March 8th, 1611

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Born on March 8th, 1611 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 8th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 8th
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Calendar (March 1611)

Born on March 8th, 1611

Weekday

Tuesday

March 8th, 1611 was a Tuesday.

Age

413

People born on March 8th, 1611 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 413 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1611 - March 20th, 1611

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 150,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 103 days, exactly on August 9th, 2024, people who were born on March 8th, 1611 will be 151,000 days old!

150,897 Days

21,556 Weeks

4,957 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on March 8th?

March 8th, 2017

The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta, collapsed during a stor

March 8th, 1983

Cold War: In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. president Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".

March 8th, 1979

Images taken by Voyager 1 proved the existence of volcanoes on Io (pictured), a moon of Jupiter.

March 8th, 1978

BBC Radio 4 began broadcasting Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction radio series that was later adapted into novels, a television series, and other formats.

March 8th, 1966

Nelson's Pillar, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of Lord Nelson in Dublin, Ireland, was severely damaged by a bomb.

March 8th, 1963

The Ba'ath Party came to power in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council for the Revolutionary Command.

March 8th, 1919

During the Egyptian Revolution, British authorities arrested rebel leader Saad Zaghloul and exiled him to Malta.

March 8th, 1910

French aviator Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence.

March 8th, 1736

Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, was crowned Shah of Iran.

March 8th, 1702

Anne (pictured) became the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, succeeding her brother-in-law William III.

March 8th, 1658

After a devastating defeat in the Second Northern War, King Frederick III of Denmark–Norway was forced to give up nearly half his Danish territory to Sweden to save the remainder.

March 8th, 1655

The court of Northampton County, Virginia, issued a ruling that made John Casor the first person of African descent in the Thirteen Colonies to be declared a slave for life as a result of a civil suit.

March 8th, 1576

A Spanish colonial officer wrote a letter to King Philip II containing the first mention of the Maya ruins of Copán in present-day Honduras.

March 8th, 2018

The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) was held being International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then annually held across Pakistan and feminist slogan Mera Jism Meri Marzi (My body, my choice), in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy and against gender-based violence came into vogue in Pakistan.

March 8th, 2017

The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 8th

Born on March 8th, 1611

Johann Duve

German merchant

*March 8th, 1611, Hanover †September 2nd, 1679, Hanover

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Who's birthday is on March 8th?

Gary Numan

English musician (born 1958)

*March 8th, 1958, Hammersmith

Hebe Camargo

Brazilian recording artist, television host, singer

*March 8th, 1929, Taubaté †September 29th, 2012, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

Petra Overzier

German badminton player

*March 8th, 1982, Cologne

Sinan Zorlu

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1995, Osmangazi

Christo Popov

Badminton player

*March 8th, 2002, Sofia

Lynn Redgrave

British actress (1943–2010)

*March 8th, 1943, Marylebone †May 2nd, 2010, Kent

Kenneth Grahame

British novelist

*March 8th, 1859, Edinburgh †July 6th, 1932, Berkshire

Micky Dolenz

American actor and musician

*March 8th, 1945, Los Angeles

Hines Ward

American football player, wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers

*March 8th, 1976, Seoul

Aidan Quinn

American actor

*March 8th, 1959, Chicago

Marjorie Estiano

Brazilian actress and singer

*March 8th, 1982, Curitiba

Antonello Venditti

Italian recording artist and singer-songwriter (1949-)

*March 8th, 1949, Rome

Nick Zano

Actor, television producer

*March 8th, 1978, Nutley

Friedrich Wilhelm Dörpfeld

German educationist

*March 8th, 1824, Wermelskirchen †October 27th, 1893, Ronsdorf

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

German composer (1714–1788)

*March 8th, 1714, Weimar †December 14th, 1788, Hamburg

Joon Wolfsberg

German singer-songwriter

*March 8th, 1992, Cologne

Petra Kvitová

Czech tennis player

*March 8th, 1990, Bílovec

Same year
Born in 1611

Johannes Hevelius

Astronomer

*January 28th, 1611, Gdańsk †January 28th, 1687, Gdańsk

Innocent XI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1676 to 1689

*May 19th, 1611, Como †August 12th, 1689, Rome

Evliya Çelebi

Turkish traveler and writer (1611–1682)

*March 25th, 1611, Istanbul †January 1st, 1682, Cairo

Johann Friedrich Gronovius

German-Dutch classical scholar, professor of Greek and history and librarian in Leiden (1611-1671), owner/creator of the album amicorum of Johannes Fredericus Gronovius

*September 8th, 1611, Hamburg †December 28th, 1671, Amsterdam