William H. Prescott Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at November 17, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

William H. Prescott Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

William H. Prescott Facts

Full Name	William H. Prescott
Birthdate	May 04, 1796
Birth Place	Groton, MA
Age (in 2024)	228 Years Old
Zodiac	Taurus
Occupation	Historian

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William H. Prescott Age & Birthday

William H. Prescott is best known as Historian who has born on May 04, 1796 in Groton, MA. Currently, William H. Prescott is 228 years, 6 months and 13 days old. William H. Prescott will celebrate 229th birthday on Sunday, 4th of May 2025. Below the countdown to William H. Prescott upcoming birthday.

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William H. Prescott Biography

About

Nineteenth-century American historian and author whose most famous works include The History of the Conquest of Mexico (1843) and The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic (1837). His works focus primarily on Hispanic military and political history.

Before Fame

He began studying at Harvard when he was just fifteen years old. He commenced research for his first major work, The History of Ferdinand and Isabella, in the mid 1820s.

Trivia

He is known as the first American scientific historian.

Family Life

He and his wife, Susan Amory Prescott, had four children. Their first daughter, Catherine, died at the age of five, and their son, William Gardiner Prescott, studied at Harvard and became a Boston-based attorney.

Associated With

Like Prescott, Francis Van Wyck Mason was also a historian from Massachusetts.

Top Asked Questions about William H. Prescott

How old is William H. Prescott in 2024?

William H. Prescott is 228 years old today.

When was William H. Prescott born?

William H. Prescott was born on May 04, 1796 in Groton, MA.

What is William H. Prescott zodiac sign?

William H. Prescott zodiac sign is Taurus.

What was William H. Prescott best known for?

William H. Prescott was best known as Historian.

Fun Facts about William H. Prescott's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about William H. Prescott's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

William H. Prescott was born on Wednesday, 125^th day / 18^th week of 1796
William H. Prescott has Taurus zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of William H. Prescott birthday is IV.V.MDCCXCVI
William H. Prescott's birthstone is Emerald
William H. Prescott's birth flower is Hawthorn that symbolize happiness, humility & sweetness
William H. Prescott age in year is 228 years old
William H. Prescott age in month is 2742 months old
William H. Prescott age in day is 83472 days old
William H. Prescott age in hour is 2003328 hours old
William H. Prescott age in minute is 120199680 minutes old
William H. Prescott age in second is 7211980800 seconds old
Next William H. Prescott birthday is on Sunday, May 4th 2025
William H. Prescott age in next birthday (2025) is 229 years old

Historical Events on William H. Prescott Birthday (May 04)

Below are historical events that coincided with William H. Prescott's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1972	The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".
1973	The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world's tallest building.
1978	The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.
1979	Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1982	Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
1988	The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of Space Shuttle fuel detonate during a fire.
1989	Iran-Contra affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal.
1990	Latvia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
1994	Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
1998	A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.
2000	Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).
2002	One hundred three people are killed and 51 are injured in a plane crash near Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano, Nigeria.
2007	Greensburg, Kansas is almost completely destroyed by a 1.7-mile wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita scale.
2014	Three people are killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya.
2019	The inaugural all-female motorsport series, W Series, takes place at Hockenheimring. The race was won by Jamie Chadwick, who would go on to become the inaugural season's champion.
1989	The birth of Henna Lindholm, Finnish figure skater
1989	The birth of Rory McIlroy, Northern Irish golfer
1989	The birth of Aris Tatarounis, Greek basketball player
1989	The birth of James van Riemsdyk, American ice hockey player
1990	The birth of Irina Falconi, American tennis player
1990	The birth of Ryan Morgan, Australian rugby league player
1990	The birth of Duvashen Padayachee, Australian race car driver
1990	The birth of Andrea Torres, Filipino actress and model
1991	The birth of Brianne Jenner, Canadian women's ice hockey player
1992	The birth of Victor Oladipo, American basketball player
1993	The birth of Jānis Bērziņš, Latvian basketball player
1994	The birth of Abi Masatora, Japanese sumo wrestler
1994	The birth of Joseph Tapine, New Zealand rugby league player
1996	The birth of Pelayo Roza, Spanish sprint canoeist
1997	The birth of Max King, Australian rugby league player
2013	The death of Morgan Morgan-Giles, English admiral and politician (b. 1914)
2013	The death of César Portillo de la Luz, Cuban guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
2014	The death of Dick Ayers, American author and illustrator (b. 1924)
2014	The death of Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (b. 1983)
2014	The death of Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)
2014	The death of Helga Königsdorf, German physicist and author (b. 1938)
2014	The death of Ross Lonsberry, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1947)
2014	The death of Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, Central African politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1948)
2015	The death of William Bast, American screenwriter and author (b. 1931)
2015	The death of Ellen Albertini Dow, American actress (b. 1913)
2015	The death of Marv Hubbard, American football player (b. 1946)
2016	The death of Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Burundian politician (b. 1946)
2020	The death of Don Shula, American football player and coach (b. 1930)
2020	The death of Greg Zanis, American carpenter and activist (b. 1950)
2021	The death of Nick Kamen, English model, songwriter (b. 1962)

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