March 8th, 1752

Born on March 8th, 1752

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 1752

80

Muzio Clementi

Italian-born English composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer

*January 23rd, 1752, Rome †March 10th, 1832, Evesham

87

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)

*May 11th, 1752, Gotha †January 22nd, 1840, Göttingen

83

John Nash

British architect (1752–1835)

*January 18th, 1752, Lambeth †May 13th, 1835, East Cowes Castle

80

Philip Freneau

American poet, nationalist, polemicist, sea captain and newspaper editor (1752-1832)

*January 2nd, 1752, New York City †December 18th, 1832, Freehold

47

Jeongjo of Joseon

22nd King of Joseon (r. 1776–1800)

*September 22nd, 1752, Changgyeonggung †June 28th, 1800, Changgyeonggung

65

David Humphreys

American Revolutionary War soldier and politician (1752-1818)

*July 10th, 1752, Derby †February 21st, 1818, New Haven

41

Maurice d'Elbée

French military leader

*March 21st, 1752, Dresden †January 6th, 1794, Isle of Noirmoutier

52

Elisabeth Hudtwalcker

German artist (1752-1804)

*July 6th, 1752, Hamburg †November 22nd, 1804, Hamburg

67

Henry Latimer

American politician (1752-1819)

*April 24th, 1752, Newport †December 19th, 1819, Philadelphia

41

Ildephons Schwarz

German librarian and author

*November 4th, 1752, Bamberg †June 19th, 1794, Banz Abbey

74

Anton Walter

Austrian piano maker

*February 5th, 1752, Neuhausen auf den Fildern †April 11th, 1826, Vienna

62

Nicolas-François Guillard

French writer (1752–1814)

*January 16th, 1752, Chartres †December 26th, 1814, former 11th arrondissement of Paris

61

Pascual Ruiz Huidobro

Spanish soldier (1752-1813)

*January 1st, 1752, Ourense †March 1st, 1813, Mendoza

54

Johann Anton Leisewitz

German lawyer, dramatic poet, and central figure of the Sturm und Drang era

*May 9th, 1752, Hanover †September 10th, 1806, Brunswick

65

Humphry Repton

British landscape designer (1752-1818)

*April 21st, 1752, Bury St Edmunds †March 24th, 1818, Springfield

64

Gouverneur Morris

American politician (1752-1816)

*January 31st, 1752, Morrisania †November 6th, 1816, Morrisania

80

Johann Jakob Fäsch

(1752-1832)

*March 26th, 1752, Basel †August 17th, 1832, Basel

75

Theodore Foster

American politician (1752-1828)

*April 29th, 1752, Brookfield †January 13th, 1828, Providence

69

Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan

French lady-in-waiting

*October 6th, 1752, Paris †March 16th, 1822, Mantes-la-Jolie

63

Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden

German engineer (1752-1815)

*March 23rd, 1752, Hamelin †July 3rd, 1815, Miszkowice

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Public holidays on March 8th

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Leap year

Yes: 1752 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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