June 9th, 1817

Born on June 9th, 1817

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 75,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 436 days, exactly on July 8th, 2025, people who were born on June 9th, 1817 will be 76,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 9th?

June 9th, 1982

Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force carried out Operation Mole Cricket 19, successfully suppressing Syrian air defenses in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon.

June 9th, 1973

The racehorse Secretariat, of Meadow Stables (racing colors pictured), won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, achieving the first American Triple Crown victory in a quarter of a century.

June 9th, 1965

Fighting began between the Viet Cong and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the Vietnam War.

June 9th, 1954

During the hearings investigating conflicting accusations between the United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army lawyer Joseph N. Welch asked McCarthy, "At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"

June 9th, 1944

World War II: In reprisal for successful French Resistance attacks, the SS and SD hanged 99 men in the town of Tulle.

June 9th, 1928

Australian aviator Charles Kingsford Smith and his crew landed the Southern Cross in Brisbane, completing the first transpacific flight.

June 9th, 1915

Unhappy with U.S. president Woodrow Wilson's handling of the RMS Lusitania sinking, William Jennings Bryan resigned as Secretary of State.

June 9th, 1863

American Civil War: Union and Confederate forces fought the Battle of Brandy Station, the largest cavalry engagement to take place on American soil.

June 9th, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate General Stonewall Jackson concluded his successful Shenandoah Valley campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic.

June 9th, 1856

The first company of Mormon handcart pioneers left Iowa City for Salt Lake City, Utah.

June 9th, 1549

The first Book of Common Prayer is legally mandated, introducing a fully vernacular Protestant liturgy to the Church of England.

June 9th, 1523

Parisian printer Simon de Colines was fined for printing biblical commentary by Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples without obtaining prior approval from theologians.

June 9th, 2008

Two bombs explode at a train station near Algiers, Algeria, killing at least 13 people.

June 9th, 1999

Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.

June 9th, 1995

Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 crashes into the Tararua Range during approach to Palmerston North Airport on the North Island of New Zealand, killing four.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 9th

Born on June 9th, 1817

45

Julio Arboleda Pombo

Former president of Colombia

*June 9th, 1817, Popayán †November 13th, 1862, Arboleda

82

Heinrich Volkmar Andreae

(1817-1900)

*June 9th, 1817, Heidenheim †March 19th, 1900

72

Hermann Victor Andreae

German theologian

*June 9th, 1817, Frankfurt †September 8th, 1889

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 9th?

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

62

Michael Meister

German politician

*June 9th, 1961, Lorsch

60

Johnny Depp

American actor (born 1963)

*June 9th, 1963, Owensboro

67

Bernhard Rösler

German entrepreneur

*June 9th, 1906, Essen †December 2nd, 1973, Düsseldorf

63

Susanne Zimmer

Danish politician

*June 9th, 1960, Brønderslev

71

Bertha von Suttner

Austrian novelist, radical (organizational) pacifist, editor

*June 9th, 1843, Prague †June 21st, 1914, Vienna

36

Yuka Kusunose

Badminton player

*June 9th, 1987, Kōchi Prefecture

30

Lucas Corvée

Badminton player

*June 9th, 1993, Alençon

29

Bastian Kersaudy

Badminton player

*June 9th, 1994, Rennes

79

Alajos Hauszmann

Architect

*June 9th, 1847, Buda †July 31st, 1926, Velence

42

Natalie Portman

Israeli-American actress and filmmaker

*June 9th, 1981, Jerusalem

67

George Stephenson

English civil and mechanical engineer and the "Father of Railways" (1781-1848)

*June 9th, 1781, Wylam †August 12th, 1848, Tapton House

43

Jouni Kaitainen

Finnish Nordic combined skier

*June 9th, 1980, Lahti

82

Robert Cummings

American actor (1910–1990)

*June 9th, 1908, Joplin †December 2nd, 1990, Woodland Hills

62

Michael J. Fox

Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist with a film and television career

*June 9th, 1961, Edmonton

81

Emil Hartmeyer

German journalist and publisher

*June 9th, 1820, Hamburg †February 11th, 1902, Hamburg

48

Otto Addo

Ghanaian footballer, coach and scout

*June 9th, 1975, Hamburg

45

Matt Bellamy

English singer-songwriter, member of Muse

*June 9th, 1978, Cambridge

45

Heather Mitts

American soccer player

*June 9th, 1978, Cincinnati

Same year
Born in 1817

44

Henry David Thoreau

American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)

*July 12th, 1817, Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse †May 6th, 1862, Concord

85

Theodor Mommsen

German classical scholar and historian (1817–1903)

*November 30th, 1817, Garding †November 1st, 1903, Charlottenburg

74

Baháʼu'lláh

Founder of the Bahá'í Faith

*November 12th, 1817, Tehran †May 29th, 1892, Acre

67

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

American politician (1817-1885)

*August 4th, 1817, Millstone †May 20th, 1885, Newark

33

Miguel Lafuente Alcántara

Spanish historian

*July 10th, 1817, Archidona †August 27th, 1850, Havana

78

Frederick Douglass

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818 – 1895)

*January 31st, 1817, Talbot County †February 20th, 1895, Washington, D.C.

70

Theodor Storm

German writer

*September 14th, 1817, Husum †July 4th, 1888, Hanerau-Hademarschen

94

Joseph Dalton Hooker

British botanist, lichenologist, and surgeon (1817–1911)

*June 30th, 1817, Halesworth †December 10th, 1911, Sunningdale

65

Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot

French general (1817-1882)

*February 24th, 1817, Nevers †August 16th, 1882, Versailles

78

Justo Arosemena Quesada

Colombian politician and writer

*August 9th, 1817, Colombia †February 23rd, 1896, Bogotá

85

Rudolf von Delbrück

Prussian statesman under Bismarck (1817-1903)

*April 16th, 1817, Berlin †February 1st, 1903, Berlin

54

Aimé Maillart

French composer

*March 24th, 1817, Montpellier †May 26th, 1871, Moulins

82

Ivan Aivazovsky

Russian marine painter (1817-1900)

*July 17th, 1817, Feodosiia †April 19th, 1900, Feodosiia

68

Jules d'Aoust

French noble and composer (1817-1886)

*March 16th, 1817, Arras †January 21st, 1886, Paris

92

Genova Thaon di Revel

Italian politician (1817-1910)

*November 20th, 1817, Genoa †September 3rd, 1910, Como

76

Charles Auguste Fraikin

Belgian curator and sculptor

*June 14th, 1817, Herentals †November 22nd, 1893, Schaerbeek

83

Ramón de Campoamor

Spanish author (1817-1901)

*September 24th, 1817, Navia †February 11th, 1901, Madrid

77

Heinrich von Sybel

German historian (1817-1895)

*December 2nd, 1817, Düsseldorf †August 1st, 1895, Marburg

55

Maria Merkert

Superior General of the Congregation of St Elizabeth

*September 21st, 1817, Nysa †November 14th, 1872, Nysa

88

Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Duke of Nassau (1839–1866), later Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890–1905)

*July 24th, 1817, Biebrich Palace †November 17th, 1905, Lenggries

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on June 9th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on June 9th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1817 is a normal year and no leap year.

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