March 7th, 1844

Born on March 7th, 1844

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 7th?

March 7th, 2009

Dissident Irish republican campaign: Two off-duty British Army soldiers were shot dead by Real IRA paramilitaries outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland.

March 7th, 1968

Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam began Operation Truong Cong Dinh to sweep the area surrounding the Mekong Delta town of Mỹ Tho to root out Viet Cong forces in the area.

March 7th, 1965

Unarmed civil rights activists marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were attacked by police (pictured) on "Bloody Sunday".

March 7th, 1945

World War II: At the beginning of the Battle of Remagen, Allied forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge, which possibly hastened the war's conclusion.

March 7th, 1941

The German submarine U-47, one of the most successful U-boats of World War II, disappeared with 45 men on board.

March 7th, 1936

Nazi German forces re-occupied the demilitarized Rhineland, violating both the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties that were signed after World War I.

March 7th, 1900

The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first ship to send a wireless telegraph message to an onshore receiver.

March 7th, 1871

José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, began a four-year premiership as Prime Minister of the Empire of Brazil, the longest in the state's history.

March 7th, 1850

United States senator Daniel Webster delivered a speech advocating compromise on slavery, which proved to be unpopular with abolitionists in his home state.

March 7th, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon's army forced Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov's Russian troops to withdraw from the Chemin des Dames, but French casualties exceeded Russian losses.

March 7th, 1573

A peace treaty brought the Ottoman–Venetian War to an end, ceding Cyprus from the Republic of Venice to the Ottoman Empire.

March 7th, 0321

Emperor Constantine I decreed that Sunday, the day honoring the sun god Sol Invictus (disc pictured), would be the Roman day of rest.

March 7th, 2007

Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashes at Adisutjipto International Airport in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 21 people.

March 7th, 2006

The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinates a series of bombings in Varanasi, India.

March 7th, 1993

The tugboat Thomas Hebert sank off the coast of New Jersey, USA.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 7th

Born on March 7th, 1844

79

Josef Schoyerer

German painter (1844-1923)

*March 7th, 1844, Berching †July 12th, 1923, Munich

60

Wilhelm Gurlitt

German classical archaeologist

*March 7th, 1844, Rome †February 13th, 1905, Graz

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Who's birthday is on March 7th?

74

Karl von den Steinen

German explorer

*March 7th, 1855, Mülheim an der Ruhr †November 4th, 1929, Kronberg im Taunus

27

Bad Gyal

Spanish singer

*March 7th, 1997, Vilassar de Mar

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

29

Fajar Alfian

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1995, Bandung City

58

Ludwig Kögl

German footballer

*March 7th, 1966, Penzberg

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung City

54

Rachel Weisz

British actress

*March 7th, 1970, Westminster

44

Ewald Christian von Kleist

German poet and noble

*March 7th, 1715, Cybulino, Koszalin County †August 24th, 1759, Frankfurt (Oder)

62

Victor Massé

French composer

*March 7th, 1822, Lorient †July 5th, 1884, Paris

46

Rebecca Bellingham

New Zealand badminton player

*March 7th, 1978, Auckland

38

Kowi Chandra

Badminton player

*March 7th, 1986, Palembang

94

Elin Reimer

Danish actress (1928-2022)

*March 7th, 1928, Frederiksberg †September 17th, 2022, Virum

83

Julius Wagner-Jauregg

Austrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist

*March 7th, 1857, Wels †September 27th, 1940, Vienna

85

Jacques Chaban-Delmas

82nd Prime Minister of France

*March 7th, 1915, 13th arrondissement of Paris †November 10th, 2000, 7th arrondissement of Paris

49

Ulrica Persson

Swedish female cross-country skier

*March 7th, 1975, Torsby

65

Donna Murphy

American actress, singer

*March 7th, 1959, New York City

50

Karl Verner

Danish linguist

*March 7th, 1846, Aarhus †November 5th, 1896, Copenhagen

63

Nicolas Dupont-Aignan

French politician (born 1961)

*March 7th, 1961, 15th arrondissement of Paris

37

Hatem Ben Arfa

French association football player

*March 7th, 1987, Clamart

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Born in 1844

78

Sarah Bernhardt

French stage actress (1844–1923)

*September 25th, 1844, Paris †March 23rd, 1923, Paris

55

Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher (1844–1900)

*October 15th, 1844, Röcken †August 25th, 1900, Weimar

74

Hugo Blümner

German archaeologist and classical philologist

*August 9th, 1844, Berlin †January 1st, 1919, Zürich

80

Anatole France

French writer

*April 16th, 1844, Paris †October 12th, 1924

51

Paul Verlaine

French poet (1844–1896)

*March 30th, 1844, Metz †January 8th, 1896, Paris

84

Carl Benz

Automotive and engine designer and manufacturer

*November 25th, 1844, Mühlburg †April 4th, 1929, Ladenburg

64

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Russian composer

*March 6th, 1844, Tikhvin †June 21st, 1908, Lyubensk

73

Mehmed V

Ottoman Sultan

*November 2nd, 1844, Çırağan Palace †July 3rd, 1918, Istanbul

35

Bernadette Soubirous

French saint

*January 7th, 1844, Lourdes †April 16th, 1879, Nevers

86

Ilya Repin

Russian-empire painter of Ukrainian birth (1844-1930)

*July 24th, 1844, Chuhuiv †September 29th, 1930, Repino

65

Karl Lueger

Austrian politician (1844-1910)

*October 24th, 1844, Wieden †March 10th, 1910, Vienna

84

Gustave Schlumberger

French historian

*October 17th, 1844, Guebwiller †May 9th, 1929, Paris

62

Ludwig Boltzmann

Austrian physicist and philosopher (1844–1906)

*February 20th, 1844, Vienna †September 5th, 1906, Duino-Aurisina

82

Mary Cassatt

American painter and printmaker (1844—1926)

*May 22nd, 1844, Allegheny †June 14th, 1926, Le Mesnil-Théribus

59

Friedrich Ratzel

German geographer (1844-1904)

*August 30th, 1844, Karlsruhe †August 9th, 1904, Ammerland (Münsing)

69

Eduardo Wilde

Argentine politician (1844-1913)

*June 15th, 1844, Tupiza †September 5th, 1913, Brussels metropolitan area

59

Apolinário Porto-Alegre

Brazilian journalist

*August 29th, 1844, Rio Grande †March 23rd, 1904, Porto Alegre

62

Franziska von Wertheimstein

Austrian salon-holder

*August 17th, 1844, Vienna †February 19th, 1907, Vienna

64

Louis Varney

French composer

*May 30th, 1844, New Orleans †August 20th, 1908, Cauterets

34

Auguste Auspitz-Kolar

Czech composer and pianist (1843-1878)

*March 19th, 1844, Prague †December 26th, 1878, Vienna

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Leap year

Yes: 1844 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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