October 3rd, 1747

Born on October 3rd, 1747

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 101,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 985 days, exactly on January 8th, 2027, people who were born on October 3rd, 1747 will be 102,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 3rd?

October 3rd, 2003

Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy was mauled by a tiger during a performance at the Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip.

October 3rd, 1991

Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

October 3rd, 1981

A hunger strike by Irish republican prisoners at HM Prison Maze outside Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended after seven months and ten deaths.

October 3rd, 1962

Mercury-Atlas 8, the fifth United States crewed space mission, was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying astronaut Wally Schirra (pictured).

October 3rd, 1953

Vancouver's Holy Rosary Cathedral was dedicated by Archbishop William Mark Duke, fifty-three years after it first opened.

October 3rd, 1952

The United Kingdom successfully completed a nuclear test, becoming the world's third state with nuclear weapons.

October 3rd, 1951

The First Battle of Maryang-san, widely regarded as one of the Australian Army's greatest accomplishments during the Korean War, began.

October 3rd, 1849

American author Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore, Maryland, under mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death four days later.

October 3rd, 1792

Spanish forces departed Valdivia to suppress the indigenous Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.

October 3rd, 1602

Anglo-Spanish War: An English fleet intercepted and attacked six Spanish ships at the Battle of the Narrow Seas (depicted).

October 3rd, 2022

Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

October 3rd, 2021

Eight people are killed in an airplane crash near Milan, Italy.

October 3rd, 2015

Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike in Afghanistan.

October 3rd, 2009

Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey join in the Turkic Council.

October 3rd, 1995

O. J. Simpson murder case: O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 3rd?

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

32

Berry Angriawan

Indonesian badminton player

*October 3rd, 1991, Sukabumi City

36

Starley

Australian singer

*October 3rd, 1987, Sydney

59

Clive Owen

British actor

*October 3rd, 1964, Coventry

26

Mikhail Lermontov

Russian writer, poet and painter (1814–1841)

*October 3rd, 1814, Moscow †July 15th, 1841, Pyatigorsk

42

Zlatan Ibrahimović

Swedish association football player

*October 3rd, 1981, Västra Skrävlinge församling

93

Stanisław Skrowaczewski

Polish composer and conductor (1923-2017)

*October 3rd, 1923, Lviv †February 21st, 2017, St. Louis Park

60

Chicho Sibilio

Spanish basketball coach

*October 3rd, 1958, San Cristóbal †August 10th, 2019, San Gregorio de Nigua

39

Anthony Le Tallec

French association football player

*October 3rd, 1984, Hennebont

66

Gertrude Berg

American actress, screenwriter (1899-1966)

*October 3rd, 1899, New York City †September 14th, 1966, New York City

85

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Peruvian politician and economist; Prime Minister (2005–06), President (2016–18)

*October 3rd, 1938, Lima

70

John Perry Barlow

American poet and essayist

*October 3rd, 1947, Cora †February 7th, 2018, San Francisco

78

Hans-Rainer Müller

German actor and voice actor

*October 3rd, 1945, Zwickau

52

Claude François Duprès

French general

*October 3rd, 1755, Fort-Louis †July 21st, 1808, Battle of Bailén

92

Evelyn Holt

German actress (1908–2001)

*October 3rd, 1908, Berlin †February 22nd, 2001, Los Angeles

73

John Patrick Shanley

American writer

*October 3rd, 1950, The Bronx

54

Gwen Stefani

American singer-songwriter

*October 3rd, 1969, Fullerton

65

Louise Lecavalier

Canadian dancer

*October 3rd, 1958, Laval

79

Pierre Bonnard

French painter and printmaker (1867-1947)

*October 3rd, 1867, Fontenay-aux-Roses †January 23rd, 1947, Le Cannet

52

Zoe Lyons

Comedian

*October 3rd, 1971, Haverfordwest

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Born in 1747

53

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz

German musician and composer (1747-1800)

*March 31st, 1747, Lüneburg †June 10th, 1800, Schwedt/Oder

29

Philip Vickers Fithian

American writer

*January 1st, 1747, Cumberland County †January 1st, 1776, Fort Washington

44

Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman emperor (1747-1792)

*May 5th, 1747, Vienna †March 1st, 1792, Vienna

74

Friedrich Justin Bertuch

German publisher

*September 30th, 1747, Weimar †April 3rd, 1822, Weimar

76

Abraham-Louis Breguet

Swiss engineer and clockmaker

*January 10th, 1747, Neuchâtel †September 17th, 1823, Paris

46

Gottfried August Bürger

German poet

*December 31st, 1747, Molmerswende †June 8th, 1794, Göttingen

85

John O'Keeffe

Irish writer

*June 24th, 1747, Dublin †February 4th, 1833, Southampton

76

Carsten Anker

Norwegian merchant, civil servant and politician (1747-1824)

*November 17th, 1747, Frederikshald †March 13th, 1824, Biri

56

Markus Herz

German philosopher (1747-1803)

*January 17th, 1747, Berlin †January 19th, 1803, Berlin

56

Daniel Hiester

American politician (1747-1804)

*June 25th, 1747, Berks County †March 7th, 1804, Washington, D.C.

59

Timothy Dexter

United States merchant (1747-1806)

*January 22nd, 1747, Malden †October 23rd, 1806, Newburyport

46

Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

French duke (1747-1793)

*April 13th, 1747, Saint-Cloud †November 6th, 1793, Paris

89

Prince Friedrich of Hesse-Kassel

German prince (1747-1837)

*September 11th, 1747, Kassel †May 20th, 1837, Frankfurt

45

John Paul Jones

American naval officer (1747-1792)

*July 6th, 1747, Kirkcudbrightshire †July 18th, 1792, Paris

88

Franz von Paula Schrank

German biologist (1747–1835)

*August 21st, 1747, Neuburg am Inn †December 22nd, 1835, Munich

79

Johann Elert Bode

Prusian astronomer

*January 19th, 1747, Hamburg †November 23rd, 1826, Berlin

67

Johann Wilhelm Wendt

German painter (1747-1815)

*October 19th, 1747, Halle (Saale) †January 21st, 1815, Erbach

52

Franz Georgs von Keess

German jurist (1747-1799)

*January 11th, 1747, Vienna †August 6th, 1799, Brunn am Gebirge

63

Louis Annibal de Saint-Michel d'Agoult

French general

*February 22nd, 1747, Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire †December 17th, 1810, Pamplona

57

Ivan Mane Jarnović

Croatian violinist and composer (1747-1804)

*October 26th, 1747, Palermo †November 23rd, 1804, Saint Petersburg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1747 is a normal year and no leap year.

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