March 2nd, 1811

Born on March 2nd, 1811

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 77,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 144 days, exactly on September 20th, 2024, people who were born on March 2nd, 1811 will be 78,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 2nd, 1811?

March 2nd, 1811

Argentine War of Independence: A royalist fleet defeats a small flotilla of revolutionary ships in the Battle of San Nicolás on the River Plate.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_War_of_Independence

What else happened on March 2nd?

March 2nd, 1995

Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois announced the discovery of the top quark, the most massive of all observed elementary particles.

March 2nd, 1978

As a cosmonaut on Soyuz 28, Czechoslovak military pilot Vladimír Remek (pictured) became the first person from outside the Soviet Union or the United States to go into space.

March 2nd, 1965

The Sound of Music is released in American theatres; it later became the highest grossing film of all time.

March 2nd, 1962

Playing for the Philadelphia Warriors, American basketball player Wilt Chamberlain (pictured) scored 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks, which remains an NBA record.

March 2nd, 1949

The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, Texas, to complete the first non-stop circumnavigation of the world by airplane.

March 2nd, 1943

World War II: Australian and U.S. air forces attacked and destroyed a large Japanese naval convoy in the Bismarck Sea, north of Papua New Guinea.

March 2nd, 1901

U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar corporation and once the world's largest producer of steel, was founded by financier J. P. Morgan.

March 2nd, 1877

The Electoral Commission awarded twenty disputed electoral votes to Rutherford B. Hayes, thus assuring his victory in the 1876 U.S. presidential election.

March 2nd, 1865

New Zealand Wars: Carl Sylvius Völkner, a Protestant missionary, was killed by Hauhau militants in Ōpōtiki for working as an agent for New Zealand governor-general George Grey.

March 2nd, 1859

The Great Slave Auction, the largest single sale of slaves in U.S. history, with more than 400 people sold, began in Georgia.

March 2nd, 1836

Texas Revolution: At a convention of delegates in Washington-on-the-Brazos, the Mexican state of Texas adopted a declaration of independence, establishing the Republic of Texas.

March 2nd, 1791

French inventor Claude Chappe and his brothers first demonstrated the semaphore telegraph, a system to convey information by means of visual signals, using towers with pivoting crossarms.

March 2nd, 1776

American Revolutionary War: Patriot militiamen from Georgia and South Carolina attempted to resist the British action to seize and remove supply ships anchored at Savannah, Georgia.

March 2nd, 1484

The College of Arms, one of the few remaining official heraldic authorities in Europe, was incorporated by royal charter in the City of London.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 2nd

Born on March 2nd, 1811

59

Jean-Pierre Le Scour

French merchant and poet

*March 2nd, 1811, Hanvec †August 19th, 1870, Morlaix

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 2nd?

93

Leo XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903

*March 2nd, 1810, Carpineto Romano †July 20th, 1903, Rome

27

Becky G

American singer and actress

*March 2nd, 1997, Inglewood

91

Mikhail Gorbachev

Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991

*March 2nd, 1931, Privolnoye †August 30th, 2022, Central Clinical Hospital

64

Jens Arentzen

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1958, Frederiksberg †November 22nd, 2022

93

Robert H. Michel

American politician (1923–2017)

*March 2nd, 1923, Peoria †February 17th, 2017, Arlington County

87

Dr. Seuss

American children's author and cartoonist (1904–1991)

*March 2nd, 1904, Springfield †September 24th, 1991, La Jolla

82

Pius XII

Head of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958

*March 2nd, 1876, Rome †October 9th, 1958, Castel Gandolfo

43

Bryce Dallas Howard

American actress and filmmaker

*March 2nd, 1981, Los Angeles

38

Sonja Kinski

American model and actress

*March 2nd, 1986, Geneva

52

Mauricio Pochettino

Argentine association football player and manager

*March 2nd, 1972, Santa Fe Province

94

John Cullum

American actor, director and singer

*March 2nd, 1930, Knoxville

77

Carl Schurz

Union Army general, politician (1829-1906)

