March 16th, 1743

Born on March 16th, 1743

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What happened on March 16th?

March 16th, 2014

Annexation of Crimea: The Autonomous Republic of Crimea held a controversial referendum in which voters overwhelmingly chose to join Russia as a federal subject.

March 16th, 2003

American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Forces armored bulldozer in Rafah while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian house.

March 16th, 2001

A series of bomb blasts in the city of Shijiazhuang, China, killed 108 people.

March 16th, 1984

William Buckley, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, was kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists.

March 16th, 1968

Vietnam War: American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Sơn Mỹ village in the Sơn Tịnh District of South Vietnam.

March 16th, 1962

Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a charter flight carrying U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers, disappeared without a trace, prompting one of the largest searches in the history of the Pacific.

March 16th, 1935

Conscription was re-introduced in Germany by the Nazi regime, and the German military was renamed the Wehrmacht.

March 16th, 1872

In the inaugural final of the FA Cup (trophy pictured) Wanderers defeated Royal Engineers 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.

March 16th, 1802

Congress passed the Military Peace Establishment Act, authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate the U.S. Military Academy (pictured) at West Point, New York.

March 16th, 1782

American Revolutionary War: Spain captured the island of Roatán from England off the coast of what is now Honduras.

March 16th, 1689

The Royal Welch Fusiliers (cap badge pictured), one of the oldest line-infantry regiments of the British Army, was founded.

March 16th, 1621

Samoset, a member of the Abenaki tribe, walked into Plymouth Colony and greeted the Pilgrims in English (depicted).

March 16th, 1190

Around 150 Jews died inside York Castle, the majority committing mass suicide to avoid being killed by a mob.

March 16th, 0934

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: Chinese general Meng Zhixiang proclaimed himself emperor and established Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

March 18th, 2007

Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and installed Zedekiah as King of Judah.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 16th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 16th?

85

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

*March 16th, 1751, Port Conway †June 28th, 1836, Montpelier

39

Eriko Hirose

Japanese badminton player

*March 16th, 1985, Inagawa

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

97

Caroline Herschel

German-British astronomer (*1750 – †1848)

*March 16th, 1750, Hanover †January 9th, 1848, Hanover

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

65

Georg Simon Ohm

German physicist and mathematician

*March 16th, 1789, Erlangen †July 6th, 1854, Munich

80

Attilio Nicora

Catholic cardinal

*March 16th, 1937, Varese †April 22nd, 2017, Rome

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

32

Zuzana Pavelková

Badminton player

*March 16th, 1992, Přerov

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

50

Indra Wijaya

Indonesian and Singaporean badminton player

*March 16th, 1974, Cirebon City

22

Indah Cahya Sari Jamil

Badminton player

*March 16th, 2002, Gowa Regency

65

Jens Stoltenberg

34th Prime Minister of Norway, subsequently 13th Secretary-General of NATO

*March 16th, 1959, Oslo

87

Wolfram Hoepfner

German architectural historian

*March 16th, 1937, Wrocław

75

Victor Garber

Canadian actor and singer

*March 16th, 1949, London

53

Mihaela Cârstoi

Romanian skier

*March 16th, 1971, Predeal

35

Gabriel Attal

French politician

*March 16th, 1989, Clamart

53

Alan Tudyk

American actor

*March 16th, 1971, El Paso

53

Georg von der Gabelentz

German linguist (1840-1893)

*March 16th, 1840, Poschwitz †December 11th, 1893, Berlin

60

Jörg Schmadtke

German association football executive

*March 16th, 1964, Düsseldorf

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

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 29th, 1794, Bourg-la-Reine

79

René Just Haüy

French mineralogist

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

78

José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa

Spanish military officer and viceroyal administrator (1743-1821)

*June 3rd, 1743, Oviedo †June 30th, 1821, Madrid

63

David Roentgen

German cabinetmaker (1743-1807)

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

77

Joseph Banks

English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences (1743-1820)

*February 24th, 1743, Soho †June 19th, 1820, Isleworth

52

Alessandro Cagliostro

Italian occultist

*June 2nd, 1743, Palermo †August 26th, 1795, San Leo

69

Christian Ehregott Weinlig

German composer

*September 30th, 1743, Dresden †March 14th, 1813, Dresden

85

Christian Gottlieb von Arndt

German historian

*December 2nd, 1743, Łabędnik †January 2nd, 1829, Heidelberg

67

Francis Dana

Chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

*June 13th, 1743, Charlestown †April 25th, 1811, Cambridge

55

John Fitch

American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur and engineer (1743–1798)

*January 21st, 1743, South Windsor †July 2nd, 1798, Bardstown

62

Luigi Boccherini

Italian composer and cellist (1743–ayer)

*February 19th, 1743, Lucca †May 28th, 1805, Madrid

80

Edmund Cartwright

British inventor

*April 24th, 1743, Nottingham †October 30th, 1823, Kent

73

Gavrila Derzhavin

Russian poet

*July 3rd, 1743, Suqır †July 8th, 1816, Zvanka manor

50

Madame du Barry

French noblewoman by marriage (1743-1793), last mistress of Louis XV (from 1768 to 1774)

*August 19th, 1743, Vaucouleurs †December 8th, 1793, Paris

48

Richard Butler

United States general (1743-1791)

*April 1st, 1743, Dublin †November 4th, 1791, Ohio Country

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Leap year

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

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