August 18th, 1759

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Born on August 18th, 1759 – 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 1759)

Born on August 18th, 1759

Weekday

Saturday

August 18th, 1759 was a Saturday.

Age

264

People born on August 18th, 1759 will turn 265 this year (2024), in exactly 111 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1759 - August 23rd, 1759

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 96,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 321 days, exactly on March 16th, 2025, people who were born on August 18th, 1759 will be 97,000 days old!

96,679 Days

13,811 Weeks

3,176 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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?

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

Antonio Salieri

Italian composer and teacher (1750–1825)

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

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

Robert Redford

American actor (born 1936)

*August 18th, 1936, Santa Monica

Vitão

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*August 18th, 1999, São Paulo

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 1759

Friedrich Schiller

German poet, philosopher, historian and playwright (1759–1805)

*November 10th, 1759, Marbach am Neckar †May 9th, 1805, Weimar

Robert Burns

Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)

*January 25th, 1759, Alloway †July 21st, 1796, Dumfries

Mary Wollstonecraft

English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)

*April 27th, 1759, Spitalfields †September 10th, 1797, Somers Town

Georges Danton

French revolutionary (1759–1794)

*October 26th, 1759, Arcis-sur-Aube †April 5th, 1794, Paris

William Wilberforce

English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)

*August 24th, 1759, Wilberforce House †July 29th, 1833, London

Bruno Franz Leopold Liebermann

German theologian

*October 12th, 1759, Molsheim †November 15th, 1844, Strasbourg

William Pitt the Younger

British statesman (1759–1806)

*May 28th, 1759, Kent †January 23rd, 1806, London

James Edward Smith

English botanist (1759-1828)

*December 2nd, 1759, Norwich †March 17th, 1828, Norwich

Louis François Antoine Arbogast

French mathematician

*October 8th, 1759, Mutzig †April 18th, 1803, Strasbourg

Johann Georg von Dillis

German artist

*December 26th, 1759, Dorfen †September 28th, 1841, Munich

Thomas Andrew Knight

British botanist (1759-1838)

*August 12th, 1759, Ludlow †May 11th, 1838, London

Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein

Prince of Liechtenstein (1759-1805)

*May 14th, 1759, Vienna †March 24th, 1805, Vienna

François Andrieux

French man of letters and playwright (1759-1833)

*May 6th, 1759, Strasbourg †May 10th, 1833, former 10th arrondissement of Paris

Christian Leberecht Vogel

German painter and art historian (1759-1816)

*April 6th, 1759, Dresden †April 11th, 1816, Dresden

Maria Theresia von Paradis

Austrian musician and composer (1759–1824)

*May 15th, 1759, Vienna †February 1st, 1824, Vienna

Claude Lecourbe

French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1759-1815)

*February 22nd, 1759, Besançon †October 22nd, 1815, Belfort

Adrien Duport

French politician (1759-1798)

*February 24th, 1759, Paris †July 6th, 1798, Gais

Israel Smith

American judge and politician (1759–1810)

*April 4th, 1759, Suffield †December 2nd, 1810, Rutland

Friedrich August Wolf

German philologist

*February 15th, 1759, Hainrode †August 8th, 1824, Marseille

Markus Vetsch

(1759-1813)

*September 21st, 1759, Grabs †December 19th, 1813, Grabs

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.MDCCLIX

18.8.1759

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1759 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1759

August 1759

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August 18th, 1759

Born on August 18th, 1759

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 96,000 days old!

96,679 Days

13,811 Weeks

3,176 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 1759

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

18.8.1759

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 96,000 days old!

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

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Same year
Born in 1759

Calendar
August 1759

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