Updated at December 11, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Rene Jacobs |
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Birthdate | October 30, 1946 |
Birth Place | Ghent |
Age (in 2024) | 78 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Occupation | Conductor |
Rene Jacobs is best known as Conductor who has born on October 30, 1946 in Ghent. Currently, Rene Jacobs is 78 years, 1 months and 12 days old. Rene Jacobs will celebrate 79th birthday on Thursday, 30th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Rene Jacobs upcoming birthday.
Countertenor and conductor who became known for specializing in Baroque and early classical opera and who was called a singer's conductor.
He served as a boy chorister at the Cathedral of Ghent and embarked on studies in classical philology at the University of Ghent.
He was the artistic director of Innsbruck's Festwochen der Alten Musik from 1991 until 2009 and worked at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis as a teacher of interpretation and Baroque singing style.
He was born in Ghent and was encouraged to become a countertenor by the Kuijken brothers, Alfred Deller and Gustav Leonhardt.
He gained great acclaim for his 2004 recording of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," which won Gramophone's Record of the Year, Le Monde de la Musique's Choc of the Year, two Midem Classical Awards, and the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording of 2005.
Rene Jacobs is 78 years old today.
Rene Jacobs was born on October 30, 1946 in Ghent.
Rene Jacobs zodiac sign is Scorpio.
Rene Jacobs was best known as Conductor.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Rene Jacobs's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1975 | Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco. |
1975 | Forty-five people are killed when Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450 crashes into Suchdol, Prague, while on approach to Prague Ruzyně Airport (now Václav Havel Airport Prague) in Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic). |
1980 | El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice. |
1983 | The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held. |
1983 | A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Turkish provinces of Erzurum and Kars leaves approximately 1,340 people dead. |
1985 | Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission. |
1991 | The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine. |
1995 | Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty. |
2005 | The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project. |
2013 | Forty-five people are killed and seven injured after a bus catches fire in Mahabubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana), India. |
2014 | Sweden becomes the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine. |
2014 | Four people are killed when a Beechcraft Super King Air crashes at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas. |
2015 | A fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest kills sixty-four people and leaves more than 147 injured. |
2020 | A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people die mainly due to collapsed buildings. |
2022 | A pedestrian suspension bridge collapses in the city of Morbi, Gujarat, leading to the deaths of at least 135 people. |
1984 | The birth of Tyson Strachan, Canadian ice hockey player |
1985 | The birth of Ragnar Klavan, Estonian footballer |
1986 | The birth of Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper |
1986 | The birth of Keisuke Sohma, Japanese actor |
1987 | The birth of Ali Riley, New Zealand footballer |
1987 | The birth of Danielle Fong, Canadian entrepreneur, co-founder and Chief Scientist of LightSail Energy |
1988 | The birth of Janel Parrish, American actress and singer |
1989 | The birth of Ashley Barnes, Austrian-English footballer |
1989 | The birth of Nastia Liukin, Russian-American gymnast and actress |
1990 | The birth of Suwaibou Sanneh, Gambian sprinter |
1992 | The birth of Matt Parcell, Australian rugby league player |
1992 | The birth of Camila Silva, Chilean tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Marcus Mariota, American football player |
1994 | The birth of Mia Eklund, Finnish tennis player |
1996 | The birth of Devin Booker, American basketball player |
2013 | The death of Bill Currie, American baseball player (b. 1928) |
2013 | The death of Pete Haycock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1951) |
2013 | The death of Michael Palmer, American physician and author (b. 1942) |
2013 | The death of Frank Wess, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Elijah Malok Aleng, Sudanese general and politician (b. 1937) |
2014 | The death of Renée Asherson, English actress (b. 1915) |
2014 | The death of Juan Flavier, Filipino physician and politician (b. 1935) |
2014 | The death of Ida Elizabeth Osbourne, Australian actress and radio host (b. 1916) |
2014 | The death of Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Thomas Menino, American businessman and politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (b. 1942) |
2015 | The death of Mel Daniels, American basketball player and coach (b. 1944) |
2015 | The death of Al Molinaro, American actor (b. 1919) |
2015 | The death of Sinan Åžamil Sam, Turkish boxer (b. 1974) |
2015 | The death of Norm Siebern, American baseball player and scout (b. 1933) |
2017 | The death of Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor (b. 1972) |
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