August 18th, 1638

Born on August 18th, 1638

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

August 18th, 2008

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.

August 18th, 1983

Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.

August 18th, 1966

Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan (helicopter pictured), but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

August 18th, 1964

East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

August 18th, 1948

Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".

August 18th, 1945

World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.

August 18th, 1940

Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.

August 18th, 1920

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.

August 18th, 1919

Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship.

August 18th, 1891

A hurricane struck the Caribbean island of Martinique, killing about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and causing severe damage.

August 18th, 1877

American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the smaller one.

August 18th, 1864

American Civil War: At the Battle of Globe Tavern, Union forces attempted to sever the Weldon Railroad during the siege of Petersburg.

August 18th, 1783

A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain.

August 18th, 1612

The trials of the Pendle and Samlesbury witches (statue pictured), among the most famous of England's witch trials, began at the assizes in Lancaster.

August 18th, 1590

John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in North America (located in present-day North Carolina), returned after a three-year absence to find it deserted (depicted).

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

Same year
Born in 1638

76

Louis XIV of France

King of France and Navarra, from 1643 to 1715

*September 5th, 1638, Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye †September 1st, 1715, Palace of Versailles

71

Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon

English noble

*June 2nd, 1638, Westminster †October 31st, 1709, Westminster

22

Shunzhi Emperor

Qing Dynasty emperor of China (1638–1661)

*March 15th, 1638, Mukden Palace †February 5th, 1661, Hall of Mental Cultivation

77

Nicolas Malebranche

French philosopher

*August 6th, 1638, Paris †October 13th, 1715, Paris

48

Nicolaus Steno

Pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop (1638–1686)

*January 11th, 1638, Copenhagen †December 5th, 1686, Schwerin

67

Catherine of Braganza

Queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland (1638–1705)

*November 25th, 1638, Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa †December 31st, 1705, Palácio da Bemposta

27

Elisabetta Sirani

Italian painter (1638-1665)

*January 8th, 1638, Bologna †August 28th, 1665, Bologna

68

Pieter de Graeff

Dutch politician and noble (1638-1707)

*August 15th, 1638, Amsterdam †June 3rd, 1707, Amsterdam

65

Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve

Danish noble and general (1638-1704)

*July 20th, 1638, Bremen †April 17th, 1704, Hamburg

47

Go-Sai

Emperor of Japan

*January 1st, 1638, Kyoto †March 22nd, 1685, Kyoto

66

Georg Christoph Eimmart

Engraver

*August 22nd, 1638, Regensburg †January 5th, 1705, Nuremberg

67

Georg Engelbrecht

German university professor (1638-1705)

*March 4th, 1638, Hildesheim †August 24th, 1705, Helmstedt

74

Johann Samuel Adami

German theologian

*October 21st, 1638, Dresden †March 13th, 1713, Pretzschendorf

73

Richard Simon

Biblical critic

*May 13th, 1638, Dieppe †April 11th, 1712, Dieppe

92

Frederik Ruysch

Dutch botanist and anatomist (1638-1731)

*March 28th, 1638, The Hague †February 22nd, 1731, Amsterdam

83

Samuel Frisching

Swiss politician (1638-1721)

*June 27th, 1638, Bern †October 23rd, 1721, Bern

64

François Barrême

French mathematician

*July 7th, 1638, Tarascon †January 1st, 1703, Paris

47

David Teniers III

Flemish painter (1638-1685)

*July 10th, 1638, Antwerp †October 2nd, 1685, City of Brussels

66

Maximilian Philipp Hieronymus, Duke of Bavaria-Leuchtenberg

German noble

*September 30th, 1638, Munich †March 20th, 1705, Türkheim

71

Michel Bégon

French colonial governor (1638-1710)

*December 25th, 1638, Blois †March 14th, 1710, Rochefort

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1638 is a normal year and no leap year.

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