June 11th, 1809

Born on June 11th, 1809

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 78,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 515 days, exactly on September 26th, 2025, people who were born on June 11th, 1809 will be 79,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 11th?

June 11th, 2012

Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, triggering a massive landslide that buried a village and killed 75 people.

June 11th, 2008

Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper apologised to the First Nations for past governments' policies of forced assimilation.

June 11th, 2007

Mudslides caused by heavy monsoon rainfall and exacerbated by hill cutting killed at least 128 people in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

June 11th, 2001

Robert Edward Dyer was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for conducting a six-month-long letter-bomb campaign against the British supermarket chain Tesco.

June 11th, 1989

In one of the most famous upsets in FA Cup history, Sutton United, a team in the fifth tier of English league football, defeated top-tier Coventry City.

June 11th, 1982

Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was released, and went on to set the record for the highest-grossing film of all time, which it held for 11 years.

June 11th, 1963

Vietnamese monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death in Saigon to protest the persecution of Buddhists by Catholic South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem's administration.

June 11th, 1962

American criminals Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris escaped from Alcatraz Island, one of the United States' most famous prisons.

June 11th, 1923

Kitosh, an African labourer, died after having been flogged by his British employer, in a case that eventually led to reform of the legal system of the Kenya Colony.

June 11th, 1920

During their national convention in Chicago, Republican Party leaders gathered in negotiations at The Blackstone Hotel to select their presidential candidate, leading to the phrase "smoke-filled room".

June 11th, 1917

Alexander (pictured) was crowned King of Greece, succeeding his father Constantine I, who had abdicated.

June 11th, 1914

Around 2,000 members of European society attended a ball at Kenwood House, England, in one of the last major social events before the outbreak of the First World War.

June 11th, 1847

Prince Afonso (pictured) died at the age of two, leaving his father Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil, without a male heir.

June 11th, 1837

Tensions between Yankees and Irish Americans in Boston, Massachusetts, erupted in the Broad Street Riot.

June 11th, 1775

The Battle of Machias, the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, commenced in and around the port of Machias in what is now eastern Maine.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 11th

Born on June 11th, 1809

59

Felipe Pardo y Aliaga

Writer, diplomat and politician

*June 11th, 1809, Lima †December 24th, 1868, Lima

69

Juan Antonio Pezet

President of Peru (1809-1879)

*June 11th, 1809, Lima †March 24th, 1879, Chorrillos

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Who's birthday is on June 11th?

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

28

Tems

Nigerian singer-songwriter

*June 11th, 1995, Lagos

46

Paul Kalkbrenner

German electronic musician

*June 11th, 1977, Leipzig

72

Yasunari Kawabata

Japanese novelist (1899–1972)

*June 11th, 1899, Osaka †April 16th, 1972, Zushi

83

Gene Wilder

American actor (1933–2016)

*June 11th, 1933, Milwaukee †August 29th, 2016, Stamford

70

Barbara Minty

American writer

*June 11th, 1953, Seattle

78

Adrienne Barbeau

American actress

*June 11th, 1945, Sacramento

63

Julia Margaret Cameron

British photographer (1815–1879)

*June 11th, 1815, Kolkata †January 26th, 1879, Kalutara

58

Christian Streich

German association football player and manager

*June 11th, 1965, Weil am Rhein

54

Peter Dinklage

American actor (born 1969)

*June 11th, 1969, Morristown

37

Shia LaBeouf

American actor (born 1986)

*June 11th, 1986, Los Angeles

64

Hugh Laurie

English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer

*June 11th, 1959, Oxford

52

Jules Vallès

French journalist and author (1832-1885)

*June 11th, 1832, Le Puy-en-Velay †February 14th, 1885, 5th arrondissement of Paris

58

Otto von Münchhausen

German botanist (1716–1774)

*June 11th, 1716, Hamelin †July 13th, 1774, Pattensen

71

Vincent Alfred Baron

French sculptor and actor

*June 11th, 1820, Meximieux †May 5th, 1892, 9th arrondissement of Paris

87

Jacques Cousteau

French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

*June 11th, 1910, Saint-André-de-Cubzac †June 25th, 1997, 17th arrondissement of Paris

65

Jürgen Pföhler

German jurist and politician (CDU)

*June 11th, 1958, Wittlich

66

Roland Moreno

French inventor (1945-2012)

*June 11th, 1945, Cairo †April 29th, 2012, 6th arrondissement of Paris

82

Volkmar Sigusch

German sexologist

*June 11th, 1940, Bad Freienwalde †February 7th, 2023

79

Barrie Stevens

Dutch actor, born in the United Kingdom

*June 11th, 1944, London

Same year
Born in 1809

56

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (American, 1809-1865)

*February 12th, 1809, Hodgenville †April 15th, 1865, Washington, D.C.

73

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)

*February 12th, 1809, The Mount †April 19th, 1882, Down House

40

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)

*January 19th, 1809, Boston †October 7th, 1849, Baltimore

38

Felix Mendelssohn

German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent

*February 3rd, 1809, Hamburg †November 4th, 1847, Leipzig

42

Nikolai Gogol

Russian writer of Ukrainian origin (1809–1852)

*March 19th, 1809, Velyki Sorochyntsi †February 21st, 1852, Moscow

88

William Ewart Gladstone

British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)

*December 29th, 1809, Liverpool †May 19th, 1898, Hawarden Castle

56

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809–1865)

*January 15th, 1809, Besançon †January 19th, 1865, Passy

86

Luigi Federico Menabrea

Italian politician, scientist, and general (1809–1896)

*September 4th, 1809, Chambéry †May 25th, 1896, Saint-Cassin

83

Alfred Tennyson

British Poet Laureate (1809–1892)

*August 6th, 1809, Somersby †October 6th, 1892, Aldworth

43

Louis Braille

Inventor of braille, a system of reading and writing used by people who are blind or visually impaired (1809-1852)

*January 4th, 1809, Coupvray †January 6th, 1852, Paris

73

Joseph Liouville

French mathematician and engineer (1809–1882)

*March 24th, 1809, Saint-Omer †September 8th, 1882, rue de Savoie

81

Hannibal Hamlin

Vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865

*August 27th, 1809, Paris †July 4th, 1891, Bangor

84

Karl Bodmer

Swiss-French artist

*February 11th, 1809, Zürich †October 30th, 1893, Paris

27

Mariano José de Larra

Spanish romantic writer (1809-1837)

*March 24th, 1809, Madrid †February 13th, 1837, Madrid

85

Oliver Wendell Holmes

American poet and physician (1809–1894)

*August 29th, 1809, Cambridge †October 7th, 1894, Boston

61

Louis Charles Delescluze

French revolutionary leader, journalist, and military commander of the Paris Commune

*October 2nd, 1809, Dreux †May 25th, 1871, Paris

71

Bettino Ricasoli

Italian politician (1809–1880)

*March 9th, 1809, Florence †October 23rd, 1880, Castello di Brolio

75

Timothy Shay Arthur

American novelist, short story writer and publisher

*June 6th, 1809, Newburgh †March 6th, 1885, Philadelphia

70

Jules Favre

French politician and lawyer (1809-1880)

*March 21st, 1809, Lyon †January 19th, 1880, Versailles

60

Armand Barbes

French Republican revolutionary (1809-1870)

*September 18th, 1809, Pointe-à-Pitre †June 26th, 1870, The Hague

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Public holidays on June 11th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on June 11th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1809 is a normal year and no leap year.

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