April 20th, 1739

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Born on April 20th, 1739 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on April 20th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on April 20th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (April 1739)

Born on April 20th, 1739

Weekday

Monday

April 20th, 1739 was a Monday.

Age

285

People born on April 20th, 1739 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 285 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

March 22nd, 1739 - April 20th, 1739

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 897 days, exactly on October 12th, 2026, people who were born on April 20th, 1739 will be 105,000 days old!

104,103 Days

14,871 Weeks

3,420 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on April 20th?

April 20th, 2010

An explosion on Deepwater Horizon, an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico, resulted in the largest marine oil spill in history.

April 20th, 2008

Fernando Lugo became the first candidate not from the Colorado Party candidate to be elected President of Paraguay in 61 years.

April 20th, 2004

An incomplete tunnel leading to Singapore's Nicoll Highway MRT station collapsed that led to four deaths and the station's relocation.

April 20th, 1999

Students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold carried out a massacre at Columbine High School, killing 13 people before committing suicide.

April 20th, 1978

Korean Air Lines Flight 902 was shot down after violating Soviet airspace and was forced to make an emergency landing.

April 20th, 1968

South African Airways Flight 228 crashed shortly after take-off from Windhoek in South West Africa, resulting in 123 deaths.

April 20th, 1942

World War II: German and Italian forces began a large-scale counter-insurgency operation in occupied Yugoslavia.

April 20th, 1939

Billie Holiday recorded the song "Strange Fruit", which later became an emblem of the civil rights movement.

April 20th, 1914

A fire and a gun battle between the Colorado National Guard and striking coal miners led to 17 deaths in the Ludlow Massacre.

April 20th, 1828

French explorer René Caillié reached Timbuktu in present-day Mali, and later received a 9,000-franc prize from the Société de Géographie for being the first European to return with a description of the city.

April 20th, 1818

Four days after the Court of King's Bench upheld an English murder suspect's right to a trial by battle in Ashford v Thornton, the plaintiff declined to fight, allowing the defendant to go free.

April 20th, 1809

War of the Fifth Coalition: Commanded by Napoleon, Franco-German forces defeated a reinforced Austrian corps at the Battle of Abensberg.

April 20th, 1657

Anglo-Spanish War: The English navy sank much of a Spanish treasure fleet at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife off the Canary Islands, but was unable to capture the treasure.

April 20th, 1537

Bacatá, the main settlement of the Muisca Confederation in present-day Colombia, was conquered by Spanish conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.

April 20th, 1535

Sun dogs were observed over Stockholm, Sweden, inspiring the painting Vädersolstavlan (depicted), the oldest coloured depiction of the city.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 20th

Born on April 20th, 1739

Friedrich Freiherr von Hotze

Field Marshal, French Revolutionary Wars

*April 20th, 1739, Richterswil †September 25th, 1799, Schänis

William Bartram

American naturalist (1739-1823)

*April 20th, 1739, Kingsessing †July 22nd, 1823, Kingsessing

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 20th?

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

*April 20th, 1889, Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus †April 30th, 1945, Führerbunker

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

Line Kjærsfeldt

Danish badminton player

*April 20th, 1994, Aarhus

Elena Verdugo

American actress (1925-2017)

*April 20th, 1925, Paso Robles †May 30th, 2017, Los Angeles

Kristin Clemet

Norwegian politician

*April 20th, 1957, Harstad Municipality

Leslie Phillips

British actor (1924–2022)

*April 20th, 1924, Tottenham †November 7th, 2022, Minneapolis

Lucian Pulvermacher

Pope

*April 20th, 1918, Wisconsin †November 30th, 2009, Springdale

Napoleon III

President and Emperor of the French (1808–1873)

*April 20th, 1808, Paris †January 9th, 1873, Chislehurst

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

Heinz Melkus

German racing driver (1928-2005)

*April 20th, 1928, Dresden †September 5th, 2005, Dresden

Basta

Russian rapper, producer and radio host

*April 20th, 1980, Rostov-on-Don

Hendrik Jan Arntzenius

Dutch librarian and university professor

*April 20th, 1734, Nijmegen †April 7th, 1797, Utrecht

Erik Meijs

Badminton player

*April 20th, 1991, Zoetermeer †November 16th, 2017, Duisburg

Heinrich von Wittgenstein

German entrepreneur and politician (1797-1869)

*April 20th, 1797, Cologne †March 29th, 1869, Cologne

Capo Plaza

Italian rapper (1998)

*April 20th, 1998, Salerno

Andy Serkis

English actor

*April 20th, 1964, Ruislip

Shemar Moore

American actor

*April 20th, 1970, Oakland

Gro Harlem Brundtland

29th Prime Minister of Norway

*April 20th, 1939, Bærum Municipality

Philippe Pinel

French psychiatrist

*April 20th, 1745, Jonquières †October 25th, 1826, former 12th arrondissement of Paris

Mike Pniewski

American actor

*April 20th, 1961, Los Angeles

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 20th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on April 20th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XX.IV.MDCCXXXIX

20.4.1739

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

IV = 4

Leap year

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

Calendar
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April 20th, 1739

Born on April 20th, 1739

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

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

104,103 Days

14,871 Weeks

3,420 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on April 20th?

An explosion on Deepwater Horizon, an offshore rig in the Gulf of Mexico, resulted in the largest marine oil spill in history.

Fernando Lugo became the first candidate not from the Colorado Party candidate to be elected President of Paraguay in 61 years.

An incomplete tunnel leading to Singapore's Nicoll Highway MRT station collapsed that led to four deaths and the station's relocation.

Students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold carried out a massacre at Columbine High School, killing 13 people before committing suicide.

Korean Air Lines Flight 902 was shot down after violating Soviet airspace and was forced to make an emergency landing.

South African Airways Flight 228 crashed shortly after take-off from Windhoek in South West Africa, resulting in 123 deaths.

World War II: German and Italian forces began a large-scale counter-insurgency operation in occupied Yugoslavia.

Billie Holiday recorded the song "Strange Fruit", which later became an emblem of the civil rights movement.

A fire and a gun battle between the Colorado National Guard and striking coal miners led to 17 deaths in the Ludlow Massacre.

French explorer René Caillié reached Timbuktu in present-day Mali, and later received a 9,000-franc prize from the Société de Géographie for being the first European to return with a description of the city.

Four days after the Court of King's Bench upheld an English murder suspect's right to a trial by battle in Ashford v Thornton, the plaintiff declined to fight, allowing the defendant to go free.

War of the Fifth Coalition: Commanded by Napoleon, Franco-German forces defeated a reinforced Austrian corps at the Battle of Abensberg.

Anglo-Spanish War: The English navy sank much of a Spanish treasure fleet at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife off the Canary Islands, but was unable to capture the treasure.

Bacatá, the main settlement of the Muisca Confederation in present-day Colombia, was conquered by Spanish conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.

Sun dogs were observed over Stockholm, Sweden, inspiring the painting Vädersolstavlan (depicted), the oldest coloured depiction of the city.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 20th

Born on April 20th, 1739

Field Marshal, French Revolutionary Wars

American naturalist (1739-1823)

Same Day Who's birthday is on April 20th?

Same year Born in 1739

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 20th

Agnes of Montepulciano

Beuno

Johannes Bugenhagen (Lutheran)

Theotimos

April 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

420 (cannabis culture)

UN Chinese Language Day (United Nations)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

20.4.1739

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Leap year

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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 20th

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Born in 1739

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April 1739

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