*March 2nd, 1829, Liblar †May 14th, 1906, New York City

56

Daniel Craig

English actor

*March 2nd, 1968, Chester

36

Simon Terodde

German footballer

*March 2nd, 1988, Bocholt

60

Bedřich Smetana

Czech composer (1824–1884)

*March 2nd, 1824, Litomyšl †May 12th, 1884, Prague

51

Valérie Donzelli

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*March 2nd, 1973, Épinal

66

Multatuli

Dutch author (1820–1887)

*March 2nd, 1820, Amsterdam †February 19th, 1887, Ingelheim am Rhein

47

Chris Martin

English singer-songwriter (born 1977)

*March 2nd, 1977, Exeter

50

Kurt Weill

German composer (1900–1950)

*March 2nd, 1900, Dessau †April 3rd, 1950, New York City

42

Pilou Asbæk

Danish actor

*March 2nd, 1982, Copenhagen

Same year
Born in 1811

52

William Makepeace Thackeray

British novelist (1811–1863)

*July 18th, 1811, Kolkata †December 24th, 1863, London

85

Harriet Beecher Stowe

American abolitionist and author (1811–1896)

*June 14th, 1811, Litchfield †July 1st, 1896, Hartford

74

Franz Liszt

Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811–1886)

*October 22nd, 1811, Raiding †July 31st, 1886, Bayreuth

84

Ambroise Thomas

French composer

*August 5th, 1811, Metz †February 12th, 1896, rue du Conservatoire

88

Robert Bunsen

German chemist (1811-1899)

*March 30th, 1811, Göttingen †August 16th, 1899, Heidelberg

86

James Hall

American paleontologist (1811-1898)

*September 12th, 1811, Hingham †August 7th, 1898, Bethlehem

66

Urbain Le Verrier

French astronomer (1811-1877)

*March 11th, 1811, Saint-Lô †September 23rd, 1877, Paris

61

Théophile Gautier

French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic

*August 30th, 1811, Tarbes †October 23rd, 1872, Neuilly-sur-Seine

49

Elisha Otis

Founder of Otis Elevator Co.

*August 3rd, 1811, Halifax †April 8th, 1861, New York City

83

Joseph Derenbourg

Franco-German orientalist (1811-1895)

*August 21st, 1811, Mainz †July 29th, 1895, Bad Ems

20

Évariste Galois

French mathematician (1811-1832)

*October 25th, 1811, Bourg-la-Reine †May 31st, 1832, Paris

71

Louis Blanc

French politician and historian (1811-1882)

*October 29th, 1811, Madrid †December 6th, 1882, Cannes

57

Carlo Matteucci

Italian politician and physicist (1811–1868)

*June 20th, 1811, Forlì †June 24th, 1868, Livorno

62

Roderich Benedix

German dramatist and librettist (1811-1873)

*January 21st, 1811, Leipzig †September 26th, 1873, Leipzig

63

Isaac Singer

American businessman; inventor of the Singer sewing machine (1811-1875)

*October 27th, 1811, Pittstown †July 23rd, 1875, Paignton

53

Charles de Morny, Duke of Morny

French statesman (1811-1865)

*September 15th, 1811, Saint-Maurice †March 10th, 1865, Paris

61

Horace Greeley

American politician and publisher (1811–1872)

*February 3rd, 1811, Amherst †November 29th, 1872, New York City

92

Alson Sherman

American politician (1811-1903)

*April 21st, 1811, Barre †September 27th, 1903, Waukegan

76

Pehr Arvid Säve

Swedish teacher

*April 19th, 1811, Roma parish †November 10th, 1887, Visby parish

21

Napoleon II

Emperor of the French (1815)

*March 20th, 1811, Paris †July 22nd, 1832, Vienna

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1811 is a normal year and no leap year.

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