July 16th, 1738

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

Born on July 16th, 1738

Weekday

Wednesday

July 16th, 1738 was a Wednesday.

Age

285

People born on July 16th, 1738 will turn 286 this year (2024), in exactly 78 days .

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

June 22nd, 1738 - July 22nd, 1738

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 618 days, exactly on January 7th, 2026, people who were born on July 16th, 1738 will be 105,000 days old!

104,382 Days

14,911 Weeks

3,429 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on July 16th?

July 16th, 2013

At least 23 students died and dozens more fell ill at a primary school in the Indian state of Bihar after consuming a Midday Meal that was contaminated with pesticide.

July 16th, 2008

A tainted milk powder scandal broke in China which ultimately involved an estimated 300,000 victims, the vast majority infants, with 54,000 hospitalized with kidney problems and 6 deaths.

July 16th, 2007

An earthquake of magnitude .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw6.6 struck Niigata Prefecture, Japan, causing a leak of radioactive gases from the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant.

July 16th, 2004

Millennium Park, a public park in Chicago, Illinois, and the world's largest rooftop garden, opened to the public.

July 16th, 1983

A Sikorsky S-61 helicopter operated by British Airways crashed in thick fog in the Celtic Sea, killing 20 of the 26 people on board.

July 16th, 1965

South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo—an undetected communist spy—was reported dead due to injuries sustained during his capture, but it is generally assumed he was killed on the orders of military officials.

July 16th, 1951

The Catcher in the Rye, an American coming-of-age novel by J. D. Salinger, was first published.

July 16th, 1950

Korean War: A Korean People's Army unit massacred 31 prisoners of war of the U.S. Army on a mountain near the village of Tuman.

July 16th, 1931

Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie promulgated the nation's first modern constitution.

July 16th, 1790

President George Washington signed the Residence Act, selecting a new permanent site along the Potomac River for the capital of the United States, which later became Washington, D.C.

July 16th, 1782

Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail premiered in Vienna, after which Emperor Joseph II anecdotally remarked that it had "too many notes".

July 16th, 1377

The ten-year-old Richard II was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

July 16th, 1232

Muhammad ibn Yusuf (pictured), who later established the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state in Spain, was elected the ruler of Arjona.

July 16th, 2019

A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.

July 16th, 2015

Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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

Born on July 16th, 1738

Wilhelm Bernhard Trommsdorff

German chemist and pharmacist (1738-1782)

*July 16th, 1738, Erfurt †May 6th, 1782, Erfurt

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

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

*July 16th, 1872, Borge Municipality †June 18th, 1928, Arctic Ocean

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

*July 16th, 1968, Arnhem †March 24th, 2017, Apeldoorn

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

Brinner Henrique Santos Souza

Brazilian footballer

*July 16th, 1987, Lavras

Robert Lieberman

American film director

*July 16th, 1947, Buffalo †July 1st, 2023, Los Angeles

Giuseppe Piazzi

Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order, mathematician, and astronomer (1746-1826)

*July 16th, 1746, Ponte in Valtellina †July 22nd, 1826, Naples

Gareth Bale

Welsh association football player

*July 16th, 1989, Cardiff

Tony Kushner

American playwright and screenwriter

*July 16th, 1956, Manhattan

Trygve Lie

1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1896–1968)

*July 16th, 1896, Grünerløkka †December 30th, 1968, Geilo

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

Ethan Allen

American general, writer and philosopher (1738–1789)

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

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

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

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

British politician and prime minister (1738–1809)

*April 14th, 1738, Nottinghamshire †October 30th, 1809, Buckinghamshire

Benjamin West

18th- and 19th-century English painter

*October 10th, 1738, Springfield Township †March 11th, 1820, London

Mary Katharine Goddard

American printer and publisher

*June 16th, 1738, Connecticut †August 12th, 1816, Baltimore

Franz Anton Xaver Hauser

German sculptor (1738-1819)

*February 8th, 1738, Freiburg im Breisgau †January 25th, 1819, Freiburg im Breisgau

Joachim Wilhelm von Brawe

German playwright

*February 4th, 1738, Weißenfels †April 7th, 1758, Dresden

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 16th

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

Gondulphus of Tongeren

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondulph_of_Maastricht

Helier

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helier

Christian feast day: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Fiesta de La Tirana (Tarapacá Region, Chile)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_de_La_Tirana

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVI.VII.MDCCXXXVIII

16.7.1738

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
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July 16th, 1738

Born on July 16th, 1738

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

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

104,382 Days

14,911 Weeks

3,429 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on July 16th?

At least 23 students died and dozens more fell ill at a primary school in the Indian state of Bihar after consuming a Midday Meal that was contaminated with pesticide.

A tainted milk powder scandal broke in China which ultimately involved an estimated 300,000 victims, the vast majority infants, with 54,000 hospitalized with kidney problems and 6 deaths.

An earthquake of magnitude .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw6.6 struck Niigata Prefecture, Japan, causing a leak of radioactive gases from the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant.

Millennium Park, a public park in Chicago, Illinois, and the world's largest rooftop garden, opened to the public.

A Sikorsky S-61 helicopter operated by British Airways crashed in thick fog in the Celtic Sea, killing 20 of the 26 people on board.

South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo—an undetected communist spy—was reported dead due to injuries sustained during his capture, but it is generally assumed he was killed on the orders of military officials.

The Catcher in the Rye, an American coming-of-age novel by J. D. Salinger, was first published.

Korean War: A Korean People's Army unit massacred 31 prisoners of war of the U.S. Army on a mountain near the village of Tuman.

Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie promulgated the nation's first modern constitution.

President George Washington signed the Residence Act, selecting a new permanent site along the Potomac River for the capital of the United States, which later became Washington, D.C.

Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail premiered in Vienna, after which Emperor Joseph II anecdotally remarked that it had "too many notes".

The ten-year-old Richard II was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

Muhammad ibn Yusuf (pictured), who later established the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state in Spain, was elected the ruler of Arjona.

A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.

Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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

Born on July 16th, 1738

German chemist and pharmacist (1738-1782)

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

Same year Born in 1738

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 16th

Gondulphus of Tongeren

Helier

Christian feast day: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Fiesta de La Tirana (Tarapacá Region, Chile)

Reineldis

July 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Engineer's Day (Honduras)

Holocaust Memorial Day (France)

Guinea Pig Appreciation Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

16.7.1738

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

Birthdays
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Calendar
July 1738

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