March 9th, 1847

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Born on March 9th, 1847 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 9th, 1847?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 9th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (March 1847)

Born on March 9th, 1847

Weekday

Tuesday

March 9th, 1847 was a Tuesday.

Age

177

People born on March 9th, 1847 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 177 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1847 - March 20th, 1847

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 64,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 302 days, exactly on February 23rd, 2025, people who were born on March 9th, 1847 will be 65,000 days old!

64,698 Days

9,242 Weeks

2,125 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on March 9th, 1847?

March 9th, 1847

Mexican–American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican–American_War

March 9th, 1847

Mexican–American War: The Siege of Veracruz began, the first large-scale amphibious assault conducted by United States military forces.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican–American_War

What else happened on March 9th?

March 9th, 1891

Kaʻiulani (pictured) was appointed heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

March 9th, 1977

Twelve gunmen seized three buildings in Washington, D.C., and took 149 hostages in a 39-hour standoff that ended in two deaths.

March 9th, 1967

Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States.

March 9th, 1959

The popular fashion doll Barbie debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.

March 9th, 1956

In Tbilisi, Georgia, Soviet troops suppressed mass demonstrations against Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.

March 9th, 1946

Thirty-three people were killed in a human crush at Burnden Park, a football stadium in Bolton, England.

March 9th, 1945

World War II: In a coup d'état, Imperial Japanese Army officers ousted the government of French Indochina.

March 9th, 1944

World War II: As part of the Battle of Narva, the Soviet Air Forces heavily bombed Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians.

March 9th, 1933

U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to the United States Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.

March 9th, 1932

Éamon de Valera (pictured), a dominant political figure in 20th-century Ireland, became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.

March 9th, 1925

The Royal Air Force began a bombardment and strafing campaign against the mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South Waziristan, in what is now Pakistan.

March 9th, 1862

American Civil War: In the world's first battle between two ironclad warships, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fought to a draw near the mouth of Hampton Roads in Virginia.

March 9th, 1842

Nabucco, an opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi that established his reputation, premiered at La Scala in Milan.

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

Born on March 9th, 1847

Martin Pierre Marsick

Belgian musician (1847-1924)

*March 9th, 1847, Liège †October 21st, 1924, Paris

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

Christian Giørtz Middelboe

*March 9th, 1852, Ribe †March 3rd, 1920, Frederiksberg

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

Yuri Gagarin

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human in space (1934–1968)

*March 9th, 1934, Klushino †March 27th, 1968, Novosyolovo

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

Peter Scholl-Latour

German-French journalist and author (1924-2014)

*March 9th, 1924, Bochum †August 16th, 2014, Rhöndorf

Rexy Mainaky

Badminton player

*March 9th, 1968, Ternate Island

Carl H. Eigenmann

German-American ichthyologist (1863–1927)

*March 9th, 1863, Flehingen †April 24th, 1927, San Diego

Cornelia Jakobs

Swedish singer and songwriter (1992–)

*March 9th, 1992, Nacka församling

Juliette Binoche

French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)

*March 9th, 1964, Paris

Oliver Brown

American abolitionist

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

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

Russian composer (1839–1881)

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

Walter Kohn

American physicist (1923–2016)

*March 9th, 1923, Vienna †April 19th, 2016, Santa Barbara

Artur Auernhammer

German politician

*March 9th, 1963, Oberhochstatt

Eddie Foy

American actor (1856-1928)

*March 9th, 1856, Greenwich Village †February 16th, 1928, Kansas City

Leland Stanford

American politician and railroad tycoon (1824-1893)

*March 9th, 1824, Watervliet †June 21st, 1893, Palo Alto

Emil Warburg

German physicist (1846-1931)

*March 9th, 1846, Altona †July 28th, 1931, Bayreuth

Takaaki Kajita

Japanese physicist and astronomer (1959-)

*March 9th, 1959, Higashimatsuyama

Oscar Isaac

American actor (born 1979)

*March 9th, 1979, Guatemala City

Roberto Ferrari

Italian racing cyclist

*March 9th, 1983, Gavardo

Brenna O'Brien

Actress

*March 9th, 1991, Brampton

Same year
Born in 1847

Thomas Edison

American inventor and businessman (1847-1931)

*February 11th, 1847, Milan †October 18th, 1931, West Orange

Alexander Graham Bell

British-born American scientist and inventor (1847–1922)

*March 3rd, 1847, Edinburgh †August 2nd, 1922, Beinn Bhreagh

Paul von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)

