March 28th, 1657

Born on March 28th, 1657

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 920 days, exactly on November 9th, 2026, people who were born on March 28th, 1657 will be 135,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 28th?

March 28th, 1979

British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent.

March 28th, 1946

The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons.

March 28th, 1942

Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France was disabled by British naval forces (ship pictured).

March 28th, 1933

After an on-board fire that may have been the first incident of airliner sabotage, the Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool broke apart in mid-air, killing fifteen people.

March 28th, 1918

World War I: British and Australian troops defeated German forces at the First Battle of Dernancourt in northern France.

March 28th, 1842

The Vienna Philharmonic (pictured) held its first concert, conducted by Otto Nicolai.

March 28th, 1802

German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Pallas, the second asteroid to be identified, but at the time considered to be a planet.

March 28th, 0193

The Praetorian Guard assassinated Roman emperor Pertinax and sold the imperial office in an auction to Didius Julianus (coin pictured).

March 28th, 1935

The Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will, directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin.

March 28th, 2015

A siege of a hotel in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab militants, which began the previous day and killed at least 20 people, ended with the Somali Armed Forces recapturing the premises.

March 28th, 2003

Invasion of Iraq: In a friendly fire incident, two members of the United States Air Force attacked the United Kingdom's Blues and Royals regiment, killing one soldier and injuring five.

March 28th, 1999

Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica.

March 28th, 1997

In the Tragedy of Otranto, the Italian Navy vessel Sibilla collided with the Albanian civilian vessel Kateri i Radës, causing the latter to sink and leading to dozens of deaths.

March 28th, 2006

At least one million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.

March 28th, 2005

An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 28th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 28th?

38

Lady Gaga

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1986)

*March 28th, 1986, Lenox Hill Hospital

76

Rolf Zacher

German actor (1941–2018)

*March 28th, 1941, Berlin †February 3rd, 2018, Hamburg

37

Vaidas Baumila

Lithuanian singer

*March 28th, 1987, Vilnius

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

57

Kai Abraham

Badminton player

*March 28th, 1967, East Berlin

88

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian novelist and writer

*March 28th, 1936, Arequipa

86

Arthur Dale Trendall

Australian classical archaeologist (1909-1995)

*March 28th, 1909, Auckland †November 13th, 1995, Melbourne

24

Aleyna Tilki

Turkish singer

*March 28th, 2000, Konya

69

Reba McEntire

American country singer

*March 28th, 1955, McAlester

64

Sophie Amalie Moth

Danish noblewoman

*March 28th, 1654, Copenhagen †January 17th, 1719, Jomfruens Egede

39

Steve Mandanda

French and DR Congolese association football player

*March 28th, 1985, Kinshasa

75

Leslie Valiant

British computer scientist

*March 28th, 1949, Budapest

77

Samuel Sewall

Salem witch trial judge; early abolitionist; chief justice of Massachusetts

*March 28th, 1652, Hampshire †January 1st, 1730, Boston

75

Michael W. Young

American geneticist, chronobiologist

*March 28th, 1949, Miami

76

Wilhelm Pfeil

German forestry scientist

*March 28th, 1783, Friesdorf †September 4th, 1859, Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój

76

Paul Whiteman

American jazz musician and popular bandleader (1890–1967)

*March 28th, 1891, Denver †December 29th, 1967, Doylestown

37

Jonathan Van Ness

American hairstylist and TV personality (born 1987)

*March 28th, 1987, Quincy

33

Lukas Hinterseer

Austrian footballer

*March 28th, 1991, Kitzbühel

69

Aristide Briand

Politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate from France (1862-1932)

*March 28th, 1862, Nantes †March 7th, 1932, Paris

39

Stan Wawrinka

Swiss tennis player

*March 28th, 1985, Lausanne

Same year
Born in 1657

78

Jean Leclerc

Genevan theologian and biblical scholar (1657-1736)

*March 29th, 1657, Geneva †January 8th, 1736, Amsterdam

55

Frederick I of Prussia

1657 – 1713, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia in personal union (Brandenburg-Prussia)

*July 11th, 1657, Königsberg †February 25th, 1713, Berlin

83

Samuel Werenfels

Swiss theologian

*March 1st, 1657, Basel †June 1st, 1740, Basel

79

Domenico Rossi

Swiss architect (1657-1737)

*December 28th, 1657, Morcote †March 8th, 1737, Venice

68

Michel Richard Delalande

French composer

*December 15th, 1657, Paris †June 18th, 1726, Versailles

68

Arai Hakuseki

Japanese scholar and official (1657–1725)

*March 24th, 1657, Edo †June 29th, 1725, Sendagaya

59

Samuel Faber

German historian

*March 3rd, 1657, Altdorf bei Nürnberg †April 10th, 1716, Nuremberg

69

Maria Anna Lindmayr

German nun

*September 24th, 1657, Munich †December 6th, 1726, Munich

54

Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein

Art collector and prince of Liechtenstein (1657-1712)

*August 16th, 1657, Brno †June 16th, 1712, Vienna

14

Frederick William III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Last Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

*July 12th, 1657, Altenburg †April 14th, 1672, Altenburg

46

Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia

Russian tsarevna (1657–1704)

*September 27th, 1657, Moscow †July 14th, 1704, Moscow

99

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

French writer and philosopher of the enlightenment (1657–1757)

*February 11th, 1657, Rouen †January 9th, 1757, Paris

89

Francesco Solimena

Italian painter (1657-1747)

*October 4th, 1657, Serino †April 3rd, 1747, Naples

85

Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni

Italian organist and composer

*March 18th, 1657, Rieti †February 1st, 1743, Rome

46

Anna Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg

Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg

*November 12th, 1657, Weimar †June 24th, 1704, Quedlinburg

66

Pieter Schuyler

British colonial military leader, acting governor of New York 1657-1724

*September 17th, 1657, Albany †February 19th, 1724, Albany

79

William Wake

Archbishop of Canterbury (1657-1737)

*January 26th, 1657, Blandford Forum †January 24th, 1737, Lambeth Palace

17

Auguste Magdalene of Hessen-Darmstadt

German noble and poet

*March 6th, 1657, Darmstadt †September 1st, 1674, Darmstadt

39

Prince Hendrik Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz

Stadholder of Friesland and Groningen (1657-1696)

*January 18th, 1657, The Hague †March 25th, 1696, Leeuwarden

44

Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons

Italian prince (1657-1702)

*December 15th, 1657, Paris †August 14th, 1702, Landau in der Pfalz

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1657 is a normal year and no leap year.

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