February 8th, 1783

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Born on February 8th, 1783 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 8th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 8th
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Calendar (February 1783)

Born on February 8th, 1783

Weekday

Saturday

February 8th, 1783 was a Saturday.

Age

241

People born on February 8th, 1783 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 241 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1783 - February 19th, 1783

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 88,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 898 days, exactly on October 12th, 2026, people who were born on February 8th, 1783 will be 89,000 days old!

88,102 Days

12,586 Weeks

2,894 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on February 8th?

February 8th, 1948

The closing ceremony of the first Olympics held after World War II was held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

February 8th, 1250

Seventh Crusade: Louis IX of France was defeated at the Battle of Fariskur and captured by the Ayyubid Sultanate of Egypt.

February 8th, 2010

A freak storm triggered a series of avalanches that buried more than 3.5 km (2.2 mi) of road near the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan, killing 175 people and trapping more than 2,500 travellers.

February 8th, 1983

The Irish-bred race horse Shergar was stolen by gunmen, who demanded a £2 million ransom.

February 8th, 1968

Local police in Orangeburg, South Carolina, fired into a crowd of people who were protesting segregation, killing three and injuring twenty-seven others.

February 8th, 1965

After taking evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision just after taking off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 84 people on board.

February 8th, 1960

The official groundbreaking of the Walk of Fame took place in Hollywood, California.

February 8th, 1924

Gee Jon became the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas.

February 8th, 1910

William D. Boyce (pictured) established the Boy Scouts of America, expanding the Scout Movement into the United States.

February 8th, 1837

Richard Mentor Johnson became the only person ever to be elected Vice President of the United States by the Senate.

February 8th, 1601

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, led a failed rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I of England.

February 8th, 1587

Mary, Queen of Scots (pictured), was executed at Fotheringhay Castle for her involvement in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Elizabeth I of England.

February 8th, 2014

A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia, kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured.

February 8th, 2013

A blizzard kills at least 18 and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the northeastern United States and parts of Canada.

February 8th, 2010

Over 2 miles (3.2 km) of road are buried after a storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of avalanches, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 others.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 8th?

Jules Verne

French writer (1828–1905)

*February 8th, 1828, Nantes †March 24th, 1905, Amiens

Prince Abdul Rahman

First Prime Minister of Malaysia

*February 8th, 1903, Alor Setar †December 6th, 1990, Penang

Joshua Kimmich

German association football player (born 1995)

*February 8th, 1995, Rottweil

Bronte Barratt

Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, world champion, former world record-holder

*February 8th, 1989, Brisbane

James Dean

American actor (1931–1955)

*February 8th, 1931, Marion †September 30th, 1955, Cholame

Dmitri Mendeleev

Russian chemist

*February 8th, 1834, Tobolsk †January 20th, 1907, Saint Petersburg

Shelley Thompson

German Association footballer

*February 8th, 1984, Langenfeld

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

Franz Marc

German painter (1880-1916)

*February 8th, 1880, Munich †March 4th, 1916, Braquis

Roderich von Stintzing

German legal historian (1825–1883)

*February 8th, 1825, Altona †September 13th, 1883, Oberstdorf

Edith Evans

British actress (1888–1976)

*February 8th, 1888, London †October 14th, 1976, Cranbrook

Wahbi Khazri

Tunisian and French association football player

*February 8th, 1991, Ajaccio

Bruno Labbadia

German association football player and manager

*February 8th, 1966, Darmstadt

Seth Green

American actor (born 1974)

*February 8th, 1974, Philadelphia

Daniel Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1700-1782)

*February 8th, 1700, Groningen †March 17th, 1782, Basel

Javi García

Spanish footballer

*February 8th, 1987, Mula

Mary McCormack

American actress

*February 8th, 1969, Plainfield

Martin Buber

German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian (1878–1965)

*February 8th, 1878, Vienna †June 13th, 1965, Jerusalem

William Jackson Harper

American actor

*February 8th, 1980, Dallas

Guillaume Gallienne

French actor

*February 8th, 1972, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Same year
Born in 1783

Simón Bolívar

South American military and political leader, protagonist of the Spanish-American emancipation against the Spanish Empire (1783-1830)

*July 24th, 1783, Birthplace of Simón Bolívar †December 17th, 1830, Quinta de San Pedro Alejandrino

Stendhal

19th century French writer

*January 23rd, 1783, Grenoble †March 23rd, 1842, Paris

Washington Irving

American writer, historian and diplomat (1783-1859)

*April 3rd, 1783, New York City †November 28th, 1859, Tarrytown

Wilhelm Pfeil

German forestry scientist

*March 28th, 1783, Friesdorf †September 4th, 1859, Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

Danish painter (1783–1853)

*January 2nd, 1783, Blåkrog †July 22nd, 1853, Copenhagen

Pedro José Ramón Gual Escandón

President of Venezuela

*January 17th, 1783, Caracas †May 6th, 1862, Guayaquil

Hortense de Beauharnais

Queen consort of the Netherlands

*April 10th, 1783, Paris †October 5th, 1837, Arenenberg

Caroline Tischbein

German drawer

*November 5th, 1783, Bad Arolsen †April 29th, 1843, Berlin

Vasily Zhukovsky

Russian poet (1783-1852)

*February 9th, 1783, Mishenskoye (Belevsky district) †April 24th, 1852, Baden-Baden

Johann Heinrich von Thünen

German economist

*June 24th, 1783, Waddewarden †September 22nd, 1850, Warnkenhagen

Domingo Caycedo

President of Colombia (1783-1843)

*August 4th, 1783, Bogotá †July 1st, 1843, Bogotá

Eugen von Maucler

German politician (1783-1859)

*May 30th, 1783, Étupes †January 28th, 1859, Ludwigsburg

Johann Gottfried Scheibel

German theologian

*September 16th, 1783, Wrocław †March 21st, 1843, Nuremberg

Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu calsonsin wachin

Liberator, Father of the Fatherland, Generalisimo and Admiral of the Mexican army and politician, Regent of the Empire, and First Constitutional Emperor of Mexico (1783-1824)

*September 27th, 1783, Morelia †July 19th, 1824, Padilla Municipality