October 18th, 1648

Born on October 18th, 1648

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

October 18th, 1993

Nihilism, the first professional runway show from the British designer Alexander McQueen, was staged in London.

October 18th, 2019

Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into open battle against the Chilean national police, forcing President Sebastián Piñera to declare a state of emergency.

October 18th, 1967

The Soviet space probe Venera 4 became the first spacecraft to perform direct in situ analysis of the environment of another planet (Venus).

October 18th, 1963

The first cat in space, later known as Félicette, launched aboard a French Véronique rocket.

October 18th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: In an act of retaliation against ports that supported Patriot activities in the early stages of the war, the Royal Navy destroyed what is now Portland, Maine.

October 18th, 1748

The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.

October 18th, 1587

Filipino sailors disembarked from the Manila galleon Nuestra Señora de Buena Esperanza in what is now Morro Bay, California, the first documented instance of Asians in the Americas.

October 18th, 1565

The first recorded naval battle between Europeans and the Japanese occurred when a flotilla of samurai attacked two Portuguese trade vessels at the Battle of Fukuda Bay in Nagasaki.

October 18th, 1356

The most significant earthquake to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history destroyed Basel, Switzerland.

October 18th, 1081

Byzantine–Norman wars: Robert Guiscard led an invasion of the Byzantine Empire, capturing Dyrrhachium in present-day Albania.

October 18th, 0320

Pappus of Alexandria, one of the last great Greek mathematicians of antiquity, observed an eclipse that allowed historians to calculate the approximate dates of his life.

October 18th, 1906

The Robert Burns Memorial Statue, the first public statue erected in New Brunswick, was dedicated in Fredericton.

October 18th, 1887

Johannes Brahms (pictured) conducted the premiere of his Double Concerto, composed for violinist Joseph Joachim and cellist Robert Hausmann.

October 18th, 1630

Frendraught Castle in Scotland, the home of James Crichton of Frendraught, burns down.

October 18th, 1599

Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Báthory in the Battle of Șelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.

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

Same year
Born in 1648

32

Magdalena Sibylle of Saxe-Weissenfels

German noble

*September 2nd, 1648, Halle (Saale) †January 7th, 1681, Gotha

81

Michelangelo Tamburini

Superior Geeral of the Society of Jesuits (1648-1730)

*September 27th, 1648, Modena †February 28th, 1730, Rome

85

Gerard Hoet

Dutch painter, writer, and later art dealer (1648-1733)

*August 22nd, 1648, Zaltbommel †December 2nd, 1733, The Hague

74

Anne Henriette of Bavaria

Princess of Condé (1648-1723)

*March 13th, 1648, Paris †February 23rd, 1723, Petit Luxembourg

15

Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans

French princess

*October 13th, 1648, Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye †January 14th, 1664, Turin

51

Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg

Duke of Saxe-Coburg

*May 24th, 1648, Gotha †August 6th, 1699, Coburg

62

Petrus Codde

First Old Catholic bishop

*November 27th, 1648, Amsterdam †December 18th, 1710, Utrecht

72

Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway

British Army general

*April 9th, 1648, Paris †September 3rd, 1720, Bangor

73

Grinling Gibbons

Anglo-Dutch sculptor and wood carver (1648-1721)

*April 4th, 1648, Rotterdam †August 3rd, 1721, London

88

Tommaso Ceva

Italian mathematician (1648-1737)

*December 20th, 1648, Milan †February 3rd, 1737, Milan

81

Samuel Strimesius

*February 2nd, 1648, Königsberg †January 28th, 1730, Frankfurt (Oder)

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Public holidays on October 18th

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Leap year

Yes: 1648 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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