1861 June 1861 June 6th, 1861

On this page
  1. Born on June 6th, 1861 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
  2. Age in days, weeks and months
  3. What happened on June 6th?
  4. Birthdays of famous people
  5. Public holidays on June 6th
  6. Date as a Roman numeral / digit
  7. Calendar (June 1861)

Born on June 6th, 1861

Weekday

Thursday

June 6th, 1861 was a Thursday.

Age

162

People born on June 6th, 1861 will turn 163 this year (2024), in exactly 42 days .

Zodiac

♊

Gemini (The Twins)

May 22nd, 1861 - June 21st, 1861

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 507 days, exactly on September 14th, 2025, people who were born on June 6th, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!

59,493 Days

8,499 Weeks

1,954 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds
Minutes
Hours

What happened on June 6th?

Novarupta June 6th, 1912

The largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century began, forming the volcano Novarupta in the Alaska Peninsula.
Davis Hanson Waite June 6th, 1894

Governor Davis Hanson Waite ordered the Colorado state militia to protect and support miners engaged in a five-month strike in Cripple Creek.
Shewa June 6th, 1882

The Shewan army defeated Gojjame forces at the Battle of Embabo, an event that contributed to the supremacy of Shewa within the Ethiopian Empire.
American Civil War June 6th, 1862

American Civil War: The Union Army's victory in the First Battle of Memphis virtually eradicated the Confederate naval presence on the Mississippi River.
Alexis St. Martin June 6th, 1822

Alexis St. Martin, a Canadian voyageur, was accidentally shot in the stomach; medical investigations of his injury led to a greater understanding of the processes of digestion.
War of 1812 June 6th, 1813

War of 1812: The British ambushed an American encampment near present-day Stoney Creek, Ontario, capturing two senior officers.
1749 Muslim slave revolt plot in Malta June 6th, 1749

A plot by Muslim slaves in Malta to assassinate Manuel Pinto da Fonseca of the Knights Hospitaller was uncovered.
Shivaji June 6th, 1674

Shivaji (pictured), who led a resistance to free the Maratha from the Bijapur Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, was crowned the first chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire.
War of the League of Cambrai June 6th, 1513

War of the League of Cambrai: Milanese forces with Swiss mercenaries defeated the French in Novara, forcing them to withdraw from the Duchy of Milan and Italy.
2021 London, Ontario truck attack June 6th, 2021

A man rammed a pickup truck into Muslim Pakistani Canadian pedestrians in Ontario, Canada, killing 4 members of the same family and injuring the family's nine year old son.
Syrian civil war June 6th, 2017

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (soldiers pictured) opened the Second Battle of Raqqa, the final phase of the Raqqa campaign, capturing the de facto capital of the Islamic State four months later.
Josef Mengele June 6th, 1985

The remains of Josef Mengele, a Nazi physician notorious for performing human experiments on Auschwitz inmates, were exhumed in Embu das Artes, Brazil.
Falklands War June 6th, 1982

Falklands War: The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Cardiff engaged and destroyed a British Army helicopter in a friendly-fire incident.
Hughes Airwest Flight 706 June 6th, 1971

Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collided with a US Marine Corps jet near Duarte, California, killing 50 people.
World War II June 6th, 1944

World War II: The largest amphibious military operation in history began with Allied troops landing on the beaches of Normandy in France.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 6th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 6th?

Thomas Mann: Age & Birthday 80
Thomas Mann

German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)

*June 6th, 1875, Lübeck †August 12th, 1955, Zürich
Robert Falcon Scott: Age & Birthday 43
Robert Falcon Scott

Royal Navy officer and explorer

*June 6th, 1868, Plymouth †March 29th, 1912, Ross Ice Shelf
Sukarno: Age & Birthday 69
Sukarno

1st President of the Republic of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967

*June 6th, 1901, Surabaya †June 21st, 1970, Jakarta
Robert Englund: Age & Birthday 76
Robert Englund

American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director

*June 6th, 1947, Glendale
Henry Newbolt: Age & Birthday 75
Henry Newbolt

English writer (1862–1938)

*June 6th, 1862, Bilston †April 19th, 1938, London
Diego Velázquez: Age & Birthday 61
Diego Velázquez

Spanish painter (1599-1660)

*June 6th, 1599, Seville †August 6th, 1660, Madrid
Heinrich Rohrer: Age & Birthday 79
Heinrich Rohrer

Swiss physicist (1933-2013)

*June 6th, 1933, Buchs †May 16th, 2013, Wollerau
53
Erich Marcks

German general

*June 6th, 1891, Schöneberg †June 12th, 1944, Saint-Lô
72
Dwight Twilley

American singer

*June 6th, 1951, Tulsa †October 18th, 2023, Tulsa
67
Ferdinand Braun

German inventor and physicist (1909 Nobel Prize)

*June 6th, 1850, Fulda †April 20th, 1918, New York City
Harvey Fierstein: Age & Birthday 69
Harvey Fierstein

American actor and playwright

*June 6th, 1954, Brooklyn
Colin Quinn: Age & Birthday 64
Colin Quinn

American comedian and actor

*June 6th, 1959, Brooklyn
Albert II of Belgium: Age & Birthday 89
Albert II of Belgium

Sixth king of the Belgians

*June 6th, 1934, Laeken - Laken
George Deukmejian: Age & Birthday 89
George Deukmejian

