July 3rd, 1609

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People who were born on July 3rd, 1609 celebrate their birthday today! They'll be 415 year(s) old today.

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Born on July 3rd, 1609 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on July 3rd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on July 3rd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (July 1609)

Born on July 3rd, 1609

Weekday

Friday

July 3rd, 1609 was a Friday.

Age

415

Zodiac

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Cancer (The Crab)

June 22nd, 1609 - July 22nd, 1609

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 151,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 424 days, exactly on August 31st, 2025, people who were born on July 3rd, 1609 will be 152,000 days old!

151,576 Days

21,653 Weeks

4,980 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on July 3rd?

July 3rd, 2013

General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led a coalition to depose President Mohamed Morsi in a coup d'état in Cairo, suspending the Egyptian Constitution of 2012.

July 3rd, 1979

U.S. president Jimmy Carter signed a presidential finding, authorizing the CIA to secretly aid the mujahideen in their fight against the Soviet-backed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

July 3rd, 1973

British singer David Bowie retired his stage persona Ziggy Stardust in a surprise announcement on the last day of a 17-month tour.

July 3rd, 1952

SS United States (pictured) departed New York Harbor on her maiden voyage, on which completion she became the fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic.

July 3rd, 1940

Second World War: The Royal Navy attacked the French fleet at Mers El Kébir, fearing that the ships would fall into Axis hands after the French–German armistice.

July 3rd, 1938

On the 75th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Gettysburg, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Eternal Light Peace Memorial.

July 3rd, 1863

Confederate forces were defeated by the Union Army on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg (pictured), a turning point in the American Civil War.

July 3rd, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Loyalists and Iroquois killed over 300 Patriots at the Battle of Wyoming in Pennsylvania.

July 3rd, 1754

French and Indian War: George Washington surrendered Fort Necessity in Pennsylvania, the only military surrender in his career.

July 3rd, 0324

Civil wars of the Tetrarchy: Roman emperor Constantine the Great defeated his former colleague Licinius at the Battle of Adrianople.

July 3rd, 2013

President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is removed from office by the military after four days of protests all over the country calling for his resignation, to which he did not respond. The president of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, Adly Mansour, is declared acting president until further elections are held.

July 3rd, 1996

British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland.

July 3rd, 1988

The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, providing the second connection between the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus.

July 3rd, 1979

U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.

July 3rd, 1973

David Bowie retires his stage persona Ziggy Stardust with the surprise announcement that it is "the last show that we'll ever do" on the last day of the Ziggy Stardust Tour.

Today's Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 3rd?

Vince Clarke

English synth-pop musician and songwriter

*July 3rd, 1960, South Woodford tube station

Kontra K

German rapper

*July 3rd, 1987, Berlin

Vladimir Ivanov

Russian badminton player

*July 3rd, 1987, Kusa

PartyNextDoor

Canadian R&B singer

*July 3rd, 1993, Mississauga

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

Franz Kafka

Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)

*July 3rd, 1883, Prague †June 3rd, 1924, Kierling

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski

German politician (1932–2015)

*July 3rd, 1932, Alt-Treptow †June 21st, 2015, Rottach-Egern

Erika Endesfelder

German egyptologist (1935-2015)

*July 3rd, 1935, Berlin †January 28th, 2015, Berlin

Julian Assange

Australian editor, publisher, and activist (born 1971)

*July 3rd, 1971, Townsville

Sebastian Vettel

German racing driver

*July 3rd, 1987, Heppenheim

Patrick Wilson

American actor

*July 3rd, 1973, Norfolk

Mikkel Damsgaard

Danish association football player

*July 3rd, 2000, Jyllinge

Tom Stoppard

British playwright (born 1937)

*July 3rd, 1937, Zlín

Audra McDonald

American actress and singer (born 1970)

*July 3rd, 1970, Berlin

Betty Buckley

American actress and singer

*July 3rd, 1947, Big Spring

Dave Barry

American writer

*July 3rd, 1947, Armonk

Thomas Gibson

American actor and director

*July 3rd, 1962, Charleston

Max Bösenberg

German architect

*July 3rd, 1847, Leipzig †May 23rd, 1918, Leipzig

Shawnee Smith

American actress

*July 3rd, 1969, Orangeburg

Same year
Born in 1609

Frederick III of Denmark

King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 to 1670

*March 18th, 1609, Haderslev †February 9th, 1670, Copenhagen Castle

Gerrard Winstanley

English reformer and activist (1609-1676)

*October 19th, 1609, Wigan †September 10th, 1676, London

Artus Quellinus the Elder

Flemish sculptor (1609–1668)

*August 30th, 1609, Antwerp †August 23rd, 1668, Antwerp

Matthew Hale

English jurist and scholar (1609–1676)

*November 1st, 1609, Alderley †December 25th, 1676, Alderley House

Ádám Batthyány

(1609–1659) Hungarian noble

*February 14th, 1609, Güssing †March 15th, 1659, Rechnitz

Raimondo Montecuccoli

Politician and military commander of the Holy Roman Empire (1609-1680)

*February 21st, 1609, Castello di Montecuccolo †October 16th, 1680, Linz

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

English politician and historian (1609–1674)

*February 18th, 1609, London †December 9th, 1674, Rouen

Paul Fleming

Physician, poet, diplomat

*October 5th, 1609, Hartenstein †April 2nd, 1640, Hamburg

John Suckling

English poet

*February 10th, 1609, London †June 1st, 1642, Paris

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato

Italian painter (1609–1685)

*August 25th, 1609, Sassoferrato †August 8th, 1685, Rome

Kazimierz Leon Sapieha

Lithuanian noble (1609-1656)

*July 15th, 1609, Vilnius †January 19th, 1656, Brest

Henrietta Maria of France

Queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I

*November 25th, 1609, Paris †September 10th, 1669, Colombes

Ernst Ludwig Avemann

*January 1st, 1609, Eisenach †January 1st, 1689

John II Casimir Vasa

King of Poland (1648–1668)

*March 22nd, 1609, Kraków †December 16th, 1672, Nevers

Johann Heinrich Schönfeld

German painter in the Baroque style (1609-1684)

*March 23rd, 1609, Biberach an der Riss †July 12th, 1684, Augsburg

Giovanni Bona

Catholic cardinal

*October 10th, 1609, Mondovì †October 28th, 1674, Rome

Josias von Rantzou

Danish military, marshal of France

*October 18th, 1609, Bothkamp †September 14th, 1650, Paris

Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria

Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, Cardinal Infante, Archbishop of Toledo (1609-1641)

*May 16th, 1609, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial †November 9th, 1641, Brussels metropolitan area

Pierre-Paul Riquet

French engineer

*June 29th, 1609, Béziers †October 1st, 1680, Toulouse

Nicolas Fiva

Swiss mathematician

*August 15th, 1609, Fribourg †January 1st, 1640, Hangzhou

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 3rd.

Independence Day, celebrates the liberation of Minsk from Nazi occupation by Soviet troops in 1944 (Belarus)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Belarus)

The start of the Dog Days according to the Old Farmer's Almanac but not according to established meaning in most European cultures

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_days

Women's Day (Myanmar)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

III.VII.MDCIX

3.7.1609

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1609 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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