Updated at December 13, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Jane Austen |
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Birthdate | December 16, 1775 |
Birth Place | Steventon, England |
Age (in 2024) | 248 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Novelist |
Jane Austen is best known as Novelist who has born on December 16, 1775 in Steventon, England. Currently, Jane Austen is 248 years, 11 months and 28 days old. Jane Austen will celebrate 249th birthday on Monday, 16th of December 2024. Below the countdown to Jane Austen upcoming birthday.
English author of such classic novels as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma. Her widely read books became popular not only for their air of English countryside romance, but also for their social critique, irony, and realism.
During her childhood, she and her family members and friends staged small-scale theatrical performances. Austen began writing plays, as well as stories and poems, when she was a young girl, and she later collected these "Juvenilia" in three notebooks.
The film adaptation of her novel, Sense and Sensibility, earned actress Emma Thompson an Academy Award for screenwriting.
She was one of eight children born to wealthy landowners George and Cassandra Austen. Neither Jane Austen nor her only sister, Cassandra Elizabeth, ever married.
Her novel Pride and Prejudice was turned into a film starring Keira Knightley.
Jane Austen is 248 years old today.
Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 in Steventon, England.
Jane Austen zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Jane Austen was best known as Novelist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Jane Austen's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Jane Austen's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1883 | Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel. |
1905 | In Rugby Union, The "Match of the Century" is played between Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park. |
1912 | First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli. |
1914 | World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby. |
1920 | The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5Mw , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000. |
1942 | The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz. |
1944 | World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest. |
1960 | A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground. |
1968 | Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain. |
1971 | Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India. |
1971 | The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day. |
1989 | Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés. |
2013 | A bus falls from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital Manila killing at least 18 people with 20 injured. |
2014 | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attack an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren. |
2022 | A landslide occurs at a camp at an organic farm near the town of Batang Kali in Selangor, Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31. |
1986 | The birth of Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor. |
1987 | The birth of Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer |
1987 | The birth of Beau Dowler, Australian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Hallee Hirsh, American actress |
1988 | The birth of Mats Hummels, German footballer |
1990 | The birth of Rebecca Marino, Canadian tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Craig Goodwin, Australian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer |
1992 | The birth of Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Tom Rogic, Australian footballer |
1994 | The birth of Elliot Lee, English footballer |
1994 | The birth of Nicola Murru, Italian footballer |
1994 | The birth of José RodrÃguez MartÃnez, Spanish footballer |
1998 | The birth of Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player |
2010 | The death of Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923) |
2010 | The death of Ayinde Barrister, Nigerian fuji musician (b. 1948) |
2011 | The death of Robert Easton, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930) |
2011 | The death of Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (b. 1938) |
2012 | The death of Elwood V. Jensen, American biologist and academic (b. 1920) |
2012 | The death of Jake Adam York, American poet and academic (b. 1972) |
2013 | The death of James Flint, English commander (b. 1913) |
2013 | The death of Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926) |
2013 | The death of Marta Russell, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1951) |
2014 | The death of Martin Brasier, English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947) |
2014 | The death of Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (b. 1955) |
2015 | The death of Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Lizmark, Mexican wrestler (b. 1950) |
2015 | The death of George Earl Ortman, American painter and sculptor (b. 1926) |
2017 | The death of Keely Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1928) |
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Wikipedia | Jane Austen on Wikipedia |
Website | Jane Austen's Webiste |
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