March 8th, 1743

Born on March 8th, 1743

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 8th?

March 8th, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board, with aircraft debris subsequently washing ashore a few years later in the Indian Ocean.

March 8th, 2017

The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta, collapsed during a stor

March 8th, 1983

Cold War: In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. president Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".

March 8th, 1979

Images taken by Voyager 1 proved the existence of volcanoes on Io (pictured), a moon of Jupiter.

March 8th, 1978

BBC Radio 4 began broadcasting Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction radio series that was later adapted into novels, a television series, and other formats.

March 8th, 1966

Nelson's Pillar, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of Lord Nelson in Dublin, Ireland, was severely damaged by a bomb.

March 8th, 1963

The Ba'ath Party came to power in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council for the Revolutionary Command.

March 8th, 1924

Three violent explosions at a coal mine near Castle Gate, Utah, killed all 171 miners working there.

March 8th, 1919

During the Egyptian Revolution, British authorities arrested rebel leader Saad Zaghloul and exiled him to Malta.

March 8th, 1910

French aviator Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence.

March 8th, 1736

Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, was crowned Shah of Iran.

March 8th, 1702

Anne (pictured) became the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, succeeding her brother-in-law William III.

March 8th, 1658

After a devastating defeat in the Second Northern War, King Frederick III of Denmark–Norway was forced to give up nearly half his Danish territory to Sweden to save the remainder.

March 8th, 1655

The court of Northampton County, Virginia, issued a ruling that made John Casor the first person of African descent in the Thirteen Colonies to be declared a slave for life as a result of a civil suit.

March 8th, 1576

A Spanish colonial officer wrote a letter to King Philip II containing the first known mention of the Maya ruins of Copán in present-day Honduras.

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

Same year
Born in 1743

83

Thomas Jefferson

President of the United States from 1801 to 1809

*April 13th, 1743, Shadwell †July 4th, 1826, Monticello

50

Antoine Lavoisier

French chemist

*August 26th, 1743, Paris †May 8th, 1794, place de la Concorde

80

Louise von Lengefeld

Hofmeisterin at the court of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and mother-in-law of Friedrich Schiller

*July 27th, 1743, Wolkramshausen †December 11th, 1823, Rudolstadt

50

Jean-Paul Marat

Politician and journalist during the French Revolution (1743-1793)

*May 24th, 1743, Boudry †July 13th, 1793, Paris

63

David Roentgen

German cabinetmaker (1743-1807)

*August 11th, 1743, Herrnhaag †February 12th, 1807, Wiesbaden

59

Toussaint Louverture

Haitian national hero

*May 20th, 1743, Cap-Haïtien †April 7th, 1803, Fort de Joux

50

Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet

French philosopher, mathematician, and political scientist (1743-1794)

*September 17th, 1743, Ribemont †March 28th, 1794, Bourg-la-Reine

79

René Just Haüy

French mineralogist

*February 28th, 1743, Saint-Just-en-Chaussée †June 3rd, 1822, Paris

84

Carl Peter Thunberg

Swedish naturalist (1743-1828)

*November 11th, 1743, Jönköping †August 8th, 1828, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

77

William I, Elector of Hesse

Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel 1785 – 1821

*June 3rd, 1743, Kassel †February 27th, 1821, Kassel

84

Willem Jacob Herreyns

Flemish painter, draughtsman and art teacher (1743–1827)

*June 10th, 1743, Antwerp †August 10th, 1827, Antwerp

61

Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh

British duke and field marshal

*November 25th, 1743, London †August 25th, 1805, London

61

Valentin Adamberger

German opera singer

*July 6th, 1743, Munich †August 24th, 1804, Vienna

78

William Hindman

American politician (1743-1822)

*April 1st, 1743, Dorchester County †January 19th, 1822, Baltimore

67

Charles-Louis Tarieu de Lanaudière

Canadian politician (1743-1811)

*October 14th, 1743, Quebec City †October 2nd, 1811, Quebec

77

Johann Georg Meusel

German historian and lexicographer (1743-1820)

*March 17th, 1743, Eyrichshof †September 19th, 1820, Erlangen

74

Giuseppe Gazzaniga

Italian composer

*October 5th, 1743, Verona †February 1st, 1818, Crema

47

Ignazio Gaetano Boncompagni-Ludovisi

Italian cardinal of the Roman Curia, cardinal and economist (1743-1790)

*January 18th, 1743, Rome †August 9th, 1790, Bagni di Lucca

74

Christoph Bernhard Verspoell

German catholic priest and writer,publisher of a hymnal for which he wrote texts, melodies and organ settings (1743–1818)

*May 15th, 1743, Münster †January 5th, 1818, Münster

67

Henricus Aeneae

Dutch scientist (1743-1810)

*August 19th, 1743, Oudemirdum †November 1st, 1810, The Hague

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1743 is a normal year and no leap year.

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