September 18th, 1620

Born on September 18th, 1620

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on September 18th?

September 18th, 1950

Korean War: The Korean People's Army retreated from the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter after six weeks of fighting, marking the farthest that the KPA would advance in the war.

September 18th, 2001

Five letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to various media outlets in the United States.

September 18th, 1961

An aircraft crashed near Ndola in Northern Rhodesia, resulting in the deaths of 16 people, including United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld.

September 18th, 1948

The Australian cricket team's Invincibles tour of England concluded; they had played 34 matches, including five Tests, without defeat.

September 18th, 1918

World War I: The Central Powers' defeat at the Battle of Dobro Pole played a role in the Bulgarian withdrawal from the war and led to the subsequent liberation of Vardar Macedonia.

September 18th, 1895

Daniel David Palmer performed the first chiropractic adjustment on janitor William Harvey Lillard.

September 18th, 1879

The Blackpool Illuminations (example pictured) in the English seaside town of Blackpool were switched on for the first time.

September 18th, 1875

The Indianola hurricane dissipated over Mississippi after killing around eight hundred people in Texas.

September 18th, 1873

Panic of 1873: The American bank Jay Cooke & Company declared bankruptcy, setting off a chain reaction of bank failures.

September 18th, 1870

Nathaniel P. Langford of the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition first observed a geyser in the Wyoming Territory erupting at regular intervals, naming it Old Faithful (video featured).

September 18th, 1851

The New York Times, the largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, was founded.

September 18th, 1850

The United States Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, decreeing that all escaped slaves be brought back to their masters.

September 18th, 1809

The second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden (interior pictured), opened in London after the original was destroyed by fire.

September 18th, 1048

Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Byzantine forces defeated their Seljuk opponents in the flanks of the nocturnal Battle of Kapetron, but learned of their Georgian allies' defeat in the centre the next morning.

September 18th, 0324

Constantine the Great decisively defeated Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire and ending the Tetrarchy.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 18th

Same year
Born in 1620

68

Frederick William of Brandenburg

Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia

*February 16th, 1620, Berlin Palace †April 29th, 1688, City Palace

71

Aelbert Cuyp

Dutch landscape painter (1620-1691)

*October 20th, 1620, Dordrecht †November 15th, 1691, Dordrecht

61

Jean Picard

French astronomer

*July 21st, 1620, La Flèche †July 12th, 1682, Paris

84

Ninon de Lenclos

French author, courtesan, freethinker, and patron of the arts

*November 10th, 1620, Paris †October 17th, 1705, Paris

58

Antoine Lepautre

French architect

*November 30th, 1620, Paris †January 1st, 1679, Paris

79

Franz Karl Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky

(1620-1700)

*May 13th, 1620, Innsbruck †May 5th, 1700, Brno

47

Johann Heinrich Hottinger

Swiss theologian (1620-1667)

*March 10th, 1620, Zürich †June 5th, 1667, Zürich

37

Sibylle Margarethe von Brieg

(1620-1657)

*June 20th, 1620, Gdańsk †June 26th, 1657, Gdańsk

69

Théophile Bonet

Genevan physician

*March 6th, 1620, Geneva †March 29th, 1689, Geneva

27

Masaniello

Italian (Neapolitan) fisherman and rebel of the 17th century

*June 29th, 1620, Naples †July 16th, 1647, Naples

44

Nikola VII Zrinski

Croatian military commander (1620-1664)

*May 3rd, 1620, Čakovec †November 18th, 1664, Kuršanec

61

Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder

Dutch classical scholar and poet

*July 20th, 1620, Leiden †October 7th, 1681, The Hague

93

Atto Melani

Italian opera singer

*March 30th, 1620, Pistoia †January 4th, 1714, Paris

49

Bogusław Radziwiłł

Polish-Lithuanian noble

*May 3rd, 1620, Gdańsk †December 31st, 1669, Königsberg

83

Isabella Leonarda

Italian composer

*September 6th, 1620, Novara †February 25th, 1704, Novara

51

Henri Charles de La Trémoille

French noble (1620-1672)

*December 17th, 1620, Thouars †September 14th, 1672, Thouars

73

Henri-Marie de Laval de Boisdauphin

*March 2nd, 1620, Le Mans †November 22nd, 1693

64

Jan van den Hecke

Flemish painter (1620-1684)

*January 1st, 1620, Kluisbergen †August 22nd, 1684, Antwerp

61

Lucy Hutchinson

British writer (1620-1681)

*January 29th, 1620, London †September 30th, 1681

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Leap year

Yes: 1620 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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