March 28th, 1861

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Born on March 28th, 1861 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on March 28th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on March 28th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (March 1861)

Born on March 28th, 1861

Weekday

Thursday

March 28th, 1861 was a Thursday.

Age

163

People born on March 28th, 1861 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 163 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

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Aries (The Ram)

March 21st, 1861 - April 20th, 1861

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 437 days, exactly on July 6th, 2025, people who were born on March 28th, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!

59,563 Days

8,509 Weeks

1,956 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on March 28th?

March 28th, 1979

British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent.

March 28th, 1946

The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons.

March 28th, 1942

Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France was disabled by British naval forces (ship pictured).

March 28th, 1933

After an on-board fire that may have been the first incident of airliner sabotage, the Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool broke apart in mid-air, killing fifteen people.

March 28th, 1918

World War I: British and Australian troops defeated German forces at the First Battle of Dernancourt in northern France.

March 28th, 1842

The Vienna Philharmonic (pictured) held its first concert, conducted by Otto Nicolai.

March 28th, 1802

German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Pallas, the second asteroid to be identified, but at the time considered to be a planet.

March 28th, 0193

The Praetorian Guard assassinated Roman emperor Pertinax and sold the imperial office in an auction to Didius Julianus (coin pictured).

March 28th, 1935

The Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will, directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin.

March 28th, 2015

A siege of a hotel in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab militants, which began the previous day and killed at least 20 people, ended with the Somali Armed Forces recapturing the premises.

March 28th, 2003

Invasion of Iraq: In a friendly fire incident, two members of the United States Air Force attacked the United Kingdom's Blues and Royals regiment, killing one soldier and injuring five.

March 28th, 1999

Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica.

March 28th, 1997

In the Tragedy of Otranto, the Italian Navy vessel Sibilla collided with the Albanian civilian vessel Kateri i Radës, causing the latter to sink and leading to dozens of deaths.

March 28th, 2006

At least one million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.

March 28th, 2005

An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 28th

Born on March 28th, 1861

Josef Moser

Austrian entomologist (1861–1944)

*March 28th, 1861, Ried im Innkreis †March 3rd, 1944, Bad Zell

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Who's birthday is on March 28th?

Rolf Zacher

German actor (1941–2018)

*March 28th, 1941, Berlin †February 3rd, 2018, Hamburg

Lady Gaga

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1986)

*March 28th, 1986, Lenox Hill Hospital

Aristide Briand

Politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate from France (1862-1932)

*March 28th, 1862, Nantes †March 7th, 1932, Paris

Vaidas Baumila

Lithuanian singer

*March 28th, 1987, Vilnius

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

Arthur Dale Trendall

Australian classical archaeologist (1909-1995)

*March 28th, 1909, Auckland †November 13th, 1995, Melbourne

Kai Abraham

Badminton player

*March 28th, 1967, East Berlin

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian novelist and writer

*March 28th, 1936, Arequipa

Reba McEntire

American country singer

*March 28th, 1955, McAlester

Aleyna Tilki

Turkish singer

*March 28th, 2000, Konya

José Moreno Carbonero

Spanish artist (1860-1942)

*March 28th, 1860, Málaga †April 15th, 1942, Madrid

Paul Whiteman

American jazz musician and popular bandleader (1890–1967)

*March 28th, 1891, Denver †December 29th, 1967, Doylestown

Leslie Valiant

British computer scientist

*March 28th, 1949, Budapest

Steve Mandanda

French and DR Congolese association football player

*March 28th, 1985, Kinshasa

Michael W. Young

American geneticist, chronobiologist

*March 28th, 1949, Miami

Edmund Musgrave Barttelot

British Army officer

*March 28th, 1859, Sussex †July 19th, 1888, Central Africa

Arno Senfft

German colonial administrator, scientific and botanical collector (1864-1909)

*March 28th, 1864, Weimar †February 14th, 1909, Hong Kong

John Geiger

American rower

*March 28th, 1873, Philadelphia †December 6th, 1956, Philadelphia

Jonathan Van Ness

American hairstylist and TV personality (born 1987)

*March 28th, 1987, Quincy

Corneille Heymans

Belgian physiologist (1892-1968)

