August 18th, 1761

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Born on August 18th, 1761 – 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 1761)

Born on August 18th, 1761

Weekday

Tuesday

August 18th, 1761 was a Tuesday.

Age

262

People born on August 18th, 1761 will turn 263 this year (2024), in exactly 112 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1761 - August 23rd, 1761

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 95,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 53 days, exactly on June 20th, 2024, people who were born on August 18th, 1761 will be 96,000 days old!

95,947 Days

13,706 Weeks

3,152 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

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

Born on August 18th, 1761

Pierre Claude François Daunou

French statesman and historian of the French Revolution and Empire (1761-1840)

*August 18th, 1761, Boulogne-sur-Mer †June 20th, 1840, Paris

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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

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

Antonio Salieri

Italian composer and teacher (1750–1825)

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

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

Franz Joseph I of Austria

Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1830-1916)

*August 18th, 1830, Schönbrunn Palace †November 21st, 1916, Schönbrunn Palace

Edward Norton

American actor (born 1969)

*August 18th, 1969, Boston

Same year
Born in 1761

Marie Harel

Inventor of Camembert Cheese

*April 28th, 1761, Crouttes †November 9th, 1844, Vimoutiers

Selim III

Ottoman sultan (1761-1808)

*December 24th, 1761, Istanbul †July 29th, 1808, Constantinople

James Hoban

Irish architect

*November 30th, 1761, County Kilkenny †December 8th, 1831, Washington, D.C.

Jacques Claude Beugnot

French politician (1761-1835)

*July 25th, 1761, Bar-sur-Aube †June 24th, 1835, Bagneux

Pius VIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1829 to 1830

*November 20th, 1761, Cingoli †November 30th, 1830, Rome

August von Kotzebue

German dramatist and writer

*May 3rd, 1761, Weimar †March 23rd, 1819, Mannheim

Marie Tussaud

French artist (1761–1850)

*December 1st, 1761, Strasbourg †April 16th, 1850, London

Jan Potocki

Polish nobleman, writer (creating in French), traveler, politician and historian

*March 8th, 1761, Pykiv †December 2nd, 1815, Uladivka

Jacob Hübner

German entomologist (1761–1826)

*June 20th, 1761, Augsburg †September 13th, 1826, Augsburg

Georg Nikolaus von Nissen

Danish diplomat and music historian

*January 22nd, 1761, Haderslev †March 24th, 1826, Salzburg

John Moore

British Army general (1761-1809)

*November 13th, 1761, Glasgow †January 16th, 1809, A Coruña

Johann Stephan Gottfried Büsching

German politician (1761-1833)

*April 18th, 1761, Göttingen †April 23rd, 1833, Berlin

Thaddäus Haenke

Sudeten botanist, traveller, ethnographer, cartographer and doctor

*December 5th, 1761, Chřibská †November 14th, 1816, Cochabamba

Jean-Charles Pichegru

French general (1761-1804)

*February 16th, 1761, Les Planches-près-Arbois †April 5th, 1804, Paris

Louis-Nicolas Robert

French papermaker

*December 2nd, 1761, Paris †August 8th, 1828, Vernouillet

Louis de Sol de Grisolles

French military personnel

*December 29th, 1761, Guérande †April 13th, 1836, Bordeaux

Matthias Conrad Peterson

Norwegian businessman and journalist

*September 21st, 1761, Schleswig †February 14th, 1833, Trondheim

Francisco Rodríguez del Toro

Venezuelan military personnel

*December 18th, 1761, Caracas †May 10th, 1851, Caracas

Luigi Valentino Brugnatelli

Italian chemist and inventor (1761-1818)

*February 14th, 1761, Pavia †October 24th, 1818, Pavia

Richard Anthony Salisbury

British botanist and gardener (1761-1829)

*May 2nd, 1761, Leeds †March 23rd, 1829, London

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.MDCCLXI

18.8.1761

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1761 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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August 18th, 1761

Born on August 18th, 1761

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 95,000 days old!

95,947 Days

13,706 Weeks

3,152 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

Born on August 18th, 1761

French statesman and historian of the French Revolution and Empire (1761-1840)

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 18th?

Same year Born in 1761

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

18.8.1761

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 95,000 days old!

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

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Born in 1761

Calendar
August 1761

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36	31