March 24th, 1728

Born on March 24th, 1728

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 108,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 24th?

March 24th, 2008

Led by Jigme Thinley, the Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party won 45 of 47 seats in the country's first National Assembly election.

March 24th, 1980

One day after making a plea to Salvadoran soldiers to stop carrying out the government's repression, Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.

March 24th, 1934

The Tydings–McDuffie Act came into effect, which provided for self-government of the Philippines and for Filipino independence from the United States after a period of ten years.

March 24th, 1922

Irish War of Independence: In Belfast, two men wearing police uniforms broke into a house and murdered a Catholic family in what was believed to be a reprisal for the deaths of two policemen the day before.

March 24th, 1921

The inaugural Women's Olympiad, the first international women's sports event, opened at the International Sporting Club of Monaco in Monte Carlo.

March 24th, 1898

The Winton Motor Carriage Company (ad pictured), one of the first American car companies, sold its first unit.

March 24th, 1882

German physician Robert Koch announced the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes tuberculosis.

March 24th, 1869

New Zealand Wars: Māori leader Tītokowaru's conflict ended with the last of his forces surrendering to the New Zealand colonial government.

March 24th, 1860

Japanese chief minister Ii Naosuke was assassinated by rōnin samurai upset with his role in opening Japan to foreign powers.

March 24th, 1603

James VI of Scotland (pictured) succeeded to the thrones of England and Ireland as James I, uniting the realms under a single monarch.

March 24th, 2015

The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 deliberately crashed the aircraft in a mass murder–suicide in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.

March 24th, 2006

Hannah Montana, starring Miley Cyrus as an actress whose alter ego is the titular character, premiered.

March 24th, 1964

Royal assent was given to Prince Edward Island's Provincial Flag Act, which outlined the design of its provincial flag (pictured).

March 24th, 1939

Members of the German National Movement in Liechtenstein attempted to overthrow the government and provoke Liechtenstein's annexation into Nazi Germany.

March 24th, 1387

Hundred Years' War: An English fleet led by Richard Fitzalan attacked 250–360 French, Flemish and Castilian vessels in the Battle of Margate.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 24th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 24th?

58

Johann Friedrich Adolf von der Marwitz

Prussian general during the epoch of Frederick the Great

*March 24th, 1723, Friedersdorf †December 14th, 1781, Berlin

64

Lene Kaaberbøl

Danish writer

*March 24th, 1960, Copenhagen

56

Minarti Timur

Indonesian badminton player, coach

*March 24th, 1968, Surabaya

49

Tracey Hallam

English badminton player

*March 24th, 1975, Burton upon Trent

28

Karina Sævik

Norwegian association football player

*March 24th, 1996, Haugesund Municipality

42

Nivea

American R&B singer

*March 24th, 1982, Savannah

38

Rafael Orozco Maestre

Colombian singer (1954-1992)

*March 24th, 1954, Becerril †June 11th, 1992, Barranquilla

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

35

Jennifer Fry

Badminton player

*March 24th, 1989, Pretoria

34

Jenna Gozali

Indonesian badminton player

*March 24th, 1990, Surabaya

32

Audrey Fontaine

Badminton player

*March 24th, 1992, Rennes

28

Luise Heim

Badminton player

*March 24th, 1996, Bad Dürkheim

26

Moe Araki

Badminton player

*March 24th, 1998, Saitama Prefecture

51

Jim Parsons

American actor (born 1973)

*March 24th, 1973, St. Joseph Medical Center

90

Dario Fo

Italian actor, playwright, comedian, singer-songwriter, theater director, painter, and political activist (1926-2016)

*March 24th, 1926, Sangiano †October 13th, 2016, Luigi Sacco Hospital

59

The Undertaker

American professional wrestler

*March 24th, 1965, Houston

40

Benoît Assou-Ekotto

Cameroonian and French footballer

*March 24th, 1984, Arras

38

Nathalia Dill

Brazilian actress

*March 24th, 1986, Rio de Janeiro

62

William Morris

British textile artist, author, and socialist (1834–1896)

*March 24th, 1834, Walthamstow †October 3rd, 1896, London

36

Finn Jones

British actor

*March 24th, 1988, London

Same year
Born in 1728

50

James Cook

British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)

*October 27th, 1728, Marton †February 14th, 1779, Kealakekua Bay

72

Johann Georg Büsch

German mathematician

*January 3rd, 1728, Altenmedingen †August 5th, 1800, Hamburg

45

Oliver Goldsmith

Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician (d. 1774)

*November 10th, 1728, Elphin †April 4th, 1774, London

49

Johann Heinrich Lambert

German mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1728-1777)

*August 26th, 1728, Mulhouse †September 25th, 1777, Berlin

34

Peter III of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1728–1762)

*February 10th, 1728, Kiel †July 6th, 1762, Ropsha

34

Georg Wilhelm Bauernfeind

German painter, university teacher (1728-1763)

*November 16th, 1728, Nuremberg †August 29th, 1763, Indian Ocean

71

Joseph Black

British chemist (1728-1799)

*April 16th, 1728, Bordeaux †December 6th, 1799, Edinburgh

80

Matthew Boulton

English manufacturer, industrialist 1728-1809, business partner of James Watt

*September 3rd, 1728, Birmingham †August 17th, 1809, Birmingham

82

Karl Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden

German noble (1728-1811)

*November 22nd, 1728, Karlsruhe †June 10th, 1811, Karlsruhe

75

Carlo Allioni

Italian physician and professor of botany (1728-1804)

*September 3rd, 1728, Turin †July 30th, 1804, Turin

69

Peter Frederik Suhm

Danish-Norwegian historian (1728-1798)

*October 18th, 1728, Copenhagen †September 7th, 1798, Øverød

76

Pietro Arduino

Italian botanist (1728-1805)

*July 18th, 1728, Caprino Veronese †April 13th, 1805, Padua

54

Franz Seraph von Kohlbrenner

German writer, civil servant and opinion journalist

*October 17th, 1728, Traunstein †June 4th, 1783, Munich

72

Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla

Italian physician, surgeon, pathologist (1728-1800)

*April 15th, 1728, San Zenone al Po †July 30th, 1800, Padua

58

Ferdinando Galiani

Italian economist

*December 2nd, 1728, Chieti †October 30th, 1787, Naples

82

Nicolas Ozanne

French naval engineer

*January 12th, 1728, Brest †January 3rd, 1811, Paris

65

Richard Mique

French architect

*September 18th, 1728, Nancy †July 8th, 1794, Paris

75

Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi

Italian opera composer (1728–1804)

*December 9th, 1728, Massa †November 19th, 1804, Rome

36

Christian Braunmann Tullin

Norwegian poet (1728-1765)

*September 6th, 1728, Christiania †January 21st, 1765, Christiania

70

Jean Dussaulx

French politician (1728-1799)

*December 28th, 1728, Chartres †March 16th, 1799, Paris

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Public holidays on March 24th

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Leap year

Yes: 1728 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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