September 16th, 1739

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

Born on September 16th, 1739

Weekday

Wednesday

September 16th, 1739 was a Wednesday.

Age

284

People born on September 16th, 1739 will turn 285 this year (2024), in exactly 142 days .

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

August 24th, 1739 - September 23rd, 1739

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 47 days, exactly on June 13th, 2024, people who were born on September 16th, 1739 will be 104,000 days old!

103,953 Days

14,850 Weeks

3,415 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

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Hours

What happened on September 16th?

September 16th, 2013

A lone gunman fatally shot twelve people and injured three others at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C.

September 16th, 1992

The British pound was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday, and suffered a major devaluation.

September 16th, 1990

Construction of the Northern Xinjiang railway (terminus pictured) was completed between Ürümqi South and Alashankou, linking the railway lines of China and Kazakhstan and adding a sizeable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge.

September 16th, 1982

A Lebanese militia under the direct command of Elie Hobeika carried out a massacre in the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra and Shatila, killing at least 460 civilians.

September 16th, 1979

Eight people escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a home-made hot air balloon.

September 16th, 1975

The prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 (example pictured), one of the fastest combat jets in the world, made its maiden flight.

September 16th, 1963

Malaysia was formed as an independent nation from the Federation of Malaya, the Colony of Singapore, the Crown Colony of North Borneo, and the Crown Colony of Sarawak.

September 16th, 1961

The U.S. National Hurricane Research Project sought to weaken Hurricane Esther by seeding it with silver iodide, leading to the establishment of Project Stormfury.

September 16th, 1940

Second World War: Italian forces captured the town of Sidi Barrani, but their invasion of Egypt progressed no further.

September 16th, 1920

A bomb in a horse-drawn wagon exploded in front of 23 Wall Street in New York City, killing 38 people and injuring several hundred others.

September 16th, 1844

Felix Mendelssohn completed the score of the Violin Concerto, his final concerto.

September 16th, 1822

French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reported a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as we now call it) is stress-induced birefringence.

September 16th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: American colonists defeated British troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights (depicted) on the island of Manhattan.

September 16th, 0681

At the Third Council of Constantinople, Pope Honorius I was posthumously excommunicated, with his support for monothelitism deemed to be heretical.

September 16th, 2022

The death of Mahsa Amini occurred, which sparked worldwide protests.

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

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

Justine Frischmann

English musician

*September 16th, 1969, Kensington

Cris MJ

Chilean singer

*September 16th, 2001, La Serena

Albert Szent-Györgyi

Hungarian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 (1896-1986)

*September 16th, 1893, Budapest †October 22nd, 1986, Woods Hole

Candra Wijaya

Badminton player

*September 16th, 1975, Cirebon City

Karl-Heinz Riedle

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1965, Weiler-Simmerberg

Nathan Mayer Rothschild

German-born British financier (1777–1836)

*September 16th, 1777, Frankfurt †July 28th, 1836, Frankfurt

Anne Francis

American actress

*September 16th, 1930, Ossining †January 2nd, 2011, Santa Barbara

Nick Jonas

American singer, actor and musician

*September 16th, 1992, Dallas

Carter Braxton

American politician (1736-1797), signer of the Declaration of Independence

*September 16th, 1736, King and Queen County †October 10th, 1797, Richmond

Lee Kuan Yew

1st Prime Minister of Singapore (1923–2015)

*September 16th, 1923, Singapore †March 23rd, 2015, Singapore General Hospital

B. B. King

American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1925–2015)

*September 16th, 1925, Berclair †May 14th, 2015, Las Vegas

Jennifer Tilly

American actress

*September 16th, 1958, Harbor City

Dieter Riedel

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1947, Gröditz

Lauren Bacall

American actress and model (1924–2014)

*September 16th, 1924, The Bronx †August 12th, 2014, Manhattan

Fabrizio Ruffo

Italian cardinal and politician (1744-1827)

*September 16th, 1744, San Lucido †December 13th, 1827, Naples

Britta Altenkamp

German politician

*September 16th, 1964, Essen

Sven-Erik Bäck

Swedish composer

*September 16th, 1919, Kungsholm parish †January 10th, 1994, Oscar Parish

Alfred Noyes

English poet

*September 16th, 1880, Wolverhampton †June 28th, 1958, Ventnor

Amy Poehler

American actress

*September 16th, 1971, Newton

Armin Medosch

Austrian journalist, researcher and curator

*September 16th, 1962, Graz †February 23rd, 2017, Vienna

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 September 16th

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

Cry of Dolores, celebrates the declaration of independence of Mexico from Spain in 1810. See Fiestas Patrias

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_of_Dolores

Independence Day (Papua New Guinea), celebrates the independence of Papua New Guinea from Australia in 1975.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Papua_New_Guinea

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_for_the_Preservation_of_the_Ozone_Layer

Malaysian Armed Forces Day (Malaysia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_Day

Malaysia Day (Malaysia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Day

Martyrs' Day (Libya)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs'_Day

National Heroes Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes'_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVI.IX.MDCCXXXIX

16.9.1739

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
September 1739

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September 16th, 1739

Born on September 16th, 1739

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

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

103,953 Days

14,850 Weeks

3,415 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on September 16th?

A lone gunman fatally shot twelve people and injured three others at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C.

The British pound was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday, and suffered a major devaluation.

Construction of the Northern Xinjiang railway (terminus pictured) was completed between Ürümqi South and Alashankou, linking the railway lines of China and Kazakhstan and adding a sizeable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge.

A Lebanese militia under the direct command of Elie Hobeika carried out a massacre in the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra and Shatila, killing at least 460 civilians.

Eight people escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a home-made hot air balloon.

The prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 (example pictured), one of the fastest combat jets in the world, made its maiden flight.

Malaysia was formed as an independent nation from the Federation of Malaya, the Colony of Singapore, the Crown Colony of North Borneo, and the Crown Colony of Sarawak.

The U.S. National Hurricane Research Project sought to weaken Hurricane Esther by seeding it with silver iodide, leading to the establishment of Project Stormfury.

Second World War: Italian forces captured the town of Sidi Barrani, but their invasion of Egypt progressed no further.

A bomb in a horse-drawn wagon exploded in front of 23 Wall Street in New York City, killing 38 people and injuring several hundred others.

Felix Mendelssohn completed the score of the Violin Concerto, his final concerto.

French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reported a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as we now call it) is stress-induced birefringence.

American Revolutionary War: American colonists defeated British troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights (depicted) on the island of Manhattan.

At the Third Council of Constantinople, Pope Honorius I was posthumously excommunicated, with his support for monothelitism deemed to be heretical.

The death of Mahsa Amini occurred, which sparked worldwide protests.

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

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

Same year Born in 1739

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on September 16th

Andrew Kim Taegon (one of The Korean Martyrs)

Curcodomus

Cyprian (Catholic Church)

Edith of Wilton

Euphemia

Ludmila

Ninian

Pope Cornelius

Vitalis of Savigny

September 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).

Cry of Dolores, celebrates the declaration of independence of Mexico from Spain in 1810. See Fiestas Patrias

Independence Day (Papua New Guinea), celebrates the independence of Papua New Guinea from Australia in 1975.

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

Malaysian Armed Forces Day (Malaysia)

Malaysia Day (Malaysia)

Martyrs' Day (Libya)

National Heroes Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

16.9.1739

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Leap year

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

Birthdays
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Born in 1739

Calendar
September 1739

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40	28	29	30