September 15th, 1708

Born on September 15th, 1708

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on September 15th?

September 15th, 2017

A homemade bomb partially exploded on an eastbound District line train at Parsons Green tube station in West London, injuring 30 passengers.

September 15th, 2008

Financial crisis of 2007–2008: The global financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy while holding over $600 billion in assets, the largest such filing in U.S. history.

September 15th, 1963

The Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church, an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls and injuring at least 14 other people (memorial march pictured).

September 15th, 1954

The scene in The Seven Year Itch of Marilyn Monroe standing in a white dress over a subway grate (pictured) was filmed by Billy Wilder.

September 15th, 1944

World War II: American and Australian forces landed on the Japanese-occupied island of Morotai.

September 15th, 1935

Nazi Germany enacted the Nuremberg Laws, which deprived Jews of their citizenship.

September 15th, 1916

Tanks (example pictured), the "secret weapons" of the British Army during the First World War, were first used in combat at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in France.

September 15th, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate forces captured the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, taking more than 12,000 prisoners.

September 15th, 1830

The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M), the first locomotive-hauled railway to connect two major cities, opened with the Duke of Wellington in attendance.

September 15th, 1821

The Province of Guatemala proclaimed the independence of Central America from the Spanish Empire.

September 15th, 1791

French playwright Olympe de Gouges published the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen, hoping to expose the failures of the French Revolution in the recognition of gender equality.

September 15th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: British forces made an unopposed amphibious landing at Kips Bay on Manhattan, the American defenders having fled due to artillery fire.

September 15th, 1462

The Ottoman conquest of Lesbos ended upon the surrender of commander Niccolò Gattilusio; the conquering Mehmed II executed 300 Italian soldiers by chopping them in half, claiming he was fulfilling a promise to "spare their heads".

September 15th, 2020

Signing of the Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement occurs in Washington, D.C., normalizing relations between Israel and two Arab nations, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

September 15th, 2017

The Parsons Green bombing takes place in London.

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

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

22

Malvika Bansod

Indian badminton player

*September 15th, 2001, Nagpur

85

Agatha Christie

English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)

*September 15th, 1890, Torquay †January 12th, 1976, Winterbrook

25

Kevinho

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*September 15th, 1998, Campinas

72

William Howard Taft

President of the United States from 1909 to 1913

*September 15th, 1857, Cincinnati †March 8th, 1930, Washington metropolitan area

77

Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich

German historian of classical antiquity, author and children's writer (1901-1979)

*September 15th, 1901, Munich †June 16th, 1979, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

63

Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien

Prussian general

*September 15th, 1760, Potsdam †February 20th, 1824, Berlin

61

James Fenimore Cooper

American writer (1789-1851)

*September 15th, 1789, Burlington †September 14th, 1851, Cooperstown

59

Steven R. Monroe

American film director

*September 15th, 1964, New York

61

Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker

German politician and judge

*September 15th, 1962, Troisdorf

22

Voyage

Serbian rapper and singer

*September 15th, 2001, Belgrade

58

Charles de Foucauld

French Catholic priest (1858-1916)

*September 15th, 1858, Strasbourg †December 1st, 1916, Tamanrasset

89

Murray Gell-Mann

American physicist (1929–2019)

*September 15th, 1929, Lower Manhattan †May 24th, 2019, Santa Fe

66

Guillaume-François Rouelle

French chemist (1703-1770)

*September 15th, 1703, Mathieu †August 3rd, 1770, Paris

53

Jacques Becker

French screenwriter and film director (1906-1960)

*September 15th, 1906, 1st arrondissement of Paris †February 21st, 1960, 16th arrondissement of Paris

39

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales

*September 15th, 1984, St. Mary's Hospital

69

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia

*September 15th, 1254, Venice †January 8th, 1324, Venice

81

Wen Jiabao

Premier of China from 2003 to 2013

*September 15th, 1942, Tianjin

36

Aly Cissokho

Senegalese and French footballer

*September 15th, 1987, Blois

73

Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval

French general (1715–1789)

*September 15th, 1715, Amiens †May 9th, 1789, Paris

77

Oliver Stone

American film director, screenwriter, and producer

*September 15th, 1946, New York City

Same year
Born in 1708

69

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

56

Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany

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

75

Johann Jakob Zeiller

Austrian painter

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

20

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

59

Daniel Gralath

18th century physicist and mayor of Gdansk

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

63

Georg Reutter II

Austrian composer (1708–1772)

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

81

Jean Chastel

French farmer (1708-1789)

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

61

Johann Caspar Richter

German merchant (1708-1770)

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

79

Pompeo Batoni

Italian painter 1708-1787

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

69

Albrecht von Haller

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

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

80

Christian Andreas von Cothenius

German botanist (1708-1789)

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

47

Caspar Ruetz

German musicologist

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

67

Egidio Duni

Italian composer

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

55

Josef Bonaventura Pitter

Czech Roman Catholic priest

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

50

Charles Hanbury Williams

British politician, diplomat and poet (1708-1759)

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

81

Pierre Lyonnet

Dutch artist, art collector and scientist

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

53

Johann Georg Walther

German author

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

69

André Jordan

20 Dec 1708 - 13 Sep 1778

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

19

Maria Henriette de La Tour d'Auvergne

French noblewoman

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

83

Giovanni Salvemini

Italian mathematician

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

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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).

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