March 9th, 1742

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Born on March 9th, 1742 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 9th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 9th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (March 1742)

Born on March 9th, 1742

Weekday

Friday

March 9th, 1742 was a Friday.

Age

282

People born on March 9th, 1742 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 282 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1742 - March 20th, 1742

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 960 days, exactly on December 5th, 2026, people who were born on March 9th, 1742 will be 104,000 days old!

103,040 Days

14,720 Weeks

3,385 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on March 9th?

March 9th, 1891

Kaʻiulani (pictured) was appointed heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

March 9th, 1977

Twelve gunmen seized three buildings in Washington, D.C., and took 149 hostages in a 39-hour standoff that ended in two deaths.

March 9th, 1967

Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States.

March 9th, 1959

The popular fashion doll Barbie debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.

March 9th, 1956

In Tbilisi, Georgia, Soviet troops suppressed mass demonstrations against Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.

March 9th, 1946

Thirty-three people were killed in a human crush at Burnden Park, a football stadium in Bolton, England.

March 9th, 1945

World War II: In a coup d'état, Imperial Japanese Army officers ousted the government of French Indochina.

March 9th, 1944

World War II: As part of the Battle of Narva, the Soviet Air Forces heavily bombed Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians.

March 9th, 1933

U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to the United States Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.

March 9th, 1932

Éamon de Valera (pictured), a dominant political figure in 20th-century Ireland, became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.

March 9th, 1925

The Royal Air Force began a bombardment and strafing campaign against the mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South Waziristan, in what is now Pakistan.

March 9th, 1862

American Civil War: In the world's first battle between two ironclad warships, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fought to a draw near the mouth of Hampton Roads in Virginia.

March 9th, 1847

Mexican–American War: The Siege of Veracruz began, the first large-scale amphibious assault conducted by United States military forces.

March 9th, 1842

Nabucco, an opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi that established his reputation, premiered at La Scala in Milan.

March 9th, 1841

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that captive Africans who seized control of La Amistad, the trans-Atlantic slave-trading ship carrying them, had been taken into slavery illegally.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 9th

Born on March 9th, 1742

Jean-Louis Carra

French journalist and politician

*March 9th, 1742, Pont-de-Veyle †October 31st, 1793, Paris

Jean-Baptiste-Aimé Joseph Janson

French composer, cellist and music educator (1742-1803)

*March 9th, 1742, Valenciennes †September 2nd, 1803, Paris

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 9th?

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

Yuri Gagarin

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)

*March 9th, 1934, Klushino †March 27th, 1968, Novosyolovo

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

Rexy Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 9th, 1968, Ternate Island

Peter Scholl-Latour

German-French journalist and author (1924-2014)

*March 9th, 1924, Bochum †August 16th, 2014, Rhöndorf

Christian Giørtz Middelboe

*March 9th, 1852, Ribe †March 3rd, 1920, Frederiksberg

Cornelia Jakobs

Swedish singer and songwriter (1992–)

*March 9th, 1992, Nacka församling

Juliette Binoche

French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)

*March 9th, 1964, Paris

Artur Auernhammer

German politician

*March 9th, 1963, Oberhochstatt

Walter Kohn

American physicist (1923–2016)

*March 9th, 1923, Vienna †April 19th, 2016, Santa Barbara

Josef Mysliveček

Czech composer

*March 9th, 1737, Prague †February 4th, 1781, Rome

Carl H. Eigenmann

German-American ichthyologist (1863–1927)

*March 9th, 1863, Flehingen †April 24th, 1927, San Diego

Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

French writer, orator and statesman (1749-1791)

*March 9th, 1749, Le Bignon-Mirabeau †April 2nd, 1791, Paris

Johann Friedrich August Tischbein

German painter (1750-1812)

*March 9th, 1750, Maastricht †June 21st, 1812, Heidelberg

Oscar Isaac

American actor (born 1979)

*March 9th, 1979, Guatemala City

Takaaki Kajita

Japanese physicist and astronomer (1959-)

*March 9th, 1959, Higashimatsuyama

Roberto Ferrari

Italian racing cyclist

*March 9th, 1983, Gavardo

Brenna O'Brien

Actress

*March 9th, 1991, Brampton

Oliver Brown

American abolitionist

*March 9th, 1839, Franklin †October 18th, 1859, Harpers Ferry

Bettino Ricasoli

Italian politician (1809–1880)

