March 16th, 1738

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Born on March 16th, 1738 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 16th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 16th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (March 1738)

Born on March 16th, 1738

Weekday

Sunday

March 16th, 1738 was a Sunday.

Age

286

People born on March 16th, 1738 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 286 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1738 - March 20th, 1738

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 104,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 432 days, exactly on September 7th, 2025, people who were born on March 16th, 1738 will be 105,000 days old!

104,568 Days

14,938 Weeks

3,435 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

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Hours

What happened on March 16th?

March 16th, 2014

Annexation of Crimea: The Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a controversial referendum in which voters overwhelmingly chose to join Russia as a federal subject.

March 16th, 2003

American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer in Rafah while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian house.

March 16th, 2001

A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 people.

March 16th, 1984

William Buckley, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.

March 16th, 1968

Vietnam War: American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Sơn Mỹ village in the Sơn Tịnh District of South Vietnam.

March 16th, 1962

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a charter flight carrying U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers, disappeared without a trace, prompting one of the largest searches in the history of the Pacific.

March 16th, 1935

Conscription was re-introduced in Germany by the Nazi regime, and the German military was renamed the Wehrmacht.

March 16th, 1872

In the inaugural final of the FA Cup (trophy pictured) Wanderers defeated Royal Engineers 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.

March 16th, 1802

Congress passed the Military Peace Establishment Act, authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate the U.S. Military Academy (pictured) at West Point, New York.

March 16th, 1782

American Revolutionary War: Spain captured the island of Roatán from England off the coast of what is now Honduras.

March 16th, 1689

The Royal Welch Fusiliers (cap badge pictured), one of the oldest line-infantry regiments of the British Army, was founded.

March 16th, 1621

Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, walked into Plymouth Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English (depicted).

March 16th, 1322

Despenser War: A royalist army defeated troops loyal to Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, in the Battle of Boroughbridge, which allowed King Edward II of England to hold on to power for another five years.

March 16th, 1190

Around 150 Jews died inside York Castle, the majority committing mass suicide to avoid being killed by a mob.

March 16th, 0934

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

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

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

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

*March 16th, 1751, Port Conway †June 28th, 1836, Montpelier

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

Caroline Herschel

German-British astronomer (*1750 – †1848)

*March 16th, 1750, Hanover †January 9th, 1848, Hanover

Georg Simon Ohm

German physicist and mathematician

*March 16th, 1789, Erlangen †July 6th, 1854, Munich

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, 16th arrondissement of Paris

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa

Jens Stoltenberg

34th Prime Minister of Norway, subsequently 13th Secretary-General of NATO

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

Gabriel Attal

French politician

*March 16th, 1989, Clamart

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

Georg von der Gabelentz

German linguist (1840-1893)

*March 16th, 1840, Poschwitz †December 11th, 1893, Berlin

Jörg Schmadtke

German association football executive

*March 16th, 1964, Düsseldorf

Same year
Born in 1738

William Herschel

German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)

*November 15th, 1738, Hanover †August 15th, 1822, Slough

George III of Great Britain

King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820

*May 24th, 1738, Norfolk House †January 29th, 1820, Windsor Castle

Túpac Amaru II

Leader of a large Andean uprising against the Spanish in Peru (1738-1781)

*March 10th, 1738, Tinta †May 18th, 1781, Cuzco

John Singleton Copley

American painter (1738-1815)

*July 3rd, 1738, Boston †September 9th, 1815, London

Jonathan Hunt

American politician

*September 12th, 1738, Northampton †June 1st, 1823, Vernon

Jacques Gamelin

French painter (1738-1803)

*October 3rd, 1738, Carcassonne †October 12th, 1803, Carcassonne

Tristram Dalton

American politician (1738-1817)

*May 28th, 1738, Newburyport †May 30th, 1817, Boston

Ethan Allen

American general, writer and philosopher (1738–1789)

*January 21st, 1738, Litchfield †February 12th, 1789, Burlington

Fryderyk Józef Moszyński

Polish noble and general

*March 14th, 1738, Dresden †January 21st, 1817, Kyiv

Thomas Nelson

4th Governor of Virginia 1738-1789

*December 26th, 1738, Yorktown †January 4th, 1789, Hanover County

Isaac Motte

American politician (1738-1795)

*December 8th, 1738, Charleston †May 8th, 1795, Charleston

Nathaniel Gorham

American businessman and politician 1738-1796

*May 27th, 1738, Charlestown †June 11th, 1796, Charlestown

Joachim Nettelbeck

German writer (1738-1824)

*September 20th, 1738, Kołobrzeg †January 29th, 1824, Kołobrzeg

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin

French physician (1738-1814)

*May 28th, 1738, Saintes †March 26th, 1814, former 1st arrondissement of Paris

Arthur Phillip

British naval officer and first Governor of New South Wales (1738-1814)

*October 11th, 1738, London †August 31st, 1814, Bath

Jan Mikołaj Chodkiewicz

*December 14th, 1738, Gdańsk †February 2nd, 1781, Chernobyl

Juraj Papánek

Slovak historian and roman catholic priest

*April 1st, 1738, Kuklov †April 11th, 1802, Olasz

Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis

British general, colonial official, diplomat (1738–1805)

*December 31st, 1738, Grosvenor Square †October 5th, 1805, Ghazipur

Gottfried Ludolf Graßmann

*January 1st, 1738, Gorzów Wielkopolski †January 1st, 1798

Cesare Beccaria

Jurist, philosopher and politician from Italy (1738-1794)

*March 15th, 1738, Milan †November 20th, 1794, Milan

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 16th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVI.III.MDCCXXXVIII

16.3.1738

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1738 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
March 1738

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March 16th, 1738

Born on March 16th, 1738

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 104,000 days old!

104,568 Days

14,938 Weeks

3,435 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on March 16th?

Annexation of Crimea: The Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a controversial referendum in which voters overwhelmingly chose to join Russia as a federal subject.

American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer in Rafah while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian house.

A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 people.

William Buckley, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.

Vietnam War: American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Sơn Mỹ village in the Sơn Tịnh District of South Vietnam.

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a charter flight carrying U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers, disappeared without a trace, prompting one of the largest searches in the history of the Pacific.

Conscription was re-introduced in Germany by the Nazi regime, and the German military was renamed the Wehrmacht.

In the inaugural final of the FA Cup (trophy pictured) Wanderers defeated Royal Engineers 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.

Congress passed the Military Peace Establishment Act, authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate the U.S. Military Academy (pictured) at West Point, New York.

American Revolutionary War: Spain captured the island of Roatán from England off the coast of what is now Honduras.

The Royal Welch Fusiliers (cap badge pictured), one of the oldest line-infantry regiments of the British Army, was founded.

Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, walked into Plymouth Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English (depicted).

Despenser War: A royalist army defeated troops loyal to Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, in the Battle of Boroughbridge, which allowed King Edward II of England to hold on to power for another five years.

Around 150 Jews died inside York Castle, the majority committing mass suicide to avoid being killed by a mob.

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

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

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

Same year Born in 1738

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 16th

Finian Lobhar (Finian the Leper)

Heribert of Cologne.

Hilarius of Aquileia

Julian of Antioch

March 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of the Book Smugglers (Lithuania)

Remembrance day of the Latvian legionnaires (Latvia)

Saint Urho's Day (Finnish Americans and Finnish Canadians)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

16.3.1738

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March 1738

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10	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
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12	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
13	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
14	31