March 8th, 1785

Born on March 8th, 1785

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 1785

81

August Böckh

German classical scholar and antiquarian (1785-1867)

*November 24th, 1785, Karlsruhe †August 3rd, 1867, Berlin

53

Mahmud II

30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to 1839

*July 20th, 1785, Constantinople †July 1st, 1839, Constantinople

88

Alessandro Manzoni

Italian poet and novelist (1785-1873)

*March 7th, 1785, Milan †May 22nd, 1873, Milan

65

John James Audubon

French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter (1785–1851)

*April 26th, 1785, Les Cayes †January 27th, 1851, New York City

80

William Jackson Hooker

English botanist and botanical illustrator (1785-1865)

*July 6th, 1785, Norwich †August 12th, 1865, Kew

73

Bettina von Arnim

German writer and novelist (1785-1859)

*April 4th, 1785, Frankfurt †January 20th, 1859, Berlin

74

Thomas De Quincey

British author (1785-1859)

*August 15th, 1785, Manchester †December 8th, 1859, Edinburgh

51

Claude-Louis Navier

French engineer and physicist (1785–1836)

*February 10th, 1785, Dijon †August 21st, 1836, Paris

66

Johann Andreas Schmeller

German linguist (1785-1852)

*August 6th, 1785, Tirschenreuth †July 27th, 1852, Munich

42

Lady Caroline Lamb

English writer

*November 13th, 1785, Dorset †January 26th, 1828, London

63

Friedrich Kalkbrenner

German-born French pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer (1784-1849)

*November 8th, 1785, Kassel †June 10th, 1849, Enghien-les-Bains

53

Pierre Louis Dulong

French scientist (1785-1838)

*February 12th, 1785, Rouen †July 19th, 1838, Paris

87

Adam Sedgwick

English geologist (1785–1873)

*March 22nd, 1785, Dent †January 27th, 1873, Cambridge

81

Sarah Ann Glover

English music educator

*November 13th, 1785, Norwich †October 20th, 1867, Malvern

60

Magdalena Dobromila Rettigová

Czech writer

*January 31st, 1785, Všeradice †August 5th, 1845, Litomyšl

78

Adam Wilhelm Moltke

Danish politician (1785-1864)

*August 25th, 1785, Egebjerggård †February 15th, 1864, Copenhagen

87

Per Georg Scheutz

Swedish inventor and businessman (1785-1873)

*September 23rd, 1785, Jönköpings Kristina församling †May 22nd, 1873, Jakob and Johannes parish

60

Jean Charles Athanase Peltier

French physicist (1785-1845)

*February 22nd, 1785, Ham †October 27th, 1845, Paris

68

Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1831 to 1848

*February 20th, 1785, Sigmaringen †March 11th, 1853, Bologna

55

Ferdinand Olivier

German artist (1785-1841)

*April 1st, 1785, Dessau †February 11th, 1841, Munich

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1785 is a normal year and no leap year.

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