Venus - Notable Historical Events
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Venus - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
293 |
The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded, starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. |
215 |
A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. |
46 |
Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the battle of Pharsalus. |
BC AD | |
2-08-20 |
Venus and Jupiter in conjunction - possible astrological explanation for Star of Bethlehem |
3-08-12 |
Venus-Jupiter in conjunction-Star of Bethlehem |
1362-04-06 |
Robber bastion Tard-Venus strikes at Brignais France |
1631-12-06 |
1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed |
1639-11-24 |
1st observation of transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree - helped establish size of the Solar System |
1686-08-18 |
Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus |
1717-03-02 |
The Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England. |
1769-06-04 |
A transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in history. |
1820-04-08 |
The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos. |
1882-12-06 |
Atmosphere of Venus detected during transit |
1894-02-14 |
Venus is both a morning star & evening star |
1914-03-10 |
Suffragettes in London damage Rokeby's painting Venus of Velasquez |
1943-10-07 |
Weill/Perelman/Nash' musical "One Touch of Venus" premieres in NYC |
1950-01-18 |
Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed," premieres in London |
1956-05-02 |
US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus |
1959-03-09 |
1st known radar contact is made with Venus |
1960-03-11 |
Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth & Venus |
1961-02-04 |
Sputnik 7 launches into Earth orbit; probable Venus probe failure |
1961-02-12 |
USSR launches Venera 1 toward Venus |
1961-02-13 |
Soviet Union fires a rocket from Sputnik V to Venus |
1962-02-05 |
Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn within 16 degrees |
1962-07-22 |
1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off |
1962-07-27 |
Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission |
1962-08-27 |
Mariner 2 launched; first probe to fly by Venus |
1962-12-14 |
Mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus) |
1964-04-02 |
USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned |
1965-11-12 |
Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus |
1965-11-16 |
Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus) |
1966-03-01 |
Venera 3 becomes 1st man-made object to impact on a planet (Venus) |
1967-06-12 |
USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus |
1967-06-14 |
Mariner 5 Launch (Venus Flyby) |
1967-10-18 |
Soviet Venera 4 becomes 1st probe to send data back from Venus |
1967-10-19 |
Mariner 5 makes fly-by of Venus |
1969-01-05 |
USSR Venera 5 launched for 1st successful planet landing (Venus) |
1969-01-10 |
USSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus |
1969-05-16 |
Venera 5 lands on Venus, returns data on atmosphere |
1969-05-17 |
Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus |
1969-07-30 |
Mariner 6 passes Venus on 3410 km (74 photos) |
1970-08-17 |
Venera 7 (US), 1st softlanding on Venus, launched |
1970-12-15 |
Soviet Venera 7 is 1st spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus) |
1970-12-16 |
1st successful landing on Venus (USSR) |
1972-03-27 |
Venera 8 launched to Venus |
1972-07-22 |
Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus |
1973-11-03 |
Mariner 10 launched-1st Venus pics, 1st mission to Mercury |
1974-02-05 |
US Mariner 10 returns 1st close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure |
1975-05-27 |
Paul McCartney releases "Venus & Mars" |
1975-05-30 |
Wings release "Venus & Mars" album |
1975-06-08 |
USSR launches Venera 9 for Venus landing |
1975-06-14 |
USSR launches Venera 10 for Venus landing |
1975-10-21 |
Venera 9, 1st craft to orbit planet Venus launched |
1975-10-22 |
Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 soft-lands on Venus |
1975-10-25 |
USSR's Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing |
1975-11-28 |
Wings release "Venus & Mars/Rock Show" medley |
1978-05-20 |
US launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces 1st global radar map of Venus |
1978-07-08 |
Pioneer-Venus 2 Multi-probe launched to Venus |
1978-08-08 |
Pioneer-Venus 2 with 5 atmospheric probes launched toward Venus |
1978-12-04 |
Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus |
1978-12-05 |
Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus |
1978-12-09 |
Pioneer Venus 2 drops 5 probes into atmosphere of Venus |
1982-03-01 |
Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data |
1982-03-05 |
Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data |
1985-06-09 |
USSR's Vega 1 deposits lander on surface of Venus |
1985-06-11 |
Russian space probe Vega 1 lands on Venus |
1985-06-15 |
En route to Halley's Comet, USSR's Vega 2 drops lander on Venus |
1985-06-15 |
Russian space probe Vega 2 lands on Venus |
1989-05-04 |
US launches Magellan to Venus |
1989-08-15 |
US Venus probe Magellan launched from Space shuttle |
1989-11-22 |
Conjunction of Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn & Moon |
1990-02-09 |
Galileo flies by Venus |
1990-08-10 |
US's Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus |
1992-10-08 |
Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1st Venus orbiter-1978), crashes into Venus |
1994-10-12 |
Contact with Venus orbitter Magellan broken |
1994-10-14 |
Space probe Magellan burns up in atmosphere of Venus |
1995-10-21 |
Addison Vance, 18, of Hickory NC, crowned 7th Ms Venus Swimwear |
1995-11-19 |
Keelin Curnuck, 23, Ms Venus Swimwear 1994, crowned Miss NY USA |
1996-09-28 |
Joyce Giraud, crowned 8th Ms Venus Swimwear |
1997-01-27 |
"Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus," opens at Gershwin NYC |
1997-02-02 |
"Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" closes at Gershwin NYC |
1997-09-07 |
111th US Women's Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64) |
2000-05-05 |
Conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn & Moon |
2000-07-09 |
107th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Venus Williams beats L Davenport (6-3 7-6) |
2001-07-08 |
108th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Venus Williams beats Justine Henin (6-1 3-6 6-0) |
2002-07-07 |
109th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats Venus Williams (7-6 6-3) |
2002-07-10 |
10th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Venus Williams win |
2003-07-06 |
110th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Serena Williams beats Venus Williams (4-6 6-4 6-2) |
2004-06-08 |
Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs |
2005-07-03 |
112th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Venus Williams beats Lindsay Davenport (4-6 7-6 9-7) |
2005-11-09 |
The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. |
2007-01-13 |
Two thirds of the Venus's southern hemisphere suddenly brightened as something triggered aerosols to form at a furious rate. |
2007-07-08 |
114th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Venus Williams beats Marion Bartoli (6-4 6-1) |
2008-07-06 |
115th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Venus Williams beats Serena Williams (7-5 6-4) |
2009-07-05 |
116th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Serena Williams beats Venus Williams (7-6 6-2) |
2012-06-06 |
Transit of Venus (between Earth & Sun) occurs |
2016-07-10 |
Wimbledon 2016: Venus and Serena Williams win doubles |
2016-08-07 |
Venus Williams Loses in 1st Round of Singles at Rio Olympics |
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Venus - Notable Birthdays
Venus - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1445-03-01 |
Sandro Botticelli, Florentine Renaissance painter (Birth of Venus), probable date of birth |
1649-02-23 |
John Blow, composer of 1st English opera (Venus & Adonis) (baptized) |
1824-02-22 |
P.J.C. Janssen, Passage de Venus |
1836-01-27 |
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Venus in Fur |
1838-06-10 |
Meyer E van Beem, actor (Black Venus) |
1848-04-02 |
Robert V. Ferguson, Venus and Adonis |
1858-10-12 |
Alice Charbonnet Kellerman, Venus of the South Seas |
1860-02-11 |
Rachilde, [Marguerite Vallette-Eymery], French author (Monsieur Venus) |
1862-9-23 |
James W. Blake, Blonde Venus |
1877-08-08 |
Henry Otto, The Temple of Venus |
1885-9-04 |
James R. Sullivan, Venus of the South Seas |
1886-12-05 |
Maud Cressall, The Tinted Venus |
1892-07-01 |
William Knoblauch, Venus fra Vestø |
1893-02-01 |
S.K. Lauren, Blonde Venus |
1902-04-06 |
Gertrude Short, Cincinnati OH, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus) |
1902-09-17 |
Esther Ralston, Bar Harbor ME, American Venus/actress (Old Ironsides) |
1902-09-24 |
Cheryl Crawford, producer (Touch of Venus, Brigadoon) |
1903-02-26 |
Jan Fethke, First Spaceship on Venus |
1905-08-13 |
Jesús Pampín, Venus perseguida |
1906-01-18 |
Hans Aeschbacher, Swiss sculptor (Venus de Six-Tours) |
1906-11-14 |
