July 15th, 1696

Born on July 15th, 1696

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 213 days, exactly on February 1st, 2025, people who were born on July 15th, 1696 will be 120,000 days old!

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What happened on July 15th?

July 15th, 2012

South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style.

July 15th, 2009

Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed in northwestern Iran, killing all 168 people aboard.

July 15th, 1983

Sega's first home video game console, the SG-1000, was released in Japan.

July 15th, 1943

The all-female Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion was formed in the Soviet Union's First Polish Army.

July 15th, 1870

Manitoba was established as a province of Canada following the transfer of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company.

July 15th, 1815

Aboard HMS Bellerophon, French emperor Napoleon (pictured) surrendered to Royal Navy captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, concluding the Napoleonic Wars.

July 15th, 1799

French soldiers at Fort Julien, near the Egyptian port city of Rashid, uncovered the Rosetta Stone (pictured), an essential key in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts.

July 15th, 1410

The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald, the decisive engagement of the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.

July 15th, 1946

The State of North Borneo, now Sabah, Malaysia, is annexed by the United Kingdom.

July 15th, 1941

The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins the deportation of 100,000 Jews from the occupied Netherlands to extermination camps.

July 15th, 1927

Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by Austrian police in Vienna.

July 15th, 1922

The Japanese Communist Party is established in Japan.

July 15th, 1920

Aftermath of World War I: The Parliament of Poland establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.

July 15th, 1918

World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.

July 15th, 1916

In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 15th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 15th?

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

63

Rembrandt

Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)

*July 15th, 1606, Leiden †October 4th, 1669, Amsterdam

24

Kenia Os

Mexican youtuber and singer

*July 15th, 1999, Mazatlán

69

Emmeline Pankhurst

English suffragist

*July 15th, 1858, Moss Side †June 14th, 1928, Hampstead

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

23

Paulinho

Brazilian football player

*July 15th, 2000, Rio de Janeiro

64

Michael Boddenberg

German politician

*July 15th, 1959, Troisdorf

75

Vilfredo Pareto

Italian economist and sociologist (1848-1923)

*July 15th, 1848, Paris †August 19th, 1923, Céligny

77

Linda Ronstadt

American singer (born 1946)

*July 15th, 1946, Tucson

47

Diane Kruger

German actress

*July 15th, 1976, Algermissen

70

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Haitian politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president

*July 15th, 1953, Port-Salut

71

Daniel Mesguich

French actor

*July 15th, 1952, Algiers

42

Alou Diarra

French association football player

*July 15th, 1981, Villepinte

58

Gero Miesenböck

Austrian neuroscientist

*July 15th, 1965, Braunau am Inn

61

Emil von Sydow

German geographer

*July 15th, 1812, Freiberg †October 13th, 1873, Berlin

64

Vincent Lindon

French actor

*July 15th, 1959, Boulogne-Billancourt

62

Forest Whitaker

American actor

*July 15th, 1961, Longview

80

Frank Glaubrecht

German actor and dub actor

*July 15th, 1943, Berlin

33

Olly Alexander

British singer and actor

*July 15th, 1990, Harrogate

76

Adolf Wurmbach

German author

*July 15th, 1891, Littfeld †January 17th, 1968, Kredenbach

Same year
Born in 1696

46

John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey

English courtier, political writer and memoirist (1696-1743)

*October 13th, 1696, London †August 5th, 1743, London

74

Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer

German sculptor (1696–1770)

*January 1st, 1696, Linz †January 2nd, 1770, Mimmenhausen

66

Augustus III of Poland

King of Poland, Elector of Saxony (1696-1763)

*October 17th, 1696, Dresden †October 5th, 1763, Dresden

58

Mahmud I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754

*August 2nd, 1696, Edirne †December 13th, 1754, Constantinople

74

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Italian painter (1696-1770)

*March 5th, 1696, Venice †March 27th, 1770, Madrid

82

Francesca Cuzzoni

Singer

*April 2nd, 1696, Parma †June 19th, 1778, Bologna

59

Maurice Greene

English composer and organist

*August 12th, 1696, London †December 1st, 1755, London

66

Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Bergheim

(1696-1763)

*August 20th, 1696, Bad Arolsen †February 2nd, 1763, Bergheim (Edertal)

68

Johann Zacharias Richter

German merchant and art collector

*August 26th, 1696, Leipzig †December 19th, 1764, Leipzig

88

James Oglethorpe

British Army general, founder of the Georgia colony (1696-1785)

*December 22nd, 1696, London †June 30th, 1785, Cranham

67

Marco Foscarini

117th Doge of Venice

*February 4th, 1696, Venice †March 31st, 1763, Pontelongo

63

William Pepperrell

British Army general (1696-1759)

*June 27th, 1696, Kittery Point †July 6th, 1759

67

Friedrich Karl von Hardenberg

(1696-1763)

*January 6th, 1696, Schloss Hardenberg †May 24th, 1763

84

Sophia Galloway

(1697-1781)

*May 7th, 1696, West River †January 27th, 1781, Anne Arundel County

90

Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

Italian Catholic bishop (1696–1787)

*September 27th, 1696, Naples †August 1st, 1787, Pagani

41

James Fitz-James Stuart, 2nd Duke of Berwick

Jacobite and Spanish general and noble

*October 21st, 1696, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †June 2nd, 1738, Naples

54

Maurice de Saxe

Marshal General of France (1696-1750)

*October 28th, 1696, Goslar †November 20th, 1750, Château de Chambord

64

William Oldys

English antiquarian and bibliographer, Norroy king-at-arms (1696-1761)

*July 14th, 1696, London †April 15th, 1761, College of Arms

80

Johann Thomas von Quentel

German catholic priest

*December 21st, 1696, Cologne †January 1st, 1777, Cologne

60

Andrea Zani

Italian violinist and composer (1696-1757)

*November 11th, 1696, Casalmaggiore †September 28th, 1757, Casalmaggiore

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Leap year

Yes: 1696 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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