March 16th, 1754

Born on March 16th, 1754

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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

97

Caroline Herschel

German-British astronomer (*1750 – †1848)

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

31

Emily Sweeney

American luger

*March 16th, 1993, Portland

65

Georg Simon Ohm

German physicist and mathematician

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

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

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

109

Jean-Frédéric Waldeck

French antiquarian, explorer, artist (1766-1875)

*March 16th, 1766, Prague †April 30th, 1875, Paris

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

Same year
Born in 1754

38

Louis XVI of France

King of France and Navarre (1754-1793)

*August 23rd, 1754, Palace of Versailles †January 21st, 1793, place de la Concorde

84

Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord

French diplomat (1754-1838)

*February 2nd, 1754, Paris †May 17th, 1838, Paris

31

Jean-François Pilatre de Rozier

French balloonist

*March 30th, 1754, Metz †June 15th, 1785, Wimereux

46

Paul I of Russia

Emperor of Russia (r. 1796–1801)

*September 20th, 1754, Saint Petersburg †March 11th, 1801, Saint Petersburg

39

Manon Roland

French revolutionary

*March 17th, 1754, Paris †November 8th, 1793, Paris

39

Georg Forster

German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary (1754-1794)

*November 27th, 1754, Mokry Dwór, Pomeranian Voivodeship †January 10th, 1794, Paris

81

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon

German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy (1761-1836)

*November 30th, 1754, Cape Colony †November 16th, 1836, Paris

78

Seraphim of Sarov

Russian Saint and Wonderworker

*July 19th, 1754, Kursk †January 2nd, 1833, Sarov

63

William Bligh

Officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator (1754-1817)

*September 9th, 1754, Plymouth †December 7th, 1817, London

55

William Cooper

American judge (1754-1809)

*December 2nd, 1754, Somerton †December 22nd, 1809, Albany

89

Morgan Lewis

American lawyer, politician and military commander (1754–1844)

*October 16th, 1754, Elizabeth †April 7th, 1844, Manhattan

81

Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet

Scottish politician, writer on finance and agriculture (1754–1835)

*May 10th, 1754, Thurso †December 21st, 1835, Edinburgh

61

Friedrich I of Württemberg

Last Duke of Würtemberg, then briefly Elector of Württemberg, and was later elevated to the status of King of Württemberg, by Napoleon I (1754-1816)

*November 6th, 1754, Trzebiatów †October 30th, 1816, Stuttgart

27

John Laurens

American soldier and abolitionist

*October 28th, 1754, Charleston †August 27th, 1782, Combahee River

64

Maurus Feyerabend

German Benedictine, Catholic clergyman, canon lawyer and historian

*January 1st, 1754, Schwabmünchen †January 1st, 1818, Ottobeuren

39

Pierre Philippeaux

French lawyer (1754-1794)

*November 9th, 1754, Oise †April 5th, 1794, Paris

77

George Crabbe

English poet, surgeon, and clergyman

*December 24th, 1754, Aldeburgh †February 3rd, 1832, Trowbridge

87

Archibald Menzies

Scottish surgeon, botanist and naturalist (1754-1842)

*March 15th, 1754, Weem †February 15th, 1842, Kensington

58

Étienne Ozi

French musician

*December 9th, 1754, Nîmes †October 5th, 1813, Paris

75

John Lansing, Jr.

American politician (1754-1829)

*January 30th, 1754, Albany †December 12th, 1829, New York City

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1754 is a normal year and no leap year.

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