July 16th, 1796

Born on July 16th, 1796

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 83,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 806 days, exactly on July 11th, 2026, people who were born on July 16th, 1796 will be 84,000 days old!

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What happened on July 16th?

July 16th, 2013

At least 23 students died and dozens more fell ill at a primary school in the Indian state of Bihar after consuming a Midday Meal that was contaminated with pesticide.

July 16th, 2008

A tainted milk powder scandal broke in China which ultimately involved an estimated 300,000 victims, the vast majority infants, with 54,000 hospitalized with kidney problems and 6 deaths.

July 16th, 2007

An earthquake of magnitude .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw6.6 struck Niigata Prefecture, Japan, causing a leak of radioactive gases from the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant.

July 16th, 2004

Millennium Park, a public park in Chicago, Illinois, and the world's largest rooftop garden, opened to the public.

July 16th, 1983

A Sikorsky S-61 helicopter operated by British Airways crashed in thick fog in the Celtic Sea, killing 20 of the 26 people on board.

July 16th, 1965

South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo—an undetected communist spy—was reported dead due to injuries sustained during his capture, but it is generally assumed he was killed on the orders of military officials.

July 16th, 1951

The Catcher in the Rye, an American coming-of-age novel by J. D. Salinger, was first published.

July 16th, 1950

Korean War: A Korean People's Army unit massacred 31 prisoners of war of the U.S. Army on a mountain near the village of Tuman.

July 16th, 1931

Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie promulgated the nation's first modern constitution.

July 16th, 1790

President George Washington signed the Residence Act, selecting a new permanent site along the Potomac River for the capital of the United States, which later became Washington, D.C.

July 16th, 1782

Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail premiered in Vienna, after which Emperor Joseph II anecdotally remarked that it had "too many notes".

July 16th, 1377

The ten-year-old Richard II was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

July 16th, 1232

Muhammad ibn Yusuf (pictured), who later established the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state in Spain, was elected the ruler of Arjona.

July 16th, 2019

A 100-year-old building in Mumbai, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.

July 16th, 2015

Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 16th

Born on July 16th, 1796

78

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

French landscape and portrait painter and printmaker in etching (1796-1875)

*July 16th, 1796, Paris †February 22nd, 1875, Paris

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40

Katrina Kaif

British-Indian actress (born 1983)

*July 16th, 1983, Hong Kong

27

Luke Hemmings

Australian singer and guitarist

*July 16th, 1996, Freemans Reach

34

Kenichi Tago

Japanese badminton player

*July 16th, 1989, Warabi

55

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

*July 16th, 1872, Borge Municipality †June 18th, 1928, Arctic Ocean

57

Hwang Hye-young

South Korean badminton player

*July 16th, 1966, Jeungpyeong County

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

55

Larry Sanger

American former professor, co-founder of Wikipedia, founder of Citizendium and other projects

*July 16th, 1968, Bellevue

24

Frida Maanum

Association football player

*July 16th, 1999, Norway

54

Wong Wai Lap

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1969, Hong Kong

30

Tan Wei Han

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1993, Singapore

27

Eva Janssens

German badminton player

*July 16th, 1996, Aachen

48

Leo Peelen

Dutch racing cyclist (1968-2017)

*July 16th, 1968, Arnhem †March 24th, 2017, Apeldoorn

66

Julius Plücker

German mathematician and physicist (1801-1868)

*July 16th, 1801, Elberfeld †May 22nd, 1868, Bonn

78

Rasa von Werder

American bodybuilder and sex worker

*July 16th, 1945, Calw

49

Philipp Sichler

German cinematographer

*July 16th, 1974, Spaichingen

75

Robert Lieberman

American film director

*July 16th, 1947, Buffalo †July 1st, 2023, Los Angeles

36

Brinner Henrique Santos Souza

Brazilian footballer

*July 16th, 1987, Lavras

89

Mary Baker Eddy

American founder of Christian Science (1821–1910)

*July 16th, 1821, Bow †December 3rd, 1910, Chestnut Hill

34

Gareth Bale

Welsh association football player

*July 16th, 1989, Cardiff

72

Trygve Lie

1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1896–1968)

*July 16th, 1896, Grünerløkka †December 30th, 1968, Geilo

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Born in 1796

71

Franz Berwald

Swedish composer

*July 23rd, 1796, Stockholm †April 3rd, 1868, Stockholm

58

Nicholas I of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1796-1855)

*June 25th, 1796, Gatchina Palace †February 18th, 1855, Winter Palace

39

James Bowie

Nineteenth-century American pioneer, soldier, smuggler, slave trader, and land speculator, played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution

*April 10th, 1796, Logan County †March 6th, 1836, Alamo Mission in San Antonio

77

Adolphe Quetelet

Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist (1796-1874)

*February 22nd, 1796, Ghent †February 17th, 1874, City of Brussels

70

Thomas Bulfinch

American writer and mythologist (1796-1867)

*July 15th, 1796, Newton †May 27th, 1867, Boston

66

Edward Gibbon Wakefield

New Zealand politician (1796-1862)

*March 20th, 1796, London †May 16th, 1862, Wellington

53

Michał Mycielski

Brigadier general

*June 24th, 1796, Berlin †September 27th, 1849, Maincy

52

María Josefa García Granados

Guatemalan writer

*July 10th, 1796, El Puerto de Santa María †July 28th, 1848, Guatemala City

80

Christian Winther

Danish lyric poet (1796-1876)

*July 29th, 1796, Zealand †December 30th, 1876, Paris

36

Nicolas Carnot

French physicist, the "father of thermodynamics" (1796–1832)

*June 1st, 1796, Paris †August 24th, 1832, Paris

43

Charles Follen

German-American educator

*September 6th, 1796, Romrod †January 13th, 1840, Long Island Sound

21

Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales

British princess (1796-1817); only child of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV)

*January 7th, 1796, Carlton House †November 6th, 1817, Claremont

90

Asher Brown Durand

American painter and engraver (1796-1886)

*August 21st, 1796, Maplewood †September 17th, 1886, Maplewood

61

Daniel Elster

Composer and choir director (1796-1857)

*September 16th, 1796, Benshausen †December 19th, 1857, Wettingen

80

Fernán Caballero

Spanish women novelist

*December 24th, 1796, Morges †April 7th, 1877, Seville

77

Manuel Bretón de los Herreros

Spanish dramatist, poet, and journalist

*January 1st, 1796, Quel, La Rioja †January 1st, 1873, Madrid

79

Bellamy Storer

Cincinnati politician (1796-1875)

*March 26th, 1796, Portland †June 1st, 1875, Cincinnati

74

Michael Thonet

German-Austrian cabinet maker, 1796-1871

*July 2nd, 1796, Boppard †March 3rd, 1871, Vienna

81

Joseph Bonomi the Younger

English archaeologist and writer (1796–1878)

*October 9th, 1796, London †March 3rd, 1878, Wimbledon

72

Carl Loewe

German composer

*November 30th, 1796, Löbejün †April 20th, 1869, Kiel

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Leap year

Yes: 1796 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).

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