Updated at November 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | William Marsden |
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Birthdate | November 16, 1754 |
Birth Place | Ireland |
Age (in 2024) | 270 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Occupation | Novelist |
William Marsden is best known as Novelist who has born on November 16, 1754 in Ireland. Currently, William Marsden is 270 years, 0 months and 7 days old. William Marsden will celebrate 271st birthday on Sunday, 16th of November 2025. Below the countdown to William Marsden upcoming birthday.
Remembered as a senior member of the Royal Navy's Admiralty during the Napoleonic Wars, this Irishman also became famous as the author of A Dictionary of the Malayan Language and The History of Sumatra, both of which were written based on his experiences in Sumatra as an employee of the East India Company.
After graduating from Trinity College, Dublin, and subsequently living and working in Benkulen, Sumatra, he earned a civil law degree from Oxford University.
In 1783, he became a member of The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (also known as The Royal Society).
He grew up in County Wicklow, Ireland, as the son of a merchant father. He later married Elizabeth Wilkins and settled in London, England.
As Secretary of the Admiralty, he was the first to receive word that Horatio Nelson had died in combat during the victorious Battle of Trafalgar.
William Marsden is 270 years old today.
William Marsden was born on November 16, 1754 in Ireland.
William Marsden zodiac sign is Scorpio.
William Marsden was best known as Novelist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with William Marsden's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1945 | UNESCO is founded. |
1965 | Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet. |
1973 | Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission. |
1973 | U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline. |
1974 | The Arecibo message is broadcast from Puerto Rico. |
1979 | The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania. |
1988 | The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence. |
1988 | In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan. |
1989 | El Salvadoran army troops kill six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University. |
1990 | Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals. |
1992 | The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk. |
1997 | After nearly 18 years of incarceration, China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons. |
2002 | The first cases of the 2002-2004 SARS outbreak are traced to Foshan, Guangdong Province, China. |
2005 | Following a 31-year wait, Australia defeats Uruguay in a penalty shootout to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. |
2022 | Artemis Program: NASA launches Artemis 1 on the first flight of the Space Launch System, the start of the program's future missions to the moon. |
1985 | The birth of Sanna Marin, Finnish politician, the Prime Minister of Finland |
1986 | The birth of Omar Mateen, Islamic terrorist, perpetrator of the Orlando nightclub shooting (d. 2016) |
1986 | The birth of Maxime Médard, French rugby player |
1987 | The birth of Eitan Tibi, Israeli footballer |
1987 | The birth of Jordan Walden, American baseball player |
1989 | The birth of Iamsu!, American rapper and producer |
1990 | The birth of Arjo Atayde, Filipino actor |
1990 | The birth of Dénes Dibusz, Hungarian football player |
1991 | The birth of Tomomi Kasai, Japanese actress and singer |
1992 | The birth of George Akpabio, Nigerian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Matthew Allwood, Australian rugby league player |
1993 | The birth of Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor |
1994 | The birth of Brandon Larracuente, American actor |
1994 | The birth of Yoshiki Yamamoto, Japanese football player |
1995 | The birth of Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor and pianist |
2015 | The death of David Canary, American actor (b. 1938) |
2015 | The death of Michael C. Gross, American graphic designer and producer (b. 1945) |
2015 | The death of Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Alton D. Slay, American general (b. 1924) |
2016 | The death of Jay Wright Forrester, American computer engineer (b. 1918) |
2016 | The death of Melvin Laird, American politician and writer (b. 1922) |
2016 | The death of Daniel Prodan, Romanian football player (b. 1972) |
2017 | The death of Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress (b. 1960) |
2017 | The death of Ann Wedgeworth, American actress (b. 1934) |
2018 | The death of William Goldman, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1931) |
2019 | The death of John Campbell Brown, Scottish astronomer (b. 1947) |
2019 | The death of Terry O'Neill, British photographer (b. 1938) |
2020 | The death of Sheila Nelson, English string teacher (b. 1936) |
2021 | The death of Jyrki Kasvi, Finnish journalist and politician (b. 1964) |
2022 | The death of Robert Clary, French-American actor and author (b. 1926) |
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