March 8th, 1774

Born on March 8th, 1774

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 8th?

March 8th, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board, with aircraft debris subsequently washing ashore a few years later in the Indian Ocean.

March 8th, 2017

The Azure Window, a limestone natural arch in Gozo, Malta, collapsed during a stor

March 8th, 1983

Cold War: In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. president Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".

March 8th, 1979

Images taken by Voyager 1 proved the existence of volcanoes on Io (pictured), a moon of Jupiter.

March 8th, 1978

BBC Radio 4 began broadcasting Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a science fiction radio series that was later adapted into novels, a television series, and other formats.

March 8th, 1966

Nelson's Pillar, a large granite pillar topped by a statue of Lord Nelson in Dublin, Ireland, was severely damaged by a bomb.

March 8th, 1963

The Ba'ath Party came to power in a coup d'état by a clique of quasi-leftist Syrian Army officers calling themselves the National Council for the Revolutionary Command.

March 8th, 1924

Three violent explosions at a coal mine near Castle Gate, Utah, killed all 171 miners working there.

March 8th, 1919

During the Egyptian Revolution, British authorities arrested rebel leader Saad Zaghloul and exiled him to Malta.

March 8th, 1910

French aviator Raymonde de Laroche became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence.

March 8th, 1736

Nader Shah, the founder of the Afsharid dynasty, was crowned Shah of Iran.

March 8th, 1702

Anne (pictured) became the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, succeeding her brother-in-law William III.

March 8th, 1658

After a devastating defeat in the Second Northern War, King Frederick III of Denmark–Norway was forced to give up nearly half his Danish territory to Sweden to save the remainder.

March 8th, 1655

The court of Northampton County, Virginia, issued a ruling that made John Casor the first person of African descent in the Thirteen Colonies to be declared a slave for life as a result of a civil suit.

March 8th, 1576

A Spanish colonial officer wrote a letter to King Philip II containing the first known mention of the Maya ruins of Copán in present-day Honduras.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 8th

Same year
Born in 1774

68

Robert Southey

English romantic poet (1774–1843)

*August 12th, 1774, Bristol †March 21st, 1843, Keswick

83

Francis Beaufort

Irish hydrographer and naval officer (1774-1857)

*May 27th, 1774, Navan †December 17th, 1857, Hove

77

Tadeusz Tyszkiewicz

*September 6th, 1774, Belvederis †April 3rd, 1852, Paris

35

Meriwether Lewis

American explorer (1774-1809)

*August 18th, 1774, Albemarle County †October 11th, 1809, Hickman County

76

Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

British and Hanoverian Royal (1774-1850), Duke of Cambridge from 1786

*February 24th, 1774, Buckingham Palace †July 8th, 1850, Cambridge House

65

William Farquhar

British colonial administrator

*February 26th, 1774, Aberdeenshire †May 11th, 1839, Perth

85

Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg

German historian

*November 4th, 1774, Dresden †August 9th, 1860, Constance

73

Antoine Drouot

French general (1774-1847)

*January 11th, 1774, Nancy †March 24th, 1847, Nancy

79

Johann Christian August Clarus

German surgeon

*November 5th, 1774, Coburg †July 13th, 1854, Leipzig

74

Antonio Basoli

Italian painter (1774-1848)

*April 18th, 1774, Castel Guelfo di Bologna †May 30th, 1848, Bologna

68

Thomas Veazey

American politician (1774-1842)

*January 31st, 1774, Cecil County †July 1st, 1842, Cecil County

75

Johann Heinrich Bernhard Dräseke

German theologian

*January 18th, 1774, Brunswick †December 8th, 1849, Potsdam

61

Friedrich Starke

German composer and hornist (1774-1835)

*March 29th, 1774, Elsterwerda †December 18th, 1835, Döbling

57

Robert William Elliston

British actor (1774-1831)

*April 7th, 1774, London †July 7th, 1831, London

75

Manuel de Sarratea

Argentine politician (1774-1849)

*August 11th, 1774, Buenos Aires †September 21st, 1849, Limoges

59

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin

French painter (1774–1833)

*March 13th, 1774, Paris †July 6th, 1833, Rome

37

Juan Aldama

Mexican revolutionary rebel soldier

*January 3rd, 1774, San Miguel de Allende †June 26th, 1811, Chihuahua City

87

Ignaz Maria Attems

Austrian politician (1774-1861)

*February 24th, 1774, Graz †December 17th, 1861, Graz

80

Salomon Mayer von Rothschild

Austrian banker and businessman (1774-1855)

*September 9th, 1774, Frankfurt †July 28th, 1855, Paris

64

François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo

French general (1774-1838)

*June 24th, 1774, Lunéville †June 25th, 1838, former 1st arrondissement of Paris

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Public holidays on March 8th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1774 is a normal year and no leap year.

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