June 16th, 1604

Born on June 16th, 1604

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 153,000 days old!

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What happened on June 16th?

June 16th, 2016

Jo Cox, a British Member of Parliament, was murdered in her constituency.

June 16th, 2012

Liu Yang (pictured), a member of the Shenzhou 9 crew, became the first Chinese woman in space.

June 16th, 1972

English musician David Bowie released his breakthrough album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

June 16th, 1963

Aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (pictured) became the first woman in space.

June 16th, 1960

Psycho, a psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock (pictured) and based on a novel of the same name by Robert Bloch, premiered.

June 16th, 1936

A Junkers Ju 52 aircraft of Norwegian Air Lines crashed into a mountainside near Hyllestad, Norway, killing all seven people on board.

June 16th, 1911

The technology company IBM was founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.

June 16th, 1904

Irish author James Joyce began a relationship with Nora Barnacle, and subsequently used the date to set the actions for his 1922 novel Ulysses, commemorated as Bloomsday.

June 16th, 1883

In the Victoria Hall disaster, 183 children were crushed to death when they ran down the stairs to collect gifts after a variety show in Sunderland, England.

June 16th, 1819

A strong earthquake in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India, caused a local zone of uplift that dammed the Nara River, which was later named the Allah Bund ('Dam of God').

June 16th, 1755

After a two-week siege, the French commander of Fort Beauséjour in present-day New Brunswick, Canada, surrendered to British forces, marking the end of Father Le Loutre's War.

June 16th, 1632

The Plymouth Company granted a land patent to Thomas Purchase, who became the first permanent European settler of Pejepscot, Maine.

June 16th, 1407

Ming forces conquered Đại Ngu in modern-day northern Vietnam, capturing Hồ dynasty emperor Hồ Quý Ly and bringing the country under Chinese rule.

June 16th, 0632

The final king of the Sasanian Empire of Iran, Yazdegerd III, ascended the throne at the age of eight.

June 16th, 2019

Upwards of 2,000,000 people participate in the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, the largest in Hong Kong's history.

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

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

56

Jürgen Klopp

German football manager (born 1967)

*June 16th, 1967, Stuttgart

61

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

56

Otto Jahn

German classical philologist, archaeologist and musicologist (1813-1869)

*June 16th, 1813, Kiel †September 9th, 1869, Göttingen

41

Christoph Letkowski

German actor and musician

*June 16th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

50

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

48

Sun Jun

Chinese badminton player

*June 16th, 1975, Nanjing

68

Laurie Metcalf

American actress

*June 16th, 1955, Carbondale

53

Phil Mickelson

American professional golfer

*June 16th, 1970, San Diego

48

Willemijn Verkaik

Dutch singer-actor

*June 16th, 1975, Son en Breugel

74

Jack Albertson

American character actor, dancer, singer and comedian

*June 16th, 1907, Malden †November 25th, 1981, Hollywood

84

Katharine Graham

American publisher, editor and author (1917–2001)

*June 16th, 1917, New York City †July 17th, 2001, Boise

23

Bianca Andreescu

Canadian tennis player

*June 16th, 2000, Mississauga

92

Annie Cordy

Belgian actress and singer

*June 16th, 1928, Laeken - Laken †September 4th, 2020, Vallauris

90

Barbara McClintock

American scientist and cytogeneticist

*June 16th, 1902, Hartford †September 2nd, 1992, Huntington

80

Joan Van Ark

American actress (born 1943)

*June 16th, 1943, New York City

62

Petru Iosub

Romanian rower

*June 16th, 1961, Fălticeni

45

Daniel Brühl

German actor

*June 16th, 1978, Barcelona

26

Camila Morrone

American actress

*June 16th, 1997, Los Angeles

25

Tupac Shakur

American rapper (1971–1996)

*June 16th, 1971, East Harlem †September 13th, 1996, University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

82

Georges Vigarello

French historian

*June 16th, 1941, Monaco

Same year
Born in 1604

17

Osman II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

*November 3rd, 1604, Istanbul †May 20th, 1622, Istanbul

56

Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet

English writer, politician, and commander in the Parliamentary army (1604-1661)

*September 13th, 1604, Handforth †April 7th, 1661, Croydon Palace

84

George Ent

English scientist and physician; (1604-1689)

*November 6th, 1604, Sandwich †October 13th, 1689, Holborn

64

Frans Luycx

Flemish Baroque painter (1604–1668)

*April 17th, 1604, Antwerp †May 1st, 1668, Vienna

44

Claudia de' Medici

Archduchess of Austria (1604-1648)

*June 4th, 1604, Palazzo Pitti †December 25th, 1648, Innsbruck

43

Francesco Brunetti

Italian historian and writer

*November 30th, 1604, Campli †November 30th, 1647, Campli

52

John IV of Portugal

King of Portugal

*March 19th, 1604, Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa †November 6th, 1656, Ribeira Palace

45

Jean Morin

French painter (c.1590-1650)

*November 30th, 1604, Paris †June 6th, 1650, Paris

66

Johann Rudolf Glauber

German-Dutch alchemist (1604-1670)

*March 10th, 1604, Karlstadt am Main †March 16th, 1670, Amsterdam

46

Tokugawa Iemitsu

Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate (1604–1651)

*August 12th, 1604, Edo Castle †June 8th, 1651, Edo Castle

46

Bodo von Hodenberg

German author (1604-1650)

*April 3rd, 1604, Hodenhagen †September 20th, 1650, Osterode am Harz

47

Heinrich Albert

German composer and poet

*July 8th, 1604, Bad Lobenstein †October 6th, 1651, Königsberg

75

John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen

Dutch soldier and administrator (1604–1679)

*June 17th, 1604, Dillenburg †December 20th, 1679, Bedburg-Hau

71

Charles IV of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine and Bar (1604-1675)

*April 5th, 1604, Nancy †September 18th, 1675, Allenbach

68

Dorothea Diana of Salm-Mörchingen

Countess of Hanau

*July 25th, 1604, Créhange †December 19th, 1672, Wœrth

65

Andrea Vaccaro

Italian painter (1604-1670)

*May 8th, 1604, Naples †January 18th, 1670, Naples

21

Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

(1604-1626)

*December 6th, 1604, Kassel †August 27th, 1626, Lutter am Barenberge

68

Johannes Bach

German composer and musician

*November 26th, 1604, Günthersleben-Wechmar †May 13th, 1673, Erfurt

57

Christoph Tinctorius

German university teacher and writer (1604-1662)

*November 7th, 1604, Srokowo †April 13th, 1662, Königsberg

37

Louis, Count of Soissons

French noble

*May 1st, 1604, Paris †July 6th, 1641, Battle of La Marfée

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Leap year

Yes: 1604 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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