September 14th, 1759

Born on September 14th, 1759

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What happened on September 14th?

September 14th, 2019

Drone attacks on major processing facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais forced Saudi Arabia to cut more than half of its oil production.

September 14th, 2015

Physicists of the LIGO and Virgo projects first observed gravitational waves, the existence of which was predicted by Henri Poincaré in 1905.

September 14th, 2007

Late-2000s financial crisis: The Northern Rock bank received a liquidity support facility from the Bank of England, sparking a bank run—the United Kingdom's first in 150 years.

September 14th, 2003

President Kumba Ialá (pictured) of Guinea-Bissau was deposed in a bloodless military coup.

September 14th, 1992

The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be unconstitutional.

September 14th, 1989

Typhoon Sarah dissipated after causing extensive damage along an erratic path across the Western Pacific, killing 71 in Taiwan, the Philippines, and the Gotō Islands.

September 14th, 1979

Afghan president Nur Muhammad Taraki (pictured) was overthrown and later killed on the orders of Hafizullah Amin, who succeeded him.

September 14th, 1960

At a conference held in Baghdad, the governments of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela founded OPEC to help coordinate their petroleum policies and influence global oil prices.

September 14th, 1943

World War II: Nazi forces began a mass extermination campaign against the civilian residents of around 20 villages on the Greek island of Crete, eventually killing more than 500 men.

September 14th, 1940

Hungarian forces massacred at least 150 ethnic Romanians in Ip, Transylvania, following rumors that Romanians were responsible for the deaths of two soldiers.

September 14th, 1914

HMAS AE1 (pictured), the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea; its wreck was not found until 2017.

September 14th, 1901

Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States at age 42, the youngest person ever to do so, eight days after William McKinley was fatally wounded in Buffalo, New York.

September 14th, 1863

American Civil War: The Little Rock campaign ended with the Union Army capturing Little Rock, Arkansas.

September 14th, 1752

Under the terms of the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, the British Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar, skipping 11 days of the month.

September 14th, 1723

António Manoel de Vilhena, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, laid the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 14th

Same year
Born in 1759

45

Friedrich Schiller

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

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

37

Robert Burns

Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)

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

38

Mary Wollstonecraft

English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)

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

85

Bruno Franz Leopold Liebermann

German theologian

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

34

Georges Danton

French revolutionary (1759–1794)

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

73

William Wilberforce

English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)

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

68

James Edward Smith

English botanist (1759-1828)

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

70

Matsudaira Sadanobu

[松平定信] Daimyo and Roju (1759-1829)

*January 15th, 1759, Edo †June 14th, 1829, Mita

62

John Francis Mercer

American politician (1759-1821)

*May 17th, 1759, Stafford County †August 30th, 1821, Philadelphia

54

Johann Christian Reil

German physician

*February 20th, 1759, Rhaude †November 22nd, 1813, Halle (Saale)

44

François Devienne

French composer, flautist, bassoonist

*January 31st, 1759, Joinville †September 5th, 1803, Charenton asylum

78

Maximilian von Montgelas

German politician (1759-1838)

*September 12th, 1759, Munich †June 14th, 1838, Munich

59

Carl Frederik von Breda

Swedish portrait painter (1759-1818)

*August 16th, 1759, Stockholm †December 1st, 1818, Stockholm

71

Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg

Prussian field marshal (1759-1830)

*September 26th, 1759, Potsdam †October 4th, 1830, Oleśnica Mała

42

Marie Clotilde of France

Queen consort of Sardinia (1796-1802) and Venerable

*September 23rd, 1759, Versailles †March 7th, 1802, Naples

66

Karl Friedrich Hensler

Austrian author

*February 1st, 1759, Vaihingen an der Enz †November 24th, 1825, Vienna

57

Sivert Aarflot

Norwegian contributing editor and publisher

*October 23rd, 1759, Ørsta Municipality †July 14th, 1817, Volda Municipality

72

Johann Maria Philipp Frimont

Austrian general (1759-1831)

*February 3rd, 1759, Fénétrange †December 26th, 1831, Vienna

67

Louise d'Aumont

The only child and daughter of Louis Marie d'Aumon

*October 22nd, 1759, Paris †December 13th, 1826, Paris

47

Vincenzo Lunardi

Italian balloonist (1759-1806)

*January 11th, 1759, Lucca †August 1st, 1806, Lisbon

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Leap year

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

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