August 18th, 1749

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Born on August 18th, 1749 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 18th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 18th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1749)

Born on August 18th, 1749

Weekday

Monday

August 18th, 1749 was a Monday.

Age

274

People born on August 18th, 1749 will turn 275 this year (2024), in exactly 120 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1749 - August 23rd, 1749

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 100,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 678 days, exactly on February 27th, 2026, people who were born on August 18th, 1749 will be 101,000 days old!

100,322 Days

14,331 Weeks

3,296 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 18th?

August 18th, 2017

Two people were killed and eight others wounded when a rejected asylum seeker went on a knife rampage in Turku, Finland.

August 18th, 2008

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.

August 18th, 1983

Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.

August 18th, 1966

Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan, but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

August 18th, 1964

East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

August 18th, 1948

Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".

August 18th, 1945

World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.

August 18th, 1940

Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.

August 18th, 1920

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.

August 18th, 1919

Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship.

August 18th, 1877

American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the smaller one.

August 18th, 1864

American Civil War: At the Battle of Globe Tavern, Union forces attempted to sever the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg.

August 18th, 1783

A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain.

August 18th, 1612

The trials of the Pendle and Samlesbury witches (statue pictured), among the most famous of England's witch trials, began at the assizes in Lancaster.

August 18th, 1590

John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in North America (located in present-day North Carolina), returned after a three-year absence to find it deserted (depicted).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 18th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 18th?

Antonio Salieri

Italian composer and teacher (1750–1825)

*August 18th, 1750, Legnago †May 7th, 1825, Vienna

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

Robert Huth

German association football player

*August 18th, 1984, East Berlin

Sikki Reddy

Indian badminton player

*August 18th, 1993, Kodad

Gottlob Heinrich von Lindenau

*August 18th, 1755, Altenburg †July 15th, 1830, Neustädtel

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

Paul Grimm

German prehistorian and medievalist (1907-1993)

*August 18th, 1907, Torgau †November 19th, 1993, Berlin

Belén Aizen

Argentinian handball player

*August 18th, 2000, General San Martín

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

Vitão

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 18th, 1999, São Paulo

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

Rosalynn Carter

First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*August 18th, 1927, Plains †November 19th, 2023, Plains

Goh Sze Fei

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1997, Malacca

Sergio Llopis

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1978, Xàtiva

Luc Montagnier

French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine (2008)

*August 18th, 1932, Chabris †February 8th, 2022, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Joy Lai

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1998, Victoria

Roman Polanski

French-Polish director, screenwriter, producer and actor

*August 18th, 1933, Paris

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

Carole Bouquet

French actress

*August 18th, 1957, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Same year
Born in 1749

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

*August 28th, 1749, Frankfurt †March 22nd, 1832, Weimar

Pierre-Simon Laplace

French mathematician and astronomer (1749-1827)

*March 23rd, 1749, Beaumont-en-Auge †March 5th, 1827, Paris

Edward Jenner

English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination (1749–1823)

*May 17th, 1749, Berkeley †January 26th, 1823, Berkeley

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre

French mathematician and astronomer

*September 19th, 1749, Amiens †August 19th, 1822, Paris

Thomas Lynch

Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence from South Carolina (1749-1779)

*August 5th, 1749, Georgetown County †January 1st, 1779, Atlantic Ocean

Jeremy Bentham

British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)

*February 15th, 1749, Houndsditch †June 6th, 1832, London

Domenico Cimarosa

Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school

*December 17th, 1749, Aversa †January 11th, 1801, Venice

Nicolas Appert

French inventor of airtight food preservation

*November 17th, 1749, Châlons-en-Champagne †June 1st, 1841, Massy

José María Chacón

Spanish colonial administrator

*January 1st, 1749, Seville †January 1st, 1833

Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

French writer, orator and statesman (1749-1791)

*March 9th, 1749, Le Bignon-Mirabeau †April 2nd, 1791, Paris

Charles James Fox

British Whig statesman (1749–1806)

