September 8th, 1695

Born on September 8th, 1695

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 120,000 days old!

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What happened on September 8th?

September 8th, 1907

Gertrude Stein meets her life partner and muse, Alice B. Toklas in Paris.

September 8th, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II (pictured) died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland; her eldest son Charles III acceded to the throne as King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.

September 8th, 1995

Construction began on the Dhammakaya Cetiya, a giant stupa at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple in Pathum Thani, Thailand.

September 8th, 1994

USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, resulting in 132 deaths and the longest accident investigation in the history of the National Transportation Safety Board.

September 8th, 1991

At the Tailhook Association symposium in Las Vegas, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators were alleged to have sexually assaulted 90 persons.

September 8th, 1974

Watergate scandal: U.S. president Gerald Ford gave his recently resigned predecessor Richard Nixon a controversial full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he committed while in office.

September 8th, 1936

Opposed to António de Oliveira Salazar's support of the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War, the crews of the Portuguese Navy ships NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and NRP Dão mutinied while anchored in the harbour of Lisbon.

September 8th, 1935

Huey Long, a U.S. senator, was shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dying two days later.

September 8th, 1921

In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Margaret Gorman (pictured) was crowned the "Golden Mermaid", the forerunner to the Miss America pageant.

September 8th, 1900

The Great Galveston hurricane, the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, struck Galveston, Texas, with estimated winds of 135 miles per hour (215 km/h) at landfall, killing at least 6,000 people.

September 8th, 1860

The paddle steamer Lady Elgin (pictured) was rammed by a schooner on Lake Michigan and sank, resulting in the loss of about 300 lives.

September 8th, 1831

William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

September 8th, 1796

French Revolutionary Wars: The French defeated Austrian forces in Bassano, Venetia, Italy.

September 8th, 1775

Maltese priests discontented with the Order of Saint John led an uprising that was quickly suppressed by the Order.

September 8th, 1755

French and Indian War: Despite being ambushed at the start of the Battle of Lake George, British colonial troops and their Mohawk allies were able to defeat French and Canadien troops and their Indian allies.

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

Same year
Born in 1695

77

Martin Sarmiento

Spanish writer

*March 9th, 1695, Villafranca del Bierzo †December 7th, 1772, Madrid

77

William Borlase

English antiquarian, geologist and naturalist

*February 2nd, 1695, Cornwall †August 31st, 1772, Cornwall

55

Mattia Bortoloni

Italian painter (1695-1750)

*March 31st, 1695, Canda †June 9th, 1750, Milan

64

Johann Ludwig Alefeld

German physicist (1695-1760)

*May 19th, 1695, Grünstadt †January 26th, 1760, Giessen

87

Daniel Wilhelm Triller

German writer

*February 10th, 1695, Erfurt †May 22nd, 1782, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

57

Joachim Oporin

German author and theologian (1695-1753)

*September 12th, 1695, Neumünster †September 5th, 1753, Göttingen

75

Louis Charles César Le Tellier

French military commander and Marshal of France (1695-1771)

*July 2nd, 1695, Paris †January 2nd, 1771, Paris

69

José Quer y Martínez

Spanish botanist (1695-1764)

*January 26th, 1695, Perpignan †March 19th, 1764, Madrid

63

Françoise de Graffigny

French writer (1695-1758)

*February 11th, 1695, Nancy †December 12th, 1758, Paris

61

Ami Lullin

Churchman, Protestant, university teacher, bibliophile, collector (1695-1756)

*May 4th, 1695, Geneva †September 9th, 1756, Geneva

82

Johan Arckenholtz

Finnish historian

*February 9th, 1695, Helsinki †July 12th, 1777, Stockholm

73

Christian Seybold

German painter (1695-1768)

*March 19th, 1695, Neuenhain †September 28th, 1768, Vienna

44

Georg Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels

German noble, Count of Barby (1695-1739)

*April 19th, 1695, Dessau †June 12th, 1739, Barby

78

Johann Conrad Schlaun

German architect

*June 5th, 1695, Nörde †October 21st, 1773, Münster

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1695 is a normal year and no leap year.

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