March 10th, 1697

Born on March 10th, 1697

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 10th?

March 10th, 1695

Nine Years' War: At the Battle of Sant Esteve d'en Bas, Catalan miquelets attacked a column of French regular infantry and caused them to surrender.

March 10th, 2019

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (aircraft pictured) crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, with the deaths of all 157 people on board.

March 10th, 2008

The New York Times revealed that Eliot Spitzer (pictured), Governor of New York, had patronized a prostitution ring.

March 10th, 2006

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (artist's impression pictured) reached and entered orbit around Mars.

March 10th, 1990

Eighteen months after seizing power, Prosper Avril was ousted as the military head of state of Haiti.

March 10th, 1977

Astronomers using NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory discovered a faint ring system around Uranus.

March 10th, 1975

Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnam began its final push for victory over South Vietnam with an attack on Ban Me Thuot.

March 10th, 1968

Vietnam War/Laotian Civil War: North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces overwhelmed the American, Laotian, Thai, and Hmong defenders of Lima Site 85.

March 10th, 1966

Military prime minister of South Vietnam Nguyễn Cao Kỳ sacked rival General Nguyễn Chánh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.

March 10th, 1965

Thomas Playford, Premier of South Australia, left office after 27 years, the longest term of any democratically elected leader in the history of Australia.

March 10th, 1959

An anti-Chinese uprising began as thousands of Tibetans surrounded the Potala Palace in Lhasa to prevent the Dalai Lama from leaving or being removed by the Chinese army.

March 10th, 1949

Mildred Gillars, nicknamed Axis Sally, was convicted of treason for working with the Nazis as a broadcaster.

March 10th, 1945

World War II: The United States Army Air Forces conducted a firebombing raid on Tokyo that killed at least 90,000 people.

March 10th, 1915

The Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the first deliberately planned British offensive of the First World War, began.

January 1st, 1970

The Roman Republic defeated Carthaginian forces at the Battle of the Aegates, off the western coast of Sicily, in the final battle of the First Punic War.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 10th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 10th?

30

Bad Bunny

Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer

*March 10th, 1994, Almirante Sur

90

Hans Riegel

German businessman, badminton player

*March 10th, 1923, Bonn †October 15th, 2013, Bonn

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

Chanan Colman

Danish-American-Israeli former basketball player

*March 10th, 1984, Gladsaxe Municipality

56

Árni Þór Hallgrímsson

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1968, Akranes

54

Osama bin Laden

Saudi terrorist and co-founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

*March 10th, 1957, Riyadh †May 2nd, 2011, Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad

62

Kid Vinil

Brazilian singer, radio broadcaster, composer and journalist

*March 10th, 1955, Cedral †May 19th, 2017, São Paulo

40

Olivia Wilde

American actress and filmmaker (born 1984)

*March 10th, 1984, New York City

69

Sven-Erik Österberg

Swedish politician and county governor

*March 10th, 1955, Munktorp

29

Marie Batomene

Badminton player

*March 10th, 1995, Béthune

59

Jeremias Wigger

Swiss cross country skier

*March 10th, 1965, Hasle

31

Jack Butland

English association football player

*March 10th, 1993, Bristol

66

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann

German politician

*March 10th, 1958, Düsseldorf

58

Edie Brickell

American singer

*March 10th, 1966, Dallas

48

Ernst Christoph Arnoldi

German university teacher and writer (1696-1744)

*March 10th, 1696, Traben-Trarbach †March 19th, 1744, Giessen

61

Jeff Ament

American bassist

*March 10th, 1963, Havre

80

Jupp Derwall

German association football player and manager (1927–2007)

*March 10th, 1927, Würselen †June 26th, 2007, Sankt Ingbert

88

Sepp Blatter

8th President of the International Federation of Association Football

*March 10th, 1936, Visp

41

Janet Mock

American writer, director, producer, TV host and transgender rights activist

*March 10th, 1983, Honolulu

84

Chuck Norris

American martial artist and actor

*March 10th, 1940, Ryan

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66

William Hogarth

English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist (1697-1764)

*November 10th, 1697, London †October 26th, 1764, London

60

Canaletto

Italian painter of landscapes (1697-1768)

*October 7th, 1697, Venice †April 19th, 1758, Venice

47

Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

*August 6th, 1697, City of Brussels †January 20th, 1745, Munich

71

Gerhard Tersteegen

German theologian and hymn writer

*November 25th, 1697, Moers †April 3rd, 1769, Mülheim an der Ruhr

68

Ferdinand August Hommel

German university teacher and writer (1697-1765)

*February 3rd, 1697, Leipzig †February 16th, 1765, Leipzig

73

Bernhard Siegfried Albinus

German-born Dutch anatomist (1697-1770)

*February 24th, 1697, Frankfurt (Oder) †September 9th, 1770, Leiden

80

Charles Antoine de La Roche-Aymon

French cardinal

*February 17th, 1697, France †October 27th, 1777, Paris

66

Antoine François Prévost

French novelist (1697–1763)

*April 1st, 1697, Hesdin †November 25th, 1763, Chantilly

63

Friederike Caroline Neuber

German actor and director

*March 9th, 1697, Reichenbach im Vogtland †November 30th, 1760, Laubegast

73

John Gill

English Baptist pastor, biblical scholar and theologian (1697-1771)

*November 23rd, 1697, Kettering †October 14th, 1771

76

Johann Joachim Quantz

German flutist, flute maker and composer (1697-1773)

*January 30th, 1697, Scheden †July 12th, 1773, Potsdam

48

John Peter Zenger

A German printer and journalist in New York City

*October 26th, 1697, Impflingen †July 28th, 1746, New York City

76

Sauveur François Morand

French surgeon

*April 2nd, 1697, Paris †July 21st, 1773, Paris

42

Maria Karolina Sobieska

Polish princess

*November 25th, 1697, Oława †May 8th, 1740, Zhovkva

82

Francesco Antonio Vallotti

Italian composer, organist and music theorist

*June 11th, 1697, Vercelli †January 10th, 1780, Padua

65

George Anson, 1st Baron Anson

British admiral (1697-1762)

*April 23rd, 1697, Staffordshire †June 6th, 1762, Hertfordshire

55

Johann Gottfried Auerbach

Austrian artist (1697-1753)

*October 28th, 1697, Mühlhausen †August 5th, 1753, Vienna

69

Claude Pierre Goujet

French historian

*October 19th, 1697, Paris †February 1st, 1767, Paris

85

Heinrich Joseph Johann of Auersperg

Austrian nobleman (1697-1783)

*June 24th, 1697, Vienna †February 9th, 1783, Vienna

84

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville

French cartographer and geographer

*July 11th, 1697, Paris †January 28th, 1782, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1697 is a normal year and no leap year.

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