August 18th, 1657

Born on August 18th, 1657

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

August 18th, 2017

Two people were killed and eight others wounded when a rejected asylum seeker went on a knife rampage in Turku, Finland.

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, 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, 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 Day
Who's birthday is on August 18th?

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

39

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

30

Sikki Reddy

Indian badminton player

*August 18th, 1993, Kodad

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

86

Paul Grimm

German prehistorian and medievalist (1907-1993)

*August 18th, 1907, Torgau †November 19th, 1993, Berlin

23

Belén Aizen

Argentinian handball player

*August 18th, 2000, General San Martín

24

Vitão

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 18th, 1999, São Paulo

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

87

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

96

Rosalynn Carter

First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*August 18th, 1927, Plains †November 19th, 2023, Plains

26

Goh Sze Fei

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1997, Malacca

45

Sergio Llopis

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1978, Xàtiva

25

Joy Lai

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1998, Victoria

89

Luc Montagnier

French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine (2008)

*August 18th, 1932, Chabris †February 8th, 2022, Neuilly-sur-Seine

90

Roman Polanski

French-Polish director, screenwriter, producer and actor

*August 18th, 1933, Paris

67

Jan František Beckovský

Czech baroque writer, historian, religion writer, translator, science writer and roman catholic priest (1658-1725)

*August 18th, 1658, Havlíčkův Brod †December 26th, 1725, Prague

54

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

66

Carole Bouquet

French actress

*August 18th, 1957, Neuilly-sur-Seine

56

Carolin Emcke

German journalist; Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2016

*August 18th, 1967, Mülheim an der Ruhr

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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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