October 11th, 1859

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Born on October 11th, 1859 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on October 11th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on October 11th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (October 1859)

Born on October 11th, 1859

Weekday

Tuesday

October 11th, 1859 was a Tuesday.

Age

164

People born on October 11th, 1859 will turn 165 this year (2024), in exactly 176 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1859 - October 23rd, 1859

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 60,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 910 days, exactly on October 15th, 2026, people who were born on October 11th, 1859 will be 61,000 days old!

60,090 Days

8,584 Weeks

1,974 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on October 11th?

October 11th, 2002

A bomb exploded in the Myyrmanni shopping center in Helsinki, Finland, resulting in 7 deaths and 159 injuries.

Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination

October 11th, 1991

During the confirmation hearings upon the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court of the United States, Anita Hill testified that he had sexually harassed her several years earlier.

October 11th, 1987

An estimated 750,000 people attended the "Great March" in Washington, D.C., to demand greater civil rights for the LGBT community.

October 11th, 1975

The American weekly sketch comedy–variety show Saturday Night Live was broadcast for the first time.

October 11th, 1973

Typhoon Nora, the fourth-most intense tropical cyclone on record, dissipated after killing 40 people and leaving more than a million homeless across Taiwan and the Philippines.

October 11th, 1968

Apollo 7 (lift-off pictured), the first manned mission of NASA's Apollo program, and the first three-man American space mission, launched from Complex 34 in Cape Kennedy, Florida.

October 11th, 1942

World War II: At the Battle of Cape Esperance on the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, American ships intercepted and defeated a Japanese fleet sent to attack Henderson Field.

October 11th, 1937

Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, arrived at Berlin Friedrichstraße station to begin a tour of Nazi Germany, where they were greeted with Nazi salutes and dined with high-ranking members of the state apparatus.

October 11th, 1865

The Morant Bay rebellion, led by Paul Bogle and George William Gordon, began in Jamaica; after protestors burned down the courthouse, it was brutally suppressed by Governor Edward John Eyre.

October 11th, 1852

The University of Sydney (pictured), Australia's oldest university, was inaugurated two years after being established by the University of Sydney Act.

October 11th, 1840

Bashir Shihab II (pictured) surrendered to the Ottoman Empire and was removed as Emir of Mount Lebanon after an imperial decree by Sultan Abdülmecid I.

October 11th, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: The Royal Navy captured eleven Dutch Navy ships without any losses at the Battle of Camperdown.

October 11th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: A British fleet defeated American ships at the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, but gave American forces enough time to prepare their defenses for the Saratoga campaign.

October 11th, 1142

The Treaty of Shaoxing was ratified, ending the Jin–Song Wars, although sporadic fighting continued until 1234.

October 11th, 2000

First Minister of Scotland Donald Dewar (pictured), often regarded as the "Father of the Nation", dies in office from a brain hemorrhage.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 11th

Born on October 11th, 1859

Colin Campbell

American film director and screenwriter (1859-1928)

*October 11th, 1859, Scotland †August 26th, 1928, Hollywood

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 11th?

Cardi B

American rapper (born 1992)

*October 11th, 1992, The Bronx

Sebastian Rode

German association football player

*October 11th, 1990, Seeheim-Jugenheim

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

Bobby Charlton

English association football player and manager (1937–2023)

*October 11th, 1937, Ashington †October 21st, 2023, Macclesfield District General Hospital

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

Inge Taubert

German historian

*October 11th, 1928, Zwickau †December 19th, 2009, Raschau-Markersbach

Friedrich Bergius

German chemist

*October 11th, 1884, Wrocław †March 30th, 1949, Buenos Aires

Henri Caïn

French librettist (1857-1937)

*October 11th, 1857, Paris †November 21st, 1937, Paris

Frederick Kerr

British actor

*October 11th, 1858, London †May 3rd, 1933, London

François Mauriac

French writer (1885-1970)

*October 11th, 1885, Bordeaux †September 1st, 1970, Paris

Joan Cusack

American actress

*October 11th, 1962, New York City

Ronit Roy

Indian actor

*October 11th, 1965, Nagpur

Jean-Jacques Goldman

French musician and record producer

*October 11th, 1951, Paris

Friedrich von Hassel

*October 11th, 1833, Hamm †October 14th, 1890, Hamm

Earle Hyman

American actor (1926-2017)

*October 11th, 1926, Rocky Mount †November 17th, 2017, Lillian Booth Actors Home

Rikishi

American professional wrestler

*October 11th, 1965, San Francisco

Helga Tiemann

German painter and sculptor (1917–2008)

*October 11th, 1917, Remscheid †October 13th, 2008, Cologne

Jerome Robbins

American choreographer & director (1918–1998)

*October 11th, 1918, New York City †July 29th, 1998, New York City

Dawn French

British actress and comedian

*October 11th, 1957, Holyhead

Eille Norwood

British actor (1861-1948)

*October 11th, 1861, York †December 24th, 1948, London

Same year
Born in 1859

Paul Herrmann

German classical archaeologist

*December 14th, 1859, Halle (Saale) †August 30th, 1935, Dresden

Pierre Curie

French physicist (1859-1906)

*May 15th, 1859, Paris †April 19th, 1906, Paris

Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

*May 22nd, 1859, Edinburgh †July 7th, 1930, Crowborough

Kathinka Hedwig Agerskov

Danish painter

*August 8th, 1859, Flensburg †November 23rd, 1890, Frederiksberg

Henri Bergson

French philosopher (1859–1941)

*October 18th, 1859, Paris †January 4th, 1941, Paris

Wilhelm II

German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 to 1918

*January 27th, 1859, Kronprinzenpalais †June 4th, 1941, Huis Doorn

L. L. Zamenhof

Polish-Jewish pysician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)

