August 16th, 1861

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Born on August 16th, 1861 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 16th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 16th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1861)

Born on August 16th, 1861

Weekday

Friday

August 16th, 1861 was a Friday.

Age

162

People born on August 16th, 1861 will turn 163 this year (2024), in exactly 109 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1861 - August 23rd, 1861

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 574 days, exactly on November 24th, 2025, people who were born on August 16th, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!

59,426 Days

8,489 Weeks

1,952 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 16th?

August 16th, 2009

At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record set a year earlier.

August 16th, 1986

Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the north-western Pacific, lasting 21 days.

August 16th, 1977

American singer and actor Elvis Presley was found dead in his home in Memphis, Tennessee.

August 16th, 1962

The English rock band the Beatles fired their drummer Pete Best , replacing him with Ringo Starr (pictured).

August 16th, 1946

Widespread riots between Hindus and Muslims took place in Calcutta following the All-India Muslim League's call for an independent Pakistan.

August 16th, 1945

The Stanley Internment Camp in Hong Kong was liberated following the announcement of the surrender of Japan in World War II.

August 16th, 1942

The Holocaust: During the deportation of Jews from Slovakia, President Jozef Tiso gave a speech describing Jews as "parasites" and "the eternal enemy".

August 16th, 1929

A long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into a week-long period of violent riots throughout Palestine.

August 16th, 1920

The British parliament's Blind Persons Act received royal assent, becoming the first first disability-specific legislation to be passed anywhere in the world.

August 16th, 1906

An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people.

August 16th, 1900

Second Boer War: A 10,000-strong column of soldiers led by Lord Kitchener broke a 13-day siege of a small garrison.

August 16th, 1896

A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason (pictured) discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

August 16th, 1891

San Sebastian Church in Manila, the only all-steel church in Asia, was officially consecrated.

August 16th, 1863

Following Spain's annexation of the Dominican Republic, nationalist rebels raised the Dominican flag in Santiago de los Caballeros to begin the War of Restoration.

August 16th, 1819

Around 15 people were killed and 400 to 700 others injured when cavalry charged into a crowd demanding the reform of parliamentary representation in Manchester, England.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 16th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 16th?

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

Madonna

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)

*August 16th, 1958, Bay City

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

Gabriel Lippmann

Luxembourgish physicist nationalized French (1845-1921)

*August 16th, 1845, Bonnevoie †July 13th, 1921, Atlantic Ocean

Eili Harboe

Norwegian actress

*August 16th, 1994, Stavanger Municipality

Mary Gilmore

Australian poet

*August 16th, 1865, Goulburn †December 3rd, 1962, Sydney

James Cameron

Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)

*August 16th, 1954, Kapuskasing

Ann Blyth

American actress

*August 16th, 1928, Mount Kisco

Aparicio Saravia

Uruguayan politician (1857-1904)

*August 16th, 1856, Cerro Largo Department †September 10th, 1904, Santana do Livramento

Lorraine Gary

American actress

*August 16th, 1937, New York City

Bob Balaban

American actor, director and producer (born 1945)

*August 16th, 1945, Chicago

Lesley Ann Warren

American singer-actress

*August 16th, 1946, New York City

Anita Gillette

American actress

*August 16th, 1936, Baltimore

Moussa Sissoko

French footballer (born 1989)

*August 16th, 1989, Le Blanc-Mesnil

Cristin Milioti

American actress

*August 16th, 1985, Cherry Hill

Jules Laforgue

Franco-Uruguayan poet

*August 16th, 1860, Montevideo †August 20th, 1887, Paris

Ketty Lester

American actress, recording artist

*August 16th, 1934, Hope

Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke

English cricketer (1860-1938)

*August 16th, 1860, Gainsborough †October 10th, 1938, Edinburgh

Anne L'Huillier

French physicist

*August 16th, 1958, Paris

Josh Clark

American actor

*August 16th, 1955, Bethesda

Same year
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

Maximilian von Spee

German admiral

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

Georges Méliès

French film maker and illusionist (1861–1938)

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

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 August 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 16th.

Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_of_Edessa

August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_16_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)

Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gozan_no_Okuribi

National Airborne Day (United States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airborne_Day

Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Dominican_Republic

The first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Gabon

Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xicolatada

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVI.VIII.MDCCCLXI

16.8.1861

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
August 1861

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August 16th, 1861

Born on August 16th, 1861

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

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

59,426 Days

8,489 Weeks

1,952 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 16th?

At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record set a year earlier.

Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the north-western Pacific, lasting 21 days.

American singer and actor Elvis Presley was found dead in his home in Memphis, Tennessee.

The English rock band the Beatles fired their drummer Pete Best , replacing him with Ringo Starr (pictured).

Widespread riots between Hindus and Muslims took place in Calcutta following the All-India Muslim League's call for an independent Pakistan.

The Stanley Internment Camp in Hong Kong was liberated following the announcement of the surrender of Japan in World War II.

The Holocaust: During the deportation of Jews from Slovakia, President Jozef Tiso gave a speech describing Jews as "parasites" and "the eternal enemy".

A long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into a week-long period of violent riots throughout Palestine.

The British parliament's Blind Persons Act received royal assent, becoming the first first disability-specific legislation to be passed anywhere in the world.

An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people.

Second Boer War: A 10,000-strong column of soldiers led by Lord Kitchener broke a 13-day siege of a small garrison.

A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason (pictured) discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

San Sebastian Church in Manila, the only all-steel church in Asia, was officially consecrated.

Following Spain's annexation of the Dominican Republic, nationalist rebels raised the Dominican flag in Santiago de los Caballeros to begin the War of Restoration.

Around 15 people were killed and 400 to 700 others injured when cavalry charged into a crowd demanding the reform of parliamentary representation in Manchester, England.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 16th

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 16th?

Same year Born in 1861

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 16th

Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)

Children's Day (Paraguay)

Ana Petra Pérez Florido

Armel (Armagillus)

Diomedes of Tarsus

Roch

Stephen I of Hungary

Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)

August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)

National Airborne Day (United States)

Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)

The first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.

Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

16.8.1861

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Same year
Born in 1861

Calendar
August 1861

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
31				1	2	3	4
32	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
33	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
34	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
35	26	27	28	29	30	31