June 15th, 1709

Born on June 15th, 1709

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 991 days, exactly on January 19th, 2027, people who were born on June 15th, 1709 will be 116,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 15th?

June 15th, 2012

American acrobat Nik Wallenda became the first person to walk a tightrope stretched directly over Niagara Falls.

June 15th, 2006

US president George W. Bush designated 140,000 square miles (360,000 km2) around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, now one of the world's largest protected areas.

June 15th, 2001

Leaders of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan formed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

June 15th, 1996

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in the commercial centre of Manchester, England, injuring more than 200 people and causing widespread damage to buildings.

June 15th, 1991

The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines deposited large amounts of particulate matter into the atmosphere, enough to lower global temperatures by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F).

June 15th, 1978

King Hussein of Jordan married American Lisa Halaby, who became known as Queen Noor of Jordan (pictured).

June 15th, 1944

World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began its first air raid on the Japanese home islands, although little damage was caused.

June 15th, 1921

Bessie Coleman (pictured) became the first Black person to earn an international pilot's license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

June 15th, 1920

Three African-American circus workers were lynched by a mob in Duluth, Minnesota, a crime that shocked the country for having taken place in the Northern United States.

June 15th, 1896

An earthquake registering 8.5 Mw and subsequent tsunami struck Japan, killing at least 22,000 people and destroying about 9,000 homes.

June 15th, 1878

Eadweard Muybridge took a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it gallops, which became the basis of motion pictures.

June 15th, 1859

The shooting of a pig in the San Juan Islands led to the so-called Pig War over the border between the United States and British North America.

June 15th, 1800

War of the Second Coalition: France and Austria agreed the Convention of Alessandria, bringing a temporary peace between the two nations.

June 15th, 1520

Pope Leo X issued the papal bull Exsurge Domine, censuring 41 propositions from Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses and subsequent writings, and threatening him with excommunication unless he recanted.

June 15th, 1215

King John of England and a group of rebel barons agreed on the text of Magna Carta, an influential charter of rights.

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

Born on June 15th, 1709

62

Louis de Bourbon, Count of Clermont

French noble (1709-1771)

*June 15th, 1709, Versailles †June 16th, 1771, Paris

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

68

Johann Joachim Kändler

German artist (1706–1775)

*June 15th, 1706, Fischbach †May 18th, 1775, Meissen

31

Parker McCollum

American musician

*June 15th, 1992, Conroe

30

Carolina Marín

Spanish badminton player

*June 15th, 1993, Huelva

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

68

James Robertson Justice

British actor

*June 15th, 1907, Lewisham †July 2nd, 1975, Romsey

80

Attilâ İlhan

Turkish poet and writer

*June 15th, 1925, Menemen †October 10th, 2005, Istanbul

25

Emil Hansson

Swedish/Norwegian association football player

*June 15th, 1998, Bergen

24

Peso Pluma

Mexican singer

*June 15th, 1999, Zapopan

55

Ralph Brinkhaus

German politician

*June 15th, 1968, Wiedenbrück

35

Tseng Min-Hao

Taiwanese badminton player

*June 15th, 1988, Kaohsiung

31

Ayumi Mine

Badminton player

*June 15th, 1992, Kariya

54

Margit Borg

Swedish badminton player

*June 15th, 1969, Mariestad

25

Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo

Indonesian badminton player

*June 15th, 1998, Jayapura City

64

Edvard Grieg

Norwegian composer and pianist (1843–1907)

*June 15th, 1843, Bergen †September 4th, 1907, Bergen

25

Dong Wenjing

Chinese badminton player

*June 15th, 1998, Guangxi

74

Simon Callow

British actor

*June 15th, 1949, Streatham

54

Oliver Kahn

German association football player

*June 15th, 1969, Karlsruhe

84

Claude Brasseur

French actor (1936-2020)

*June 15th, 1936, Neuilly-sur-Seine †December 22nd, 2020, 14th arrondissement of Paris

68

Julie Hagerty

American actress

*June 15th, 1955, Cincinnati

31

Dafne Schippers

Dutch heptathlete and sprinter

*June 15th, 1992, Utrecht

Same year
Born in 1709

75

Samuel Johnson

English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)

*September 18th, 1709, Lichfield †December 13th, 1784, London

73

Jacques de Vaucanson

French inventor of mechanical automata

*February 24th, 1709, Grenoble †November 21st, 1782, Paris

76

Jacob von Staehlin

German librarian

*May 9th, 1709, Memmingen †June 25th, 1785, Saint Petersburg

41

Julien Offray de La Mettrie

French physician and philosopher

*December 12th, 1709, Saint-Malo †November 11th, 1751, Potsdam

52

Elizabeth I of Russia

Empress of Russia (1741–1762)

*December 29th, 1709, Kolomenskoye †January 5th, 1762, Saint Petersburg

76

Jan de Witte

Polish architect

*January 1st, 1709, Poltava †December 24th, 1785, Kamianets-Podilskyi

67

Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset

French poet (1709-1777)

*August 29th, 1709, Amiens †June 16th, 1777, Amiens

64

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

British politician

*January 17th, 1709, Hagley †August 24th, 1773, Hagley

71

Christian Ernst Friederici

Organ builder (1709-1780)

*March 7th, 1709, Meerane †May 4th, 1780, Gera

73

Andreas Sigismund Marggraf

German chemist (1709-1782)

*March 3rd, 1709, Berlin †August 7th, 1782, Berlin

82

Frobenius Forster

Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey St. Emmeram, Regensburg

*August 30th, 1709, Königsfeld (Wolnzach) †October 1st, 1791, Regensburg

32

Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans

Queen consort of Spain (1709-1742)

*December 9th, 1709, Paris †June 16th, 1742, Paris

79

Franz Xaver Richter

Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician

*December 1st, 1709, Holešov †September 12th, 1789, Strasbourg

79

John Cleland

British writer (1709-1789)

*September 24th, 1709, Kingston upon Thames †January 23rd, 1789, City of Westminster

45

Johann Georg Gmelin

German scientist (1709-1755)

*August 10th, 1709, Tübingen †May 20th, 1755, Tübingen

61

Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz

Dutch organ builder

*January 1st, 1709, Frankenroda †December 13th, 1770, Utrecht

67

John Bird

British mathematical instrument maker

*January 1st, 1709, County Durham †March 31st, 1776, Greater London

63

Jan Wagenaar

Historian from the Northern Netherlands, 1709–1773

*October 25th, 1709, Amsterdam †March 1st, 1773, Amsterdam

60

Gottfried Heinsius

German astronomer (1709-1769)

*April 27th, 1709, Naumburg †May 21st, 1769, Leipzig

74

Charles Collé

French writer

*April 14th, 1709, Paris †November 3rd, 1783, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1709 is a normal year and no leap year.

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