August 3rd, 1609

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

Born on August 3rd, 1609

Weekday

Monday

August 3rd, 1609 was a Monday.

Age

414

People born on August 3rd, 1609 will turn 415 this year (2024), in exactly 32 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1609 - August 23rd, 1609

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 456 days, exactly on October 1st, 2025, people who were born on August 3rd, 1609 will be 152,000 days old!

151,544 Days

21,649 Weeks

4,978 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on August 3rd?

August 3rd, 2005

Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.

August 3rd, 1997

The Sky Tower (pictured), the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened in Auckland, New Zealand.

August 3rd, 1948

Before the House Un-American Activities Committee of the United States House of Representatives, former spy turned government informer Whittaker Chambers accused U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss of being a communist and a Soviet spy.

August 3rd, 1940

World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days.

August 3rd, 1936

African-American athlete Jesse Owens (pictured) won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, dashing Nazi leaders' hopes of Aryan domination at the games

August 3rd, 1929

Jiddu Krishnamurti (pictured), believed by some Theosophists to be a likely candidate for the messianic "World Teacher", dissolved the Order of the Star, the organisation established to support him.

August 3rd, 1913

An agricultural workers' strike in Wheatland degenerated into a riot, becoming one of the first major farm-labor confrontations in California.

August 3rd, 1903

Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaimed a republic, which existed for ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.

August 3rd, 1857

Indian Rebellion: An eight-day siege of a fortified outbuilding in Arrah occupied by 68 defenders against more than 10,000 men ended when a relief party dispersed the besiegers.

August 3rd, 2023

Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia.

August 3rd, 2019

Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.

August 3rd, 2014

The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins.

August 3rd, 2007

Former deputy director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.

August 3rd, 2005

President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.

August 3rd, 2004

The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 3rd

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

Tiago PZK

Argentine rapper and singer

*August 3rd, 2001, Monte Grande

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

Sven Ulreich

German association football player

*August 3rd, 1988, Schorndorf

Cezinando

Norwegian singer, songwriter and rapper

*August 3rd, 1995, Oslo

Martha Stewart

American businesswoman, writer, television personality, and former fashion model

*August 3rd, 1941, Jersey City

Nick Sandow

American actor, film producer, film director and screenwriter

*August 3rd, 1966, The Bronx

Tony Bennett

American singer (1926–2023)

*August 3rd, 1926, Queens †July 21st, 2023, New York City

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

94th Prime Minister of France

*August 3rd, 1948, Poitiers

Stephen Graham

English actor

*August 3rd, 1973, Kirkby

Mamie Gummer

American actress

*August 3rd, 1983, New York City

Christophe Willem

French recording artist; singer

*August 3rd, 1983, Enghien-les-Bains

Martin Sheen

American actor

*August 3rd, 1940, Dayton

Jourdan Dunn

Model

*August 3rd, 1990, London

James Hetfield

American guitarist and singer

*August 3rd, 1963, Downey

Evangeline Lilly

Canadian actress

*August 3rd, 1979, Fort Saskatchewan

Jules Bianchi

French motor racing driver

*August 3rd, 1989, Nice †July 17th, 2015, Nice

Emil Ferdinand Fehling

German lawyer, civil law notary, historian and politician (1847-1927)

*August 3rd, 1847, Lübeck †August 3rd, 1927, Lübeck

Roland Diethart

Austrian cross-country skier

*August 3rd, 1973, Köflach

Nemo

Swiss singer, rapper and musician person

*August 3rd, 1999, Biel/Bienne

Habib Bourguiba

Tunisian politician

*August 3rd, 1903, Monastir †April 6th, 2000, Monastir

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 August 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.) which are celebrated on August 3rd.

Arbor Day (Niger)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbor_Day

National Guard Day (Venezuela)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

III.VIII.MDCIX

3.8.1609

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
August 1609

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August 3rd, 1609

Born on August 3rd, 1609

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

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

151,544 Days

21,649 Weeks

4,978 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 3rd?

Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.

The Sky Tower (pictured), the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened in Auckland, New Zealand.

Before the House Un-American Activities Committee of the United States House of Representatives, former spy turned government informer Whittaker Chambers accused U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss of being a communist and a Soviet spy.

World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days.

African-American athlete Jesse Owens (pictured) won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, dashing Nazi leaders' hopes of Aryan domination at the games

Jiddu Krishnamurti (pictured), believed by some Theosophists to be a likely candidate for the messianic "World Teacher", dissolved the Order of the Star, the organisation established to support him.

An agricultural workers' strike in Wheatland degenerated into a riot, becoming one of the first major farm-labor confrontations in California.

Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaimed a republic, which existed for ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.

Indian Rebellion: An eight-day siege of a fortified outbuilding in Arrah occupied by 68 defenders against more than 10,000 men ended when a relief party dispersed the besiegers.

Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia.

Twenty-three people are killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.

The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins.

Former deputy director of the Chilean secret police Raúl Iturriaga is captured after having been on the run following a conviction for kidnapping.

President of Mauritania Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya is overthrown in a military coup while attending the funeral of King Fahd in Saudi Arabia.

The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 3rd

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

Same year Born in 1609

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 3rd

Anniversary of the Killing of Pidjiguiti (Guinea-Bissau)

Armed Forces Day (Equatorial Guinea)

George Freeman Bragg, W. E. B. Du Bois (Episcopal Church)

Lydia of Thyatira

Myrrhbearers (Lutheran Church)

Nicodemus

Olaf II of Norway (Translation of the relic)

Stephen (Discovery of the relic)

Waltheof of Melrose

August 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Flag Day (Venezuela)

Arbor Day (Niger)

National Guard Day (Venezuela)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

3.8.1609

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

Birthdays
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Calendar
August 1609

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
31						1	2
32	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
33	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
34	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
35	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
36	31