August 16th, 1755

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Born on August 16th, 1755 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 16th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 16th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1755)

Born on August 16th, 1755

Weekday

Saturday

August 16th, 1755 was a Saturday.

Age

268

People born on August 16th, 1755 will turn 269 this year (2024), in exactly 115 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1755 - August 23rd, 1755

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 98,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 864 days, exactly on September 4th, 2026, people who were born on August 16th, 1755 will be 99,000 days old!

98,136 Days

14,019 Weeks

3,224 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 16th?

August 16th, 2009

At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record set a year earlier.

August 16th, 1986

Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the north-western Pacific, lasting 21 days.

August 16th, 1977

American singer and actor Elvis Presley was found dead in his home in Memphis, Tennessee.

August 16th, 1962

The English rock band the Beatles fired their drummer Pete Best , replacing him with Ringo Starr (pictured).

August 16th, 1946

Widespread riots between Hindus and Muslims took place in Calcutta following the All-India Muslim League's call for an independent Pakistan.

August 16th, 1945

The Stanley Internment Camp in Hong Kong was liberated following the announcement of the surrender of Japan in World War II.

August 16th, 1942

The Holocaust: During the deportation of Jews from Slovakia, President Jozef Tiso gave a speech describing Jews as "parasites" and "the eternal enemy".

August 16th, 1929

A long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into a week-long period of violent riots throughout Palestine.

August 16th, 1920

The British parliament's Blind Persons Act received royal assent, becoming the first first disability-specific legislation to be passed anywhere in the world.

August 16th, 1906

An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people.

August 16th, 1900

Second Boer War: A 10,000-strong column of soldiers led by Lord Kitchener broke a 13-day siege of a small garrison.

August 16th, 1896

A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason (pictured) discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

August 16th, 1891

San Sebastian Church in Manila, the only all-steel church in Asia, was officially consecrated.

August 16th, 1863

Following Spain's annexation of the Dominican Republic, nationalist rebels raised the Dominican flag in Santiago de los Caballeros to begin the War of Restoration.

August 16th, 1819

Around 15 people were killed and 400 to 700 others injured when cavalry charged into a crowd demanding the reform of parliamentary representation in Manchester, England.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 16th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 16th?

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

Madonna

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

*August 16th, 1958, Bay City

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

Eili Harboe

Norwegian actress

*August 16th, 1994, Stavanger Municipality

James Cameron

Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)

*August 16th, 1954, Kapuskasing

Ann Blyth

American actress

*August 16th, 1928, Mount Kisco

Gabriel Lippmann

Luxembourgish physicist nationalized French (1845-1921)

*August 16th, 1845, Bonnevoie †July 13th, 1921, Atlantic Ocean

Moussa Sissoko

French footballer (born 1989)

*August 16th, 1989, Le Blanc-Mesnil

Lorraine Gary

American actress

*August 16th, 1937, New York City

Cristin Milioti

American actress

*August 16th, 1985, Cherry Hill

Bob Balaban

American actor, director and producer (born 1945)

*August 16th, 1945, Chicago

Lesley Ann Warren

American singer-actress

*August 16th, 1946, New York City

Anita Gillette

American actress

*August 16th, 1936, Baltimore

Ketty Lester

American actress, recording artist

*August 16th, 1934, Hope

Anne L'Huillier

French physicist

*August 16th, 1958, Paris

Josh Clark

American actor

*August 16th, 1955, Bethesda

Didier Cuche

Swiss alpine skier

*August 16th, 1974, Le Pâquier

Saif Ali Khan

Indian film actor and producer

*August 16th, 1970, New Delhi

Steve Carell

American actor and comedian (born 1962)

*August 16th, 1962, Concord

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

President of Nigeria (1951-2010)

*August 16th, 1951, Katsina †May 5th, 2010, Nigerian Presidential Complex

Same year
Born in 1755

Marie Antoinette

Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution

*November 2nd, 1755, Hofburg Palace †October 16th, 1793, place de la Concorde

Louis XVIII of France

Bourbon King of France and of Navarre (1755-1824)

*November 17th, 1755, Palace of Versailles †September 16th, 1824, Tuileries Palace

Gottlob Heinrich von Lindenau

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

Samuel Hahnemann

German physician known for creating homeopathy

*April 10th, 1755, Meissen †July 2nd, 1843, former 1st arrondissement of Paris

Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras

French politician (1745-1829)

