Born on August 8th, 1709
Weekday
Thursday
August 8th, 1709 was a Thursday.
Zodiac
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Leo (The Lion)
July 23rd, 1709 - August 23rd, 1709
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 114,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 50 days, exactly on June 17th, 2024, people who were born on August 8th, 1709 will be 115,000 days old!
114,950 Days
16,421 Weeks
3,776 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on August 8th, 1709?
Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeu_de_GusmãoWhat else happened on August 8th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 8th
Born on August 8th, 1709
Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
German duke
*August 8th, 1709, Coburg †February 24th, 1729, MeiningenSame Day
Who's birthday is on August 8th?
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Kathinka Hedwig Agerskov
Danish painter
*August 8th, 1859, Flensburg †November 23rd, 1890, FrederiksbergJohann Georg Scheffner
German author and translator
*August 8th, 1736, Königsberg †August 16th, 1820, KönigsbergPiero Drogo
Italian racing driver (1926-1973)
*August 8th, 1926, Vignale Monferrato †April 28th, 1973, Bologna
82 Paul Dirac
British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)
*August 8th, 1902, Bristol †October 20th, 1984, Tallahassee
67 Mohamed Morsi
President of Egypt from 2012 to 2013
*August 8th, 1951, El-Adwah †June 17th, 2019, Tora Prison
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, ParisJulien Offray de La Mettrie
French physician and philosopher
*December 12th, 1709, Saint-Malo †November 11th, 1751, PotsdamElizabeth I of Russia
Empress of Russia (1741–1762)
*December 29th, 1709, Kolomenskoye †January 5th, 1762, Saint PetersburgJan 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, TübingenJohann 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, AmsterdamGottfried Heinsius
German astronomer (1709-1769)
*April 27th, 1709, Naumburg †May 21st, 1769, LeipzigBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on August 8th
Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 8th.
Ceasefire Day (end of Iran–Iraq War) (Iraqi Kurdistan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_IraqDominic de Guzmán, founder of the Dominican Order.
Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_DominicAugust 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_8_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Father's Day or Bā bā Day (爸爸節), Bā Bā is Mandarin for "father" and "8-8", or August 8. (Mongolia, Taiwan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father's_DayHappiness Happens Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Society_of_Happy_PeopleInternational Cat Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Cat_DayNamesday of the Queen (Sweden)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_flying_days_in_SwedenNane Nane Day (Tanzania)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nane_Nane_DaySignal Troops Day (Ukraine)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_UkraineDate as a Roman numeral / digit
8.8.1709
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | IX = 9 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1709 is a normal year and no leap year.