Born on July 16th, 1788
Weekday
Wednesday
July 16th, 1788 was a Wednesday.
Zodiac
♋
Cancer (The Crab)
June 22nd, 1788 - July 22nd, 1788
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 86,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 881 days, exactly on September 27th, 2026, people who were born on July 16th, 1788 will be 87,000 days old!
86,119 Days
12,302 Weeks
2,829 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on July 16th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 16th
Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 16th?
55 Roald Amundsen
Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole
*July 16th, 1872, Borge Municipality †June 18th, 1928, Arctic Ocean
55 Larry Sanger
American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects
*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue
48 Leo Peelen
Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)
*July 16th, 1968, Arnhem †March 24th, 2017, Apeldoorn
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Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
French landscape and portrait painter and printmaker in etching (1796-1875)
*July 16th, 1796, Paris †February 22nd, 1875, Paris
72 Trygve Lie
1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1896–1968)
*July 16th, 1896, Grünerløkka †December 30th, 1968, Geilo
Same year
Born in 1788
36 Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
*January 22nd, 1788, London †April 19th, 1824, Missolonghi
72 Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788–1860)
*February 22nd, 1788, Gdańsk †September 21st, 1860, Frankfurt
74 Boniface de Castellane
Marshal of France (1788-1862)
*March 26th, 1788, Paris †September 16th, 1862, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon
39 Augustin-Jean Fresnel
French engineer and physicist (1788-1827)
*May 10th, 1788, Broglie †July 14th, 1827, Ville-d'AvrayGodefroy Engelmann
French-German lithographer (1788-1839)
*August 17th, 1788, Mulhouse †April 25th, 1839, MulhouseRobert Peel
British Prime Minister, Conservative statesman, and art collector (1788–1850)
*February 5th, 1788, Ramsbottom †July 2nd, 1850, Westminster
90 Sarah Josepha Hale
American writer and editor
*October 24th, 1788, Newport †April 30th, 1879, Philadelphia
63 Margaret Taylor
First Lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850
*September 21st, 1788, Calvert County †August 14th, 1852, Mississippi
71 Walenty Zwierkowski
*February 20th, 1788, Mokrzesz †December 15th, 1859, 10th arrondissement of Paris
89 Antoine César Becquerel
French scientist and pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena (1788-1878)
*March 7th, 1788, Châtillon-Coligny †January 18th, 1878, 5th arrondissement of ParisFrancesco Maria Avellino
Italian archaeologist, numismatist, art historian, legal historian, economist and academic (1788-1850)
*August 14th, 1788, Naples †January 9th, 1850, Naples
62 Ludwig von Wohlgemuth
Austrian general (1788-1851)
*May 25th, 1788, Vienna †April 18th, 1851, Pest
75 Charles Robert Cockerell
English architect, archaeologist, and writer
*April 27th, 1788, London †September 17th, 1863, London
76 Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
Archaeologist (1788-1865)
*December 29th, 1788, Copenhagen †May 21st, 1865, Copenhagen
79 Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
French archaeologist (1788-1868)
*September 10th, 1788, Perthes †August 5th, 1868, Abbeville
78 William Thomas Brande
British chemist; succeeded Humphry Davy as Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, 1813
*January 11th, 1788, London †February 11th, 1866, Tunbridge WellsBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on July 16th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 16th.
Christian feast day: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Fiesta de La Tirana (Tarapacá Region, Chile)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_de_La_TiranaJuly 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_16_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Engineer's Day (Honduras)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer's_DayHolocaust Memorial Day (France)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust_memorial_daysGuinea Pig Appreciation Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_pigDate as a Roman numeral / digit
16.7.1788
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1788 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).