March 12th, 1722

Born on March 12th, 1722

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 12th?

March 12th, 1993

The Storm of the Century formed over the Gulf of Mexico; at its height its effects were directly experienced by nearly 40 percent of the United States' population.

March 12th, 1967

General Suharto (pictured) seized power from President Sukarno when the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly sworn him in as acting president of Indonesia.

March 12th, 1928

The failure of the St. Francis Dam (pictured) northwest of Los Angeles resulted in a flood that killed 400 people.

March 12th, 1088

Odo of Châtillon was elected as the 159th pope of the Catholic Church.

March 12th, 2014

A gas leak caused an explosion in East Harlem, New York City, destroying two apartment buildings and causing eight deaths.

March 12th, 1989

Tim Berners-Lee submitted a memorandum at CERN with details of an information-management system, the first proposal for what would become the World Wide Web.

March 12th, 1971

The Turkish Armed Forces executed a "coup by memorandum", forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Süleyman Demirel (pictured).

March 12th, 1952

British diplomat Lord Ismay was appointed the first secretary general of NATO.

March 12th, 1947

Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman proclaimed the Truman Doctrine to help stem the spread of communism.

March 12th, 1940

The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed, ending the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union.

March 12th, 1934

Supported by the Estonian army, Konstantin Päts staged a coup d'état, beginning the Era of Silence.

March 12th, 1933

U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the first of his fireside chats, addressing the nation directly via radio.

March 12th, 1930

Mahatma Gandhi began the Salt March (pictured), a 24-day nonviolent walk to defy the British salt tax in colonial India.

March 12th, 1913

At a ceremony at Kurrajong Hill, Lady Denman, wife of the governor-general Lord Denman, announced that the future capital of Australia would be called Canberra.

March 12th, 1881

Andrew Watson (pictured) captained the Scotland national football team against England, becoming the world's first black international footballer.

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

Same year
Born in 1722

91

Jacques-Louis de Pourtalès

Private banker, merchant, slave trader and industrialist from Geneva and Neuchâtel

*August 9th, 1722, Geneva †March 20th, 1814, Neuchâtel

84

Andreas Weiß

Organ builder

*June 11th, 1722, Nabburg †February 16th, 1807, Nabburg

81

Raphael Cohen

Rabbi

*November 4th, 1722, Livonia †November 11th, 1803, Altona

68

Juan Ramos de Lora

Spanish teacher

*June 23rd, 1722, Los Palacios y Villafranca †November 9th, 1790, Mérida

59

Philipp Friedrich Rieger

German military personnel

*October 1st, 1722, Stuttgart †May 15th, 1782, Asperg

84

Josef Georg Hörl

Austrian politician (1722-1806)

*August 22nd, 1722, Vienna †December 9th, 1806, Vienna

71

Nicolas Luckner

Marshal of France

*January 12th, 1722, Cham †January 4th, 1794, Paris

87

Benjamin Chew

American politician 1722-1810

*November 19th, 1722, Anne Arundel County †January 20th, 1810, Cliveden

82

Teodoro de Almeida

Portuguese priest, writer, and philosopher

*January 7th, 1722, Lisbon †April 18th, 1804, Lisbon

81

Joseph Wilton

English sculptor

*July 16th, 1722, London †November 25th, 1803, London

75

Richard Brocklesby

British doctor; (1722-1797)

*August 11th, 1722, Minehead †December 11th, 1797, London

61

Jacob Reinbold Spielmann

French chemist and pharmacist

*March 31st, 1722, Strasbourg †September 9th, 1783, Strasbourg

81

Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana

Catholic cardinal (1722-1804)

*September 22nd, 1722, León †April 14th, 1804, Rome

86

Regina Mingotti

Italian singer and opera singer

*February 6th, 1722, Naples †October 1st, 1808, Neuburg an der Donau

71

Pietro Nardini

Italian composer and violinist

*April 12th, 1722, Livorno †May 7th, 1793, Florence

58

Gerhard Schøning

Norwegian historian

*May 2nd, 1722, Lofoten †July 18th, 1780, Copenhagen

73

Johann Christian Brand

Austrian painter and engraver (1722-1795)

*March 6th, 1722, Vienna †June 12th, 1795, Vienna

73

Georg Benda

Czech composer

*June 30th, 1722, Benátky nad Jizerou †November 6th, 1795, Bad Köstritz

69

Otto Hermann von Vietinghoff

German geheimrat and writer (1722-1792)

*December 3rd, 1722, Riga †June 24th, 1792, Saint Petersburg

47

Charles Yorke

British politician and Lord Chancellor; (1722-1770)

*December 30th, 1722, London †January 20th, 1770, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1722 is a normal year and no leap year.

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