*October 2nd, 1847, 6 Podgórna Street in Poznań †August 2nd, 1934, Ogrodzieniec

Max Bösenberg

German architect

*July 3rd, 1847, Leipzig †May 23rd, 1918, Leipzig

Bram Stoker

Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)

*November 8th, 1847, Clontarf †April 20th, 1912, St George's Square

Adolf von Hildebrand

German sculptor

*October 6th, 1847, Marburg †January 18th, 1921, Munich

Wilhelm Effmann

German architect and historian (1847–1917)

*September 14th, 1847, Essen †May 23rd, 1917, Bonn

Alajos Hauszmann

Architect

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

Otto Wallach

German chemist

*March 27th, 1847, Königsberg †February 26th, 1931, Göttingen

Nikolay Zhukovsky

Russian scientist in mechanics and aerohydrodinamics

*January 5th, 1847, Orekhovo, Vladimir oblast †March 17th, 1921, Moscow

Jesse James

American outlaw, confederate guerrilla, and train robber

*September 5th, 1847, Kearney †April 3rd, 1882, St. Joseph

Joseph Pulitzer

Hungarian-American newspaper publisher and politician (1847-1911)

*April 10th, 1847, Makó †October 29th, 1911, Charleston

George Robert Sims

English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist (1847-1922)

*September 2nd, 1847, London Borough of Lambeth †September 4th, 1922, City of Westminster

Annie Besant

British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)

*October 1st, 1847, Clapham †September 20th, 1933, Adyar

Georges Sorel

French philosopher and sociologist

*November 2nd, 1847, Cherbourg †August 29th, 1922, Boulogne-Billancourt

Emil Ferdinand Fehling

German lawyer, civil law notary, historian and politician (1847-1927)

*August 3rd, 1847, Lübeck †August 3rd, 1927, Lübeck

Afonso Pena

6th president of brazil

*November 30th, 1847, Santa Bárbara †June 14th, 1909, Rio de Janeiro

Hristo Botev

Bulgarian poet and revolutionary

*December 25th, 1847, Kalofer †May 20th, 1876

Paul Alexis

Novelist, dramatist and journalist

*June 16th, 1847, Aix-en-Provence †July 28th, 1901, Levallois-Perret

Ernest Crofts

British artist (1847-1911)

*September 15th, 1847, Leeds †March 19th, 1911, London

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 9th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

IX.III.MDCCCXLVII

9.3.1847

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1847 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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March 9th, 1847

Born on March 9th, 1847

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 64,000 days old!

64,698 Days

9,242 Weeks

2,125 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on March 9th, 1847?

Mexican–American War: The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched in the Siege of Veracruz.

Mexican–American War: The Siege of Veracruz began, the first large-scale amphibious assault conducted by United States military forces.

What else happened on March 9th?

Kaʻiulani (pictured) was appointed heir apparent to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

Twelve gunmen seized three buildings in Washington, D.C., and took 149 hostages in a 39-hour standoff that ended in two deaths.

Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States.

The popular fashion doll Barbie debuted at the American International Toy Fair in New York City.

In Tbilisi, Georgia, Soviet troops suppressed mass demonstrations against Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.

Thirty-three people were killed in a human crush at Burnden Park, a football stadium in Bolton, England.

World War II: In a coup d'état, Imperial Japanese Army officers ousted the government of French Indochina.

World War II: As part of the Battle of Narva, the Soviet Air Forces heavily bombed Tallinn, Estonia, killing up to 800 people, mostly civilians.

U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to the United States Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.

Éamon de Valera (pictured), a dominant political figure in 20th-century Ireland, became President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.

The Royal Air Force began a bombardment and strafing campaign against the mountain strongholds of Mahsud tribesmen in South Waziristan, in what is now Pakistan.

American Civil War: In the world's first battle between two ironclad warships, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia fought to a draw near the mouth of Hampton Roads in Virginia.

Nabucco, an opera by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi that established his reputation, premiered at La Scala in Milan.

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

Born on March 9th, 1847

Belgian musician (1847-1924)

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

Same year Born in 1847

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 9th

Catherine of Bologna

Forty Martyrs of Sebaste

Frances of Rome

Pacian

Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (Coptic Orthodox Church)

Gregory of Nyssa (Episcopal Church (United States))

March 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Teachers' Day or Eid Al Moalim (Lebanon)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

9.3.1847

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 64,000 days old!

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March 1847

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
9	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
10	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
11	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
12	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
13	29	30	31