June 11th, 1740

Born on June 11th, 1740

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 316 days, exactly on March 9th, 2025, people who were born on June 11th, 1740 will be 104,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 11th?

June 11th, 2012

Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, triggering a massive landslide that buried a village and killed 75 people.

June 11th, 2008

Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper apologised to the First Nations for past governments' policies of forced assimilation.

June 11th, 2007

Mudslides caused by heavy monsoon rainfall and exacerbated by hill cutting killed at least 128 people in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

June 11th, 2001

Robert Edward Dyer was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for conducting a six-month-long letter-bomb campaign against the British supermarket chain Tesco.

June 11th, 1989

In one of the most famous upsets in FA Cup history, Sutton United, a team in the fifth tier of English league football, defeated top-tier Coventry City.

June 11th, 1982

Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was released, and went on to set the record for the highest-grossing film of all time, which it held for 11 years.

June 11th, 1963

Vietnamese monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death in Saigon to protest the persecution of Buddhists by Catholic South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem's administration.

June 11th, 1962

American criminals Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris escaped from Alcatraz Island, one of the United States' most famous prisons.

June 11th, 1923

Kitosh, an African labourer, died after having been flogged by his British employer, in a case that eventually led to reform of the legal system of the Kenya Colony.

June 11th, 1920

During their national convention in Chicago, Republican Party leaders gathered in negotiations at The Blackstone Hotel to select their presidential candidate, leading to the phrase "smoke-filled room".

June 11th, 1917

Alexander (pictured) was crowned King of Greece, succeeding his father Constantine I, who had abdicated.

June 11th, 1914

Around 2,000 members of European society attended a ball at Kenwood House, England, in one of the last major social events before the outbreak of the First World War.

June 11th, 1847

Prince Afonso (pictured) died at the age of two, leaving his father Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil, without a male heir.

June 11th, 1837

Tensions between Yankees and Irish Americans in Boston, Massachusetts, erupted in the Broad Street Riot.

June 11th, 1775

The Battle of Machias, the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, commenced in and around the port of Machias in what is now eastern Maine.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 11th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 11th?

28

Tems

Nigerian singer-songwriter

*June 11th, 1995, Lagos

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

46

Paul Kalkbrenner

German electronic musician

*June 11th, 1977, Leipzig

58

Otto von Münchhausen

German botanist (1716–1774)

*June 11th, 1716, Hamelin †July 13th, 1774, Pattensen

83

Gene Wilder

American actor (1933–2016)

*June 11th, 1933, Milwaukee †August 29th, 2016, Stamford

72

Yasunari Kawabata

Japanese novelist (1899–1972)

*June 11th, 1899, Osaka †April 16th, 1972, Zushi

70

Barbara Minty

American writer

*June 11th, 1953, Seattle

78

Adrienne Barbeau

American actress

*June 11th, 1945, Sacramento

58

Christian Streich

German association football player and manager

*June 11th, 1965, Weil am Rhein

54

Peter Dinklage

American actor (born 1969)

*June 11th, 1969, Morristown

37

Shia LaBeouf

American actor (born 1986)

*June 11th, 1986, Los Angeles

34

Joseph Warren

American doctor (1741-1775)

*June 11th, 1741, Roxbury †June 17th, 1775, Charlestown

64

Hugh Laurie

English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer

*June 11th, 1959, Oxford

65

Jürgen Pföhler

German jurist and politician (CDU)

*June 11th, 1958, Wittlich

87

Jacques Cousteau

French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

*June 11th, 1910, Saint-André-de-Cubzac †June 25th, 1997, 17th arrondissement of Paris

66

Roland Moreno

French inventor (1945-2012)

*June 11th, 1945, Cairo †April 29th, 2012, 6th arrondissement of Paris

82

Volkmar Sigusch

German sexologist

*June 11th, 1940, Bad Freienwalde †February 7th, 2023

65

Ben Jonson

English playwright, poet, and actor (1572–1637)

*June 11th, 1572, Westminster †August 6th, 1637, London

79

Barrie Stevens

Dutch actor, born in the United Kingdom

*June 11th, 1944, London

24

Kai Havertz

German association football player (born 1999)

*June 11th, 1999, Aachen

Same year
Born in 1740

74

Marquis de Sade

French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works

*June 2nd, 1740, Paris †December 2nd, 1814, Saint-Maurice

62

Samuel Arnold

English composer and organist (1740-1802)

*August 10th, 1740, London †October 22nd, 1802, London

79

Johanna Isabella Eleonore Wallenrodt

German writer (1740–1819)

*February 28th, 1740, Uhlstädt †October 11th, 1819, Grodziszcze, Ząbkowice Śląskie County

74

Margaret Bingham

British painter and writer (1740–1814)

*January 1st, 1740, Devon †February 27th, 1814, St James's Place

73

Louis-Sébastien Mercier

French dramatist and writer (1740-1814)

*June 6th, 1740, Paris †April 25th, 1814, Paris

65

Isabelle de Charrière

Dutch French-language writer and composer

*October 20th, 1740, Zuylen Castle †December 27th, 1805, Colombier

54

James Boswell

British lawyer, diarist, and author (1740–1795)

*October 18th, 1740, Edinburgh †May 19th, 1795, London

23

Ivan VI of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1740–1764)

*August 12th, 1740, Saint Petersburg †July 5th, 1764, Shlisselburg

55

Carl Michael Bellman

Swedish poet, songwriter and composer (1740–1795)

*February 4th, 1740, Maria Magdalena parish †February 11th, 1795, Klara Church Parish

74

Matthias Claudius

German poet (1740-1815)

*August 15th, 1740, Reinfeld †January 21st, 1815, Hamburg

54

Nicolas Chamfort

French journalist and moralistic author

*April 6th, 1740, Clermont-Ferrand †April 13th, 1794, Paris

58

Horace Bénédict de Saussure

Genevan scientist (1740-1799)

*February 17th, 1740, Conches †January 22nd, 1799, Geneva

87

Elisabeth Olin

Singer (1740-1828)

*December 23rd, 1740, Katarina church parish †March 26th, 1828, Storkyrkoförsamlingen

64

Armand-Gaston Camus

French archivist and revolutionary (1740–1804)

*April 2nd, 1740, Paris †November 2nd, 1804, Paris

87

Carlo Francesco Maria Caselli

French politician and priest (1740-1828)

*October 20th, 1740, Alessandria †April 19th, 1828, Parma

68

Manuel Bayeu

Spanish painter (1740-1809)

*January 8th, 1740, Zaragoza †November 30th, 1808, Zaragoza

81

Elias Boudinot

American lawyer and statesman (1740-1821)

*May 2nd, 1740, Philadelphia †October 24th, 1821, Burlington

67

Christoph Dionysius von Seeger

Württembergian university teacher (1740-1808)

*October 7th, 1740, Schöckingen †June 26th, 1808, Blaubeuren

54

Nicola Spedalieri

Italian priest, theologian, and philosopher (1740-1795)

*December 6th, 1740, Bronte †November 26th, 1795, Rome

61

Josep Esteve i Bonet

Spanish sculptor (1741-1802)

*November 30th, 1740, Valencia †November 30th, 1801, Valencia

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Leap year

Yes: 1740 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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