*March 9th, 1809, Florence †October 23rd, 1880, Castello di Brolio

Same year
Born in 1742

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

*December 9th, 1742, Stralsund †May 21st, 1786, Köping

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

*December 16th, 1742, Rostock †September 12th, 1819, Krobielowice

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

Scottish advocate and politician (1742-1811)

*April 28th, 1742, Dalkeith †May 28th, 1811, Edinburgh

Jean Baptiste Treilhard

French judge and diplomat (1742-1810)

*January 3rd, 1742, Brive-la-Gaillarde †December 5th, 1810, Paris

Pius VII

Head of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823

*August 14th, 1742, Cesena †August 20th, 1823, Rome

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

German scientist, satirist

*July 1st, 1742, Ober-Ramstadt †February 24th, 1799, Göttingen

Jean Cesar Godeffroy

Merchant from Hamburg (1742-1818)

*October 16th, 1742, Hamburg †May 7th, 1818, Hamburg

Jean Senebier

Genevan botanist

*May 6th, 1742, Geneva †July 22nd, 1809, Geneva

Johann Heinrich Tischbein

German 1742–1808 F:0

*November 28th, 1742, Haina †December 22nd, 1808, Kassel

Ignaz von Born

Czech mineralogist and nobleman (1742-1791)

*December 26th, 1742, Cavnic †July 24th, 1791, Vienna

Johan Herman Wessel

Norwegian-Danish writer

*October 6th, 1742, Vestby Municipality †December 29th, 1785, Copenhagen

Jean Dauberval

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*August 19th, 1742, Montpellier †February 14th, 1806, Tours

Claus von der Decken

German politician (1742-1826)

*January 5th, 1742, Rittershausen †February 10th, 1826, Hanover

Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier

French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France (1742-1819)

*December 8th, 1742, Laon †December 21st, 1819, Paris

Johann Ernst Schulz

German author and theologian

*December 20th, 1742, East Prussia †April 9th, 1806, Königsberg

Ozias Humphry

British artist (1742-1810)

*September 8th, 1742, Honiton †March 9th, 1810, London

Charlotte von Stein

Lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar; close friend to both Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

*December 25th, 1742, Eisenach †January 6th, 1827, Weimar

Félix Máximo López

*November 18th, 1742, Madrid †April 9th, 1821, Madrid

Alexei Wassiljewitsch Naryschkin

*August 4th, 1742, Moscow †August 20th, 1800, Moscow

Aletta Haniel

*March 12th, 1742, Orsoy †May 11th, 1815, Ruhrort

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 9th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 9th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

IX.III.MDCCXLII

9.3.1742

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

IX = 9

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1742 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
March 1742

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March 9th, 1742

Born on March 9th, 1742

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

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

103,040 Days

14,720 Weeks

3,385 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on March 9th?

Kaʻiulani (pictured) was appointed heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Twelve gunmen seized three buildings in Washington, D.C., and took 149 hostages in a 39-hour standoff that ended in two deaths.

Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States.

The popular fashion doll Barbie debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.

In Tbilisi, Georgia, Soviet troops suppressed mass demonstrations against Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.

Thirty-three people were killed in a human crush at Burnden Park, a football stadium in Bolton, England.

World War II: In a coup d'état, Imperial Japanese Army officers ousted the government of French Indochina.

World War II: As part of the Battle of Narva, the Soviet Air Forces heavily bombed Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians.

U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to the United States Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.

Éamon de Valera (pictured), a dominant political figure in 20th-century Ireland, became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.

The Royal Air Force began a bombardment and strafing campaign against the mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South Waziristan, in what is now Pakistan.

American Civil War: In the world's first battle between two ironclad warships, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fought to a draw near the mouth of Hampton Roads in Virginia.

Mexican–American War: The Siege of Veracruz began, the first large-scale amphibious assault conducted by United States military forces.

Nabucco, an opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi that established his reputation, premiered at La Scala in Milan.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that captive Africans who seized control of La Amistad, the trans-Atlantic slave-trading ship carrying them, had been taken into slavery illegally.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 9th

Born on March 9th, 1742

French journalist and politician

French composer, cellist and music educator (1742-1803)

Same Day Who's birthday is on March 9th?

Same year Born in 1742

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 9th

Catherine of Bologna

Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

Frances of Rome

Pacian

Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (Coptic Orthodox Church)

Gregory of Nyssa (Episcopal Church (United States))

March 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Teachers' Day or Eid Al Moalim (Lebanon)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

9.3.1742

Legend

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

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 9th

Same Day
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Same year
Born in 1742

Calendar
March 1742

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
9				1	2	3	4
10	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
12	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
13	26	27	28	29	30	31