August 16th, 1719

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Born on August 16th, 1719 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 16th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 16th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1719)

Born on August 16th, 1719

Weekday

Wednesday

August 16th, 1719 was a Wednesday.

Age

304

People born on August 16th, 1719 will turn 305 this year (2024), in exactly 109 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1719 - August 23rd, 1719

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 111,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 709 days, exactly on April 8th, 2026, people who were born on August 16th, 1719 will be 112,000 days old!

111,291 Days

15,898 Weeks

3,656 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 16th?

August 16th, 2009

At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record set a year earlier.

August 16th, 1986

Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the north-western Pacific, lasting 21 days.

August 16th, 1977

American singer and actor Elvis Presley was found dead in his home in Memphis, Tennessee.

August 16th, 1962

The English rock band the Beatles fired their drummer Pete Best , replacing him with Ringo Starr (pictured).

August 16th, 1946

Widespread riots between Hindus and Muslims took place in Calcutta following the All-India Muslim League's call for an independent Pakistan.

August 16th, 1945

The Stanley Internment Camp in Hong Kong was liberated following the announcement of the surrender of Japan in World War II.

August 16th, 1942

The Holocaust: During the deportation of Jews from Slovakia, President Jozef Tiso gave a speech describing Jews as "parasites" and "the eternal enemy".

August 16th, 1929

A long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into a week-long period of violent riots throughout Palestine.

August 16th, 1920

The British parliament's Blind Persons Act received royal assent, becoming the first first disability-specific legislation to be passed anywhere in the world.

August 16th, 1906

An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people.

August 16th, 1900

Second Boer War: A 10,000-strong column of soldiers led by Lord Kitchener broke a 13-day siege of a small garrison.

August 16th, 1896

A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason (pictured) discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

August 16th, 1891

San Sebastian Church in Manila, the only all-steel church in Asia, was officially consecrated.

August 16th, 1863

Following Spain's annexation of the Dominican Republic, nationalist rebels raised the Dominican flag in Santiago de los Caballeros to begin the War of Restoration.

August 16th, 1819

Around 15 people were killed and 400 to 700 others injured when cavalry charged into a crowd demanding the reform of parliamentary representation in Manchester, England.

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

Born on August 16th, 1719

Johann Friedrich Hirt

German theologian

*August 16th, 1719, Apolda †July 29th, 1783, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

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

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

Madonna

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

*August 16th, 1958, Bay City

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

Eili Harboe

Norwegian actress

*August 16th, 1994, Stavanger Municipality

James Cameron

Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)

*August 16th, 1954, Kapuskasing

Ann Blyth

American actress

*August 16th, 1928, Mount Kisco

Moussa Sissoko

French footballer (born 1989)

*August 16th, 1989, Le Blanc-Mesnil

Lorraine Gary

American actress

*August 16th, 1937, New York City

Gabriel Lippmann

Luxembourgish physicist nationalized French (1845-1921)

*August 16th, 1845, Bonnevoie †July 13th, 1921, Atlantic Ocean

Cristin Milioti

American actress

*August 16th, 1985, Cherry Hill

Bob Balaban

American actor, director and producer (born 1945)

*August 16th, 1945, Chicago

Lesley Ann Warren

American singer-actress

*August 16th, 1946, New York City

Jakob Emanuel Handmann

Swiss painter specialised in portrait painting (1718-1781)

*August 16th, 1718, Basel †November 3rd, 1781, Bern

Anita Gillette

American actress

*August 16th, 1936, Baltimore

Ketty Lester

American actress, recording artist

*August 16th, 1934, Hope

Anne L'Huillier

French physicist

*August 16th, 1958, Paris

Didier Cuche

Swiss alpine skier

*August 16th, 1974, Le Pâquier

Josh Clark

American actor

*August 16th, 1955, Bethesda

Saif Ali Khan

Indian film actor and producer

*August 16th, 1970, New Delhi

Réginald Outhier

French astronomer and priest

*August 16th, 1694, La Marre †May 8th, 1774, Bayeux

Same year
Born in 1719

Leopold Mozart

German composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist (1719-1787)

*November 14th, 1719, Augsburg †May 28th, 1787, Salzburg

John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden

British nobleman and soldier (1719-1797)

