Born on August 16th, 1742
Weekday
Thursday
August 16th, 1742 was a Thursday.
Zodiac
♌
Leo (The Lion)
July 23rd, 1742 - August 23rd, 1742
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 102,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 113 days, exactly on August 17th, 2024, people who were born on August 16th, 1742 will be 103,000 days old!
102,887 Days
14,698 Weeks
3,380 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on August 16th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 16th
Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 16th?
_(cropped).jpg "Dietrich Hollinderbäumer")
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Pierre Méchain
French mathematician and astronomer (1744-1804)
*August 16th, 1744, Laon †September 20th, 1804, Castelló de la Plana
Gabriel Lippmann
Luxembourgish physicist nationalized French (1845-1921)
*August 16th, 1845, Bonnevoie †July 13th, 1921, Atlantic Ocean.jpg "Cristin Milioti")
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Same year
Born in 1742
43 Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen
*December 9th, 1742, Stralsund †May 21st, 1786, Köping
76 Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)
*December 16th, 1742, Rostock †September 12th, 1819, KrobielowiceHenry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
Scottish advocate and politician (1742-1811)
*April 28th, 1742, Dalkeith †May 28th, 1811, EdinburghJean Baptiste Treilhard
French judge and diplomat (1742-1810)
*January 3rd, 1742, Brive-la-Gaillarde †December 5th, 1810, ParisPius VII
Head of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823
*August 14th, 1742, Cesena †August 20th, 1823, Rome
56 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
German scientist, satirist
*July 1st, 1742, Ober-Ramstadt †February 24th, 1799, GöttingenJean Cesar Godeffroy
Merchant from Hamburg (1742-1818)
*October 16th, 1742, Hamburg †May 7th, 1818, Hamburg
51 Jean-Louis Carra
French journalist and politician
*March 9th, 1742, Pont-de-Veyle †October 31st, 1793, Paris
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66 Johann Heinrich Tischbein
German 1742–1808 F:0
*November 28th, 1742, Haina †December 22nd, 1808, Kassel
48 Ignaz von Born
Czech mineralogist and nobleman (1742-1791)
*December 26th, 1742, Cavnic †July 24th, 1791, Vienna
43 Johan Herman Wessel
Norwegian-Danish writer
*October 6th, 1742, Vestby †December 29th, 1785, Copenhagen
63 Jean Dauberval
French ballet dancer and choreographer
*August 19th, 1742, Montpellier †February 14th, 1806, Tours
84 Claus von der Decken
German politician (1742-1826)
*January 5th, 1742, Rittershausen †February 10th, 1826, Hanover.jpg "Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier")
77 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
63 Johann Ernst Schulz
German author and theologian
*December 20th, 1742, East Prussia †April 9th, 1806, Königsberg
84 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.jpg "Félix Máximo López")
Birthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on August 16th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 16th.
Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennington_Battle_DayChildren's Day (Paraguay)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_DayTranslation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_of_EdessaAugust 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_16_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gozan_no_OkuribiNational Airborne Day (United States)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airborne_DayRestoration Day (Dominican Republic)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Dominican_RepublicThe first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_GabonXicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XicolatadaDate as a Roman numeral / digit
16.8.1742
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.