October 8th, 1739

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

Born on October 8th, 1739

Weekday

Thursday

October 8th, 1739 was a Thursday.

Age

284

People born on October 8th, 1739 will turn 285 this year (2024), in exactly 97 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1739 - October 23rd, 1739

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 2 days, exactly on July 5th, 2024, people who were born on October 8th, 1739 will be 104,000 days old!

103,998 Days

14,856 Weeks

3,416 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

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Hours

What happened on October 8th?

October 8th, 1604

Kepler's Supernova (remnant pictured), the most recent supernova in the Milky Way, was observed worldwide.

October 8th, 2019

Anti-government protests calling for free and fair elections began in Baku, Azerbaijan.

October 8th, 2016

Yemen War: A funeral in Sanaa was hit by two consecutive airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition, leaving 143–155 civilians dead and more than 525 injured.

October 8th, 2001

At Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, Scandinavian Airlines Flight SK686 collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation II business jet, killing 118 people.

October 8th, 1998

A new airport for Oslo, Norway, opened at Gardermoen, replacing a smaller one at the same location that had served as a backup to the city's previous main airport at Fornebu.

October 8th, 1969

Demonstrations organized by the Weather Underground known as the Days of Rage began in Chicago, aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

October 8th, 1952

Three trains collided (aftermath pictured) at Harrow & Wealdstone station in London, killing 112 people and injuring 340 others.* 1956 – Major League Baseball pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history.

October 8th, 1932

The Indian Air Force was founded as an auxiliary air force of the British Royal Air Force.

October 8th, 1918

World War I: After his platoon suffered heavy casualties during the Meuse–Argonne offensive in France's Forest of Argonne, American Corporal Alvin York led the 7 remaining men on an attack against a German machine gun nest; 25 German soldiers were killed and 132 captured.

October 8th, 1871

Five large fires broke out in the United States, including the Great Chicago Fire in Illinois and the Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin, the latter being the deadliest in U.S. history.

October 8th, 1862

The Battle of Perryville, a battle of the American Civil War with a high casualty count, was fought west of Perryville, Kentucky.

October 8th, 0451

The Council of Chalcedon, a Christian ecumenical council, opened, and went on to repudiate the Eutychian doctrine of monophysitism and set forth the Chalcedonian Creed.

October 8th, 2023

The 2023 Israel–Hamas war is declared following the Hamas attack the day prior

October 8th, 2020

Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.

October 8th, 2019

About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.

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

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

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

Duda Beat

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1987, Recife

Otto Winter Hjelm

Norwegian composer

*October 8th, 1837, Christiania †May 3rd, 1931, Oslo

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

Sigourney Weaver

American actress

*October 8th, 1949, Manhattan

Bruno Mars

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

*October 8th, 1985, Honolulu

Matt Damon

American actor, screenwriter, and producer

*October 8th, 1970, Cambridge

Molly Quinn

American actress

*October 8th, 1993, Texarkana

Annemiek van Vleuten

Dutch cyclist

*October 8th, 1982, Vleuten

Juan Perón

President of Argentina (1946–55, 1973–74)

*October 8th, 1895, Lobos †July 1st, 1974, Quinta presidencial de Olivos

Barbara Palvin

Hungarian model

*October 8th, 1993, Budapest

Jamie Marchi

American voice actress

*October 8th, 1977, Knoxville

Colette Peignot

French writer (1903-1938)

*October 8th, 1903, Meudon †November 7th, 1938, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

José Cadalso

Colonel of the Royal Spanish Army, author, poet, playwright and essayist

*October 8th, 1741, Cádiz †February 26th, 1782, Spain

Huntley Gordon

Canadian actor (1887-1956)

*October 8th, 1887, Montreal †December 7th, 1956, Van Nuys

Sadiq Khan

British politician, Mayor of London (born 1970)

*October 8th, 1970, Tooting

Murmel Clausen

German screenwriter

*October 8th, 1973, Munich

Lorenzo Mila

Spanish journalist and presenter

*October 8th, 1960, Esplugues de Llobregat

Sophie Caroline Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

German noble (1737-1817)

*October 8th, 1737, Brunswick †December 22nd, 1817, Erlangen

Heiko Pinkowski

German actor

*October 8th, 1966, Krefeld

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

Johann Friedrich Schultz

German mathematician and theologian (1739-1805)

*June 11th, 1739, Gvardeyskoye †June 27th, 1805, Königsberg

William Hewson

British physiologist

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

Henrik Gabriel Porthan

Finnish historian (1739-1804)

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

Christian Friedrich von Jäger

German physician, botanist and chemist (1739-1808)

*October 13th, 1739, Stuttgart †September 7th, 1808, Stuttgart

Paine Wingate

American politician (1739-1838)

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

Alphonse-Hubert de Latier de Bayane

French cardinal (1739-1818)

*October 30th, 1739, Valence †July 26th, 1818, Paris

Pedro Ramón Palacios Gil Arratia

Venezuelan priest, music educator

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

Mary Bosanquet Fletcher

British deaconess

*September 12th, 1739, Leytonstone †December 8th, 1815, Madeley

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

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 8th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VIII.X.MDCCXXXIX

8.10.1739

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
October 1739

October 1739

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October 8th, 1739

Born on October 8th, 1739

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

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

103,998 Days

14,856 Weeks

3,416 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 8th?

Kepler's Supernova (remnant pictured), the most recent supernova in the Milky Way, was observed worldwide.

Anti-government protests calling for free and fair elections began in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Yemen War: A funeral in Sanaa was hit by two consecutive airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition, leaving 143–155 civilians dead and more than 525 injured.

At Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, Scandinavian Airlines Flight SK686 collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation II business jet, killing 118 people.

A new airport for Oslo, Norway, opened at Gardermoen, replacing a smaller one at the same location that had served as a backup to the city's previous main airport at Fornebu.

Demonstrations organized by the Weather Underground known as the Days of Rage began in Chicago, aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

Three trains collided (aftermath pictured) at Harrow & Wealdstone station in London, killing 112 people and injuring 340 others.* 1956 – Major League Baseball pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history.

The Indian Air Force was founded as an auxiliary air force of the British Royal Air Force.

World War I: After his platoon suffered heavy casualties during the Meuse–Argonne offensive in France's Forest of Argonne, American Corporal Alvin York led the 7 remaining men on an attack against a German machine gun nest; 25 German soldiers were killed and 132 captured.

Five large fires broke out in the United States, including the Great Chicago Fire in Illinois and the Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin, the latter being the deadliest in U.S. history.

The Battle of Perryville, a battle of the American Civil War with a high casualty count, was fought west of Perryville, Kentucky.

The Council of Chalcedon, a Christian ecumenical council, opened, and went on to repudiate the Eutychian doctrine of monophysitism and set forth the Chalcedonian Creed.

The 2023 Israel–Hamas war is declared following the Hamas attack the day prior

Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.

About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.

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

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

Same year Born in 1739

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 8th

Evodus (or Yves)

Palatias and Laurentia

Pelagia (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches)

Reparata

San Ernesto, Che Guevara as a folk saint. (Bolivian campesinos)

Simeon (Gospel of Luke)

Thaïs

William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard T. Ely (Episcopal Church)

October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

World Space Week (October 4–10)

Air Force Day (India)

Arbor Day (Namibia)

Children's Day (Iran)

Navy Day (Peru)

International Lesbian Day

National Fluffernutter Day