Updated at November 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Robert Kirk |
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Birthdate | December 09, 1644 |
Birth Place | Scotland |
Age (in 2024) | 379 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Novelist |
Robert Kirk is best known as Novelist who has born on December 09, 1644 in Scotland. Currently, Robert Kirk is 379 years, 11 months and 5 days old. Robert Kirk will celebrate 380th birthday on Monday, 9th of December 2024. Below the countdown to Robert Kirk upcoming birthday.
Remembered best for his Scottish Highlands folklore-themed work The Secret Commonwealth, Kirk was also instrumental in creating a Scottish Gaelic translation of The Bible.
He earned theology degrees from both the University of St. Andrews and Edinburgh University and later presided over Presbyterian congregations in both Balquhidder and his native Aberfoyle.
He died at the age of forty-seven while taking a nighttime walk on the hill near his home. Scottish legend held that his body had been carried off by the fairies he loved so much.
He and his six older siblings grew up in Aberfoyle, Scotland, as the children of Minister James Kirk. Robert Kirk's first marriage -- to Isobel Campbel -- resulted in a son named Colin, and his second marriage -- to Margaret Kirk -- produced a child named Robert.
His famous work was published posthumously. Its title, The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies, was the creation of fellow Scottish folklorist Andrew Lang.
Robert Kirk is 379 years old today.
Robert Kirk was born on December 09, 1644 in Scotland.
Robert Kirk zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Robert Kirk was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Robert Kirk's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1971 | Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences. |
1973 | British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland. |
1979 | The eradication of the smallpox virus is certified, making smallpox the first of only two diseases that have been driven to extinction (with rinderpest in 2011 being the other). |
1987 | Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. |
1992 | American troops land in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope. |
1996 | Gwen Jacob is acquitted of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topless in Ontario, Canada. |
2003 | A blast in the center of Moscow kills six people and wounds several more. |
2008 | Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is arrested by federal officials for crimes including attempting to sell the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. |
2012 | A plane crash in Mexico kills seven people. |
2013 | At least seven are dead and 63 are injured following a train accident near Bintaro, Indonesia. |
2016 | President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal. |
2016 | At least 57 people are killed and a further 177 injured when two schoolgirl suicide bombers attack a market area in Madagali, Adamawa, Nigeria in the Madagali suicide bombings. |
2017 | The Marriage Amendment Bill receives royal assent and comes into effect, making Australia the 26th country to legalize same-sex marriage. |
2019 | A volcano on Whakaari / White Island, New Zealand, kills 22 people after it erupts. |
2021 | Fifty-five people are killed and more than 100 injured when a truck with 160 migrants from Central America overturned in Chiapas, Mexico. |
1984 | The birth of Leon Hall, American football player |
1985 | The birth of Wil Besseling, Dutch golfer |
1987 | The birth of Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer |
1987 | The birth of Mat Latos, American baseball player |
1987 | The birth of Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese-American chess player |
1988 | The birth of Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Denise Hannema, Dutch cricketer |
1991 | The birth of Choi Minho, Korean singer and actor |
1993 | The birth of Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder |
1993 | The birth of Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist |
1995 | The birth of McKayla Maroney, American gymnast |
1996 | The birth of Kyle Connor, American ice hockey player |
1996 | The birth of MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast |
1999 | The birth of Riley Clemmons, American Christian musician |
2000 | The birth of Diāna Ņikitina, Latvian figure skater |
2013 | The death of Eleanor Parker, American actress (b. 1922) |
2013 | The death of John Wilbur, American football player (b. 1943) |
2014 | The death of Sacvan Bercovitch, Canadian-American author, critic, and academic (b. 1933) |
2014 | The death of Jane Freilicher, American painter and poet (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Jorge María Mejía, Argentinian cardinal (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Mary Ann Mobley, American model and actress, Miss America 1959 (b. 1937) |
2014 | The death of Blagoje Paunović, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1947) |
2014 | The death of Jože Toporišič, Slovenian linguist and author (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Norman Breslow, American statistician and academic (b. 1941) |
2015 | The death of Juvenal Juvêncio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Bolivian cardinal (b. 1936) |
2021 | The death of Speedy Duncan, American football player (b. 1942) |
2021 | The death of Demaryius Thomas, American football player (b. 1987) |
2022 | The death of Jovit Baldivino, Filipino singer and actor (b. 1993) |
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