French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist

*March 31st, 1596, Descartes †February 11th, 1650, Stockholm City

49

Michael I of Russia

Russian Tsar

*July 12th, 1596, Moscow †July 13th, 1645, Moscow

70

James Shirley

English writer (1596–1666)

*September 1st, 1596, London †October 1st, 1666, London

64

John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

Prince of Anhalf-Dessau

*September 7th, 1596, Dessau †September 15th, 1660, Dessau

90

Constantijn Huygens

Dutch writer, poet and composer (1596-1687)

*September 4th, 1596, The Hague †March 28th, 1687, The Hague

61

Bertuccio Valiero

Doge of Venice (1596-1658)

*July 1st, 1596, Venice †March 29th, 1658, Venice

65

Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia

Electress consort of the Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (1596-1662)

*August 19th, 1596, Fife †February 13th, 1662, London

72

Pietro da Cortona

Italian painter and architect of the High Baroque (1596-1669)

*November 1st, 1596, Cortona †May 16th, 1669, Rome

84

Emperor Go-Mizunoo

Emperor of Japan from 1611 to 1629

*June 29th, 1596, Kyoto †September 11th, 1680, Kyoto

36

Frederick V of the Palatinate

Elector Palatine (1610–23), and King of Bohemia (1619–20), the Winter King

*August 26th, 1596, Deinschwang †November 29th, 1632, Mainz

87

Nicola Amati

Italian luthier from Cremona

*December 3rd, 1596, Cremona †August 12th, 1684, Cremona

77

Joachim Carstens

German judge

*August 3rd, 1596, Salzwedel †November 11th, 1673, Lübeck

44

Johan Banér

Swedish Field Marshal (1596-1641)

*June 23rd, 1596, Djursholm †May 10th, 1641, Halberstadt

77

Joan Blaeu

Dutch cartographer (1596-1673)

*September 23rd, 1596, Alkmaar †December 28th, 1673, Amsterdam

77

Ebba Brahe

Swedish noble

*March 16th, 1596, Västergötland †January 5th, 1674, Stockholm

61

Jacob van Campen

Painter and architect from the Northern Netherlands (1596-1657)

*February 2nd, 1596, Haarlem †September 13th, 1657, Amersfoort

63

Peter Wtewael

Dutch painter (1596-1660)

*June 5th, 1596, Utrecht †January 16th, 1660, Utrecht

77

Leonaert Bramer

17th century Dutch artist known primarily for genre, religious, and history paintings (1596-1674)

*December 24th, 1596, Delft †January 31st, 1674, Delft

29

Elizabeth of Hesse-Kassel, Duchess of Mecklenburg

Duchess of Mecklenburg-Gütsrow

*March 23rd, 1596, Kassel †December 16th, 1625, Güstrow

69

Jean Bolland

Belgian Jesuit and hagiographer

*August 18th, 1596, Julémont †September 12th, 1665, Antwerp

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Leap year

Yes: 1596 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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