October 15th, 1861

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Born on October 15th, 1861 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on October 15th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on October 15th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (October 1861)

Born on October 15th, 1861

Weekday

Tuesday

October 15th, 1861 was a Tuesday.

Age

162

People born on October 15th, 1861 will turn 163 this year (2024), in exactly 171 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1861 - October 23rd, 1861

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 636 days, exactly on January 23rd, 2026, people who were born on October 15th, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!

59,364 Days

8,480 Weeks

1,950 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on October 15th?

October 15th, 2013

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Bohol in the Philippines, resulting in 222 deaths.

October 15th, 2011

Global demonstrations against economic inequality, corporate influence on government, and other issues, were held in more than 950 cities in 82 countries.

October 15th, 2007

New Zealand Police conducted several anti-terrorism raids in relation to the discovery of an alleged paramilitary training camp in the Urewera mountain ranges, arresting 17 people and seizing four guns and 230 rounds of ammunition.

October 15th, 2005

A march by members of the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group, in Toledo, Ohio, U.S., sparked a riot among protestors.

October 15th, 1979

President Carlos Humberto Romero of El Salvador was overthrown and exiled in a military coup d'état.

Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War

October 15th, 1965

Vietnam War protests: At an anti-war rally in New York City, David J. Miller burned his draft card (example pictured), the first such act to result in arrest under a new amendment to the Selective Service Act.

October 15th, 1954

Hurricane Hazel (flooding pictured) made landfall in the Carolinas in the United States before moving north to Toronto in Canada later the same day, killing 176 people in the two countries.

October 15th, 1888

George Lusk, the chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee in London, received the "From Hell" letter, allegedly from Jack the Ripper.

October 15th, 1864

American Civil War: Confederate forces captured Glasgow, Missouri, although it had little long-term benefit as Price's Missouri Expedition was defeated a week later.

October 15th, 1529

Ottoman–Habsburg wars: The siege of Vienna ended with Austrian forces repelling the invading Turks, turning the tide against almost a century of conquest in Europe by the Ottoman Empire.

October 15th, 2016

One hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the Montreal Protocol to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons.

October 15th, 2008

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.

October 15th, 2007

Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.

October 15th, 2003

China launches Shenzhou 5, its first crewed space mission.

October 15th, 2001

NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles (180 km) of Jupiter's moon Io.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 15th

Born on October 15th, 1861

Eduard Schmid

Lord Mayor of Munich (1861-1933)

*October 15th, 1861, Ostrach †June 8th, 1933, Munich

Josef Ruederer

German author (1861-1915)

*October 15th, 1861, Munich †October 20th, 1915, Munich

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 15th?

Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher (1844–1900)

*October 15th, 1844, Röcken †August 25th, 1900, Weimar

Sebastián Yatra

Colombian singer, actor and songwriter

*October 15th, 1994, Medellín

Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl

Norwegian musician

*October 15th, 1885, Christiania †June 21st, 1959, Oslo

Josefin Asplund

Swedish actress

*October 15th, 1991, Stockholm

P. G. Wodehouse

English author (1881–1975)

*October 15th, 1881, Guildford †February 14th, 1975, Village of Southampton

Michel Foucault

French philosopher

*October 15th, 1926, Poitiers †June 25th, 1984, 13th arrondissement of Paris

Hans Wußing

German historian of mathematics

*October 15th, 1927, Waldheim †April 26th, 2011, Leipzig

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

رونالدو عمك

German-Turkish association footballer

*October 15th, 1988, Gelsenkirchen

Akbar

3rd Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605

*October 15th, 1542, Umarkot Fort †October 15th, 1605, Fatehpur Sikri

Dominic West

British actor

*October 15th, 1969, Sheffield

Anthony Joshua

British boxer (born 1989)

*October 15th, 1989, Watford

Franz von Löher

German historian (1818–1892)

*October 15th, 1818, Paderborn †March 1st, 1892, Munich

Ivan Michurin

Russian botanist (1855-1935)

*October 15th, 1855, Michurovka †June 7th, 1935, Michurinsk

Tom Boonen

Belgian road bicycle racer

*October 15th, 1980, Mol

Wes Moore

American politician, investment banker, author and television producer

*October 15th, 1978, Takoma Park

Charles W. Clark

American baritone singer

*October 15th, 1865, Ohio †August 3rd, 1925, Chicago

Carlo Janka

Alpine skier

*October 15th, 1986, Obersaxen

Ncuti Gatwa

Rwandan-Scottish Actor

*October 15th, 1992, Kigali

Paul Reynaud

French politician and lawyer (1878-1966)

*October 15th, 1878, Barcelonnette †September 21st, 1966, Neuilly-sur-Seine

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

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 October 15th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on October 15th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XV.X.MDCCCLXI

15.10.1861

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
October 1861

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October 15th, 1861

Born on October 15th, 1861

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

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

59,364 Days

8,480 Weeks

1,950 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 15th?

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Bohol in the Philippines, resulting in 222 deaths.

Global demonstrations against economic inequality, corporate influence on government, and other issues, were held in more than 950 cities in 82 countries.

New Zealand Police conducted several anti-terrorism raids in relation to the discovery of an alleged paramilitary training camp in the Urewera mountain ranges, arresting 17 people and seizing four guns and 230 rounds of ammunition.

A march by members of the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group, in Toledo, Ohio, U.S., sparked a riot among protestors.

President Carlos Humberto Romero of El Salvador was overthrown and exiled in a military coup d'état.

Vietnam War protests: At an anti-war rally in New York City, David J. Miller burned his draft card (example pictured), the first such act to result in arrest under a new amendment to the Selective Service Act.

Hurricane Hazel (flooding pictured) made landfall in the Carolinas in the United States before moving north to Toronto in Canada later the same day, killing 176 people in the two countries.

George Lusk, the chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee in London, received the "From Hell" letter, allegedly from Jack the Ripper.

American Civil War: Confederate forces captured Glasgow, Missouri, although it had little long-term benefit as Price's Missouri Expedition was defeated a week later.

Ottoman–Habsburg wars: The siege of Vienna ended with Austrian forces repelling the invading Turks, turning the tide against almost a century of conquest in Europe by the Ottoman Empire.

One hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the Montreal Protocol to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.

Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.

China launches Shenzhou 5, its first crewed space mission.

NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles (180 km) of Jupiter's moon Io.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 15th

Born on October 15th, 1861

Lord Mayor of Munich (1861-1933)

German author (1861-1915)

Same Day Who's birthday is on October 15th?

Same year Born in 1861

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 15th

Anniversary of the 1987 Coup d'État (Burkina Faso)

Breast Health Day (Europe)

Bruno of Querfurt

Cúan of Ahascragh

Teresa of Ávila

Thecla of Kitzingen

October 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Evacuation Day (Tunisia)

King Father's Commemoration Day (Cambodia)

National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (United States)

Shwmae Su'mae Day (Wales)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

15.10.1861

Legend

Leap year

Calendar October 1861

October 1861

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Birthdays
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Born in 1861

Calendar
October 1861

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40		1	2	3	4	5	6
41	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
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43	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
44	28	29	30	31