Updated at December 22, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
---|---|
Birthdate | May 25, 1803 |
Birth Place | Boston, MA |
Age (in 2024) | 221 Years Old |
Zodiac | Gemini |
Occupation | Philosopher |
Ralph Waldo Emerson is best known as Philosopher who has born on May 25, 1803 in Boston, MA. Currently, Ralph Waldo Emerson is 221 years, 6 months and 28 days old. Ralph Waldo Emerson will celebrate 222nd birthday on Sunday, 25th of May 2025. Below the countdown to Ralph Waldo Emerson upcoming birthday.
American philosopher of optimism, individuality, and mysticism.
He took several odd jobs to pay for school expenses in high school, such as being a waiter for the Junior Commons and an occasional teacher working with his Uncle Samuel in Waltham, Massachusetts.
He was the leader of the Transcendentalist movement.
His parents were named Ruth Haskins and William Emerson. His wife Ellen Louise Tucker died in 1931, and in 1935, he married Lidian Jackson Emerson. He had one son named Edward Waldo Emerson.
He influenced Walden author Henry David Thoreau.
Ralph Waldo Emerson is 221 years old today.
Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803 in Boston, MA.
Ralph Waldo Emerson zodiac sign is Gemini.
Ralph Waldo Emerson was best known as Philosopher.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Ralph Waldo Emerson's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Ralph Waldo Emerson's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
---|---|
1985 | Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people. |
1986 | The Hands Across America event takes place. |
1997 | A military coup in Sierra Leone replaces President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah with Major Johnny Paul Koroma. |
1999 | The United States House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details China's nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades. |
2000 | Liberation Day of Lebanon: Israel withdraws its army from Lebanese territory (with the exception of the disputed Shebaa farms zone) 18 years after the invasion of 1982. |
2001 | Erik Weihenmayer becomes the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, in the Himalayas, with Dr. Sherman Bull. |
2002 | China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates in mid-air and crashes into the Taiwan Strait, with the loss of all 225 people on board. |
2008 | NASA's Phoenix lander touches down in the Green Valley region of Mars to search for environments suitable for water and microbial life. |
2009 | North Korea allegedly tests its second nuclear device, after which Pyongyang also conducts several missile tests, building tensions in the international community. |
2011 | Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her 25-year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show. |
2012 | The SpaceX Dragon 1 becomes the first commercial spacecraft to successfully rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station. |
2013 | Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 28 people and injure 32 others in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India. |
2013 | A gas cylinder explodes on a school bus in the Pakistani city of Gujrat, killing at least 18 people. |
2018 | The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes enforceable in the European Union. |
2018 | Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it with the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland. |
1986 | The birth of Geraint Thomas, Welsh cyclist |
1987 | The birth of Timothy Derijck, Belgian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Yves De Winter, Belgian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Moritz Stehling, German footballer |
1987 | The birth of Kamil Stoch, Polish ski jumper |
1988 | The birth of Dávid Škutka, Slovak footballer |
1988 | The birth of Cameron van der Burgh, South African swimmer |
1990 | The birth of Bo Dallas, American wrestler |
1990 | The birth of Nikita Filatov, Russian ice hockey player |
1993 | The birth of James Porter, English cricketer |
1994 | The birth of Matt Murray, Canadian ice hockey player |
1994 | The birth of Aly Raisman, American gymnast |
1995 | The birth of Kagiso Rabada, South African cricketer |
1996 | The birth of David Pastrňák, Czech ice hockey player |
2000 | The birth of Claire Liu, American tennis player |
2013 | The death of Nand Kumar Patel, Indian politician (b. 1953) |
2014 | The death of David Allen, English cricketer (b. 1935) |
2014 | The death of Marcel Côté, Canadian economist and politician (b. 1942) |
2014 | The death of Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and politician, 1st President of Poland (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Herb Jeffries, American singer and actor (b. 1913) |
2014 | The death of Toaripi Lauti, Tuvaluan educator and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Tuvalu (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (b. 1954) |
2015 | The death of George Braden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of the Northwest Territories (b. 1949) |
2015 | The death of Robert Lebel, Canadian bishop (b. 1924) |
2018 | The death of Kaduvetti Guru, Indian politician and Veera Vanniyar caste leader (b. 1961) |
2019 | The death of Claus von Bülow, Danish-British socialite (b. 1926) |
2020 | The death of George Floyd, African American man murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin (b. 1973) |
2021 | The death of John Warner, American attorney and politician (b. 1927) |
2021 | The death of Lois Ehlert, American author and illustrator (b. 1934) |
2022 | The death of Morton L. Janklow, American literary agent (b. 1930) |
Social Media
Similar Philosopher
Month
Professions
Zodiacs
Birthplaces
Today
Copyright © 2020 BirthdayDBs.com