February 9th, 1857

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Born on February 9th, 1857 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 9th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 9th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1857)

Born on February 9th, 1857

Weekday

Monday

February 9th, 1857 was a Monday.

Age

167

People born on February 9th, 1857 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 167 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1857 - February 19th, 1857

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 61,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 925 days, exactly on November 10th, 2026, people who were born on February 9th, 1857 will be 62,000 days old!

61,075 Days

8,725 Weeks

2,006 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on February 9th?

February 9th, 2020

Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won the Four Continents Championships to become the only man to complete a Super Slam.

February 9th, 2016

Two commuter trains collided head-on at Bad Aibling in southeastern Germany, killing 12 people and injuring 85.

February 9th, 2001

The American submarine USS Greeneville collided with the Ehime Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by a high school, sinking the latter ship and killing nine people on board.

February 9th, 1996

Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany, first created the chemical element copernicium.

February 9th, 1976

The Australian Defence Force was formed by the integration of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy, and the Royal Australian Air Force.

February 9th, 1971

An earthquake registering 6.6 Mw struck the northern San Fernando Valley near the Los Angeles district of Sylmar, killing 65 people.

February 9th, 1964

As Beatlemania swept the United States, the Beatles (pictured) made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show before a record-breaking audience, beginning a musical phenomenon known as the British Invasion.

February 9th, 1950

U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy accused 205 employees of the State Department of being communists, sparking a period of strong anti-communist sentiment known as McCarthyism.

February 9th, 1945

World War II: Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førde Fjord, Norway.

February 9th, 1943

World War II: Allied forces declared Guadalcanal secure, ending the Guadalcanal campaign as a significant strategic victory for Allied forces fighting Japan in the Pacific War.

February 9th, 1942

The Imperial Japanese Army began the Battle of Kranji as part of their campaign to capture Singapore.

February 9th, 1923

Stanley Bruce became prime minister of Australia as leader of the country's first Coalition government.

February 9th, 1920

The Svalbard Treaty was signed in Paris, recognizing Norwegian sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

February 9th, 1913

A meteor procession was observed along a great circle arc from Canada to Brazil, leading astronomers to conclude that its source was a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.

February 9th, 1907

More than 3,000 women in London participated in the Mud March (pictured), the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.

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

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

Gerhard Richter

German visual artist (b. 1932)

*February 9th, 1932, Dresden

Bella Poarch

American singer and social media personality (born 1997)

*February 9th, 1997, Philippines

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

Andreas Huber

German poolbillard trainer

*February 9th, 1969, Dachau

William Henry Harrison

President of the United States in 1841

*February 9th, 1773, Charles City County †April 4th, 1841, Washington, D.C.

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

Tom Hiddleston

English actor (born 1981)

*February 9th, 1981, Westminster

Anthony Hope

English novelist (1863-1933)

*February 9th, 1863, London †July 8th, 1933, Walton on the Hill

Judith Light

American actress

*February 9th, 1949, Trenton

Kenya Kinski-Jones

American fashion model

*February 9th, 1993, Los Angeles

Crispin Freeman

Voice actor originally from the Midwestern United States

*February 9th, 1972, Chicago

Rinus Michels

Dutch footballer and manager (1928–2005)

*February 9th, 1928, Amsterdam †March 3rd, 2005, Aalst

J. M. Coetzee

South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)

*February 9th, 1940, Cape Town

Claire Heliot

German lion tamer

*February 9th, 1866, Halle (Saale) †June 9th, 1953, Stuttgart

Holly Johnson

British artist, musician and writer

*February 9th, 1960, Liverpool

Marina Kaye

French singer

*February 9th, 1998, Marseille

Mia Farrow

American actress

*February 9th, 1945, Los Angeles

Lipót Fejér

Hungarian mathematician

*February 9th, 1880, Pécs †October 15th, 1959, Budapest

Sheraldo Becker

Dutch association football player

*February 9th, 1995, Amsterdam

Ali Bongo Ondimba

President of Gabon (2009–2023)

*February 9th, 1959, Brazzaville

Same year
Born in 1857

Ernst Fabricius

German historian, archaeologist and scholar (1857–1942)

*September 6th, 1857, Darmstadt †March 22nd, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau

William Howard Taft

President of the United States from 1909 to 1913

*September 15th, 1857, Cincinnati †March 8th, 1930, Washington metropolitan area

Ferdinand de Saussure

Swiss linguist (1857-1913)

*November 26th, 1857, Geneva †February 22nd, 1913, Vufflens-le-Château

Friedrich August Emil Heuer

*December 27th, 1857, Rammenau †March 29th, 1934, Dresden

Heinrich Hertz

German physicist (1857–1894)

*February 22nd, 1857, Hamburg †January 1st, 1894, Bonn

Joseph Conrad

Polish-British writer (1857–1924)

