July 12th, 1708

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Born on July 12th, 1708 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on July 12th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on July 12th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (July 1708)

Born on July 12th, 1708

Weekday

Thursday

July 12th, 1708 was a Thursday.

Age

315

People born on July 12th, 1708 will turn 316 this year (2024), in exactly 75 days .

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

June 22nd, 1708 - July 22nd, 1708

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 115,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 658 days, exactly on February 15th, 2026, people who were born on July 12th, 1708 will be 116,000 days old!

115,342 Days

16,477 Weeks

3,789 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on July 12th?

July 12th, 1997

Hayao Miyazaki's animated film Princess Mononoke is released, becoming the highest-grossing film in Japan for a few months.

July 12th, 2007

Two U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters conducted a series of air-to-ground attacks in Baghdad.

July 12th, 2006

Hezbollah forces crossed the Israel–Lebanon border and attacked Israeli military positions while firing rockets and mortars at Israeli towns, sparking a five-week war.

July 12th, 1979

Rowdy fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago stormed the field during a Major League Baseball promotional event at which a crate of disco records was blown up.

July 12th, 1963

Sixteen-year-old Pauline Reade, the first victim of serial killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, disappeared in Gorton, England.

July 12th, 1962

The English rock band the Rolling Stones played their first concert, at the Marquee Club in London.

July 12th, 1948

Arab–Israeli War: Israel Defense Forces officer Yitzhak Rabin signed an order to expel Palestinians from the towns of Lydda and Ramle.

July 12th, 1943

World War II: German and Soviet forces engaged each other at the Battle of Prokhorovka (tanks pictured), one of the largest tank battles in military history.

July 12th, 1920

The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty was signed, with Soviet Russia agreeing to recognize an independent Lithuania.

July 12th, 1918

An explosion in the ammunition magazine of the Japanese battleship Kawachi resulted in the deaths of more than 600 officers and crewmen.

July 12th, 1916

First World War: Second Lieutenant Kléber Dupuy defeated a German attack on Fort Souville at a key moment of the Battle of Verdun.

July 12th, 1913

Second Balkan War: The Serbian Army began the Siege of Vidin, which they abandoned six days later when an armistice between the Serbs and Bulgarians was signed.

July 12th, 1843

Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, is said to have received a revelation recommending plural marriage.

July 12th, 1801

French Revolutionary Wars: A squadron of British ships of the line defeated a larger squadron of Spanish and French vessels in the Strait of Gibraltar.

July 12th, 1561

Saint Basil's Cathedral (pictured), located in Red Square, Moscow, was consecrated.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 12th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 12th?

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

Zarinah Abdullah

Badminton player

*July 12th, 1971, Singapore

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

Malala Yousafzai

Pakistani children's education activist

*July 12th, 1997, Mingora

Henry David Thoreau

American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)

*July 12th, 1817, Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse †May 6th, 1862, Concord

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

Lars Hillingsø

Danish fashion designer (1938-2005)

*July 12th, 1938, Copenhagen †February 20th, 2005, Croissanville

Pablo Neruda

Chilean poet and politician (1904–1973)

*July 12th, 1904, Parral †September 23rd, 1973, Santiago

Josiah Wedgwood

English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company (1730–1795)

*July 12th, 1730, Burslem †January 3rd, 1795, Etruria

Brock Lesnar

American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and football player (born 1977)

*July 12th, 1977, Webster

Keith Andes

Actor

*July 12th, 1920, Ocean City †November 11th, 2005, Santa Clarita

Bill Bell

*July 12th, 1936, East Moline †March 18th, 2017, Oakland

Bill Cosby

American actor and comedian (born 1937)

*July 12th, 1937, Philadelphia

OG Eastbull

Italian-born Romanian rapper

*July 12th, 1991, Trier

Wilko Johnson

English musician (1947–2022)

*July 12th, 1947, Canvey Island †November 21st, 2022, Westcliff-on-Sea

Marius Müller

German footballer (1993–)

*July 12th, 1993, Heppenheim

Beah Richards

American actress (1920–2000)

*July 12th, 1920, Vicksburg †September 14th, 2000, Vicksburg

Amedeo Modigliani

Italian painter and sculptor (1884–1920)

*July 12th, 1884, Livorno †January 24th, 1920, Paris

Same year
Born in 1708

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768

*November 15th, 1708, London †May 11th, 1778, London Borough of Bromley

Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany

*December 8th, 1708, Nancy †August 18th, 1765, Innsbruck

Johann Jakob Zeiller

Austrian painter

*July 8th, 1708, Reutte †July 8th, 1783, Reutte

Anna Petrovna of Russia

Elder daughter of Emperor Peter I of Russia and Catherine I of Russia

*February 27th, 1708, Moscow †May 4th, 1728, Kiel

Daniel Gralath

18th century physicist and mayor of Gdansk

*May 30th, 1708, Gdańsk †July 23rd, 1767, Gdańsk

Georg Reutter II

Austrian composer (1708–1772)

