April 8th, 1739

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Born on April 8th, 1739 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on April 8th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on April 8th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (April 1739)

Born on April 8th, 1739

Weekday

Wednesday

April 8th, 1739 was a Wednesday.

Age

285

People born on April 8th, 1739 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 285 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

March 21st, 1739 - April 20th, 1739

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 877 days, exactly on September 30th, 2026, people who were born on April 8th, 1739 will be 105,000 days old!

104,123 Days

14,874 Weeks

3,420 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on April 8th?

April 8th, 1968

BOAC Flight 712 experienced an engine fire shortly after take-off from London Heathrow, leading to the deaths of five people on board, including flight attendant Jane Harrison, who was posthumously awarded a George Cross for heroism.

April 8th, 1959

A team of computer scientists and others met to discuss the creation of a common business-oriented programming language, which became COBOL.

April 8th, 1943

Otto and Elise Hampel were executed in Berlin for performing acts of resistance against Nazism.

April 8th, 1942

World War II: The United States Army Air Forces flew its first mission from India over the Hump (the eastern end of the Himalayas) to deliver materiel to China.

April 8th, 1933

The Australian state of Western Australia voted to secede from the federation, but efforts to implement the result proved to be unsuccessful.

April 8th, 1911

American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the silent short film Little Nemo (featured), one of the earliest animated films.

April 8th, 1904

France and the United Kingdom signed the Entente Cordiale, agreeing to a peaceful coexistence after centuries of intermittent conflict.

April 8th, 1864

American Civil War: Late-arriving reinforcements helped Confederate forces rout the Union Army at the Battle of Mansfield.

April 8th, 1630

Kiliaen van Rensselaer purchased land near present-day Albany, New York, to establish Rensselaerswyck, which became the most successful patroonship under the Dutch West India Company.

April 8th, 1271

Crusades: The Knights Hospitaller surrendered the Krak des Chevaliers, a castle in present-day Syria, to the army of the Mamluk sultan Baybars.

April 8th, 0876

Abbasid forces decisively defeated the Saffarid emir Ya'qub ibn Laith, forcing the latter to halt his advance into Iraq.

April 8th, 0217

Roman emperor Caracalla (pictured) was assassinated near Harran and succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect Macrinus.

April 8th, 1820

The Venus de Milo, an ancient Greek statue of a woman with its arms missing, was discovered on the island of Milos.

April 8th, 1960

The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280 million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.

April 8th, 1959

The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 8th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 8th?

Josie Nelson

British cyclist

*April 8th, 2002, Burton upon Trent

Katee Sackhoff

American actress

*April 8th, 1980, Portland

Arabella Kiesbauer

German talk show host

*April 8th, 1969, Vienna

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

Kofi Annan

7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1938-2018)

*April 8th, 1938, Kumasi †August 18th, 2018, Bern

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

Michele Mercati

Italian polyhistor (1541-1593)

*April 8th, 1541, San Miniato †June 25th, 1593, Rome

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

Keiko Yoshitomi

Japanese badminton player

*April 8th, 1975, Fukuoka Prefecture

Face

Russian rapper

*April 8th, 1997, Ufa

Maja Pohar

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Ljubljana

Liu Shengshu

Chinese badminton player

*April 8th, 2004, Liaoning

Hugo von Mohl

German botanist (1805–1872)

*April 8th, 1805, Stuttgart †April 1st, 1872, Tübingen

Dean Norris

American actor

*April 8th, 1963, South Bend

Adrian Boult

British conductor

*April 8th, 1889, Chester †February 22nd, 1983, London

Karl Scherm

German association football player (1904-1977)

*April 8th, 1904, Nuremberg †June 30th, 1977, Nuremberg

Mary Pickford

Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979)

*April 8th, 1892, Toronto †May 29th, 1979, Santa Monica

Eric Porter

British actor (1928-1995)

*April 8th, 1928, Shepherd's Bush †May 15th, 1995, London

Glendon Swarthout

1918-1992 American writer

*April 8th, 1918, Pinckney †September 23rd, 1992, Scottsdale

Same year
Born in 1739

Camillo Marcolini

German noble (1739-1814)

*April 2nd, 1739, Fano †July 10th, 1814, Prague

George Clinton

Vice president of the United States from 1805 to 1812

*July 26th, 1739, Little Britain †April 20th, 1812, Washington, D.C.

