September 10th, 1861

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Born on September 10th, 1861 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on September 10th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on September 10th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (September 1861)

Born on September 10th, 1861

Weekday

Tuesday

September 10th, 1861 was a Tuesday.

Age

162

People born on September 10th, 1861 will turn 163 this year (2024), in exactly 136 days .

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

August 24th, 1861 - September 23rd, 1861

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 601 days, exactly on December 19th, 2025, people who were born on September 10th, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!

59,399 Days

8,485 Weeks

1,951 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on September 10th?

September 10th, 2008

CERN's Large Hadron Collider (section pictured), the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, first began operations beneath the France–Switzerland border.

September 10th, 2000

British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held captive by the militant group the West Side Boys, contributing to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.

September 10th, 1990

Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, one of the largest churches in the world, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.

September 10th, 1983

Typhoon Ellen dissipated after destroying hundreds of homes across Hong Kong and the Philippines.

September 10th, 1974

After centuries of Portuguese rule, the country of Guinea-Bissau was formally recognized as independent.

September 10th, 1961

At the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, German driver Wolfgang von Trips's car collided with another, causing it to become airborne and crash into a side barrier, killing him and 15 spectators.

September 10th, 1960

Running barefoot in the marathon event at the Rome Olympics, Abebe Bikila became the first athlete from sub-Saharan Africa to win an Olympic gold medal.

September 10th, 1946

While riding a train to Darjeeling, India, Sister Teresa Bojaxhiu, later Mother Teresa (pictured), experienced what she later described as the "call within the call", directing her to "leave the convent and help the poor while living among them".

September 10th, 1945

Mike the Headless Chicken (pictured) was decapitated on a farm in Colorado; he survived another 18 months as part of sideshows before choking to death.

September 10th, 1937

Led by the United Kingdom and France, nine nations met at the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.

September 10th, 1779

American Revolutionary War: Captain William Pickles of the Continental Navy boarded and captured the British sloop HMS West Florida at the Battle of Lake Pontchartrain.

September 10th, 1547

Anglo-Scottish Wars: English forces defeated the Scots at the Battle of Pinkie near Musselburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

September 10th, 1509

The "Minor Judgement Day" earthquake struck in the Sea of Marmara, devastating much of Constantinople and killing more than 1,000 people.

September 10th, 2022

Death of Queen Elizabeth II: King Charles III is formally proclaimed as monarch at a meeting of the Accession Council in St James's Palace.

September 10th, 2017

Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $64.76 billion (2017 USD) in damage.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 10th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 10th?

Robert Koldewey

German archaeologist and architect (1855-1925)

*September 10th, 1855, Blankenburg †February 4th, 1925, Berlin

Mortimer Wheeler

British archaeologist (1890-1976)

*September 10th, 1890, Glasgow †July 22nd, 1976, London

Jeppe Aakjær

Danish poet and novelist

*September 10th, 1866, Åkær †April 22nd, 1930, Jenle

Hans Abraham

Badminton player

*September 10th, 1938, Berlin

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

Arthur Holly Compton

American physicist

*September 10th, 1892, Wooster †March 15th, 1962, Berkeley

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

*September 10th, 1960, Grayshott

Georges Bataille

French intellectual and literary figure

*September 10th, 1897, Billom †July 9th, 1962, Paris

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

Tony Gatlif

French film director, actor and screenwriter

*September 10th, 1948, Algiers

Raymond Scott

American composer, bandleader, pianist, record producer and inventor (1908-1994)

*September 10th, 1908, Brooklyn †February 8th, 1994, North Hills

Charles Sanders Peirce

American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)

*September 10th, 1839, Cambridge †April 19th, 1914, Milford

Fritz Schellong

German internist and university professor (1891-1953)

*September 10th, 1891, Königsberg †January 18th, 1953, Münster

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Renée Simonot

French actress

*September 10th, 1911, Le Havre †July 11th, 2021, 13th arrondissement of Paris

Karl Lagerfeld

German fashion designer (1933–2019)

*September 10th, 1933, Hamburg †February 19th, 2019, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Kenneth Mason

British geographer

*September 10th, 1887, London Borough of Sutton †June 2nd, 1976

Chris Columbus

American filmmaker

*September 10th, 1958, Spangler

Hubert Hammerer

Olympic shooter from Austria (1925-2017)

*September 10th, 1925, Egg †March 24th, 2017, Egg

Michèle Alliot-Marie

French politician

*September 10th, 1946, Villeneuve-le-Roi

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 September 10th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on September 10th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

X.IX.MDCCCLXI

10.9.1861

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

I = 1

Leap year

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

Calendar
September 1861

September 1861

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36	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
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39	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
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September 10th, 1861

Born on September 10th, 1861

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

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

59,399 Days

8,485 Weeks

1,951 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on September 10th?

CERN's Large Hadron Collider (section pictured), the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, first began operations beneath the France–Switzerland border.

British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held captive by the militant group the West Side Boys, contributing to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.

Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, one of the largest churches in the world, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.

Typhoon Ellen dissipated after destroying hundreds of homes across Hong Kong and the Philippines.

After centuries of Portuguese rule, the country of Guinea-Bissau was formally recognized as independent.

At the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, German driver Wolfgang von Trips's car collided with another, causing it to become airborne and crash into a side barrier, killing him and 15 spectators.

Running barefoot in the marathon event at the Rome Olympics, Abebe Bikila became the first athlete from sub-Saharan Africa to win an Olympic gold medal.

While riding a train to Darjeeling, India, Sister Teresa Bojaxhiu, later Mother Teresa (pictured), experienced what she later described as the "call within the call", directing her to "leave the convent and help the poor while living among them".

Mike the Headless Chicken (pictured) was decapitated on a farm in Colorado; he survived another 18 months as part of sideshows before choking to death.

Led by the United Kingdom and France, nine nations met at the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.

American Revolutionary War: Captain William Pickles of the Continental Navy boarded and captured the British sloop HMS West Florida at the Battle of Lake Pontchartrain.

Anglo-Scottish Wars: English forces defeated the Scots at the Battle of Pinkie near Musselburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

The "Minor Judgement Day" earthquake struck in the Sea of Marmara, devastating much of Constantinople and killing more than 1,000 people.

Death of Queen Elizabeth II: King Charles III is formally proclaimed as monarch at a meeting of the Accession Council in St James's Palace.

Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $64.76 billion (2017 USD) in damage.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 10th

Same Day Who's birthday is on September 10th?

Same year Born in 1861

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on September 10th

Amerindian Heritage Day (Guyana)

Children's Day (Honduras)

Alexander Crummell (Episcopal Church)

Aubert

Blessed Thomas Tsugi, Charles Spinola, and Great Martyrs of Nagasaki

Edmund James Peck (Anglican Church of Canada)

Nicholas of Tolentino

Theodard of Maastricht

September 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Gibraltar National Day

Saint George's Caye Day (Belize)

Teachers' Day (China)

World Suicide Prevention Day