*March 13th, 1719, Oundle †May 25th, 1797, Audley End House

Roger Newdigate

British politician

*May 20th, 1719, Arbury †November 23rd, 1806, Arbury

Ferdinand Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil

German priest

*February 6th, 1719, Salzburg †April 9th, 1786, Salzburg

John Landen

Mathematician

*January 23rd, 1719, Peterborough †January 15th, 1790, Milton

Jacques Cazotte

French writer

*October 7th, 1719, Dijon †September 25th, 1792, Paris

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

German princess (1719-1772); Princess of Wales as wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales; mother of George III

*November 30th, 1719, Gotha †February 8th, 1772, London

Johann Gottlob Lehmann

German and Russian mineralogist

*August 4th, 1719, Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel †January 22nd, 1767, Saint Petersburg

Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes

French diplomat (1719-1787)

*December 28th, 1719, Dijon †February 13th, 1787, Versailles

Pierre Poivre

French horticulturalist (1719-1786)

*August 23rd, 1719, Lyon †January 6th, 1786, Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or

Marie Elisabeth von Ahlefeldt

*December 25th, 1719, Haselau †January 24th, 1769, Tranekær Slot

Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim

German poet

*April 2nd, 1719, Ermsleben †February 18th, 1803, Halberstadt

Gottfried Schütze

German librarian, historian and theologian

*May 7th, 1719, Wernigerode †July 1st, 1784, Hamburg

Maurizio Pedetti

Italian architect

*October 13th, 1719, Casasco d'Intelvi †March 14th, 1799, Eichstätt

Felix Adam Joseph von Fugger-Glött

(1719-1770)

*December 24th, 1719, Innsbruck †November 23rd, 1770, Cologne

Johann Elias Schlegel

German poet (1719-1749)

*January 17th, 1719, Meissen †August 13th, 1749, Sorø

Anna Catharina Bischoff

"Lady (or mummy) of the Barfüsser Church"

*March 23rd, 1719, Strasbourg †August 30th, 1787, Basel

Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal

Catholic archbishop

*January 3rd, 1719, Mainz †July 25th, 1802, Aschaffenburg

Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec

General and diplomat

*August 19th, 1719, Paris †August 16th, 1781, Saint-Jean-d'Angély

Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo

Painter (1719-1795)

*August 25th, 1719, Rivoli †November 15th, 1795, Paris

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 16th.

Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_of_Edessa

August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_16_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)

Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gozan_no_Okuribi

National Airborne Day (United States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airborne_Day

Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Dominican_Republic

The first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Gabon

Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xicolatada

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVI.VIII.MDCCXIX

16.8.1719

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1719 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1719

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August 16th, 1719

Born on August 16th, 1719

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 111,000 days old!

111,291 Days

15,898 Weeks

3,656 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 16th?

At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record set a year earlier.

Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the north-western Pacific, lasting 21 days.

American singer and actor Elvis Presley was found dead in his home in Memphis, Tennessee.

The English rock band the Beatles fired their drummer Pete Best , replacing him with Ringo Starr (pictured).

Widespread riots between Hindus and Muslims took place in Calcutta following the All-India Muslim League's call for an independent Pakistan.

The Stanley Internment Camp in Hong Kong was liberated following the announcement of the surrender of Japan in World War II.

The Holocaust: During the deportation of Jews from Slovakia, President Jozef Tiso gave a speech describing Jews as "parasites" and "the eternal enemy".

A long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into a week-long period of violent riots throughout Palestine.

The British parliament's Blind Persons Act received royal assent, becoming the first first disability-specific legislation to be passed anywhere in the world.

An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people.

Second Boer War: A 10,000-strong column of soldiers led by Lord Kitchener broke a 13-day siege of a small garrison.

A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason (pictured) discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

San Sebastian Church in Manila, the only all-steel church in Asia, was officially consecrated.

Following Spain's annexation of the Dominican Republic, nationalist rebels raised the Dominican flag in Santiago de los Caballeros to begin the War of Restoration.

Around 15 people were killed and 400 to 700 others injured when cavalry charged into a crowd demanding the reform of parliamentary representation in Manchester, England.

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

Born on August 16th, 1719

German theologian

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

Same year Born in 1719

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 16th

Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)

Children's Day (Paraguay)

Ana Petra Pérez Florido

Armel (Armagillus)

Diomedes of Tarsus

Roch

Stephen I of Hungary

Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)

August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)

National Airborne Day (United States)

Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)

The first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.

Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

16.8.1719

Legend

Leap year

Calendar August 1719

August 1719

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 111,000 days old!

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

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

Same year
Born in 1719

Calendar
August 1719

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