August 18th, 1606

Born on August 18th, 1606

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 18th?

August 18th, 2017

Two people were killed and eight others wounded when a rejected asylum seeker went on a knife rampage in Turku, Finland.

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, 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, 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

Born on August 18th, 1606

39

Maria Anna of Spain

Wife of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III (1606-1646)

*August 18th, 1606, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial †May 13th, 1646, Linz

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Who's birthday is on August 18th?

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

39

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

30

Sikki Reddy

Indian badminton player

*August 18th, 1993, Kodad

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

23

Belén Aizen

Argentinian handball player

*August 18th, 2000, General San Martín

86

Paul Grimm

German prehistorian and medievalist (1907-1993)

*August 18th, 1907, Torgau †November 19th, 1993, Berlin

24

Vitão

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 18th, 1999, São Paulo

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

96

Rosalynn Carter

First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*August 18th, 1927, Plains †November 19th, 2023, Plains

26

Goh Sze Fei

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1997, Malacca

45

Sergio Llopis

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1978, Xàtiva

25

Joy Lai

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1998, Victoria

89

Luc Montagnier

French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine (2008)

*August 18th, 1932, Chabris †February 8th, 2022, Neuilly-sur-Seine

55

Marie Louise Gonzaga

Queen of Poland (1611-1667)

*August 18th, 1611, Paris †May 10th, 1667, Warsaw

90

Roman Polanski

French-Polish director, screenwriter, producer and actor

*August 18th, 1933, Paris

54

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

66

Carole Bouquet

French actress

*August 18th, 1957, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Carolin Emcke

German journalist; Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2016

*August 18th, 1967, Mülheim an der Ruhr

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Born in 1606

63

Rembrandt

Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)

*July 15th, 1606, Leiden †October 4th, 1669, Amsterdam

78

Pierre Corneille

French tragedian (1606–1684)

*June 6th, 1606, Rouen †October 1st, 1684, Paris

71

Joan Maetsuycker

Dutch colonial governor (1606–1678)

*October 14th, 1606, Amsterdam †January 24th, 1678, Jakarta

86

Camille de Neufville de Villeroy

Archbishop of Lyon

*August 22nd, 1606, Rome †June 3rd, 1693, Lyon

81

Edmund Waller

English poet and politician (1606-1687)

*March 3rd, 1606, Coleshill †October 21st, 1687, Beaconsfield

16

Francis Gonzaga, Duke of Rethel

French aristocrat

*June 17th, 1606, Charleville-Mézières †October 13th, 1622, Charleville-Mézières

75

Hermann Conring

German philosopher

*November 9th, 1606, Norden †December 12th, 1681, Helmstedt

58

Lorenzo Lippi

Italian painter (1606-1665)

*May 3rd, 1606, Florence †April 14th, 1665, Florence

79

Johann Caspar Bauhin

Swiss physician and botanist (1606-1685)

*March 12th, 1606, Basel †July 14th, 1685, Basel

44

Agnes of Hesse-Kassel

Princess consort of Anhalt-Dessau (1606-1650)

*May 14th, 1606, Kassel †May 28th, 1650, Dessau

53

Christoph Althofer

German theologian

*November 9th, 1606, Hersbruck †May 11th, 1660, Kulmbach

76

Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz

Spanish mathematician and theologian

*May 23rd, 1606, Madrid †September 7th, 1682, Milan

66

Jeanne Mance

Settler of New France, co-founder of the city of Montreal, Canada

*November 12th, 1606, Langres †June 18th, 1673, Montreal

86

Marie de Bourbon

Countess of Soissons

*May 3rd, 1606, Paris †June 3rd, 1692, Paris

42

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton

Scottish nobleman and leader during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1606-1649)

*June 19th, 1606, Hamilton Palace †March 9th, 1649, Old Palace Yard

57

Christine of France

Duchess of Savoy (1606-1663)

*February 10th, 1606, Louvre Palace †December 27th, 1663, Turin

62

Theodoor van Thulden

Painter (1606-1669)

*August 9th, 1606, 's-Hertogenbosch †July 12th, 1669, 's-Hertogenbosch

50

John Bulwer

English physician and early Baconian natural philosopher

*May 16th, 1606, London †October 1st, 1656, London

67

Pieter de Jode II

Engraver, painter (1606-1674)

*November 22nd, 1606, Antwerp †January 1st, 1674, England

55

Ottavio Amigoni

Italian painter (1606-1661)

*October 16th, 1606, Brescia †October 28th, 1661, Brescia

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1606 is a normal year and no leap year.

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