April 14th, 1839

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Born on April 14th, 1839 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on April 14th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on April 14th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (April 1839)

Born on April 14th, 1839

Weekday

Sunday

April 14th, 1839 was a Sunday.

Age

185

People born on April 14th, 1839 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 185 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

March 21st, 1839 - April 20th, 1839

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 67,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 415 days, exactly on June 17th, 2025, people who were born on April 14th, 1839 will be 68,000 days old!

67,585 Days

9,655 Weeks

2,220 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Minutes

Hours

What happened on April 14th?

April 14th, 2014

Boko Haram militants kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from a government secondary school in the town of Chibok, Nigeria.

April 14th, 1999

A storm dropped around 500,000 tonnes of hailstones on Sydney (examples pictured) and the east coast of New South Wales, causing about A$2.3 billion in damages, the costliest natural disaster in Australian insurance history.

April 14th, 1994

Iraqi no-fly zones conflict: In a friendly-fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort, two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shot down two U.S. Army helicopters over northern Iraq, killing 26 people.

April 14th, 1983

Let's Dance, English musician David Bowie's best-selling album, was released.

April 14th, 1970

After an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 exploded, disabling the spacecraft's electrical and life-support systems, astronaut Jack Swigert reported: "Houston, we've had a problem here" (audio featured).

April 14th, 1967

After leading a military coup three months earlier, Gnassingbé Eyadéma installed himself as President of Togo, a post that he held until 2005.

April 14th, 1945

World War II: The German town of Friesoythe was razed by the 4th Canadian Division on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes.

April 14th, 1944

The freighter Fort Stikine, carrying cotton bales, gold and ammunition, exploded in the harbour of Bombay, India, sinking surrounding ships and causing about 800 deaths.

April 14th, 1935

Dust Bowl: A severe dust storm swept across Oklahoma and northern Texas, removing an estimated 300 million tons of topsoil from the prairies.

April 14th, 1909

Following a reactionary military revolt against the Committee of Union and Progress, a mob began a massacre of Armenian Christians in the Adana Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.

April 14th, 1908

The first Hauser Dam in the U.S. state of Montana failed, causing severe flooding and damage downstream.

April 14th, 1865

Actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth fatally shot U.S. president Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.

April 14th, 1471

Wars of the Roses: The Yorkists under Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians at the Battle of Barnet, killing Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.

April 14th, 0966

Polish ruler Mieszko I converted to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.

April 14th, 2024

Flooding in the Persian Gulf starts, killing 19 in Oman.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 14th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 14th?

Egil Monn-Iversen

Norwegian composer, conductor and producer

*April 14th, 1928, Oslo †July 7th, 2017, Oslo

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956)

*April 14th, 1891, Bhim Janmabhoomi †December 6th, 1956, Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial

Niklas Stark

German footballer

*April 14th, 1995, Neustadt an der Aisch

John Gielgud

British actor and theatre director

*April 14th, 1904, South Kensington †May 21st, 2000, Wotton House

Thomas Schelling

American economist (1921-2016)

*April 14th, 1921, Oakland †December 13th, 2016, Bethesda

Ludwig Held

*April 14th, 1837, Regensburg †March 2nd, 1900, Vienna

Erich von Däniken

Swiss writer

*April 14th, 1935, Zofingen

Brad Garrett

American actor and stand-up comedian

*April 14th, 1960, Woodland Hills

John Thomas

Welsh photographer (1838-1905)

*April 14th, 1838, Lampeter †October 14th, 1905, Liverpool

Margaret Alva

Governor of the Indian state of Rajasthan

*April 14th, 1942, Mangaluru

Bradford Dillman

American actor (1930–2018)

*April 14th, 1930, San Francisco †January 16th, 2018, Santa Barbara

Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger

Nazi leader (1890-1947)

*April 14th, 1890, Zielonowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship †April 25th, 1947, Nuremberg

Adolphe Thiers

President of the French Republic (1797–1877)

*April 14th, 1797, Marseille †September 3rd, 1877, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Catherine Eddowes

Whitechapel murder victim (1842-1888)

*April 14th, 1842, Wolverhampton †September 30th, 1888, Mitre Square

Tino Chrupalla

German politician

*April 14th, 1975, Weißwasser

Georgeta Damian

Romanian rower

*April 14th, 1976, Dracșani

Dominique Baudis

French political figure and journalist (1947-2014)

*April 14th, 1947, 9th arrondissement of Paris †April 10th, 2014, Val-de-Grâce

Laura Tonke

German actress

*April 14th, 1974, West Berlin

Joe Haden

American football player (born 1989)

*April 14th, 1989, Fort Washington

Isabella Stewart Gardner

American art collector, philanthropist, patron of the arts

*April 14th, 1840, New York City †July 17th, 1924, Boston

Same year
Born in 1839

Carl Humann

German architect, engineer and archeologist (1839-1896)

*January 4th, 1839, Steele †April 12th, 1896, İzmir

Heinrich Nissen

German historian of classical antiquity, epigraphican and archaeologist of roman provinces (1839-1912)

*April 3rd, 1839, Haderslev †February 29th, 1912, Bonn

John D. Rockefeller

American business magnate and philanthropist (1839–1937)

