Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Alexander Pope |
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Birthdate | May 21, 1688 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 336 Years Old |
Zodiac | Gemini |
Occupation | Poet |
Alexander Pope is best known as Poet who has born on May 21, 1688 in England. Currently, Alexander Pope is 336 years, 6 months and 0 days old. Alexander Pope will celebrate 337th birthday on Wednesday, 21st of May 2025. Below the countdown to Alexander Pope upcoming birthday.
English poet known for Three Hours After Marriage, Messiah, and other satirical works. He is remembered for his frequent poetic use of the heroic couplet.
He was born into a Catholic family and overcame both religious discrimination and tuberculosis in his youth.
His literary works include numerous English translations of the Greek epic poems of Homer.
He never married, but he had an affair with Martha Blount.
He, Lord Tennyson, and William Shakespeare are often cited as the three most-quoted English poets.
Alexander Pope is 336 years old today.
Alexander Pope was born on May 21, 1688 in England.
Alexander Pope zodiac sign is Gemini.
Alexander Pope was best known as Poet.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Alexander Pope's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1994 | The Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessfully attempts to secede from the Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out. |
1996 | The ferry MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000. |
1998 | In Miami, five abortion clinics are attacked by a butyric acid attacker. |
1998 | President Suharto of Indonesia resigns following the killing of students from Trisakti University earlier that week by security forces and growing mass protests in Jakarta against his ongoing corrupt rule. |
2000 | Nineteen people are killed in a plane crash in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. |
2001 | French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity. |
2003 | The 6.8 Mw Boumerdès earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). More than 2,200 people were killed and a moderate tsunami sank boats at the Balearic Islands. |
2005 | The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. |
2006 | The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; 55% of Montenegrins vote for independence. |
2010 | JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year. |
2011 | Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date. |
2012 | A bus accident near Himara, Albania kills 13 people and injures 21 others. |
2012 | A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sana'a, Yemen. |
2014 | Random killings occurred on the Bannan Line of the Taipei MRT, killing four and injuring 24. |
2017 | Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performed their final show at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. |
1992 | The birth of Philipp Grüneberg, German footballer |
1992 | The birth of Olivia Olson, American singer and actress |
1993 | The birth of Grete Gaim, Estonian biathlete |
1993 | The birth of Luke Garbutt, English footballer |
1993 | The birth of Lynn Williams, American soccer player |
1994 | The birth of Tom Daley, English diver |
1995 | The birth of Diego Loyzaga, Filipino actor |
1996 | The birth of Josh Allen, American football player |
1996 | The birth of Indy de Vroome, Dutch tennis player |
1996 | The birth of Karen Khachanov, Russian tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Ivan De Santis, Italian footballer |
1997 | The birth of Sisca Folkertsma, Dutch footballer |
1997 | The birth of Viktoria Petryk, Ukrainian singer-songwriter |
1997 | The birth of Kevin Quinn, American actor and singer |
2002 | The birth of Elena Huelva, Spanish cancer activist and influencer (d. 2023) |
2013 | The death of Bob Thompson, American pianist and composer (b. 1924) |
2013 | The death of Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (b. 1935) |
2014 | The death of Tunku Annuar, Malaysian son of Badlishah of Kedah (b. 1939) |
2014 | The death of Johnny Gray, American baseball player (b. 1926) |
2014 | The death of Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Alireza Soleimani, Iranian wrestler (b. 1956) |
2015 | The death of Annarita Sidoti, Italian race walker (b. 1969) |
2015 | The death of Twinkle, English singer-songwriter (b. 1948) |
2015 | The death of Jassem Al-Kharafi, Kuwaiti businessman and politician, 8th Kuwaiti Speaker of the National Assembly (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of Fred Gladding, American baseball player and coach (b. 1936) |
2015 | The death of Louis Johnson, American bass player and producer (b. 1955) |
2016 | The death of Nick Menza, American drummer and songwriter (b. 1964) |
2019 | The death of Rik Kuypers, Belgian film director (b. 1925) |
2019 | The death of Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan writer (b. 1971) |
2020 | The death of Alan Merten, fifth President of George Mason University (b. 1941) |
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