Updated at November 4, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Charlotte Bronte |
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Birthdate | April 21, 1816 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 208 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Novelist |
Charlotte Bronte is best known as Novelist who has born on April 21, 1816 in England. Currently, Charlotte Bronte is 208 years, 6 months and 13 days old. Charlotte Bronte will celebrate 209th birthday on Monday, 21st of April 2025. Below the countdown to Charlotte Bronte upcoming birthday.
The oldest surviving daughter in the renowned Bronte literary family, she wrote the famous novel, Jane Eyre, under the pen name of Currer Bell. Her later works include Villette and Shirley.
She began her education at the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge in Lancashire, England. Health conditions at the institution were poor, and Charlotte Bronte's older sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, both died of tuberculosis during their time at the school. Charlotte and one of her two remaining sisters, Emily, later studied at a boarding school in Brussels, Belgium.
She and her two sisters, Emily and Anne, self-published a collection of their poems in the spring of 1846 under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell.
She was one of six children born to Maria Branwell Bronte and clergyman Patrick Bronte. She and her younger sisters, Emily and Anne, all had significant literary careers. Charlotte Bronte married her father's curate, Arthur Bell Nichols, in June of 1854.
She and fellow Englishwoman, Jane Austen, are two of the most famous female authors of the Nineteenth Century.
Charlotte Bronte is 208 years old today.
Charlotte Bronte was born on April 21, 1816 in England.
Charlotte Bronte zodiac sign is Taurus.
Charlotte Bronte was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Charlotte Bronte's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1967 | A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years. |
1972 | Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke fly Apollo 16's Apollo Lunar Module to the Moon's surface, the fifth NASA Apollo Program crewed lunar landing. |
1975 | Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls. |
1977 | Annie opens on Broadway. |
1982 | Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves. |
1985 | The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege. |
1987 | The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people. |
1989 | Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang. |
1993 | The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis GarcÃa Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution. |
2004 | Five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160. |
2010 | The controversial Kharkiv Pact (Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) is signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev; it was unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014. |
2012 | Two trains are involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people. |
2014 | The American city of Flint, Michigan switches its water source to the Flint River, beginning the ongoing Flint water crisis which has caused lead poisoning in up to 12,000 people, and 15 deaths from Legionnaires disease, ultimately leading to criminal indictments against 15 people, five of whom have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. |
2019 | Eight bombs explode at churches, hotels, and other locations in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday; more than 250 people are killed. |
2021 | Indonesian Navy submarine KRI Nanggala (402) sinks in the Bali Sea during a military drill, killing all 53 on board. |
1959 | The birth of Tim Jacobus, American illustrator and painter |
1959 | The birth of Robert Smith, English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
1961 | The birth of David Servan-Schreiber, French physician, neuroscientist, and author (d. 2011) |
1965 | The birth of Fiona Kelleghan, American academic, critic and librarian |
1969 | The birth of Toby Stephens, English actor |
1971 | The birth of Michael Turner, American author and illustrator (d. 2008) |
1973 | The birth of Steve Backshall, English naturalist, writer, and television presenter |
1977 | The birth of Gyula Koi, Hungarian scholar and educator |
1979 | The birth of Virginie Basselot, French chef |
1979 | The birth of James McAvoy, Scottish actor |
1980 | The birth of Tony Romo, American football player and announcer |
1983 | The birth of Tarvaris Jackson, American football player (d. 2020) |
1988 | The birth of Ricky Berens, American swimmer |
1988 | The birth of Jencarlos Canela, American singer-songwriter and actor |
1996 | The birth of Arianne Hartono, Dutch tennis player |
1999 | The death of Buddy Rogers, American actor (b. 1904) |
2003 | The death of Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and activist (b. 1933) |
2010 | The death of Gustav Lorentzen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947) |
2010 | The death of Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, seventh President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1920) |
2010 | The death of Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant (b. 1930) |
2011 | The death of Catharina Halkes, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1920) |
2012 | The death of Doris Betts, American author and academic (b. 1932) |
2013 | The death of Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Leopold Engleitner, Austrian Holocaust survivor, author, and educator (b. 1905) |
2014 | The death of George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (b. 1936) |
2014 | The death of Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (b. 1930) |
2016 | The death of Prince, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (b. 1958) |
2017 | The death of Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer (b. 1972) |
2018 | The death of Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian (b. 1900) |
2019 | The death of Polly Higgins, Scottish barrister, author and environmental lobbyist (b. 1968) |
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