October 8th, 1742

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Born on October 8th, 1742 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on October 8th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on October 8th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (October 1742)

Born on October 8th, 1742

Weekday

Monday

October 8th, 1742 was a Monday.

Age

281

People born on October 8th, 1742 will turn 282 this year (2024), in exactly 163 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1742 - October 23rd, 1742

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 164 days, exactly on October 9th, 2024, people who were born on October 8th, 1742 will be 103,000 days old!

102,836 Days

14,690 Weeks

3,378 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 8th?

October 8th, 1604

Kepler's Supernova (remnant pictured), the most recent supernova in the Milky Way, was observed worldwide.

October 8th, 2019

Anti-government protests calling for free and fair elections began in Baku, Azerbaijan.

October 8th, 2016

Yemen War: A funeral in Sanaa was hit by two consecutive airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition, leaving 143–155 civilians dead and more than 525 injured.

October 8th, 2001

At Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, Scandinavian Airlines Flight SK686 collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation II business jet, killing 118 people.

October 8th, 1998

A new airport for Oslo, Norway, opened at Gardermoen, replacing a smaller one at the same location that had served as a backup to the city's previous main airport at Fornebu.

October 8th, 1969

Demonstrations organized by the Weather Underground known as the Days of Rage began in Chicago, aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

October 8th, 1952

Three trains collided (aftermath pictured) at Harrow & Wealdstone station in London, killing 112 people and injuring 340 others.* 1956 – Major League Baseball pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history.

October 8th, 1932

The Indian Air Force was founded as an auxiliary air force of the British Royal Air Force.

October 8th, 1918

World War I: After his platoon suffered heavy casualties during the Meuse–Argonne offensive in France's Forest of Argonne, American Corporal Alvin York led the 7 remaining men on an attack against a German machine gun nest; 25 German soldiers were killed and 132 captured.

October 8th, 1871

Five large fires broke out in the United States, including the Great Chicago Fire in Illinois and the Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin, the latter being the deadliest in U.S. history.

October 8th, 1862

The Battle of Perryville, a battle of the American Civil War with a high casualty count, was fought west of Perryville, Kentucky.

October 8th, 0451

The Council of Chalcedon, a Christian ecumenical council, opened, and went on to repudiate the Eutychian doctrine of monophysitism and set forth the Chalcedonian Creed.

October 8th, 2023

The 2023 Israel–Hamas war is declared following the Hamas attack the day prior

October 8th, 2020

Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.

October 8th, 2019

About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 8th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 8th?

Ursula von der Leyen

President of the European Commission since 2019

*October 8th, 1958, Ixelles - Elsene

Duda Beat

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*October 8th, 1987, Recife

Otto Winter Hjelm

Norwegian composer

*October 8th, 1837, Christiania †May 3rd, 1931, Oslo

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

Sigourney Weaver

American actress

*October 8th, 1949, Manhattan

Bruno Mars

American singer, songwriter, and record producer

*October 8th, 1985, Honolulu

Matt Damon

American actor, screenwriter, and producer

*October 8th, 1970, Cambridge

José Cadalso

Colonel of the Royal Spanish Army, author, poet, playwright and essayist

*October 8th, 1741, Cádiz †February 26th, 1782, Spain

Molly Quinn

American actress

*October 8th, 1993, Texarkana

Barbara Palvin

Hungarian model

*October 8th, 1993, Budapest

Jamie Marchi

American voice actress

*October 8th, 1977, Knoxville

Huntley Gordon

Canadian actor (1887-1956)

*October 8th, 1887, Montreal †December 7th, 1956, Van Nuys

Murmel Clausen

German screenwriter

*October 8th, 1973, Munich

François Cabarrus, 1st Count of Cabarrús

Spanish financier (1752-1810)

*October 8th, 1752, Bayonne †April 27th, 1810, Seville

Garbiñe Muguruza

Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player

*October 8th, 1993, Caracas

Bella Thorne

American actress and singer (born 1997)

*October 8th, 1997, Pembroke Pines

Anja Gräfenstein

German actress

*October 8th, 1981, Schwerin

Julia Ann

American pornographic actress

*October 8th, 1968, Glendale

Gabriel Dell

American actor (1919-1988)

*October 8th, 1919, New York City †July 3rd, 1988, North Hollywood

Louis François Antoine Arbogast

French mathematician

*October 8th, 1759, Mutzig †April 18th, 1803, Strasbourg

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 October 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 8th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VIII.X.MDCCXLII

8.10.1742

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
October 1742

October 1742

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40	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
41	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
42	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
43	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
44	29	30	31

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
40	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
41	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
42	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
43	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
44	29	30	31

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
40	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
41	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
42	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
43	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
44	29	30	31

October 8th, 1742

Born on October 8th, 1742

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

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

102,836 Days

14,690 Weeks

3,378 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 8th?

Kepler's Supernova (remnant pictured), the most recent supernova in the Milky Way, was observed worldwide.

Anti-government protests calling for free and fair elections began in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Yemen War: A funeral in Sanaa was hit by two consecutive airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition, leaving 143–155 civilians dead and more than 525 injured.

At Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, Scandinavian Airlines Flight SK686 collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation II business jet, killing 118 people.

A new airport for Oslo, Norway, opened at Gardermoen, replacing a smaller one at the same location that had served as a backup to the city's previous main airport at Fornebu.

Demonstrations organized by the Weather Underground known as the Days of Rage began in Chicago, aimed at ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

Three trains collided (aftermath pictured) at Harrow & Wealdstone station in London, killing 112 people and injuring 340 others.* 1956 – Major League Baseball pitcher Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history.

The Indian Air Force was founded as an auxiliary air force of the British Royal Air Force.

World War I: After his platoon suffered heavy casualties during the Meuse–Argonne offensive in France's Forest of Argonne, American Corporal Alvin York led the 7 remaining men on an attack against a German machine gun nest; 25 German soldiers were killed and 132 captured.

Five large fires broke out in the United States, including the Great Chicago Fire in Illinois and the Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin, the latter being the deadliest in U.S. history.

The Battle of Perryville, a battle of the American Civil War with a high casualty count, was fought west of Perryville, Kentucky.

The Council of Chalcedon, a Christian ecumenical council, opened, and went on to repudiate the Eutychian doctrine of monophysitism and set forth the Chalcedonian Creed.

The 2023 Israel–Hamas war is declared following the Hamas attack the day prior

Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan twice deliberately targeted the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots of Shusha.

About 200 Extinction Rebellion activists block the gates of Leinster House (parliament) in the Republic of Ireland.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 8th

Same Day Who's birthday is on October 8th?

Same year Born in 1742

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 8th

Evodus (or Yves)

Palatias and Laurentia

Pelagia (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches)

Reparata

San Ernesto, Che Guevara as a folk saint. (Bolivian campesinos)

Simeon (Gospel of Luke)

Thaïs

William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard T. Ely (Episcopal Church)

October 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

World Space Week (October 4–10)

Air Force Day (India)

Arbor Day (Namibia)

Children's Day (Iran)

Navy Day (Peru)

International Lesbian Day

National Fluffernutter Day