Updated at December 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Joseph Addison |
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Birthdate | May 01, 1672 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 352 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Playwright |
Joseph Addison is best known as Playwright who has born on May 01, 1672 in England. Currently, Joseph Addison is 352 years, 7 months and 22 days old. Joseph Addison will celebrate 353rd birthday on Thursday, 1st of May 2025. Below the countdown to Joseph Addison upcoming birthday.
A late 17th-century and early 18th-century British author, dramatist, and politician, he is most known for his successful 1712 play, Cato, a Tragedy. Also an important essayist, he co-founded The Spectator magazine with Richard Steele.
He studied Classics at Queen's College, Oxford. Around 1709, he began contributing numerous essays to a publication called The Tatler.
In 1808, a New York town was re-named in his honor. Once called Middletown, the village is now known as Addison.
He was born in Milston, Wiltshire, England. He had an unhappy marriage to the Countess of Warwick, whose son he had previously tutored.
He founded a political newspaper called The Freeholder, which was harshly criticized by Alexander Pope .
Joseph Addison is 352 years old today.
Joseph Addison was born on May 01, 1672 in England.
Joseph Addison zodiac sign is Taurus.
Joseph Addison was best known as Playwright.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Joseph Addison's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Joseph Addison's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1961 | The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections. |
1970 | Vietnam War: Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign. |
1971 | Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service. |
1975 | The SÀrkÀnniemi Amusement Park opens in Tampere, Finland. |
1978 | Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone. |
1982 | Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War. |
1994 | Three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix. |
1999 | The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924. |
2003 | Invasion of Iraq: In what becomes known as the "Mission Accomplished" speech, on board the USSÂ Abraham Lincoln (off the coast of California), U.S. President George W. Bush declares that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended". |
2004 | Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin. |
2009 | Same-sex marriage is legalized in Sweden. |
2011 | Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI. |
2018 | Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resumes the Deir ez-Zor campaign in order to clear the remnants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Iraq-Syria border. |
2019 | Naxalite attack in Gadchiroli district of India: Sixteen army soldiers, including a driver, killed in an IED blast. Naxals targeted an anti-Naxal operations team. |
2019 | Naruhito ascends to the throne of Japan succeeding his father Akihito, beginning the Reiwa period. |
1991 | The birth of Daniel Talbot, British sprinter |
1992 | The birth of Hani, South Korean singer and actress |
1992 | The birth of Trevor Philp, Canadian alpine skier |
1992 | The birth of Bradley Roby, American football player |
1993 | The birth of Jean-Christophe Bahebeck, French footballer |
1993 | The birth of Ifeoma Nwoye, Nigerian wrestler |
1994 | The birth of Wallace Oliveira, Brazilian footballer |
1995 | The birth of Collin Seedorf, Dutch footballer |
1996 | The birth of Christopher J. Alexis Jr., Grenadian road cyclist |
1996 | The birth of Daniel Saifiti, Australian-Fijian rugby league player |
1996 | The birth of Jacob Saifiti, Australian-Fijian rugby league player |
1996 | The birth of Michael Seaton, Jamaican footballer |
1996 | The birth of William Nylander, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player |
2004 | The birth of Charli D'Amelio, American social media influencer and dancer |
2005 | The birth of Linda Fruhvirtova, Czech tennis player |
2011 | The death of Henry Cooper, English boxer (b. 1934) |
2011 | The death of Ted Lowe, English sportscaster (b. 1920) |
2012 | The death of James Kinley, Canadian engineer and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (b. 1925) |
2012 | The death of Mordechai Virshubski, German-Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1930) |
2013 | The death of Chris Kelly, American rapper (b. 1978) |
2013 | The death of Pierre Pleimelding, French footballer and manager (b. 1952) |
2014 | The death of Adamu Atta, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Kwara State (b. 1927) |
2014 | The death of Radhia Cousot, Tunisian-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1947) |
2014 | The death of Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1945) |
2014 | The death of Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican footballer and coach (b. 1951) |
2015 | The death of Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Vafa Guluzade, Azerbaijani political scientist, academic, and diplomat (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of MarĂa Elena Velasco, Mexican actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1940) |
2015 | The death of Grace Lee Whitney, American actress (b. 1930) |
2021 | The death of Olympia Dukakis, American actress (b. 1931) |
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