June 18th, 1601

Born on June 18th, 1601

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 154,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 551 days, exactly on November 2nd, 2025, people who were born on June 18th, 1601 will be 155,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 18th?

June 18th, 1954

Carlos Castillo Armas led a CIA-sponsored invasion force across the Guatemalan border, beginning the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.

June 18th, 1953

A Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed just after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board.

June 18th, 1940

World War II: Charles de Gaulle gave his Appeal of 18 June speech, often considered to be the origin of the French Resistance.

June 18th, 1858

Charles Darwin received a manuscript by fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on natural selection, which encouraged him to publish his own theory of evolution.

June 18th, 1815

War of the Seventh Coalition: Napoleon fought and lost his final battle, the Battle of Waterloo (depicted), in present-day Belgium.

June 18th, 1757

Third Silesian War: The Austrian victory at the Battle of Kolín forced Prussian leader Frederick the Great to give up the Siege of Prague and retreat to Saxony.

June 18th, 0618

Sui–Tang transition: Chinese governor Li Yuan (pictured) declared himself emperor, establishing the Tang dynasty.

June 18th, 1898

The Cadaver Tomb of René of Chalon was designated a monument historique.

June 18th, 2012

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was appointed the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.

June 18th, 2009

NASA launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, its first mission to the Moon in more than ten years.

June 18th, 1994

The Troubles: Ulster Volunteer Force members attacked a crowded bar in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland, with assault rifles, killing six.

June 18th, 1983

Iranian teenager Mona Mahmudnizhad and nine other women were hanged in Shiraz because of their membership in the Baháʼí Faith.

June 18th, 1982

The body of Italian banker Roberto Calvi, nicknamed "God's Banker" due to his close association with the Holy See, was found hanging from scaffolding beneath London's Blackfriars Bridge.

June 18th, 1981

The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft to be designed around stealth technology, made its maiden flight.

June 18th, 1972

British European Airways Flight 548 crashed near Staines-upon-Thames less than three minutes after departing from Heathrow Airport in London, killing all 118 people aboard in the worst air accident in the UK.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 18th?

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

80

Victor Lanoux

French actor (1936-2017)

*June 18th, 1936, Paris †May 4th, 2017, Royan

90

Bruno Snell

German classical philologist

*June 18th, 1896, Hildesheim †October 31st, 1986, Hamburg

88

Igor Stravinsky

Russian composer (1882–1971)

*June 18th, 1882, Lomonosov †April 6th, 1971, New York City

44

Theodus Crane

American actor

*June 18th, 1979, Atlanta

34

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Gabonese, French and Spanish association football player

*June 18th, 1989, Laval

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

60

Lech Kaczyński

Polish politician, democratic oppositionist, ministry of justice, president of Poland (1949-2010)

*June 18th, 1949, Warsaw †April 10th, 2010, Smolensk

65

Peter Altmaier

German politician

*June 18th, 1958, Ensdorf

76

Linda Thorson

Canadian actress

*June 18th, 1947, Toronto

52

Kerry Butler

American recording artist; actress and singer

*June 18th, 1971, Brooklyn

41

Marco Borriello

Italian footballer

*June 18th, 1982, Naples

86

Keye Luke

American actor (1904-1991)

*June 18th, 1904, Guangzhou †January 12th, 1991, Whittier

62

Alison Moyet

British singer

*June 18th, 1961, Billericay

69

Dick Foran

Actor (1910-1979)

*June 18th, 1910, Flemington †August 10th, 1979, Panorama City

33

Jeremy Irvine

British actor

*June 18th, 1990, Gamlingay

70

Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna

Swedish politician

*June 18th, 1586, Lindholmen Castle †December 12th, 1656, Edsberg Castle

76

Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran

French physician

*June 18th, 1845, Paris †May 18th, 1922, Paris

33

Christian Taylor

American track and field athlete

*June 18th, 1990, Fayetteville

94

Jürgen Habermas

German sociologist and philosopher (born 1929)

*June 18th, 1929, Düsseldorf

Same year
Born in 1601

63

Pierre de Fermat

French mathematician and lawyer

*August 17th, 1601, Beaumont-de-Lomagne †January 12th, 1665, Castres

41

Louis XIII of France

King of France and Navarre (1610–1643)

*September 27th, 1601, Fontainebleau †May 14th, 1643, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

66

Alonso Cano

Spanish painter, architect and sculptor (1601-1667)

*March 19th, 1601, Granada †September 3rd, 1667, Granada

64

Anne of Austria

Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, lived (1601-1666)

*September 22nd, 1601, Valladolid †January 20th, 1666, Paris

64

Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne

17th-century French noblewoman

*January 17th, 1601, Turenne †May 24th, 1665, Thouars

53

Antonius Matthaeus

German jurist (1601-1654)

*November 15th, 1601, Herborn †December 25th, 1654, Utrecht

57

Baltasar Gracián

Aragonese Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher in Castilian language (1601-1658)

*January 8th, 1601, Belmonte de Gracián †December 6th, 1658, Tarazona

73

Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha

Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg (1601-1675)

*December 25th, 1601, Altenburg †March 26th, 1675, Gotha

68

Johann Michael Moscherosch

German writer

*March 7th, 1601, Willstätt †April 4th, 1669, Worms

53

Balthasar Gloxin

Roman jurist (1601-1654)

*January 10th, 1601, Burg auf Fehmarn †August 1st, 1654, Schleswig

59

Gerhard Coccejus

German jurist, diplomat and university professor

*July 1st, 1601, Bremen †July 27th, 1660

43

Otto Henrich Callenberg

German politician (1601-1644)

*October 20th, 1601, Wettesingen †November 23rd, 1644, Lucklum

67

Philippus Brietius

French historian

*March 6th, 1601, Abbeville †December 9th, 1668, Paris

61

Heinrich Rahn

German jurist, university lecturer and rector

*February 14th, 1601, Brunswick †April 2nd, 1662, Rostock

47

Antoine Daniel

Jesuit missionary and martyr (1601-1648)

*May 27th, 1601, Dieppe †July 4th, 1648, Springwater

54

Andreas Rivinus

German author (1601-1656)

*October 17th, 1601, Halle (Saale) †April 4th, 1656, Leipzig

65

Georges de Scudéry

French writer (1601-1667)

*August 22nd, 1601, Le Havre †May 14th, 1667, Paris

71

José Ximénez

Spanish composer and organist from baroque period (baptized 25 December 1601; died 9 August 1672)

*January 1st, 1601, Zaragoza †August 9th, 1672, Zaragoza

78

Jean Eudes

French missionary

*November 14th, 1601, Ri †August 19th, 1680, Caen

55

Charles de Schomberg d' Halluin

Mariscal de Francia (1601-1656)

*February 16th, 1601, Nanteuil-le-Haudouin †June 6th, 1656, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1601 is a normal year and no leap year.

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