*April 6th, 1708, Vienna †March 11th, 1772, Vienna

Jean Chastel

French farmer (1708-1789)

*March 31st, 1708, La Besseyre-Saint-Mary †January 1st, 1790, France

Johann Caspar Richter

German merchant (1708-1770)

*September 16th, 1708, Leipzig †August 7th, 1770, Leipzig

Pompeo Batoni

Italian painter 1708-1787

*January 25th, 1708, Lucca †February 4th, 1787, Rome

Albrecht von Haller

Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet (1708-1777)

*October 16th, 1708, Bern †December 12th, 1777, Bern

Christian Andreas von Cothenius

German botanist (1708-1789)

*February 14th, 1708, Anklam †January 5th, 1789, Berlin

Caspar Ruetz

German musicologist

*March 21st, 1708, Wismar †December 21st, 1755, Lübeck

Egidio Duni

Italian composer

*February 11th, 1708, Matera †June 11th, 1775, Paris

Josef Bonaventura Pitter

Czech Roman Catholic priest

*November 5th, 1708, Třebechovice pod Orebem †May 15th, 1764, Rajhrad

Charles Hanbury Williams

British politician, diplomat and poet (1708-1759)

*December 8th, 1708, London †November 2nd, 1759, London

Pierre Lyonnet

Dutch artist, art collector and scientist

*July 22nd, 1708, Maastricht †October 10th, 1789, The Hague

Johann Georg Walther

German author

*April 3rd, 1708, Leśna †October 15th, 1761, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

André Jordan

20 Dec 1708 - 13 Sep 1778

*December 20th, 1708, Berlin †September 13th, 1778, Berlin

Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne

French noblewoman

*November 24th, 1708, France †July 28th, 1728, Hilpoltstein

Giovanni Salvemini

Italian mathematician

*January 15th, 1708, Castiglion Fiorentino †October 11th, 1791, Berlin

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 12th.

The Twelfth, also known as Orangemen's Day (Northern Ireland, Scotland, Newfoundland and Labrador)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelfth

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XII.VII.MDCCVIII

12.7.1708

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1708 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).

Calendar
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July 12th, 1708

Born on July 12th, 1708

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 115,000 days old!

115,342 Days

16,477 Weeks

3,789 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on July 12th?

Hayao Miyazaki's animated film Princess Mononoke is released, becoming the highest-grossing film in Japan for a few months.

Two U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters conducted a series of air-to-ground attacks in Baghdad.

Hezbollah forces crossed the Israel–Lebanon border and attacked Israeli military positions while firing rockets and mortars at Israeli towns, sparking a five-week war.

Rowdy fans at Comiskey Park in Chicago stormed the field during a Major League Baseball promotional event at which a crate of disco records was blown up.

Sixteen-year-old Pauline Reade, the first victim of serial killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, disappeared in Gorton, England.

The English rock band the Rolling Stones played their first concert, at the Marquee Club in London.

Arab–Israeli War: Israel Defense Forces officer Yitzhak Rabin signed an order to expel Palestinians from the towns of Lydda and Ramle.

World War II: German and Soviet forces engaged each other at the Battle of Prokhorovka (tanks pictured), one of the largest tank battles in military history.

The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty was signed, with Soviet Russia agreeing to recognize an independent Lithuania.

An explosion in the ammunition magazine of the Japanese battleship Kawachi resulted in the deaths of more than 600 officers and crewmen.

First World War: Second Lieutenant Kléber Dupuy defeated a German attack on Fort Souville at a key moment of the Battle of Verdun.

Second Balkan War: The Serbian Army began the Siege of Vidin, which they abandoned six days later when an armistice between the Serbs and Bulgarians was signed.

Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, is said to have received a revelation recommending plural marriage.

French Revolutionary Wars: A squadron of British ships of the line defeated a larger squadron of Spanish and French vessels in the Strait of Gibraltar.

Saint Basil's Cathedral (pictured), located in Red Square, Moscow, was consecrated.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 12th

Same Day Who's birthday is on July 12th?

Same year Born in 1708

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 12th

Birthday of the Heir to the Crown of Tonga (Tonga)

Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Eastern Orthodox)

Hermagoras and Fortunatus

Jason of Thessalonica (Catholic Church)

John Gualbert

Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin

Nabor and Felix

Nathan Söderblom (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA))

Veronica

Viventiolus

July 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

The second day of Naadam (Mongolia)

The Twelfth, also known as Orangemen's Day (Northern Ireland, Scotland, Newfoundland and Labrador)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

12.7.1708

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 115,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 12th

Same Day
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Same year
Born in 1708

Calendar
July 1708

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26							1
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