*July 8th, 1839, Richford †May 23rd, 1937, Ormond Beach

Paul Cézanne

French painter (1839–1906)

*January 19th, 1839, Aix-en-Provence †October 22nd, 1906, Aix-en-Provence

Charles Sanders Peirce

American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)

*September 10th, 1839, Cambridge †April 19th, 1914, Milford

Hilaire de Chardonnet

French engineer

*May 1st, 1839, Besançon †March 11th, 1924, Paris

Machado de Assis

Brazilian writer

*June 21st, 1839, Rio de Janeiro †September 29th, 1908, Rio de Janeiro

Oliver Brown

American abolitionist

*March 9th, 1839, Franklin †October 18th, 1859, Harpers Ferry

Sully Prudhomme

French poet, Nobel prize for literature winner 1901

*March 16th, 1839, 10th arrondissement of Paris †September 6th, 1907, Châtenay-Malabry

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

Russian composer (1839–1881)

*March 9th, 1839, Karevo †March 16th, 1881, Saint Petersburg

Carol I of Romania

King of Romania from 1881 to 1914

*April 20th, 1839, Sigmaringen †October 10th, 1914, Peleș Castle

Théodule-Armand Ribot

French psychologist (1839-1916)

*December 18th, 1839, Guingamp †December 9th, 1916, Paris

Crazy Horse

Oglala Sioux chief (1840–1877)

*November 30th, 1839, South Dakota †September 5th, 1877, Fort Robinson

Elisabeth Järnefelt

Finnish mother of Finnish art and culture

*January 11th, 1839, Saint Petersburg †February 3rd, 1929, Helsinki

Henry George

American political economist and journalist (1839–1897)

*September 2nd, 1839, Philadelphia †October 29th, 1897, New York City

Josiah Willard Gibbs

American scientist (1839–1903)

*February 11th, 1839, New Haven †April 28th, 1903, New Haven

Alfred Sisley

British painter (1839-1899)

*October 30th, 1839, Paris †January 29th, 1899, Moret-sur-Loing

Ouida

British novelist (1839–1908)

*January 1st, 1839, Bury St Edmunds †January 25th, 1908, Viareggio

Nikolay Przhevalsky

Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

*March 31st, 1839, Kimborovo †October 20th, 1888, Karakol

Redvers Buller

Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1839-1908)

*December 7th, 1839, Crediton †June 2nd, 1908, Crediton

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on April 14th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIV.IV.MDCCCXXXIX

14.4.1839

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

IV = 4

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1839 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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April 14th, 1839

Born on April 14th, 1839

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 67,000 days old!

67,585 Days

9,655 Weeks

2,220 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on April 14th?

Boko Haram militants kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from a government secondary school in the town of Chibok, Nigeria.

A storm dropped around 500,000 tonnes of hailstones on Sydney (examples pictured) and the east coast of New South Wales, causing about A$2.3 billion in damages, the costliest natural disaster in Australian insurance history.

Iraqi no-fly zones conflict: In a friendly-fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort, two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shot down two U.S. Army helicopters over northern Iraq, killing 26 people.

Let's Dance, English musician David Bowie's best-selling album, was released.

After an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 exploded, disabling the spacecraft's electrical and life-support systems, astronaut Jack Swigert reported: "Houston, we've had a problem here" (audio featured).

After leading a military coup three months earlier, Gnassingbé Eyadéma installed himself as President of Togo, a post that he held until 2005.

World War II: The German town of Friesoythe was razed by the 4th Canadian Division on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes.

The freighter Fort Stikine, carrying cotton bales, gold and ammunition, exploded in the harbour of Bombay, India, sinking surrounding ships and causing about 800 deaths.

Dust Bowl: A severe dust storm swept across Oklahoma and northern Texas, removing an estimated 300 million tons of topsoil from the prairies.

Following a reactionary military revolt against the Committee of Union and Progress, a mob began a massacre of Armenian Christians in the Adana Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.

The first Hauser Dam in the U.S. state of Montana failed, causing severe flooding and damage downstream.

Actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth fatally shot U.S. president Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Wars of the Roses: The Yorkists under Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians at the Battle of Barnet, killing Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.

Polish ruler Mieszko I converted to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.

Flooding in the Persian Gulf starts, killing 19 in Oman.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 14th

Same Day Who's birthday is on April 14th?

Same year Born in 1839

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 14th

Ambedkar Jayanti (India)

Bengali New Year (Bangladesh)

Black Day (South Korea)

Anthony, John, and Eustathius

Bénézet

Henry Beard Delany (U.S. Episcopal Church)

Domnina of Terni

Lidwina

Peter González

Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus

April 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Commemoration of Anfal Genocide Against the Kurds (Iraqi Kurdistan)

Day of Mologa (Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia)

Day of the Georgian language (Georgia)

Dhivehi Language Day (Maldives)

N'Ko Alphabet Day (Mande speakers)

Pan American Day (several countries in the Americas)

Takayama Spring Festival begins (Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan)

Vaisakhi (Since 2011)

Youth Day (Angola)

World Quantum Day

Cake and Cunnilingus Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

14.4.1839

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 67,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Calendar
April 1839

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