*December 3rd, 1857, Terekhove †August 3rd, 1924, Bishopsbourne

Pius XI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939

*May 31st, 1857, Desio †February 10th, 1939, Vatican City

Henrik Pontoppidan

Writer, Nobel Laureate

*July 24th, 1857, Fredericia †August 21st, 1943, Copenhagen

Otto Sidow

German politician (SPD)

*May 1st, 1857, Friesack †September 6th, 1927, Brandenburg an der Havel

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement (1857-1941)

*February 22nd, 1857, Paddington †January 8th, 1941, Nyeri

Eugène Regnault

French diplomat (1857-1941)

*December 28th, 1857, Boulogne-sur-Mer †September 25th, 1941, Gorre

Mario Méndez Bejarano

Spanish author

*December 5th, 1857, Seville †January 16th, 1931, Madrid

Julien Tiersot

French musicologist, composer and pioneer in ethnomusicology (1857-1936)

*July 5th, 1857, Bourg-en-Bresse †August 10th, 1936, 13th arrondissement of Paris

Margaret Deland

American writer and poet (1857–1945)

*February 23rd, 1857, Allegheny †January 13th, 1945, Boston

Ruggero Leoncavallo

Italian composer

*April 23rd, 1857, Naples †August 9th, 1919, Montecatini Terme

Edward Elgar

English composer (1857-1934)

*June 2nd, 1857, Lower Broadheath †February 23rd, 1934, Worcester

Alfred Binet

French psychologist and inventor of the first usable intelligence test

*July 8th, 1857, Nice †October 18th, 1911, Paris

Charles Scott Sherrington

English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient (1857–1952)

*November 27th, 1857, Islington †March 4th, 1952, Eastbourne

Julius Wagner-Jauregg

Austrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist

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

Theo Van Gogh

Dutch art dealer (1857–1891)

*May 1st, 1857, Zundert †January 25th, 1891, Utrecht

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 9th

Fixed holidays () which are celebrated on February 9th.

February 9 is the earliest day on which Clean Monday can fall, while March 15 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of Great Lent. (Eastern Christianity)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Monday

February 9 is the earliest day on which People's Sunday can fall, while March 15 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday of Lent. (Malta)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Sunday

St. Maroun's Day (public holiday in Lebanon)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Lebanon

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

IX.II.MDCCCLVII

9.2.1857

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1857 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1857

February 1857

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

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February 9th, 1857

Born on February 9th, 1857

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 61,000 days old!

61,075 Days

8,725 Weeks

2,006 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 9th?

Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu won the Four Continents Championships to become the only man to complete a Super Slam.

Two commuter trains collided head-on at Bad Aibling in southeastern Germany, killing 12 people and injuring 85.

The American submarine USS Greeneville collided with the Ehime Maru, a Japanese training vessel operated by a high school, sinking the latter ship and killing nine people on board.

Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany, first created the chemical element copernicium.

The Australian Defence Force was formed by the integration of the Australian Army, the Royal Australian Navy, and the Royal Australian Air Force.

An earthquake registering 6.6 Mw struck the northern San Fernando Valley near the Los Angeles district of Sylmar, killing 65 people.

As Beatlemania swept the United States, the Beatles (pictured) made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show before a record-breaking audience, beginning a musical phenomenon known as the British Invasion.

U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy accused 205 employees of the State Department of being communists, sparking a period of strong anti-communist sentiment known as McCarthyism.

World War II: Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førde Fjord, Norway.

World War II: Allied forces declared Guadalcanal secure, ending the Guadalcanal campaign as a significant strategic victory for Allied forces fighting Japan in the Pacific War.

The Imperial Japanese Army began the Battle of Kranji as part of their campaign to capture Singapore.

Stanley Bruce became prime minister of Australia as leader of the country's first Coalition government.

The Svalbard Treaty was signed in Paris, recognizing Norwegian sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard.

A meteor procession was observed along a great circle arc from Canada to Brazil, leading astronomers to conclude that its source was a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.

More than 3,000 women in London participated in the Mud March (pictured), the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies.

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

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

Same year Born in 1857

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 9th

Alto of Altomünster

Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich

Ansbert of Rouen

Apollonia

Bracchio

Einion the King (Western Orthodoxy)

Blessed Leopold of Alpandeire

Maron (Maronite Church)

Miguel Febres Cordero

Nebridius

Sabinus of Canosa

Teilo (Wales)

February 9 is the earliest day on which Clean Monday can fall, while March 15 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of Great Lent. (Eastern Christianity)

February 9 is the earliest day on which People's Sunday can fall, while March 15 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday of Lent. (Malta)

St. Maroun's Day (public holiday in Lebanon)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

9.2.1857

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Leap year

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