December 15th, 1776

Born on December 15th, 1776

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 90,000 days old!

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What happened on December 15th?

December 15th, 2013

The South Sudanese Civil War began when three opposition leaders voted to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council in Juba.

December 15th, 2005

The F-22 Raptor, an early successful stealth fighter, entered into service despite a protracted and costly development period.

December 15th, 1970

The Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 touched down on the surface of Venus, making the first successful landing of a spacecraft on another planet.

December 15th, 1961

Former Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death after being found guilty on fifteen criminal charges, including war crimes and crimes against humanity.

December 15th, 1946

U.S.-backed Iranian troops brought an end to the Iran crisis when they marched on the breakaway Republic of Mahabad and recaptured the territory.

December 15th, 1945

The US-led occupying forces ordered the government of Japan to cease state support for Shinto.

December 15th, 1943

World War II: Australian and American forces (pictured) began the Battle of Arawe against Japanese forces on New Britain as a diversion before a larger landing at Cape Gloucester.

December 15th, 1939

The American historical epic film Gone With the Wind, adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of the same name, premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.

December 15th, 1906

The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, a 14.17-kilometre (8.80 mi) long deep-level underground tube railway connecting Hammersmith and Finsbury Park, London, opened.

December 15th, 1890

Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota leader, was killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota by U.S. Indian agency police.

December 15th, 1882

Maolra Seoighe was wrongly convicted and hanged for the Maamtrasna murders following a trial in a language he could not understand.

December 15th, 1871

Sixteen-year-old Ella Stewart sent the first telegraphed message from Arizona Territory.

December 15th, 1864

American Civil War: Union troops defeated the Army of Tennessee, one of the largest Confederate forces, at the Battle of Nashville.

December 15th, 1791

The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified.

December 15th, 1778

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of St. Lucia, the Royal Navy prevented French Navy ships from reaching their garrison on Saint Lucia in the West Indies.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 15th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 15th?

87

Paul Schmitthenner

German architect; Judges' Trial affiant

*December 15th, 1884, Lauterbourg †November 11th, 1972, Munich

27

Jenifer Brening

German singer

*December 15th, 1996, Zehlendorf

30

Alina Eremia

Romanian pop singer and actress

*December 15th, 1993, Buftea

79

Agostino Aglio

Italian painter, decorator, and engraver (1777-1857)

*December 15th, 1777, Cremona †January 30th, 1857, London

91

Gustave Eiffel

French chemical engineer and architect

*December 15th, 1832, Dijon †December 27th, 1923, Paris

46

Gong Zhichao

Badminton player

*December 15th, 1977, Anhua County

58

François Adrien Boieldieu

French composer

*December 15th, 1775, Rouen †October 8th, 1834, Varennes-Jarcy

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

*December 15th, 1938, Neath †April 16th, 2017, Greece

74

Phineas Riall

British Army general

*December 15th, 1775, Clonmel †November 10th, 1850, Paris

57

L. L. Zamenhof

Polish-Jewish pysician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)

*December 15th, 1859, Białystok †April 14th, 1917, Warsaw

55

Henri Becquerel

French physicist

*December 15th, 1852, Paris †August 25th, 1908, manoir de Pen Castel

86

Günter Siebert

German footballer (1930–2017)

*December 15th, 1930, Kassel †June 16th, 2017, Eckernförde

74

Don Johnson

American actor and singer (born 1949)

*December 15th, 1949, Flat Creek

71

Julie Taymor

American film and theatre director

*December 15th, 1952, Newton

37

Keylor Navas

Costa Rican association football player

*December 15th, 1986, Cartago

75

Betty Smith

American author (1896–1972)

*December 15th, 1896, Brooklyn †January 17th, 1972, Shelton

75

Ray Eames

American artist, designer, and filmmaker

*December 15th, 1912, Sacramento †August 21st, 1988, Los Angeles

58

René Quinton

French biologist, invented the treatment "Quinton serum", abandoned by modern medicine

*December 15th, 1866, Chaumes-en-Brie †July 9th, 1925, 17th arrondissement of Paris

57

János Bolyai

Hungarian mathematician

*December 15th, 1802, Cluj-Napoca †January 27th, 1860, Târgu Mureș

99

Albert Memmi

French writer of Tunisian-Jewish origin

*December 15th, 1920, Tunis †May 22nd, 2020, 4th arrondissement of Paris

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55

Sophie Germain

French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831)

*April 1st, 1776, Paris †June 27th, 1831, Paris

79

Amedeo Avogadro

Italian scientist

*August 9th, 1776, Turin †July 9th, 1856, Turin

46

E. T. A. Hoffmann

German Romantic author (1776-1822)

*January 24th, 1776, Königsberg †June 25th, 1822, Berlin

54

Barthold Georg Niebuhr

Danish-German statesman and historian (1776–1831)

*August 27th, 1776, Copenhagen †January 2nd, 1831, Bonn

60

John Constable

English painter (1776-1837)

*June 11th, 1776, East Bergholt †March 31st, 1837, Charlotte Street

248

Vani Hari

American blogger

*March 22nd, 1776, Charlotte

33

Johann Wilhelm Ritter

German chemist, physicist and philosopher

*December 16th, 1776, Zamienice †January 23rd, 1810, Munich

70

Henri Dutrochet

French physician (1776-1847)

*November 14th, 1776, Poitou †February 4th, 1847, Paris

76

Mary Anne Clarke

English courtesan and diarist

*April 3rd, 1776, London †June 21st, 1852, Paris

90

George Thomas Smart

English musician (1776-1867)

*May 10th, 1776, London †February 23rd, 1867, London

84

Christian Friedrich Brendel

German miner (1776-1861)

*December 26th, 1776, Neustädtel †November 20th, 1861, Freiberg

34

Nikolay Kamensky

Russian officer

*December 27th, 1776, Russian Empire †May 4th, 1811, Odesa

76

Bernardino Drovetti

Italian diplomat, explorer and scholar

*January 4th, 1776, Barbania †March 9th, 1852, Turin

74

Jean-Pierre Boyer

2nd President of Haiti (1776-1850)

*February 15th, 1776, Port-au-Prince †July 9th, 1850, Paris

65

Eusebio Bardají y Azara

Prime Minister of Spain (1776-1842)

*December 19th, 1776, Graus †March 7th, 1842, Huete

94

Landgravine Auguste of Hesse-Homburg

Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1776-1871)

*November 28th, 1776, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe †April 1st, 1871, Ludwigslust

66

Johann Diederich Gries

German poet and translator

*February 7th, 1776, Hamburg †February 9th, 1842, Hamburg

62

Mariano Lagasca

Spanish doctor, writer and botanist (1776-1839)

*October 4th, 1776, Encinacorba †June 23rd, 1839, Barcelona

71

John Walter

British newspaperman and politician (1776-1847)

*February 23rd, 1776, London †July 28th, 1847, London

58

Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy

German banker; father of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy

*December 10th, 1776, Berlin †November 19th, 1835, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1776 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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