*March 28th, 1892, Ghent †July 18th, 1968, Knokke-Heist

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Born in 1861

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata

Fridtjof Nansen

Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)

*October 10th, 1861, Vestre Aker †May 13th, 1930, Polhøgda

Nellie Melba

Australian opera singer

*May 19th, 1861, Melbourne †February 23rd, 1931, Sydney

Friedrich Simon Archenhold

German astronomer

*October 2nd, 1861, Lichtenau †October 14th, 1939, Berlin

Georges Méliès

French film maker and illusionist (1861–1938)

*December 8th, 1861, Paris †January 21st, 1938, Paris

Maximilian von Spee

German admiral

*June 22nd, 1861, Copenhagen †December 8th, 1914, South Atlantic Ocean

Armando Diaz

Italian general (1861-1928)

*December 5th, 1861, Naples †February 29th, 1928, Rome

Marie von Miller

German painter (1861–1933)

*February 22nd, 1861, Munich †August 18th, 1933, Starnberg

Mehmed VI

Last sultan of the Ottoman Empire

*January 14th, 1861, Istanbul †May 16th, 1926, Sanremo

Franz Xaver Engelhart

German composer, priest and choir director

*March 4th, 1861, Geiselhöring †July 14th, 1924, Regensburg

Johannes Angern

*June 13th, 1861, Germany †September 10th, 1938, Berlin

Frederick Jackson Turner

American historian (1861-1932)

*November 14th, 1861, Portage †March 14th, 1932, San Marino

Victor Horta

Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau

*January 6th, 1861, Ghent †September 8th, 1947, City of Brussels

Rudolf Steiner

Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)

*February 25th, 1861, Donji Kraljevec †March 30th, 1925, Dornach

Lou Andreas-Salomé

German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author

*February 12th, 1861, Saint Petersburg †February 5th, 1937, Göttingen

Charles Édouard Guillaume

Swiss physicist (1861-1938)

*February 15th, 1861, Fleurier †June 13th, 1938, Sèvres

Pauline Johnson

Canadian poet and performer

*March 10th, 1861, Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation †March 7th, 1913, Vancouver

Luigi Facta

Italian politician (1861-1930)

*September 13th, 1861, Pinerolo †November 5th, 1930, Pinerolo

José Rizal

Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)

*June 19th, 1861, Calamba †December 30th, 1896, Manila

Ludwig Fulda

German writer

*November 30th, 1861, Frankfurt †March 30th, 1939, Berlin

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.III.MDCCCLXI

28.3.1861

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1861 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
March 1861

March 1861

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March 28th, 1861

Born on March 28th, 1861

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 59,000 days old!

59,563 Days

8,509 Weeks

1,956 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on March 28th?

British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent.

The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons.

Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France was disabled by British naval forces (ship pictured).

After an on-board fire that may have been the first incident of airliner sabotage, the Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool broke apart in mid-air, killing fifteen people.

World War I: British and Australian troops defeated German forces at the First Battle of Dernancourt in northern France.

The Vienna Philharmonic (pictured) held its first concert, conducted by Otto Nicolai.

German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Pallas, the second asteroid to be identified, but at the time considered to be a planet.

The Praetorian Guard assassinated Roman emperor Pertinax and sold the imperial office in an auction to Didius Julianus (coin pictured).

The Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will, directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin.

A siege of a hotel in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab militants, which began the previous day and killed at least 20 people, ended with the Somali Armed Forces recapturing the premises.

Invasion of Iraq: In a friendly fire incident, two members of the United States Air Force attacked the United Kingdom's Blues and Royals regiment, killing one soldier and injuring five.

Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica.

In the Tragedy of Otranto, the Italian Navy vessel Sibilla collided with the Albanian civilian vessel Kateri i Radës, causing the latter to sink and leading to dozens of deaths.

At least one million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.

An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a magnitude of 8.6 and killing over 1000 people.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 28th

Born on March 28th, 1861

Austrian entomologist (1861–1944)

Same Day Who's birthday is on March 28th?

Same year Born in 1861

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 28th

Priscus

Pope Sixtus III

March 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Serfs Emancipation Day (Tibet)

Teachers' Day (Czech Republic and Slovakia)

Christopher Wharton

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

28.3.1861

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 28th

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Same year
Born in 1861

Calendar
March 1861

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