Governor of California from 1983 to 1991

*June 6th, 1928, Menands †May 8th, 2018, Long Beach
71
Klaus Tennstedt

German conductor (1926-1998)

*June 6th, 1926, Merseburg †January 11th, 1998, Heikendorf
27
Alexander Rossipal

German association football player

*June 6th, 1996, Stuttgart
Gavin Hoyte: Age & Birthday 33
Gavin Hoyte

English-Trinidadian footballer (born 1990)

*June 6th, 1990, Leytonstone
Björn Borg: Age & Birthday 67
Björn Borg

Swedish tennis player

*June 6th, 1956, Stockholm
Donát Bánki: Age & Birthday 63
Donát Bánki

Hungarian mechanical engineer and inventor

*June 6th, 1859, Bakonybánk †August 1st, 1922, Budapest
55
Peter Friedrich Engstfeld

German organist (1793-1848)

*June 6th, 1793, Heiligenhaus †October 4th, 1848, Duisburg

Same year
Born in 1861

Rabindranath Tagore: Age & Birthday 80
Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata
Fridtjof Nansen: Age & Birthday 68
Fridtjof Nansen

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

*October 10th, 1861, Vestre Aker †May 13th, 1930, Polhøgda
Nellie Melba: Age & Birthday 69
Nellie Melba

Australian opera singer

*May 19th, 1861, Melbourne †February 23rd, 1931, Sydney
78
Friedrich Simon Archenhold

German astronomer

*October 2nd, 1861, Lichtenau †October 14th, 1939, Berlin
53
Maximilian von Spee

German admiral

*June 22nd, 1861, Copenhagen †December 8th, 1914, South Atlantic Ocean
Georges Méliès: Age & Birthday 76
Georges Méliès

French film maker and illusionist (1861–1938)

*December 8th, 1861, Paris †January 21st, 1938, Paris
Armando Diaz: Age & Birthday 66
Armando Diaz

Italian general (1861-1928)

*December 5th, 1861, Naples †February 29th, 1928, Rome
72
Marie von Miller

German painter (1861–1933)

*February 22nd, 1861, Munich †August 18th, 1933, Starnberg
Mehmed VI: Age & Birthday 65
Mehmed VI

Last sultan of the Ottoman Empire

*January 14th, 1861, Istanbul †May 16th, 1926, Sanremo
63
Franz Xaver Engelhart

German composer, priest and choir director

*March 4th, 1861, Geiselhöring †July 14th, 1924, Regensburg
77
Johannes Angern
*June 13th, 1861, Germany †September 10th, 1938, Berlin
Frederick Jackson Turner: Age & Birthday 70
Frederick Jackson Turner

American historian (1861-1932)

*November 14th, 1861, Portage †March 14th, 1932, San Marino
Victor Horta: Age & Birthday 86
Victor Horta

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

*January 6th, 1861, Ghent †September 8th, 1947, City of Brussels
Rudolf Steiner: Age & Birthday 64
Rudolf Steiner

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

*February 25th, 1861, Donji Kraljevec †March 30th, 1925, Dornach
Lou Andreas-Salomé: Age & Birthday 75
Lou Andreas-Salomé

German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author

*February 12th, 1861, Saint Petersburg †February 5th, 1937, Göttingen
77
Charles Édouard Guillaume

Swiss physicist (1861-1938)

*February 15th, 1861, Fleurier †June 13th, 1938, Sèvres
51
Pauline Johnson

Canadian poet and performer

*March 10th, 1861, Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation †March 7th, 1913, Vancouver
69
Luigi Facta

Italian politician (1861-1930)

*September 13th, 1861, Pinerolo †November 5th, 1930, Pinerolo
35
José Rizal

Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)

*June 19th, 1861, Calamba †December 30th, 1896, Manila
77
Ludwig Fulda

German writer

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

Birthdays of famous people

Melanie Martinez: Age & BirthdayChris Adcock: Age & BirthdayLarry Elder: Age & BirthdayJon Cassar: Age & BirthdayElena Prus: Age & BirthdayRobin Tabeling: Age & BirthdaySam Fender: Age & BirthdayAnggun: Age & BirthdayLars Bender: Age & BirthdaySven Bender: Age & Birthday

Public holidays on June 6th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on June 6th.

Claudius of Besançon
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_of_Besançon
Ini Kopuria (Anglican Church of Melanesia, Church of England, Episcopal Church)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ini_Kopuria
Marcellin Champagnat
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcellin_Champagnat
Norbert
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_of_Xanten
June 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_5_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)
D-Day Invasion Anniversary
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings
Engineer's Day in Taiwan
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer's_Day
Korean Children's Union Foundation Day in North Korea
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_North_Korea
Memorial Day in South Korea
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day_(South_Korea)
National Day of Sweden, marking the end of the Danish-ruled Kalmar Union and the coronation of King Gustav Vasa
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Day_of_Sweden
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Day in the United States
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntington's_disease
Queensland Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland_Day
UN Russian Language Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Russian_Language_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VI.VI.MDCCCLXI

6.6.1861

Legend

M = 1000D = 500C = 100L = 50X = 10V = 5I = 1

Leap year

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

Calendar
June 1861

June 1861

w# Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
22 12
23 3456789
24 10111213141516
25 17181920212223
26 24252627282930

Date of birth

Try another date

Your birthday is more than just a day in the calendar!

05. June 1861
May 1861

07. June 1861
July 1861