March 18th, 1655

Born on March 18th, 1655

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 134,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 176 days, exactly on October 29th, 2024, people who were born on March 18th, 1655 will be 135,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 18th?

March 18th, 1277

Charles I of Anjou acquired a claim on the Kingdom of Jerusalem in exchange for a significant sum of money.

March 18th, 2019

Syrian civil war: The U.S. Air Force carried out an airstrike in al-Baghuz Fawqani, killing 64 civilians.

March 18th, 1990

Unidentified thieves stole thirteen works of art collectively valued at $500 million from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (pictured) in Boston, Massachusetts.

March 18th, 1977

The punk group the Clash released their first single, "White Riot", described as their "most controversial song" due to its lyrics about class economics and race.

March 18th, 1970

U.S. postal workers began an eight-day strike after Congress raised their wages by only 4 percent despite increasing its own pay by 41 percent.

March 18th, 1969

Vietnam War: The United States began secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.

March 18th, 1965

Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov ventured outside the Soviet spacecraft Voskhod 2, becoming the first person to walk in space.

March 18th, 1959

Tibetan uprising: After the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge at Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, Chinese forces bombarded the monastery, inflicting severe destruction and killing hundreds of Buddhist monks.

March 18th, 1938

Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas issued a decree expropriating foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities, which were later incorporated into Pemex, a state-owned petroleum company.

March 18th, 1921

Russian Civil War: Bolshevik forces suppressed a rebellion of sailors and civilians in Kronstadt.

March 18th, 1915

First World War: In one of the largest naval battles of the Gallipoli campaign, Ottoman forces sank three Allied battleships and severely damaged three others.

March 18th, 1906

Romanian inventor Traian Vuia became the first person to fly a heavier-than-air monoplane (pictured) with an unassisted takeoff.

March 18th, 1892

Canadian governor general Lord Stanley of Preston pledged to donate an award to Canada's top-ranked amateur ice hockey club, now known as the Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America.

March 18th, 1241

First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongol forces defeated the Polish armies of Sandomierz and Kraków at the Battle of Chmielnik.

March 18th, 0363

A fire began in Rome that resulted in the destruction of the Temple of Apollo Palatinus.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 18th?

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

71

Grover Cleveland

President of the United States (1885–89; 1893–97)

*March 18th, 1837, Caldwell †June 24th, 1908, Princeton

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

55

Rudolf Diesel

German inventor and mechanical engineer (1858–1913)

*March 18th, 1858, Paris †September 30th, 1913, English Channel

56

Stéphane Mallarmé

French Symbolist poet (1842–1898)

*March 18th, 1842, Paris †September 9th, 1898, Fontainebleau

41

Hwang Yu-mi

South Korean badminton player

*March 18th, 1983, Seoul

39

Stiliyan Makarski

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1985, Sofia

35

Woon Khe Wei

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1989, Selangor

34

Wong Wing Ki

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1990, Hong Kong

30

Naru Shinoya

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1994, Aichi Prefecture

26

Yukiko Takahata

Badminton player

*March 18th, 1998, Hokkaido

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

26

Zhou Chaomin

Chinese badminton player

*March 18th, 1998, Guangdong

29

Jaromír Janáček

Czech badminton player

*March 18th, 1995, Český Krumlov

61

Vanessa Williams

American actress, singer and former Miss America

*March 18th, 1963, The Bronx

72

Dennis Chun

American actor

*March 18th, 1952, Hawaii

43

Fabian Cancellara

Swiss cyclist

*March 18th, 1981, Wohlen bei Bern

47

Øyvind Gjerde

Norwegian footballer

*March 18th, 1977, Åndalsnes

34

Ines Rau

French transgender model

*March 18th, 1990, Nancy

Same year
Born in 1655

50

Jacob Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)

*January 5th, 1655, Basel †August 16th, 1705, Basel

41

Charles XI of Sweden

King of Sweden

*November 24th, 1655, Stockholm †April 5th, 1697, Stockholm

68

Innocent XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1721 to 1724

*May 13th, 1655, Poli †March 7th, 1724, Rome

82

Carel de Moor

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1655-1738)

*February 25th, 1655, Leiden †February 16th, 1738, Warmond

81

Ferdinand Kettler

Duke of Courland (1655-1737)

*November 2nd, 1655, Jelgava †May 4th, 1737, Gdańsk

69

Benedict Pictet

Genevan theologian

*May 19th, 1655, Geneva †June 9th, 1724, Geneva

70

Antonio Palomino

Painter from Spain (1655-1726)

*December 1st, 1655, Bujalance †August 12th, 1726, Madrid

45

Johann Beer

Austrian composer and writer

*February 28th, 1655, Sankt Georgen im Attergau †August 6th, 1700, Weißenfels

60

Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

German duke (1655-1715)

*July 12th, 1655, Gotha †October 17th, 1715, Hildburghausen

71

Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld

Swedish diplomat, linguist and diarist

*July 17th, 1655, Åmål †June 2nd, 1727, Romfartuna

72

Cornelius Cruys

Norwegian admiral

*June 14th, 1655, Stavanger Municipality †June 14th, 1727, Saint Petersburg

86

Bernard de Montfaucon

French monk and scholar

*January 13th, 1655, Languedoc †December 21st, 1741, Paris

82

Rinaldo d'Este

Duke of Modena

*April 26th, 1655, Modena †October 26th, 1737, Modena

82

Caspar Bartholin the Younger

Danish anatomist

*September 10th, 1655, Copenhagen †June 11th, 1738, Copenhagen

75

Bartolomeo Cristofori

Italian maker of musical instruments

*May 4th, 1655, Padua †January 27th, 1731, Florence

65

Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg

Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia as the third and last wife of Leopold

*January 6th, 1655, Düsseldorf †January 19th, 1720, Vienna

51

Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Margrave of Baden-Baden and chief commander of the German imperial army

*April 8th, 1655, Paris †January 4th, 1707, Rastatt

62

Johann Philipp of Ysenburg and Büdingen zu Philippseich

German aristocrat

*December 3rd, 1655, Offenbach am Main †September 21st, 1718, Dreieich

65

Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal

German ruler

*December 14th, 1655, Kassel †June 18th, 1721, Aachen

88

Fra Galgario

Lombard painter (1655-1743)

*March 4th, 1655, Bergamo †December 1st, 1743, Bergamo

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1655 is a normal year and no leap year.

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