August 18th, 1667

Born on August 18th, 1667

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

54

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

66

Carole Bouquet

French actress

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

74

Antonio Salieri

Italian composer and teacher (1750–1825)

*August 18th, 1750, Legnago †May 7th, 1825, Vienna

56

Carolin Emcke

German journalist; Peace Prize of the German Book Trade 2016

*August 18th, 1967, Mülheim an der Ruhr

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Born in 1667

77

Jonathan Swift

Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)

*November 30th, 1667, Dublin †October 19th, 1745, Dublin

80

Johann Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1667-1748)

*July 27th, 1667, Basel †January 1st, 1748, Basel

72

Maria Anna of Neuburg

Queen consort of Spain (1667-1740)

*October 28th, 1667, Benrath Palace †July 16th, 1740, Guadalajara

87

Abraham de Moivre

French mathematician (*1667 – †1754)

*May 26th, 1667, Vitry-le-François †November 27th, 1754, London

80

Hieronymus von Erlach

Swiss politician (1667-1748)

*March 31st, 1667, Bern †February 28th, 1748, Bern

71

Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Landgrave (1667-1739)

*December 15th, 1667, Gotha †September 12th, 1739, Einhausen

75

Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal

British duchess

*December 25th, 1667, Emden †May 10th, 1743, London

51

Christoph Ludwig Agricola

German landscape painter (1667-1719)

*November 5th, 1667, Regensburg †August 8th, 1719, Regensburg

50

Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*October 25th, 1667, Rudolstadt †June 24th, 1718, Rudolstadt

40

Hieronymus Dathe

German author and theologian

*February 4th, 1667, Hamburg †June 14th, 1707, Annaberg-Buchholz

72

Pietro Ottoboni

Catholic cardinal

*July 2nd, 1667, Venice †February 29th, 1740, Rome

33

Asano Naganori

Daimyō of the Akō Domain; immortalized in Chūshingura

*September 28th, 1667, Edo †April 21st, 1701, Shiba

66

Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri

Italian mathematician

*August 31st, 1667, Sanremo †October 25th, 1733, Milan

59

Zacharias von Wolf

German officer and engineer

*February 7th, 1667, Bremen †April 5th, 1726, Kiel

16

Louis, Count of Vermandois

French nobleman, legitimate son of Louis XIV, admiral of France

*October 2nd, 1667, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †November 18th, 1683, Flanders

69

Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein

Countess of Wolfstein by birth, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by marriage (1667-1737)

*October 24th, 1667, Mühlhausen †August 23rd, 1737, Fredensborg Palace

75

Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici

Wife of Johann Wilhelm Palatine Elector (1667-1743)

*August 11th, 1667, Florence †February 18th, 1743, Florence

54

Jacques-Ignace Parrocel

French painter born in Avignon (1667-1722)

*June 27th, 1667, Avignon †January 1st, 1722, Mons

79

Carlo Maria Marini

Italian cardinal

*March 13th, 1667, Genoa †January 16th, 1747, Genoa

55

Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset

English heiress (1667-1722)

*January 26th, 1667, Petworth House †November 24th, 1722, Northumberland House

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1667 is a normal year and no leap year.

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