October 3rd, 1611

Born on October 3rd, 1611

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 493 days, exactly on December 1st, 2027, people who were born on October 3rd, 1611 will be 152,000 days old!

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What happened on October 3rd?

October 3rd, 2003

Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy (both pictured) was mauled by a tiger during a performance at the Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip.

October 3rd, 1991

Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

October 3rd, 1981

A hunger strike by Irish republican prisoners at HM Prison Maze outside Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended after seven months and ten deaths.

October 3rd, 1963

Oswaldo López Arellano replaced Honduran president Ramón Villeda Morales in a violent coup, initiating two decades of military rule.

October 3rd, 1962

Mercury-Atlas 8, the fifth United States crewed space mission, was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying astronaut Wally Schirra (pictured).

October 3rd, 1953

Vancouver's Holy Rosary Cathedral was dedicated by Archbishop William Mark Duke, fifty-three years after it first opened.

October 3rd, 1952

The United Kingdom successfully conducted its first nuclear test, becoming the world's third state with nuclear weapons.

October 3rd, 1951

The First Battle of Maryang-san, widely regarded as one of the Australian Army's greatest accomplishments during the Korean War, began.

October 3rd, 1849

American author Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death four days later.

October 3rd, 1792

Spanish forces departed Valdivia to suppress the indigenous Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.

October 3rd, 1602

Anglo-Spanish War: An English fleet intercepted and attacked six Spanish ships at the Battle of the Narrow Seas (pictured).

October 3rd, 1992

Sinéad O'Connor tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II on live television.

October 3rd, 2024

Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India

October 3rd, 1862

American Civil War: The two-day Second Battle of Corinth begins as Confederate forces under General Earl Van Dorn attack Union defenses led by General William Rosecrans around Corinth, Mississippi.

October 3rd, 2022

Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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

Same year
Born in 1611

76

Johannes Hevelius

Astronomer

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

73

Johann Wachmann

German politician and jurist (1611-1685)

*September 16th, 1611, Bremen †February 15th, 1685, Bremen

72

Johannes Olearius

German hymnwriter

*September 7th, 1611, Halle (Saale) †April 14th, 1684, Weißenfels

52

Gottfried Möbius

German physician (1611-1664)

*October 17th, 1611, Laucha an der Unstrut †April 25th, 1664, Halle (Saale)

66

James Harrington

English political theorist of classical republicanism

*January 3rd, 1611, Upton †September 11th, 1677, London

68

Johann Duve

German merchant

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

55

Marie Louise Gonzaga

Queen of Poland (1611-1667)

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

67

Andries de Graeff

Mayor of Amsterdam, Dutch Statesman

*February 19th, 1611, Amsterdam †November 30th, 1678, Amsterdam

74

John Pell

British mathematician (*1611 – †1685)

*March 1st, 1611, Southwick †December 12th, 1685, Westminster

60

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

89

Toussaint Rose

French writer (1611-1701)

*September 3rd, 1611, Provins †January 6th, 1701, Paris

52

George III of Brieg

Duke of Brzeg (1611-1664)

*September 4th, 1611, Brzeg †July 4th, 1664, Brzeg

63

Claus von Ahlefeldt

Danish fieldmarshal (1614–1674)

*January 1st, 1611, Gelting †January 1st, 1674

32

William Cartwright

English dramatist and clergyman

*September 1st, 1611, Northway †November 29th, 1643, Oxford

60

Fang Yizhi

Qing dynasty person CBDB = 54996

*January 1st, 1611, Tongcheng †November 9th, 1671, Wan'an County

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1611 is a normal year and no leap year.

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