March 26th, 1818

Born on March 26th, 1818

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 26th?

March 26th, 2010

An explosion, allegedly caused by a North Korean torpedo, sank the South Korean warship ROKS Cheonan near Baengnyeongdo in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 sailors.

March 26th, 1999

A jury began deliberations in the trial of Jack Kevorkian, an American practitioner of physician-assisted suicide who was charged with murder in the death of a terminally ill patient.

March 26th, 1997

Police in Rancho Santa Fe, California, discovered the bodies of 39 members of the religious group Heaven's Gate who had died in an apparent cult suicide.

March 26th, 1979

With the signing of a peace treaty in Washington, D.C., Egypt became the first Arab country officially to recognize Israel.

March 26th, 1975

The Biological Weapons Convention, the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of an entire category of weapons, entered into force.

March 26th, 1953

Jonas Salk announced the successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children.

March 26th, 1939

Spanish Civil War: Nationalists began their final offensive of the war, at the end of which they controlled almost the entire country.

March 26th, 1917

First World War: Attempting to advance into Palestine, the British were defeated by Ottoman troops at the First Battle of Gaza.

March 26th, 1913

First Balkan War: After a five-month siege, Bulgarian and Serbian forces (artillery pictured) captured the Ottoman city of Adrianople.

March 26th, 1896

An explosion at the Brunner Mine in New Zealand killed 65 coal miners in the country's deadliest mining accident.

March 26th, 1885

Perceiving that the Canadian government was failing to protect their rights, the Métis people led by Louis Riel began the North-West Rebellion.

March 26th, 1873

A Dutch military expedition was launched to bombard Banda Aceh, the capital of the Aceh Sultanate in present-day Indonesia, beginning the Aceh War.

March 26th, 1812

The Boston Gazette printed a cartoon coining the term "gerrymander", named after Governor Elbridge Gerry (pictured), who approved the legislation that created oddly shaped electoral districts.

March 26th, 1697

The Safavid Empire began a four-year occupation of the Ottoman city of Basra on the Persian Gulf.

March 26th, 1484

William Caxton (pictured) printed the first English translation of Aesop's Fables.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 26th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 26th?

31

Suci Rizky Andini

Indonesia badminton player

*March 26th, 1993, Bandung City

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

74

Boniface de Castellane

Marshal of France (1788-1862)

*March 26th, 1788, Paris †September 16th, 1862, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon

75

Louise Otto-Peters

19th-century German feminist, poet, and writer, editor

*March 26th, 1819, Meissen †March 13th, 1895, Leipzig

27

Ruthvika Shivani

Indian badminton player

*March 26th, 1997, Vijayawada

37

Nic Strange

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1987, Bangor

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

52

Marleve Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 26th, 1972, Ternate City

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

25

Fabio Caponio

Italian badminton player

*March 26th, 1999, Santeramo in Colle

88

Robert Frost

American poet; 4x recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

*March 26th, 1874, San Francisco †January 29th, 1963, Boston

83

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

*March 26th, 1941, Nairobi

68

Julius Karl Arndt

German theologian

*March 26th, 1820, Alsleben †June 12th, 1888, Wernigerode

51

Larry Page

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*March 26th, 1973, East Lansing

75

Uwe Beckmeyer

German politician

*March 26th, 1949, Bremerhaven

60

Michael Frontzeck

German association football player and manager

*March 26th, 1964, Mönchengladbach

56

Oskar Nedbal

Czech conductor, composer, and violist (1874–1940)

*March 26th, 1874, Tábor †December 24th, 1930, Zagreb

40

Luca James Lee

Australian actor

*March 26th, 1984, Subiaco

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Born in 1818

64

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher (1818–1883)

*May 5th, 1818, Trier †March 14th, 1883, London

70

James Prescott Joule

English physicist and brewer (1818-1889)

*December 24th, 1818, Salford †October 11th, 1889, Sale

64

Ivan Turgenev

Russian writer (1818–1883)

*October 28th, 1818, Oryol †September 3rd, 1883, Bougival

73

Ferdinand von Roemer

German geologist (1818-1891)

*January 5th, 1818, Hildesheim †December 14th, 1891, Wrocław

82

Francesco Crispi

Italian patriot and statesman (1818–1901)

*October 4th, 1818, Ribera †August 11th, 1901, Naples

65

Karl Müllenhoff

German philologist (1818-1884)

*September 8th, 1818, Marne †February 19th, 1884, Berlin

73

Franz von Löher

German historian (1818–1892)

*October 15th, 1818, Paderborn †March 1st, 1892, Munich

67

Josh Billings

American humorist

*April 21st, 1818, Lanesborough †October 14th, 1885, Monterey

47

Ignaz Semmelweis

Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865); introduced hand disinfection standards, in obstetrical clinics (1847)

*July 1st, 1818, Tabán †August 13th, 1865, Oberdöbling

75

Charles Gounod

French composer

*June 17th, 1818, Paris †October 18th, 1893, Saint-Cloud

87

Christian IX of Denmark

King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906

*April 8th, 1818, Gottorf Castle †January 29th, 1906, Amalienborg

92

Marius Petipa

French-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer

*March 11th, 1818, Marseille †July 1st, 1910, Hurzuf

30

Emily Brontë

British novelist and poet (1818–1848)

*July 30th, 1818, Thornton †December 19th, 1848, Haworth

63

Mary Todd Lincoln

First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865

*December 13th, 1818, Lexington †July 16th, 1882, Springfield

70

Maria Mitchell

American astronomer

*August 1st, 1818, Nantucket †June 29th, 1889, Lynn

78

James FitzGerald

New Zealand politician (1818–1896)

*March 4th, 1818, Bath †August 2nd, 1896, Wellington

62

Alexander II of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1818–1881)

*April 17th, 1818, Small Nicholas Palace †March 1st, 1881, Winter Palace

87

Paul Meurice

French writer

*February 5th, 1818, former 4th arrondissement of Paris †December 11th, 1905, 17th arrondissement of Paris

61

Paul Octave Hébert

Confederate Army general

*December 12th, 1818, Iberville Parish †August 29th, 1880, Iberville Parish

58

Sophie of Württemberg

Queen Consort of the Netherlands

*June 17th, 1818, Stuttgart †June 3rd, 1877, Huis ten Bosch

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1818 is a normal year and no leap year.

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