August 18th, 1742

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

Born on August 18th, 1742

Weekday

Saturday

August 18th, 1742 was a Saturday.

Age

281

People born on August 18th, 1742 will turn 282 this year (2024), in exactly 112 days .

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 19th, 2024, people who were born on August 18th, 1742 will be 103,000 days old!

102,887 Days

14,698 Weeks

3,380 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 18th?

August 18th, 2017

Two people were killed and eight others wounded when a rejected asylum seeker went on a knife rampage in Turku, Finland.

August 18th, 2008

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.

August 18th, 1983

Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.

August 18th, 1966

Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan, but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

August 18th, 1964

East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

August 18th, 1948

Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".

August 18th, 1945

World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.

August 18th, 1940

Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.

August 18th, 1920

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.

August 18th, 1919

Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship.

August 18th, 1877

American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the smaller one.

August 18th, 1864

American Civil War: At the Battle of Globe Tavern, Union forces attempted to sever the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg.

August 18th, 1783

A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain.

August 18th, 1612

The trials of the Pendle and Samlesbury witches (statue pictured), among the most famous of England's witch trials, began at the assizes in Lancaster.

August 18th, 1590

John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in North America (located in present-day North Carolina), returned after a three-year absence to find it deserted (depicted).

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

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

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

Sikki Reddy

Indian badminton player

*August 18th, 1993, Kodad

Antonio Salieri

Italian composer and teacher (1750–1825)

*August 18th, 1750, Legnago †May 7th, 1825, Vienna

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

Paul Grimm

German prehistorian and medievalist (1907-1993)

*August 18th, 1907, Torgau †November 19th, 1993, Berlin

Gottlob Heinrich von Lindenau

*August 18th, 1755, Altenburg †July 15th, 1830, Neustädtel

Belén Aizen

Argentinian handball player

*August 18th, 2000, General San Martín

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

Vitão

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 18th, 1999, São Paulo

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

Rosalynn Carter

First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*August 18th, 1927, Plains †November 19th, 2023, Plains

Goh Sze Fei

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1997, Malacca

Sergio Llopis

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1978, Xàtiva

Luc Montagnier

French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine (2008)

*August 18th, 1932, Chabris †February 8th, 2022, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Joy Lai

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1998, Victoria

Roman Polanski

French-Polish director, screenwriter, producer and actor

*August 18th, 1933, Paris

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

Carole Bouquet

French actress

*August 18th, 1957, Neuilly-sur-Seine

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 August 18th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVIII.VIII.MDCCXLII

18.8.1742

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.

Calendar
August 1742

August 1742

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August 18th, 1742

Born on August 18th, 1742

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

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

102,887 Days

14,698 Weeks

3,380 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 18th?

Two people were killed and eight others wounded when a rejected asylum seeker went on a knife rampage in Turku, Finland.

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.

Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.

Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan, but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".

World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.

Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.

Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship.

American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the smaller one.

American Civil War: At the Battle of Globe Tavern, Union forces attempted to sever the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg.

A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain.

The trials of the Pendle and Samlesbury witches (statue pictured), among the most famous of England's witch trials, began at the assizes in Lancaster.

John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in North America (located in present-day North Carolina), returned after a three-year absence to find it deserted (depicted).

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

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

Same year Born in 1742

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 18th

Agapitus of Palestrina

Alberto Hurtado

Daig of Inniskeen

Evan (or Inan)

Fiacre

Florus and Laurus

Helena of Constantinople (Roman Catholic Church)

William Porcher DuBose (Episcopal Church)

August 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Arbor Day (Pakistan)

Armed Forces Day (North Macedonia)

Birthday of Virginia Dare (Roanoke Island)

Constitution Day (Indonesia)

Long Tan Day, also called Vietnam Veterans' Day (Australia)

National Science Day (Thailand)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

18.8.1742

Legend

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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 August 18th

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

Same year
Born in 1742

Calendar
August 1742

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31			1	2	3	4	5
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