October 3rd, 1778

Born on October 3rd, 1778

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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 489 days, exactly on November 27th, 2027, people who were born on October 3rd, 1778 will be 91,000 days old!

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What happened on October 3rd?

October 3rd, 2003

Roy Horn of the American entertainment duo Siegfried & Roy (both pictured) was mauled by a tiger during a performance at the Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip.

October 3rd, 1991

Nadine Gordimer became the first South African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

October 3rd, 1981

A hunger strike by Irish republican prisoners at HM Prison Maze outside Belfast, Northern Ireland, ended after seven months and ten deaths.

October 3rd, 1963

Oswaldo López Arellano replaced Honduran president Ramón Villeda Morales in a violent coup, initiating two decades of military rule.

October 3rd, 1962

Mercury-Atlas 8, the fifth United States crewed space mission, was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying astronaut Wally Schirra (pictured).

October 3rd, 1953

Vancouver's Holy Rosary Cathedral was dedicated by Archbishop William Mark Duke, fifty-three years after it first opened.

October 3rd, 1952

The United Kingdom successfully conducted its first nuclear test, becoming the world's third state with nuclear weapons.

October 3rd, 1951

The First Battle of Maryang-san, widely regarded as one of the Australian Army's greatest accomplishments during the Korean War, began.

October 3rd, 1849

American author Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death four days later.

October 3rd, 1792

Spanish forces departed Valdivia to suppress the indigenous Huilliche uprising in southern Chile.

October 3rd, 1602

Anglo-Spanish War: An English fleet intercepted and attacked six Spanish ships at the Battle of the Narrow Seas (pictured).

October 3rd, 1992

Sinéad O'Connor tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II on live television.

October 3rd, 2024

Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Pali and Prakrit are accorded the Classical language status by the Government of India

October 3rd, 1862

American Civil War: The two-day Second Battle of Corinth begins as Confederate forces under General Earl Van Dorn attack Union defenses led by General William Rosecrans around Corinth, Mississippi.

October 3rd, 2022

Svante Pääbo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 3rd

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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