*June 30th, 1755, Fox-Amphoux †January 29th, 1829, Chaillot

Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Rochambeau

French soldier

*April 7th, 1755, Paris †September 20th, 1813, Leipzig

Sarah Siddons

Welsh actress (1755-1831)

*July 5th, 1755, Brecon †June 8th, 1831, London

Jan Henryk Dąbrowski

Polish general (1755–1818)

*August 2nd, 1755, Pierzchów †June 6th, 1818, Winna Góra, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

18th- and 19th-century French painter (1755–1842)

*April 16th, 1755, Paris †March 30th, 1842, Paris

Georges Couthon

French politician and lawyer (1755–1794)

*December 22nd, 1755, Orcet †July 28th, 1794, Paris

François Joseph Lefebvre

Marshal of France (1755-1820)

*October 25th, 1755, Rouffach †September 14th, 1820, Paris

Carl Ernst Christoph Hess

German copperplate engraver

*January 22nd, 1755, Darmstadt †July 25th, 1828, Munich

Anacharsis Cloots

Prussian noble (1755-1794)

*June 24th, 1755, Kleve †March 24th, 1794, Paris

Jean-Nicolas Corvisart

French physician (1755-1821)

*February 15th, 1755, Dricourt †September 18th, 1821, Paris

Paolo Mascagni

Italian physician (1755-1815)

*January 25th, 1755, Pomarance †October 19th, 1815, Chiusdino

Stephen Groombridge

British astronomer

*January 7th, 1755, Kent †March 30th, 1832, London

Robert Gray

American merchant sea captain

*May 10th, 1755, Tiverton †July 1st, 1806, Charleston

Axel von Fersen the Younger

Swedish politician (1755-1810)

*September 4th, 1755, Jakob and Johannes parish †June 20th, 1810, Stockholm

Werner Jasper Andreas Moltke

Danish geheimrat

*September 15th, 1755, Walkendorf †August 15th, 1835, Køge

Natalia Alexeievna of Russia

Russian Grand duchess (1755-1776)

*June 25th, 1755, Prenzlau †April 15th, 1776, Saint Petersburg

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 16th.

Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_of_Edessa

August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_16_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)

Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gozan_no_Okuribi

National Airborne Day (United States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airborne_Day

Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Dominican_Republic

The first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Gabon

Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xicolatada

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVI.VIII.MDCCLV

16.8.1755

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1755 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1755

August 1755

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August 16th, 1755

Born on August 16th, 1755

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 98,000 days old!

98,136 Days

14,019 Weeks

3,224 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 16th?

At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record set a year earlier.

Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the north-western Pacific, lasting 21 days.

American singer and actor Elvis Presley was found dead in his home in Memphis, Tennessee.

The English rock band the Beatles fired their drummer Pete Best , replacing him with Ringo Starr (pictured).

Widespread riots between Hindus and Muslims took place in Calcutta following the All-India Muslim League's call for an independent Pakistan.

The Stanley Internment Camp in Hong Kong was liberated following the announcement of the surrender of Japan in World War II.

The Holocaust: During the deportation of Jews from Slovakia, President Jozef Tiso gave a speech describing Jews as "parasites" and "the eternal enemy".

A long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into a week-long period of violent riots throughout Palestine.

The British parliament's Blind Persons Act received royal assent, becoming the first first disability-specific legislation to be passed anywhere in the world.

An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people.

Second Boer War: A 10,000-strong column of soldiers led by Lord Kitchener broke a 13-day siege of a small garrison.

A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason (pictured) discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

San Sebastian Church in Manila, the only all-steel church in Asia, was officially consecrated.

Following Spain's annexation of the Dominican Republic, nationalist rebels raised the Dominican flag in Santiago de los Caballeros to begin the War of Restoration.

Around 15 people were killed and 400 to 700 others injured when cavalry charged into a crowd demanding the reform of parliamentary representation in Manchester, England.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 16th

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 16th?

Same year Born in 1755

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 16th

Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)

Children's Day (Paraguay)

Ana Petra Pérez Florido

Armel (Armagillus)

Diomedes of Tarsus

Roch

Stephen I of Hungary

Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)

August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)

National Airborne Day (United States)

Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)

The first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.

Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

16.8.1755

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Birthdays
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Same year
Born in 1755

Calendar
August 1755

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
31					1	2	3
32	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
33	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
34	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
35	25	26	27	28	29	30	31