August 16th, 1739

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Born on August 16th, 1739 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 16th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 16th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1739)

Born on August 16th, 1739

Weekday

Sunday

August 16th, 1739 was a Sunday.

Age

284

People born on August 16th, 1739 will turn 285 this year (2024), in exactly 106 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1739 - August 23rd, 1739

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 103,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 11 days, exactly on May 13th, 2024, people who were born on August 16th, 1739 will be 104,000 days old!

103,989 Days

14,855 Weeks

3,416 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 16th?

August 16th, 2009

At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record set a year earlier.

August 16th, 1986

Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the north-western Pacific, lasting 21 days.

August 16th, 1977

American singer and actor Elvis Presley was found dead in his home in Memphis, Tennessee.

August 16th, 1962

The English rock band the Beatles fired their drummer Pete Best , replacing him with Ringo Starr (pictured).

August 16th, 1946

Widespread riots between Hindus and Muslims took place in Calcutta following the All-India Muslim League's call for an independent Pakistan.

August 16th, 1945

The Stanley Internment Camp in Hong Kong was liberated following the announcement of the surrender of Japan in World War II.

August 16th, 1942

The Holocaust: During the deportation of Jews from Slovakia, President Jozef Tiso gave a speech describing Jews as "parasites" and "the eternal enemy".

August 16th, 1929

A long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into a week-long period of violent riots throughout Palestine.

August 16th, 1920

The British parliament's Blind Persons Act received royal assent, becoming the first first disability-specific legislation to be passed anywhere in the world.

August 16th, 1906

An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people.

August 16th, 1900

Second Boer War: A 10,000-strong column of soldiers led by Lord Kitchener broke a 13-day siege of a small garrison.

August 16th, 1896

A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason (pictured) discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

August 16th, 1891

San Sebastian Church in Manila, the only all-steel church in Asia, was officially consecrated.

August 16th, 1863

Following Spain's annexation of the Dominican Republic, nationalist rebels raised the Dominican flag in Santiago de los Caballeros to begin the War of Restoration.

August 16th, 1819

Around 15 people were killed and 400 to 700 others injured when cavalry charged into a crowd demanding the reform of parliamentary representation in Manchester, England.

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

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

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

Madonna

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

*August 16th, 1958, Bay City

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

Eili Harboe

Norwegian actress

*August 16th, 1994, Stavanger Municipality

James Cameron

Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)

*August 16th, 1954, Kapuskasing

Ann Blyth

American actress

*August 16th, 1928, Mount Kisco

Moussa Sissoko

French footballer (born 1989)

*August 16th, 1989, Le Blanc-Mesnil

Gabriel Lippmann

Luxembourgish physicist nationalized French (1845-1921)

*August 16th, 1845, Bonnevoie †July 13th, 1921, Atlantic Ocean

Lorraine Gary

American actress

*August 16th, 1937, New York City

Cristin Milioti

American actress

*August 16th, 1985, Cherry Hill

Bob Balaban

American actor, director and producer (born 1945)

*August 16th, 1945, Chicago

Lesley Ann Warren

American singer-actress

*August 16th, 1946, New York City

Anita Gillette

American actress

*August 16th, 1936, Baltimore

Ketty Lester

American actress, recording artist

*August 16th, 1934, Hope

Pierre Méchain

French mathematician and astronomer (1744-1804)

*August 16th, 1744, Laon †September 20th, 1804, Castelló de la Plana

Anne L'Huillier

French physicist

*August 16th, 1958, Paris

Didier Cuche

Swiss alpine skier

*August 16th, 1974, Le Pâquier

Josh Clark

American actor

*August 16th, 1955, Bethesda

Saif Ali Khan

Indian film actor and producer

*August 16th, 1970, New Delhi

Steve Carell

American actor and comedian (born 1962)

*August 16th, 1962, Concord

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 August 16th

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

Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_of_Edessa

August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_16_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)

Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gozan_no_Okuribi

National Airborne Day (United States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airborne_Day

Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Dominican_Republic

The first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Gabon

Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xicolatada

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVI.VIII.MDCCXXXIX

16.8.1739

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

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

Calendar
August 1739

August 1739

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August 16th, 1739

Born on August 16th, 1739

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 103,000 days old!

103,989 Days

14,855 Weeks

3,416 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 16th?

At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record set a year earlier.

Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the north-western Pacific, lasting 21 days.

American singer and actor Elvis Presley was found dead in his home in Memphis, Tennessee.

The English rock band the Beatles fired their drummer Pete Best , replacing him with Ringo Starr (pictured).

Widespread riots between Hindus and Muslims took place in Calcutta following the All-India Muslim League's call for an independent Pakistan.

The Stanley Internment Camp in Hong Kong was liberated following the announcement of the surrender of Japan in World War II.

The Holocaust: During the deportation of Jews from Slovakia, President Jozef Tiso gave a speech describing Jews as "parasites" and "the eternal enemy".

A long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into a week-long period of violent riots throughout Palestine.

The British parliament's Blind Persons Act received royal assent, becoming the first first disability-specific legislation to be passed anywhere in the world.

An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people.

Second Boer War: A 10,000-strong column of soldiers led by Lord Kitchener broke a 13-day siege of a small garrison.

A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason (pictured) discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

San Sebastian Church in Manila, the only all-steel church in Asia, was officially consecrated.

Following Spain's annexation of the Dominican Republic, nationalist rebels raised the Dominican flag in Santiago de los Caballeros to begin the War of Restoration.

Around 15 people were killed and 400 to 700 others injured when cavalry charged into a crowd demanding the reform of parliamentary representation in Manchester, England.

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

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

Same year Born in 1739

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 16th

Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)

Children's Day (Paraguay)

Ana Petra Pérez Florido

Armel (Armagillus)

Diomedes of Tarsus

Roch

Stephen I of Hungary

Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)

August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)

National Airborne Day (United States)

Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)

The first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.

Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

16.8.1739

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Birthdays
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Same year
Born in 1739

Calendar
August 1739

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31						1	2
32	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
33	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
34	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
35	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
36	31