September 14th, 1778

Born on September 14th, 1778

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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 1778

50

Humphry Davy

British chemist

*December 17th, 1778, Penzance †May 29th, 1829, Geneva

63

Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle

Swiss botanist (1778–1841)

*February 4th, 1778, Geneva †September 9th, 1841, Geneva

52

José de La Mar

President of Peru

*May 12th, 1778, Cuenca †October 11th, 1830, San José

52

William Hazlitt

English essayist and writer

*April 10th, 1778, Maidstone †September 18th, 1830, London

61

Fernando Sor

Spanish classical guitarist and composer (1778-1839)

*February 13th, 1778, Barcelona †July 10th, 1839, Paris

75

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

German educator, writer and politician (1778-1852)

*August 11th, 1778, Lanz †October 15th, 1853, Freyburg

91

Pauline Fourès

French painter (1778-1869)

*March 15th, 1778, Pamiers †March 18th, 1869, 8th arrondissement of Paris

53

Johan Storm Munch

Norwegian bishop (1778-1832)

*August 31st, 1778, Vågå †January 26th, 1832, Kristiansand Municipality

49

Jules Anglès

French politician (1778-1828)

*July 29th, 1778, Grenoble †January 16th, 1828, Mably

75

August Zeune

German educator

*May 12th, 1778, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †November 14th, 1853, Berlin

60

Philipp von Borries

(1778-1838)

*April 26th, 1778, Harsefeld †June 17th, 1838, Herford

83

Franz Anton von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky

Czech nobleman (1778-1861)

*January 31st, 1778, Prague †April 4th, 1861, Vienna

77

George Bellas Greenough

English geologist (1778–1855)

*January 18th, 1778, London †April 2nd, 1855, Naples

85

John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton

British Baron (1778-1863)

*February 16th, 1778, Hampshire †April 17th, 1863, Torquay

35

Isidoro de Antillón y Marzo

Spanish politician and writer (1778-1814)

*January 1st, 1778, Santa Eulalia del Campo †November 30th, 1813, Santa Eulalia del Campo

73

Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen

Composer and music teacher

*September 27th, 1778, Berlin †December 21st, 1851, Berlin

86

Paul Traugott Meissner

Austrian chemist (1778-1864)

*March 23rd, 1778, Mediaș †July 9th, 1864, Neuwaldegg

73

Florestano Pepe

Italian general

*March 4th, 1778, Squillace †April 3rd, 1851, Naples

69

William Herbert

British botanist, botanical illustrator, poet, and clergyman (1778–1847)

*January 12th, 1778, Hampshire †May 28th, 1847, London

53

Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac

French politician (1778-1832)

*June 20th, 1778, Bordeaux †April 3rd, 1832, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1778 is a normal year and no leap year.

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