*December 15th, 1859, Białystok †April 14th, 1917, Warsaw

Knut Hamsun

Norwegian novelist (1859–1952)

*August 4th, 1859, Vågå †February 19th, 1952, Grimstad

Georges Seurat

French painter (1859-1891)

*December 2nd, 1859, Paris †March 29th, 1891, Paris

John Dewey

American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)

*October 20th, 1859, Burlington †June 1st, 1952, New York City

Kenneth Grahame

British novelist

*March 8th, 1859, Edinburgh †July 6th, 1932, Berkshire

Victor Herbert

American composer

*February 1st, 1859, Dublin †May 26th, 1924, New York City

Anton Aicher

Austrian theatre director

*April 5th, 1859, Feldbach †February 5th, 1930, Salzburg

Edmund Husserl

German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology (*1859 – †1938)

*April 8th, 1859, Prostějov †April 27th, 1938, Freiburg im Breisgau

Alfred Dreyfus

French artillery officer (1859–1935)

*October 9th, 1859, Mulhouse †July 12th, 1935, Paris

Reginald De Koven

American music critic and composer

*April 3rd, 1859, Middletown †January 16th, 1920

Johan Frans van Bemmelen

Dutch zoologist and paleontologist (1859–1956)

*December 26th, 1859, Groningen †August 6th, 1956, Leiden

Jerome K. Jerome

English humorist (1859-1927)

*May 2nd, 1859, Walsall †June 14th, 1927, Northampton

Sholem Aleichem

Jewish writer and playwright of Yiddish, who worked in Ukraine and the United States (1859-1916)

*February 18th, 1859, Pereiaslav †May 13th, 1916, New York City

Gerhard Heilmann

Danish artist and paleontologist (1859-1946)

*June 25th, 1859, Skælskør †March 26th, 1946, Copenhagen

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 11th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on October 11th.

James the Deacon (Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_the_Deacon

Lommán of Trim

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lommán_of_Trim

Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Soledad_Torres_y_Acosta

Nectarius of Constantinople

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nectarius_of_Constantinople

Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicasius,_Quirinus,_Scubiculus,_and_Pientia

Philip the Evangelist

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_the_Evangelist

Pope John XXIII (Roman Catholic Church)

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_XXIII

Zenaida and Philonella

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenaida_and_Philonella

October 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast daysen.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_11_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)

General Pulaski Memorial Day (United States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Pulaski_Memorial_Day

International Day of the Girl Child

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_the_Girl_Child

International Newspaper Carrier Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_Carrier_Day

National Coming Out Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Coming_Out_Day

Revolution Day (North Macedonia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Macedonian_Uprising

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XI.X.MDCCCLIX

11.10.1859

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1859 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
October 1859

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October 11th, 1859

Born on October 11th, 1859

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 60,000 days old!

60,090 Days

8,584 Weeks

1,974 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 11th?

A bomb exploded in the Myyrmanni shopping center in Helsinki, Finland, resulting in 7 deaths and 159 injuries.

During the confirmation hearings upon the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court of the United States, Anita Hill testified that he had sexually harassed her several years earlier.

An estimated 750,000 people attended the "Great March" in Washington, D.C., to demand greater civil rights for the LGBT community.

The American weekly sketch comedy–variety show Saturday Night Live was broadcast for the first time.

Typhoon Nora, the fourth-most intense tropical cyclone on record, dissipated after killing 40 people and leaving more than a million homeless across Taiwan and the Philippines.

Apollo 7 (lift-off pictured), the first manned mission of NASA's Apollo program, and the first three-man American space mission, launched from Complex 34 in Cape Kennedy, Florida.

World War II: At the Battle of Cape Esperance on the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, American ships intercepted and defeated a Japanese fleet sent to attack Henderson Field.

Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, arrived at Berlin Friedrichstraße station to begin a tour of Nazi Germany, where they were greeted with Nazi salutes and dined with high-ranking members of the state apparatus.

The Morant Bay rebellion, led by Paul Bogle and George William Gordon, began in Jamaica; after protestors burned down the courthouse, it was brutally suppressed by Governor Edward John Eyre.

The University of Sydney (pictured), Australia's oldest university, was inaugurated two years after being established by the University of Sydney Act.

Bashir Shihab II (pictured) surrendered to the Ottoman Empire and was removed as Emir of Mount Lebanon after an imperial decree by Sultan Abdülmecid I.

French Revolutionary Wars: The Royal Navy captured eleven Dutch Navy ships without any losses at the Battle of Camperdown.

American Revolutionary War: A British fleet defeated American ships at the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, but gave American forces enough time to prepare their defenses for the Saratoga campaign.

The Treaty of Shaoxing was ratified, ending the Jin–Song Wars, although sporadic fighting continued until 1234.

First Minister of Scotland Donald Dewar (pictured), often regarded as the "Father of the Nation", dies in office from a brain hemorrhage.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 11th

Born on October 11th, 1859

American film director and screenwriter (1859-1928)

Same Day Who's birthday is on October 11th?

Same year Born in 1859

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 11th

Agilbert

Alexander Sauli

Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus (Roman Catholic Church)

Æthelburh of Barking

Bruno the Great

Cainnech of Aghaboe

Gratus of Oloron

Gummarus

James the Deacon (Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)

Lommán of Trim

Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta

Nectarius of Constantinople

Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia

Philip the Evangelist

Pope John XXIII (Roman Catholic Church)

Zenaida and Philonella

October 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

General Pulaski Memorial Day (United States)

International Day of the Girl Child

International Newspaper Carrier Day

National Coming Out Day

Revolution Day (North Macedonia)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

11.10.1859

Legend

Leap year

Calendar October 1859

October 1859

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 11th

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Born in 1859

Calendar
October 1859

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