August 7th, 1609

Born on August 7th, 1609

Weekday

Friday

August 7th, 1609 was a Friday.

Age

416

People born on August 7th, 1609 will turn 417 this year (2026), in exactly 64 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1609 - August 23rd, 1609

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 152,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 758 days, exactly on July 1st, 2028, people who were born on August 7th, 1609 will be 153,000 days old!

152,242 Days

21,748 Weeks

5,001 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on August 7th?

August 7th, 1850

The first section of the Great Northern Railway, now the southern section of the East Coast Main Line, opened between London and Peterborough.

August 7th, 1744

Prussia declared its intervention in the War of the Austrian Succession on behalf of Charles VII, beginning the Second Silesian War.

August 7th, 1998

Car bombs exploded simultaneously at the American embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.

August 7th, 1987

Lynne Cox became the first person to swim between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, crossing from Little Diomede to Big Diomede in the Bering Strait in 2 hours and 5 minutes.

August 7th, 1985

Five members of the Bamber family were found murdered at a farmhouse in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, England.

August 7th, 1970

Jonathan Jackson took hostages in a courthouse in Marin County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers, resulting in the deaths of judge Harold Haley and three others.

August 7th, 1955

Hurricane Diane, the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than $1 billion in damages, formed between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde.

August 7th, 1946

The Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the latter was handling the Turkish Straits no longer represented the security interests of its fellow Black Sea nations, escalating the Turkish Straits crisis.

August 7th, 1944

IBM presented the first program-controlled calculator to Harvard University, after which it became known as the Mark I (pictured).

August 7th, 1942

World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi (pictured), Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

August 7th, 1914

The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the region of Alsace from Germany.

August 7th, 1909

Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City with three passengers, Alice Huyler Ramsey arrived in San Francisco to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the contiguous United States.

August 7th, 1897

Mahdist War: Anglo-Egyptian soldiers clashed with Mahdist Sudanese rebels in the Battle of Abu Hamed.

August 7th, 1794

U.S. president George Washington invoked the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

August 7th, 1782

The Badge of Military Merit (pictured), the precursor to the U.S. Purple Heart, was established as a military decoration of the Continental Army.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 7th

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

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato

Italian painter (1609–1685)

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

Pieter van Lint

Flemish painter (1609-1690)

*June 28th, 1609, Antwerp †September 25th, 1690, Antwerp

Kazimierz Leon Sapieha

Lithuanian noble (1609-1656)

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

Pierre-Paul Riquet

French engineer

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

Matthew Hale

English jurist and scholar (1609–1676)

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

Michael Franck

German composer and poet

*March 16th, 1609, Schleusingen †September 24th, 1667, Coburg

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

John Clarke

American politician (1609–1676)

*October 3rd, 1609, Westhorpe †April 20th, 1676, Newport

John Suckling

English poet

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

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

English politician and historian (1609–1674)

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

Artus Quellinus the Elder

Flemish sculptor (1609–1668)

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

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

Paul Fleming

Physician, poet, diplomat

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

Schering Rosenhane

Swedish baron, civil servant and author (1609–1663)

*July 4th, 1609, Husby-Oppunda socken †August 6th, 1663, Husby-Oppunda socken

Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet

English politician

*August 30th, 1609, Antony †December 23rd, 1644

Frère Fiacre

*February 21st, 1609, Marly-la-Ville †February 16th, 1684

Ernst Ludwig Avemann

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

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 7th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VII.VIII.MDCIX

7.8.1609

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

August 1609

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August 7th, 1609

Born on August 7th, 1609

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 152,000 days old!

152,242 Days

21,748 Weeks

5,001 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 7th?

The first section of the Great Northern Railway, now the southern section of the East Coast Main Line, opened between London and Peterborough.

Prussia declared its intervention in the War of the Austrian Succession on behalf of Charles VII, beginning the Second Silesian War.

Car bombs exploded simultaneously at the American embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.

Lynne Cox became the first person to swim between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, crossing from Little Diomede to Big Diomede in the Bering Strait in 2 hours and 5 minutes.

Five members of the Bamber family were found murdered at a farmhouse in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, England.

Jonathan Jackson took hostages in a courthouse in Marin County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers, resulting in the deaths of judge Harold Haley and three others.

Hurricane Diane, the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than $1 billion in damages, formed between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde.

The Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the latter was handling the Turkish Straits no longer represented the security interests of its fellow Black Sea nations, escalating the Turkish Straits crisis.

IBM presented the first program-controlled calculator to Harvard University, after which it became known as the Mark I (pictured).

World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi (pictured), Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the region of Alsace from Germany.

Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City with three passengers, Alice Huyler Ramsey arrived in San Francisco to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the contiguous United States.

Mahdist War: Anglo-Egyptian soldiers clashed with Mahdist Sudanese rebels in the Battle of Abu Hamed.

U.S. president George Washington invoked the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

The Badge of Military Merit (pictured), the precursor to the U.S. Purple Heart, was established as a military decoration of the Continental Army.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 7th

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 7th

Assyrian Martyrs Day (Assyrian community)

Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia)

Albert of Trapani

Cajetan of Thienna

Carpophorus and companions

Dometius of Persia

Donatus of Arezzo

Donatus of Besançon

Donatus of Muenstereifel

John Mason Neale and Catherine Winkworth (Episcopal Church (USA))

Nantovinus

Pope Sixtus II

August 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Filseta (Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church)

Emancipation Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Republic Day (Ivory Coast)

Youth Day (Kiribati)

National Purple Heart Day (United States)

John Mason Neale (Episcopal Church (USA))

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

7.8.1609

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August 1609

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