July 31st, 1800

Born on July 31st, 1800

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 82,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 458 days, exactly on October 29th, 2027, people who were born on July 31st, 1800 will be 83,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on July 31st?

July 31st, 1964

The space probe Ranger 7 captured thousands of close-up photographs of the Moon over its final minutes of flight and transmitted them to Earth before crashing on the lunar surface.

July 31st, 1874

Patrick Francis Healy was inaugurated as president of Georgetown University, becoming the first African-American president of a predominantly white university in the United States.

July 31st, 2014

Gas explosions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, killed 32 people and injured 321 others.

July 31st, 2012

The largest power outage in history occurred across 22 Indian states, affecting more than 620 million people, or about 9 percent of the world's population.

July 31st, 2007

The Troubles: Operation Banner, the British Armed Forces' operation in Northern Ireland, ended after 38 years with a military stalemate and ceasefire.

July 31st, 2006

Following intestinal surgery, Fidel Castro provisionally transferred the duties of the Cuban presidency to his brother Raúl.

July 31st, 2002

Hamas detonated a bomb at the Mount Scopus campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, killing nine students and injuring about 100 more.

July 31st, 2000

Three years after being hit by a mudslide, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery (pagoda pictured) in Hong Kong fully reopened.

July 31st, 1991

Soviet Special Purpose Police Unit troops killed seven Lithuanian customs officials in Medininkai in the most serious attack of their campaign against Lithuanian border posts.

July 31st, 1975

The Troubles: In a botched paramilitary attack, three members of the popular Miami Showband and two Ulster Volunteer Force gunmen were killed in County Down, Northern Ireland.

July 31st, 1972

The Troubles: Hours after the British Army's Operation Motorman brought an end to the self-declared autonomous area of Free Derry (Free Derry Corner pictured) in Northern Ireland, three car bombs exploded in the village of Claudy.

July 31st, 1971

Apollo program: The Lunar Roving Vehicle was first used during the Apollo 15 mission to the Moon.

July 31st, 1966

The pleasure cruiser MV Darlwyne disappeared off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of all 31 people aboard.

July 31st, 1954

A team of Italian climbers became the first to reach the summit of K2, the world's second-highest mountain.

July 31st, 1941

The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring authorised SS officer Reinhard Heydrich to handle preparations for "the Final Solution of the Jewish question".

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 31st

Born on July 31st, 1800

82

Friedrich Wöhler

German chemist (1800-1882)

*July 31st, 1800, Frankfurt †September 23rd, 1882, Göttingen

Same year
Born in 1800

74

Millard Fillmore

President of the United States from 1850 to 1853

*January 7th, 1800, Summerhill †March 8th, 1874, Buffalo

63

Jean-Jacques Ampère

French philologist

*August 12th, 1800, Lyon †March 27th, 1864, Pau

73

Claude Gay

French botanist, naturalist and illustrator y boxeador(1800-1873)

*March 18th, 1800, Draguignan †November 29th, 1873, Flayosc

71

Amalie Hassenpflug

German writer (1800-1871)

*January 30th, 1800, Kassel †July 1st, 1871, Meersburg

59

John Brown

American abolitionist (1800–1859)

*May 9th, 1800, Torrington †December 2nd, 1859, Charles Town

75

John Edward Gray

British zoologist (1800–1875)

*February 12th, 1800, Walsall †March 7th, 1875, London

59

Charles Goodyear

American inventor

*December 29th, 1800, New Haven †July 1st, 1860, New York City

59

Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay

British historian and politician (1800–1859)

*October 25th, 1800, Rothley Court †December 28th, 1859, London

83

Jean-Baptiste Dumas

French chemist (1800–1884)

*July 14th, 1800, Alès †April 2nd, 1884, Cannes

75

Józef Stefani

Polish conductor and composer (1800-1876)

*April 16th, 1800, Warsaw †March 19th, 1876, Warsaw

90

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

German Field Marshal (1800–1891)

*October 26th, 1800, Parchim †April 24th, 1891, Berlin

45

Emperor Ninkō

Emperor of Japan (1800-1846)

*March 16th, 1800, Kyoto †February 21st, 1846, Kyoto

67

William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse

Anglo-Irish astronomer (1800-1867)

*June 17th, 1800, York †October 31st, 1867, Birr Castle

80

Paul Massot

French politician and zoologist (1800-1881)

*August 15th, 1800, Perpignan †March 27th, 1881, Paris

225

Amile-Ursule Guillebaud

Swiss painter

*November 4th, 1800, Geneva

90

George Bancroft

American historian, statesman, founder of United States Naval Academy (1800-1891)

*October 3rd, 1800, Worcester †January 17th, 1891, Washington, D.C.

76

Wilhelm Eduard Albrecht

German jurist, one of the Göttingen Seven (1800-1876)

*March 4th, 1800, Elbląg †May 22nd, 1876, Leipzig

226

Konan Big

Mexican professional wrestler

*July 13th, 1800, Monterrey

226

Gérard Bourgoin

French businessperson and politician

*July 6th, 1800, Chailley

73

Lucas Aguirre

(1800-1873)

*October 18th, 1800, Cuenca †October 20th, 1873, Madrid

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 31st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Ka Hae Hawaiʻi Day , Lā Hae Hawaiʻi Day) which are celebrated on July 31st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1800 is a normal year and no leap year.

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