December 31st, 1748

Born on December 31st, 1748

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 31st?

December 31st, 1950

Korean War: North Korean troops attacked United Nations forces in the first of two battles at Wonju.

December 31st, 2010

28 tornadoes (one depicted) touched down in midwestern and southern United States, part of an outbreak that led to the deaths of nine people and large property damage.

December 31st, 1999

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin became acting president upon President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation.

December 31st, 1998

The European Exchange Rate Mechanism froze the exchange rates of the legacy currencies in the eurozone, establishing the value of the euro.

December 31st, 1993

Brandon Teena, an American trans man, was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska; his death led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.

December 31st, 1986

Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in United States history.

December 31st, 1972

Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash en route to deliver aid to victims of that year's Nicaragua earthquake.

December 31st, 1965

Central African military officers led by Jean-Bédel Bokassa began a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.

December 31st, 1961

RTÉ, Ireland's first television network, began broadcasting.

December 31st, 1909

The Manhattan Bridge, connecting Lower Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn and considered to be the forerunner of modern suspension bridges, opened to traffic.

December 31st, 1907

New York City held its first annual ball drop event in Times Square as part of New Year's Eve celebrations.

December 31st, 1862

The Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, began with an engagement in which both sides would suffer their highest casualty rates in the American Civil War.

December 31st, 1857

Queen Victoria announced the choice of Ottawa (pictured), then a small logging town, to be the capital of the British colony of Canada.

December 31st, 1775

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Quebec, British forces repulsed an attack by the Continental Army to capture Quebec City and enlist French Canadian support.

December 31st, 1759

Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease at £45 per annum to the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin and began brewing Guinness.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 31st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 31st?

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

84

Henri Matisse

French artist (1869–1954)

*December 31st, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis †November 3rd, 1954, Nice

31

Manu Attri

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1992, Meerut

65

Ferdinand Noack

German classical archaeologist and classical philologist (1865-1931)

*December 31st, 1865, Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe †September 21st, 1931, Berlin

46

Gottfried August Bürger

German poet

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

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

65

Jacques Cartier

Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)

*December 31st, 1491, Saint-Malo †September 1st, 1557, Saint-Malo

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

96

Simon Wiesenthal

Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter

*December 31st, 1908, Buchach †September 20th, 2005, Vienna

78

Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder

Austrian-Italian painter (1751-1830)

*December 31st, 1751, Romeno †February 11th, 1830, Vienna

78

George Marshall

American army officer and statesman (1880–1959)

*December 31st, 1880, Uniontown †October 16th, 1959, Washington, D.C.

88

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

King of Saudi Arabia since 2015

*December 31st, 1935, Riyadh

67

Vaughan Jones

New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist

*December 31st, 1952, Gisborne †September 6th, 2020, Nashville

70

James Remar

American actor

*December 31st, 1953, Boston

87

Elizabeth Arden

Canadian American businesswoman

*December 31st, 1878, Woodbridge †October 18th, 1966, New York City

65

Bebe Neuwirth

American actress

*December 31st, 1958, Newark

88

Giovanni Boldini

Italian painter (1842-1931)

*December 31st, 1842, Ferrara †January 12th, 1931, Paris

51

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

*December 31st, 1972, Le Puy-en-Velay

80

Ben Kingsley

English actor

*December 31st, 1943, Snainton

Same year
Born in 1748

77

Jacques-Louis David

French painter (1748–1825)

*August 30th, 1748, Paris †December 29th, 1825, City of Brussels

75

Ferdinand Franz Wallraf

German botanist, mathematician, theologian, priest and art collector (1748-1824)

*July 20th, 1748, Cologne †March 18th, 1824, Cologne

45

Olympe de Gouges

French playwright and political activist

*May 7th, 1748, Montauban †November 3rd, 1793, Paris

82

Adam Weishaupt

German philosopher and founder of the Illuminati (1748–1830)

*February 6th, 1748, Ingolstadt †November 18th, 1830, Gotha

88

Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès

French priest and statesman (1748-1836)

*May 3rd, 1748, Fréjus †June 20th, 1836, Paris

82

Louis Pierre Vieillot

French ornithologist

*May 10th, 1748, Yvetot †August 24th, 1830, Sotteville-lès-Rouen

69

Charles XIII of Sweden

King of Sweden (1809-1818) and King of Norway (1814-1818)

*October 7th, 1748, Stockholm †February 5th, 1818, Stockholm

79

Anne Seymour Damer

British artist (1748–1828)

*November 8th, 1748, Sevenoaks †May 28th, 1828, London

88

Antoine Laurent de Jussieu

French botanist (1748-1836)

*April 12th, 1748, Lyon †September 17th, 1836, Paris

58

William V, Prince of Orange

Prince of Orange, General Stadtholder of the United Provinces (1748-1806)

*March 8th, 1748, The Hague †April 9th, 1806, Brunswick

70

Charles IV of Spain

King of Spain from 1788 to 1808

*November 11th, 1748, Portici †January 20th, 1819, Rome

84

Adamantios Korais

Greek humanist scholar

*April 27th, 1748, İzmir †April 6th, 1833, Paris

75

Louis-François de Bausset

Catholic cardinal, bishop of Alès, duke-pair of France, Minister of State (1748-1824)

*December 14th, 1748, Pondicherry †June 21st, 1824, Paris

73

Claude Louis Berthollet

French chemist (1748-1822)

*December 9th, 1748, Talloires †November 6th, 1822, Arcueil

80

William Shield

English composer, viola player and song collector

*March 5th, 1748, Swalwell †January 25th, 1829, London

74

Pierre Jean Agier

French jurist and lawyer

*December 28th, 1748, Paris †September 22nd, 1823, Paris

57

Adelheid Amalie Gallitzin

German princess

*August 28th, 1748, Berlin †April 27th, 1806, Münster

71

Charles Blagden

British physician and scientist

*April 17th, 1748, Gloucestershire †March 26th, 1820, Arcueil

45

Philippe-Frédéric de Dietrich

French mineralogist (1748-1793)

*November 14th, 1748, Strasbourg †December 29th, 1793, Paris

55

Dietrich Tiedemann

German philosopher (1748-1803)

*April 3rd, 1748, Bremervörde †May 24th, 1803, Marburg

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Leap year

Yes: 1748 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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