Updated at December 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | William B. Travis |
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Birthdate | August 01, 1809 |
Birth Place | South Carolina |
Age (in 2024) | 215 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | War Hero |
William B. Travis is best known as War Hero who has born on August 01, 1809 in South Carolina. Currently, William B. Travis is 215 years, 4 months and 22 days old. William B. Travis will celebrate 216th birthday on Friday, 1st of August 2025. Below the countdown to William B. Travis upcoming birthday.
Lieutenant Colonel in the Texas Army who died a hero in the 1836 Battle of the Alamo. He also wrote a famous letter that became a plaque in front of the Alamo.
He was born in South Carolina and raised in Alabama, and he taught school, established a newspaper, and worked as an attorney before beginning his military career.
He wrote a famous letter at the start of the Battle of the Alamo that was addressed "To the People of Texas and All Americans in the World," and that announced that he would never surrender. The letter encouraged widespread American support for the Texas Revolution and established Travis' place in history as a war hero.
He married Rosanna Cato in 1828. The couple had a son and a daughter before divorcing in 1836.
He and James Bonham were both heroes of the Battle of the Alamo.
William B. Travis is 215 years old today.
William B. Travis was born on August 01, 1809 in South Carolina.
William B. Travis zodiac sign is Leo.
William B. Travis was best known as War Hero.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about William B. Travis's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with William B. Travis's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1968 | The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei. |
1971 | The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. |
1974 | Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones. |
1976 | Niki Lauda has a severe accident that almost claims his life at the German Grand Prix at Nurburgring. |
1980 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state. |
1980 | A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork, Ireland. |
1981 | MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. |
1984 | Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England. |
1988 | A British soldier was killed in the Inglis Barracks bombing in London, England. |
1993 | The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak. |
2004 | A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay. |
2007 | The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145. |
2008 | The Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world. |
2008 | Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering. |
2017 | A suicide attack on a mosque in Herat, Afghanistan kills 20 people. |
1990 | The birth of Aledmys Díaz, Cuban baseball player |
1990 | The birth of Elton Jantjies, South African rugby player |
1991 | The birth of Piotr Malarczyk, Polish footballer |
1991 | The birth of Marco Puntoriere, Italian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Austin Rivers, American basketball player |
1992 | The birth of Mrunal Thakur, Indian actress |
1993 | The birth of Álex Abrines, Spanish basketball player |
1993 | The birth of Leon Thomas III, American actor and singer |
1994 | The birth of Sergeal Petersen, South African rugby player |
1994 | The birth of Ayaka Wada, Japanese singer |
1995 | The birth of Madison Cawthorn, American politician |
1996 | The birth of Katie Boulter, British tennis player |
2001 | The birth of Park Si-eun, South Korean actress |
2001 | The birth of Ben Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player |
2003 | The birth of Joseph Sua'ali'i, Australian-Samoan rugby league player |
2014 | The death of Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1973) |
2014 | The death of Jan Roar Leikvoll, Norwegian author (b. 1974) |
2014 | The death of Charles T. Payne, American soldier (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Mike Smith, English radio and television host (b. 1955) |
2015 | The death of Stephan Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (b. 1968) |
2015 | The death of Cilla Black, English singer and actress (b. 1943) |
2015 | The death of Bernard d'Espagnat, French physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1921) |
2015 | The death of Bob Frankford, English-Canadian physician and politician (b. 1939) |
2015 | The death of Hong Yuanshuo, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1948) |
2016 | The death of Queen Anne of Romania (b. 1923) |
2020 | The death of Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (b. 1934) |
2020 | The death of Rodney H. Pardey, American poker player (b. 1945) |
2020 | The death of Rickey Dixon, American professional football player (b. 1966) |
2021 | The death of Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Scottish Islamic scholar and writer (b. 1930) |
2021 | The death of Jerry Ziesmer, American assistant director, production manager and occasional actor (b. 1939) |
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