*January 24th, 1749, Westminster †September 13th, 1806, Chiswick

Friederike von Alvensleben

German actor, stage actor, playwright and librettist

*March 5th, 1749, City of Brussels †April 10th, 1799, Redekin

Peder Anker

Prime Minister of Norway in Stockholm 1814-1822

*December 8th, 1749, Christiania †December 10th, 1824, Christiania

Chaim of Volozhin

Polish Jewish rabbi, Talmudist and ethicist (1749-1821)

*May 24th, 1749, Valožyn †June 14th, 1821, Valožyn

Benjamin Ogle

American politician (1749-1809)

*January 27th, 1749, Annapolis †July 7th, 1809, Annapolis

Alexander Radishchev

18th century Russian author and social critic

*August 20th, 1749, Radischevo †September 12th, 1802, Saint Petersburg

David Ramsay

American physician and historian

*April 2nd, 1749, Lancaster County †May 8th, 1815, Charleston

Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas

Spanish bishop (1749-1810)

*April 3rd, 1749, Havana †July 17th, 1810, Santiago de Cuba

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

French painter (1749-1803)

*April 11th, 1749, Paris †April 24th, 1803, Paris

William Blount

American statesman and land speculator who signed the United States Constitution (1749-1800)

*March 26th, 1749, Windsor †March 21st, 1800, Knoxville

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 18th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 18th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVIII.VIII.MDCCXLIX

18.8.1749

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1749 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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August 18th, 1749

Born on August 18th, 1749

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 100,000 days old!

100,322 Days

14,331 Weeks

3,296 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 18th?

Two people were killed and eight others wounded when a rejected asylum seeker went on a knife rampage in Turku, Finland.

Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf resigned under pressure from a movement to impeach him.

Hurricane Alicia made landfall near Galveston, Texas, causing $3 billion in damage and 21 fatalities.

Vietnam War: Members of the 6th Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment were surrounded by a much larger Viet Cong unit at the Battle of Long Tan, but held them off for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

East German Communist Party member Hildegard Trabant was killed while attempting to cross the Berlin Wall.

Australia won the fifth Test of the 1948 Ashes series, becoming the first Test cricket team to go undefeated in England, earning them the nickname "The Invincibles".

World War II: Amid a Soviet invasion of Japanese-held Sakhalin, Japanese police massacred 18 Koreans in Kamishisuka.

Second World War: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe made an all-out effort to destroy RAF Fighter Command, with both sides combined losing more aircraft on this day than at any other point during the campaign.

The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage in the country.

Russian Civil War: British motor torpedo boats raided the Bolshevik Baltic Fleet's home base of Kronstadt, sinking a depot ship and damaging a battleship.

American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Phobos, the larger of Mars's two moons, six days after discovering Deimos, the smaller one.

American Civil War: At the Battle of Globe Tavern, Union forces attempted to sever the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg.

A meteor procession blazed across the night sky over Great Britain.

The trials of the Pendle and Samlesbury witches (statue pictured), among the most famous of England's witch trials, began at the assizes in Lancaster.

John White, governor of the Roanoke Colony, the first English settlement in North America (located in present-day North Carolina), returned after a three-year absence to find it deserted (depicted).

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 18th

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 18th?

Same year Born in 1749

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 18th

Agapitus of Palestrina

Alberto Hurtado

Daig of Inniskeen

Evan (or Inan)

Fiacre

Florus and Laurus

Helena of Constantinople (Roman Catholic Church)

William Porcher DuBose (Episcopal Church)

August 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Arbor Day (Pakistan)

Armed Forces Day (North Macedonia)

Birthday of Virginia Dare (Roanoke Island)

Constitution Day (Indonesia)

Long Tan Day, also called Vietnam Veterans' Day (Australia)

National Science Day (Thailand)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

18.8.1749

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August 1749

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