July 18th, 1742

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Born on July 18th, 1742 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on July 18th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on July 18th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (July 1742)

Born on July 18th, 1742

Weekday

Wednesday

July 18th, 1742 was a Wednesday.

Age

281

People born on July 18th, 1742 will turn 282 this year (2024), in exactly 82 days .

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

June 22nd, 1742 - July 22nd, 1742

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 102,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 83 days, exactly on July 19th, 2024, people who were born on July 18th, 1742 will be 103,000 days old!

102,917 Days

14,702 Weeks

3,381 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on July 18th?

July 18th, 2019

An arson attack at the studio of Kyoto Animation in Japan led to the deaths of 36 people.

July 18th, 2014

The conviction of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had been found guilty of paying for an underage prostitute, was overturned on appeal.

July 18th, 2012

A suicide bomber attacked an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria, resulting in the military branch of Hezbollah being designated a terrorist organization by the European Union.

July 18th, 1995

Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was released posthumously.

July 18th, 1989

American actress Rebecca Schaeffer was shot and killed by Robert John Bardo, eventually prompting the passage of anti-stalking laws in California.

July 18th, 1976

At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci (pictured) became the first person to score a perfect 10 in a modern Olympics gymnastics event.

July 18th, 1949

Francisco Javier Arana, the chief of the Guatemalan armed forces, was killed in a shootout with supporters of President Juan José Arévalo.

July 18th, 1936

Nationalist rebels attempted a coup against the Second Spanish Republic, sparking the Spanish Civil War.

July 18th, 1863

American Civil War: Led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the first African-American military units in the Union Army, spearheaded an assault (pictured) on Fort Wagner, South Carolina.

July 18th, 1841

Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil, was crowned (depicted) at the Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro.

July 18th, 1806

A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu, Malta, killed an estimated 200 people.

July 18th, 1723

Johann Sebastian Bach directed the first performance of his cantata Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz in Leipzig.

July 18th, 1290

King Edward I issued an edict to expel all Jews from England.

July 18th, 2019

A man sets fire to an anime studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens of others.

July 18th, 2014

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 18th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 18th?

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

Nelson Mandela

First President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)

*July 18th, 1918, Mvezo †December 5th, 2013, Houghton Estate

Tontowi Ahmad

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Banyumas

Anand Pawar

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1986, Mumbai

Delphine Lansac

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1995, Lyon

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

Luísa Sonza

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 18th, 1998, Tuparendi

William Makepeace Thackeray

British novelist (1811–1863)

*July 18th, 1811, Kolkata †December 24th, 1863, London

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, film producer, and boxer (1929-2000)

*July 18th, 1929, Cleveland †February 12th, 2000, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Jonas Bager

Danish association football player

*July 18th, 1996, Hadsten

Vin Diesel

American actor, producer, director, screenwriter and stuntman

*July 18th, 1967, Alameda County

Priyanka Chopra

Indian actress and singer (born 1982)

*July 18th, 1982, Jamshedpur

Phyllis Chan

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1991, Hong Kong

Eli Mambwe

Badminton player

*July 18th, 1982, Kalulushi

Yulianti CJ

Indonesian badminton player

*July 18th, 1987, Palembang

Ben Torrance

Scottish badminton player

*July 18th, 1994, Irvine

Kurt Masur

German conductor (1927-2015)

*July 18th, 1927, Brzeg †December 19th, 2015, Greenwich

Robert Hooke

English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)

*July 18th, 1635, Freshwater †March 3rd, 1703, London

Elizabeth McGovern

American actress

*July 18th, 1961, Evanston

Lonnie Mack

American musician (1941–2016)

*July 18th, 1941, West Harrison †April 21st, 2016, Nashville

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-Louis Carra

French journalist and politician

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

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 †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

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 18th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 18th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVIII.VII.MDCCXLII

18.7.1742

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

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

Calendar
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July 18th, 1742

Born on July 18th, 1742

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 102,000 days old!

102,917 Days

14,702 Weeks

3,381 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on July 18th?

An arson attack at the studio of Kyoto Animation in Japan led to the deaths of 36 people.

The conviction of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who had been found guilty of paying for an underage prostitute, was overturned on appeal.

A suicide bomber attacked an Israeli tour bus at Burgas Airport, Bulgaria, resulting in the military branch of Hezbollah being designated a terrorist organization by the European Union.

Selena's album Dreaming of You, instrumental in popularizing Tejano music, was released posthumously.

American actress Rebecca Schaeffer was shot and killed by Robert John Bardo, eventually prompting the passage of anti-stalking laws in California.

At the Olympic Games in Montreal, Nadia Comăneci (pictured) became the first person to score a perfect 10 in a modern Olympics gymnastics event.

Francisco Javier Arana, the chief of the Guatemalan armed forces, was killed in a shootout with supporters of President Juan José Arévalo.

Nationalist rebels attempted a coup against the Second Spanish Republic, sparking the Spanish Civil War.

American Civil War: Led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, one of the first African-American military units in the Union Army, spearheaded an assault (pictured) on Fort Wagner, South Carolina.

Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil, was crowned (depicted) at the Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro.

A gunpowder magazine explosion in Birgu, Malta, killed an estimated 200 people.

Johann Sebastian Bach directed the first performance of his cantata Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz in Leipzig.

King Edward I issued an edict to expel all Jews from England.

A man sets fire to an anime studio in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens of others.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands, or be killed.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 18th

Same Day Who's birthday is on July 18th?

Same year Born in 1742

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 18th

Arnulf of Metz

Bruno of Segni

Camillus de Lellis (optional memorial, United States only)

Eadburh (or Edburga) of Bicester

Elizabeth Ferard (Church of England)

Frederick of Utrecht

Maternus of Milan

Pambo

Philastrius

Symphorosa

Theodosia of Constantinople

July 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (Uruguay)

Nelson Mandela International Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

18.7.1742

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 102,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 18th

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Same year
Born in 1742

Calendar
July 1742

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