March 8th, 1659

Born on March 8th, 1659

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 8th?

March 8th, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board, with aircraft debris subsequently washing ashore a few years later in the Indian Ocean.

March 8th, 2017

The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta, collapsed during a stor

March 8th, 1983

Cold War: In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. president Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".

March 8th, 1979

Images taken by Voyager 1 proved the existence of volcanoes on Io (pictured), a moon of Jupiter.

March 8th, 1978

BBC Radio 4 began broadcasting Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction radio series that was later adapted into novels, a television series, and other formats.

March 8th, 1966

Nelson's Pillar, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of Lord Nelson in Dublin, Ireland, was severely damaged by a bomb.

March 8th, 1963

The Ba'ath Party came to power in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council for the Revolutionary Command.

March 8th, 1924

Three violent explosions at a coal mine near Castle Gate, Utah, killed all 171 miners working there.

March 8th, 1919

During the Egyptian Revolution, British authorities arrested rebel leader Saad Zaghloul and exiled him to Malta.

March 8th, 1910

French aviator Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence.

March 8th, 1736

Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, was crowned Shah of Iran.

March 8th, 1702

Anne (pictured) became the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, succeeding her brother-in-law William III.

March 8th, 1658

After a devastating defeat in the Second Northern War, King Frederick III of Denmark–Norway was forced to give up nearly half his Danish territory to Sweden to save the remainder.

March 8th, 1655

The court of Northampton County, Virginia, issued a ruling that made John Casor the first person of African descent in the Thirteen Colonies to be declared a slave for life as a result of a civil suit.

March 8th, 1576

A Spanish colonial officer wrote a letter to King Philip II containing the first known mention of the Maya ruins of Copán in present-day Honduras.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 8th

Same year
Born in 1659

36

Henry Purcell

English composer (1659–1695)

*September 10th, 1659, Westminster †November 21st, 1695, Westminster

84

Pierre Lepautre

French sculptor (1659-1744)

*March 4th, 1659, Paris †January 22nd, 1744, Paris

66

Franz Beer

Austrian architect (1659/1660-1726)

*July 3rd, 1659, Au †January 19th, 1726, Bezau

74

Andrea Fantoni

Italian artist (1659-1734)

*August 26th, 1659, Rovetta †July 25th, 1734, Bergamo

59

Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt

Swedish general

*April 15th, 1659, Copenhagen †February 12th, 1719, Moscow

62

Campegius Vitringa

Dutch theologian

*May 16th, 1659, Leeuwarden †March 21st, 1722, Franeker

72

Johann Christian Schröter

German lawyer

*January 28th, 1659, Jena †June 24th, 1731, Jena

68

Pietro Baratta

Italian sculptor of the Baroque period

*January 1st, 1659, Carrara †February 2nd, 1727, Carrara

74

Georg Ernst Stahl

German physician and chemist (1659-1734)

*October 21st, 1659, Ansbach †May 14th, 1734, Berlin

60

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Samurai (1659-1719)

*June 11th, 1659, Saga †November 30th, 1719, Saga Domain

74

Antonius Schultingh

Dutch jurist

*July 23rd, 1659, Nijmegen †March 12th, 1734, Leiden

55

Charles Ancillon

French jurist/diplomat

*July 28th, 1659, Metz †July 5th, 1715, Berlin

19

Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg

(1659-1679)

*June 1st, 1659, Merseburg †March 13th, 1679, Eisenberg

65

William Wollaston

English philosopher (1659-1724)

*March 26th, 1659, Staffordshire †October 29th, 1724, London

49

David Gregory

Scottish astronomer and mathematician (1659-1708)

*June 3rd, 1659, Aberdeen †October 10th, 1708, Maidenhead

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Public holidays on March 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, International Women's Day, and its related observances) which are celebrated on March 8th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1659 is a normal year and no leap year.

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