Updated at November 17, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Abel Tasman |
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Birthdate | August 02, 1603 |
Birth Place | Dutch Republic |
Age (in 2024) | 421 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Explorer |
Abel Tasman is best known as Explorer who has born on August 02, 1603 in Dutch Republic. Currently, Abel Tasman is 421 years, 3 months and 15 days old. Abel Tasman will celebrate 422nd birthday on Saturday, 2nd of August 2025. Below the countdown to Abel Tasman upcoming birthday.
Well-known explorer known for embarking on numerous expeditions to the Greenland Sea, the Barents Sea, and a scientific and commercial journey to the Persian Gulf.
He briefly worked as a fisherman after attending a stint at the Free University of Brussels where he studied engineering.
He had numerous geographical features named after him in Greenland and Antarctica.
He was married twice and had three children.
He and action movie star Jean Claude Van Damme were both born in Belgium.
Abel Tasman is 421 years old today.
Abel Tasman was born on August 02, 1603 in Dutch Republic.
Abel Tasman zodiac sign is Leo.
Abel Tasman was best known as Explorer.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Abel Tasman's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Abel Tasman's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1944 | ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia. |
1944 | World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches. |
1945 | World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference. |
1947 | A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998. |
1968 | An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261. |
1973 | A flash fire kills 51 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man. |
1980 | A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200. |
1982 | The Helsinki Metro, the first rapid transit system of Finland, is opened to the general public. |
1985 | Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137. |
1989 | Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972. |
1989 | A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians. |
1990 | Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War. |
1999 | The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India. |
2005 | Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities. |
2014 | At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. |
1986 | The birth of Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier |
1988 | The birth of Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player |
1989 | The birth of Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player |
1990 | The birth of Vitalia Diatchenko, Russian tennis player |
1990 | The birth of Skylar Diggins-Smith, American basketball player |
1992 | The birth of Charli XCX, English singer-songwriter |
1993 | The birth of Gael Bussa, Congolese politician |
1994 | The birth of Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Laremy Tunsil, American football player |
1995 | The birth of Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player |
1996 | The birth of Keston Hiura, American baseball player |
1996 | The birth of Simone Manuel, American swimmer |
1999 | The birth of Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer |
2000 | The birth of Varvara Gracheva, Russian tennis player |
2014 | The death of Ed Joyce, American journalist (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Billie Letts, American author and educator (b. 1938) |
2014 | The death of Barbara Prammer, Austrian social worker and politician (b. 1954) |
2014 | The death of James Thompson, American-Finnish author (b. 1964) |
2015 | The death of Forrest Bird, American pilot and engineer (b. 1921) |
2015 | The death of Giovanni Conso, Italian jurist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1922) |
2015 | The death of Piet Fransen, Dutch footballer (b. 1936) |
2015 | The death of Jack Spring, American baseball player (b. 1933) |
2016 | The death of Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (b. 1930) |
2016 | The death of David Huddleston, American actor (b. 1930) |
2016 | The death of Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (b. 1927) |
2016 | The death of Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946) |
2017 | The death of Judith Jones, American literary and cookbook editor (b. 1924) |
2020 | The death of Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian-Dutch visual artist (b. 1922) |
2022 | The death of Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host (b. 1927) |
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