March 16th, 1704

Born on March 16th, 1704

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 16th?

March 16th, 2014

Annexation of Crimea: The Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a controversial referendum in which voters overwhelmingly chose to join Russia as a federal subject.

March 16th, 2003

American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer in Rafah while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian house.

March 16th, 2001

A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 people.

March 16th, 1984

William Buckley, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.

March 16th, 1968

Vietnam War: American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Sơn Mỹ village in the Sơn Tịnh District of South Vietnam.

March 16th, 1962

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a charter flight carrying U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers, disappeared without a trace, prompting one of the largest searches in the history of the Pacific.

March 16th, 1935

Conscription was re-introduced in Germany by the Nazi regime, and the German military was renamed the Wehrmacht.

March 16th, 1872

In the inaugural final of the FA Cup (trophy pictured) Wanderers defeated Royal Engineers 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.

March 16th, 1802

Congress passed the Military Peace Establishment Act, authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate the U.S. Military Academy (pictured) at West Point, New York.

March 16th, 1782

American Revolutionary War: Spain captured the island of Roatán from England off the coast of what is now Honduras.

March 16th, 1689

The Royal Welch Fusiliers (cap badge pictured), one of the oldest line-infantry regiments of the British Army, was founded.

March 16th, 1621

Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, walked into Plymouth Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English (depicted).

March 16th, 1322

Despenser War: A royalist army defeated troops loyal to Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, in the Battle of Boroughbridge, which allowed King Edward II of England to hold on to power for another five years.

March 16th, 1190

Around 150 Jews died inside York Castle, the majority committing mass suicide to avoid being killed by a mob.

March 16th, 0934

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 16th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 16th?

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

85

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

*March 16th, 1751, Port Conway †June 28th, 1836, Montpelier

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

65

Georg Simon Ohm

German physicist and mathematician

*March 16th, 1789, Erlangen †July 6th, 1854, Munich

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, 16th arrondissement of Paris

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa

65

Jens Stoltenberg

34th Prime Minister of Norway, subsequently 13th Secretary-General of NATO

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

97

Caroline Herschel

German-British astronomer (*1750 – †1848)

*March 16th, 1750, Hanover †January 9th, 1848, Hanover

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

53

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

35

Gabriel Attal

French politician

*March 16th, 1989, Clamart

60

Jörg Schmadtke

German association football executive

*March 16th, 1964, Düsseldorf

54

Adriana Fonseca

Mexican actress

*March 16th, 1970, Veracruz

Same year
Born in 1704

47

Gabriel Cramer

Genevan mathematician (1704-1752)

*July 31st, 1704, Geneva †January 4th, 1752, Bagnols-sur-Cèze

43

Pedro Vicente Maldonado

Ecuadorian scientist

*November 24th, 1704, Riobamba †November 7th, 1748, London

55

Carl Heinrich Graun

German composer and singer

*May 7th, 1704, Wahrenbrück †August 8th, 1759, Berlin

69

Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

German noble (1704-1774)

*August 12th, 1704, Saarbrücken †March 25th, 1774, Darmstadt

56

Louis Godin

French astronomer

*February 28th, 1704, Paris †September 11th, 1760, Cádiz

52

John Byng

Royal Navy officer, shot for failure in combat (1704-1757)

*October 29th, 1704, Southill †March 14th, 1757, Portsmouth

70

Ebba Margaretha De la Gardie

(1704-1775)

*November 24th, 1704, Tallinn †September 10th, 1775, Hiiumaa

62

Benjamin Heath

British classical scholar (1704-1766)

*April 10th, 1704, Exeter †September 13th, 1766

83

Maurice Quentin de La Tour

French Rococo portraitist

*September 5th, 1704, Saint-Quentin †February 17th, 1788, Saint-Quentin

79

Felipe Beltrán Serrano

Grand Inquisitor of Spain

*October 19th, 1704, La Serra d'en Galceran †November 30th, 1783, Madrid

72

Benjamin Huntsman

British inventor (1704-1776)

*June 4th, 1704, Epworth †June 20th, 1776, Attercliffe

88

August Gottlieb Spangenberg

German theologian and minister; bishop of the Moravian Brethren

*July 15th, 1704, Klettenberg †September 18th, 1792, Berthelsdorf

68

Charles Pinot Duclos

French writer (1704-1772)

*February 12th, 1704, Dinan †March 26th, 1772, Paris

74

Paul Daniel Longolius

German encyclopedist

*November 1st, 1704, Kesselsdorf †February 24th, 1779, Hof

60

Giovanni Domenico Barbieri

Swiss architect

*January 14th, 1704, Roveredo †September 13th, 1764, Eichstätt

56

Andrija Kačić Miošić

Croatian poet and Franciscan monk

*April 17th, 1704, Gradac †December 14th, 1760, Zaostrog

66

Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens

French philosopher and writer (1704-1771)

*June 24th, 1704, Aix-en-Provence †January 11th, 1771, Toulon

72

Johann Joachim Gottlob Am Ende

German theologian

*May 16th, 1704, Gräfenhainichen †May 2nd, 1777, Dresden

91

Ivan Betskoy

Russian philanthropist

*February 14th, 1704, Stockholm †September 10th, 1795, Saint Petersburg

69

Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe

German general

*August 21st, 1704, Dresden †February 25th, 1774, Dresden

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Leap year

Yes: 1704 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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