Grigory Potemkin

Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)

*September 13th, 1739, Chizhevo †October 5th, 1791, Iași

Friedrich Wilhelm Rust

German violinist and composer

*July 6th, 1739, Wörlitz †February 28th, 1796, Dessau

Georges Jacob

French master joiner in seats, wood engraver, cabinet-maker 1739-1814

*July 6th, 1739, Cheny †July 5th, 1814, Paris

Juan de Villanueva

Spanish architect (1739–1811)

*September 15th, 1739, Madrid †August 22nd, 1811, Madrid

Charles François Dumouriez

French general (1739–1823)

*January 26th, 1739, Cambrai †March 14th, 1823, Turville

Giovanni Francesco Fromond

*September 17th, 1739, Cremona †July 16th, 1785, Cremona

William Hewson

British physiologist

*November 14th, 1739, Hexham †May 1st, 1774, London

Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart

French architect

*February 15th, 1739, Paris †June 6th, 1813, Paris

Henrik Gabriel Porthan

Finnish historian (1739-1804)

*November 8th, 1739, Viitasaari †March 16th, 1804, Turku

Paine Wingate

American politician (1739-1838)

*May 14th, 1739, Amesbury †March 7th, 1838, Stratham

Pedro Ramón Palacios Gil Arratia

Venezuelan priest, music educator

*January 17th, 1739, Guatire †January 1st, 1799, Caracas

Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance

French politician, linguist and translator (1739-1824)

*March 19th, 1739, Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin †June 14th, 1824, Sainte-Mesme

Allen Jones

American statesman, 1739-1798

*December 24th, 1739, Edgecombe County †November 10th, 1798, Northampton County

Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours

French writer, economist, and government official (1739–1817)

*December 14th, 1739, Paris †August 7th, 1817, Delaware

James Anderson

Scottish economist

*May 23rd, 1739, Edinburgh †October 15th, 1808, West Ham

Jean Nicolas Houchard

French general

*January 24th, 1739, Forbach †November 17th, 1793, Paris

George Mathews

American politician (1739-1812)

*August 30th, 1739, Augusta County †August 30th, 1812, Augusta

Karl von Zinzendorf

Austrian politician (1739-1813)

*January 5th, 1739, Dresden †January 5th, 1813, Vienna

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on April 8th.

Earliest day on which Fast and Prayer Day can fall, while April 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Friday in April (Liberia)

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International Romani Day

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Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VIII.IV.MDCCXXXIX

8.4.1739

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1739 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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April 8th, 1739

Born on April 8th, 1739

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

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

104,123 Days

14,874 Weeks

3,420 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on April 8th?

BOAC Flight 712 experienced an engine fire shortly after take-off from London Heathrow, leading to the deaths of five people on board, including flight attendant Jane Harrison, who was posthumously awarded a George Cross for heroism.

A team of computer scientists and others met to discuss the creation of a common business-oriented programming language, which became COBOL.

Otto and Elise Hampel were executed in Berlin for performing acts of resistance against Nazism.

World War II: The United States Army Air Forces flew its first mission from India over the Hump (the eastern end of the Himalayas) to deliver materiel to China.

The Australian state of Western Australia voted to secede from the federation, but efforts to implement the result proved to be unsuccessful.

American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the silent short film Little Nemo (featured), one of the earliest animated films.

France and the United Kingdom signed the Entente Cordiale, agreeing to a peaceful coexistence after centuries of intermittent conflict.

American Civil War: Late-arriving reinforcements helped Confederate forces rout the Union Army at the Battle of Mansfield.

Kiliaen van Rensselaer purchased land near present-day Albany, New York, to establish Rensselaerswyck, which became the most successful patroonship under the Dutch West India Company.

Crusades: The Knights Hospitaller surrendered the Krak des Chevaliers, a castle in present-day Syria, to the army of the Mamluk sultan Baybars.

Abbasid forces decisively defeated the Saffarid emir Ya'qub ibn Laith, forcing the latter to halt his advance into Iraq.

Roman emperor Caracalla (pictured) was assassinated near Harran and succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect Macrinus.

The Venus de Milo, an ancient Greek statue of a woman with its arms missing, was discovered on the island of Milos.

The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280 million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.

The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 8th

Same Day Who's birthday is on April 8th?

Same year Born in 1739

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 8th

Buddha's Birthday, also known as Hana Matsuri, "Flower Festival" (Japan)

Anne Ayres (Episcopal Church (USA))

Constantina

Julie Billiart of Namur

Perpetuus

Walter of Pontoise

William Augustus Muhlenberg (Episcopal Church (USA))

April 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which Fast and Prayer Day can fall, while April 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Friday in April (Liberia)

International Romani Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

8.4.1739

Legend

Leap year

Calendar April 1739

April 1739

Date of birth

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

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 8th

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Same year
Born in 1739

Calendar
April 1739

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
14			1	2	3	4	5
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