Louise Brooks, silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora's Box) |
1909-02-17 |
Marjorie Lawrence, Australia, soprano (Venus-Tannhäuser) |
1909-02-18 |
Oldrich Lukes, First Spaceship on Venus |
1910-04-21 |
Kurt Rackelmann, First Spaceship on Venus |
1911-01-25 |
Kurt Maetzig, First Spaceship on Venus |
1911-11-29 |
Camille Maurane, Venus Beauty Institute |
1911-12-10 |
Anatol Radzinowicz, First Spaceship on Venus |
1913-10-14 |
Max Strassberg, Venus im Licht |
1915-05-24 |
Barry Learoyd, The Venus of Bainville |
1918-02-20 |
Vera Valdor, Venus perseguida |
1918-03-15 |
Jan Olejniczak, First Spaceship on Venus |
1920-07-05 |
Ignacy Machowski, First Spaceship on Venus |
1921-9-09 |
Jeanette Leahy, Living Venus |
1922-9-27 |
Edward Zajicek, First Spaceship on Venus |
1923-9-21 |
Paul Lehmann, First Spaceship on Venus |
1924-02-02 |
Günther Rücker, First Spaceship on Venus |
1924-08-22 |
Andrzej Markowski, First Spaceship on Venus |
1924-9-26 |
Venus Ramey, Episode dated 2 May 2007 |
1925-04-26 |
Laurel Shelby, One Touch of Venus |
1927-03-16 |
Olga San Juan, NYC, actress (Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus) |
1928-08-02 |
Yôko Tani, First Spaceship on Venus |
1930-02-23 |
Jef Geeraerts, Flemish writer (Black Venus) |
1931-01-30 |
Shirley Hazzard, Australian author (Transit of Venus) |
1931-03-19 |
Alfred Hirschmeier, First Spaceship on Venus |
1932-03-27 |
Ivana Kislinger, La noche de Venus |
1932-12-02 |
Paul Robert, Venus im Licht |
1934-01-10 |
Joseph Marzano, Venus in Furs |
1935-10-13 |
Philippine J Aeckerlin, Dutch actress (Oh Venus, Daddy Longlegs) |
1935-11-30 |
Herbert Prikopa, Entführte Venus |
1936-06-08 |
James Darren, Phila, actor (TJ Hooker, Diamond Head, Venus in Furs) |
1936-06-14 |
Sophie Grimaldi, Venus Beauty Institute |
1937-01-04 |
Grace Bumbry, St Louis, mezzo-soprano (Venus in Tannhäuser) |
1940-09-18 |
Frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus) |
1941-01-01 |
Antal Fodor, Meeting Venus |
1941-06-21 |
Chavit Singson, Chavit Singson/Venus Raj/Andrei Felix |
1942-04-17 |
Daisy Boschán, Meeting Venus |
1942-12-13 |
Elke Herrmann, Entführte Venus |
1943-05-21 |
Jürgen Pooch, Die Venus von Müggensack |
1944-01-16 |
Marvin Jones, Venus Flytrap |
1944-01-29 |
Hans Plomp, Dutch writer/poet (Venus in Holland) |
1944-11-13 |
Victor Nieuwenhuijs, Venus in Furs |
1944-12-19 |
Tim Reid, Norfolk VA, American actor and comedian (Venus Flytrap-WKRP, Frank's Place) |
1946-04-18 |
Robin Leggate, Meeting Venus |
1946-06-28 |
Margrethe Koytu, Venus |
1947-10-10 |
Ferenc Gerdesits, Meeting Venus |
1947-11-10 |
Brenda Venus, The Eiger Sanction |
1948-03-20 |
Pamela Sargent, US, sci-fi author (Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives) |
1950-03-08 |
Pentti Valkeasuo, FC Venus |
1950-07-11 |
David Ives, Venus in Fur |
1951-05-03 |
Katarzyna Lengren, The Dark Side of Venus |
1951-11-29 |
Tonie Marshall, Venus Beauty Institute |
1952-01-29 |
Roderick Earle, Meeting Venus |
1952-06-23 |
Kim Begley, Meeting Venus |
1953-04-16 |
Jay O Sanders, Austin TX, actor (Meeting Venus, V I Warshawski) |
1955-02-02 |
Alan R. Goulder, Martians from Venus |
1956-01-09 |
Waltraud Meier, Meeting Venus |
1956-06-11 |
Dieter Rita Scholl, Meeting Venus |
1956-06-15 |
Kow Yokoyama, Venus Wars |
1957-04-03 |
Jay Borg, Venus |
1957-04-08 |
Ute Wieland, FC Venus |
1957-09-10 |
Siobhan Fahey, Dublin, rocker (Bananarama-Venus, Shakespear's Sister) |
1957-9-06 |
Lori A. Depp, Venus Rising |
1960-05-26 |
Tom Eddie Brudvik, Mars & Venus |
1960-07-03 |
Tia Gunn, Merchants of Venus |
1960-08-07 |
Jacquie O'Sullivan, rocker (Bananarama-Venus) |
1961-04-02 |
Keren Jane Woodward, Bristol England, rock vocalist (Bananarama-Venus) |
1961-12-17 |
Sarah Dallin, rocker (Bananarama-Venus) |
1962-05-08 |
Kristian Wahlberg, FC Venus |
1963-01-28 |
Volker Ippig, FC Venus |
1963-10-04 |
Leslie Glass, Vampire Vixens from Venus |
1964-02-09 |
André Arend van de Noord, Venus in Furs |
1965-02-10 |
Joona Tena, FC Venus |
1965-05-22 |
Venus Xtravaganza, Paris Is Burning |
1965-11-15 |
Paul Hayeland, Venus Conspiracy |
1966-04-04 |
Sylvain Latendresse, Venus de Milo |
1966-07-24 |
Katsuhide Uekusa, Venus Wars |
1967-07-12 |
Audie England, Delta of Venus |
1967-10-17 |
Venus Terzo, Ranma ½ |
1967-10-17 |
Nathalie Tauziat, Venus and Serena Williams |
1968-04-03 |
Dru Freeman, The Rite of Venus: A Rock Opera |
1968-10-07 |
Venus DeLight, Bondagette in Training |
1969-06-01 |
Lolita Chakrabarti, Venus |
1969-07-11 |
Bill Beckenstein, Vampire Vixens from Venus |
1969-10-05 |
Margret R.R. Echeverria, Jigsaw Venus |
1970-07-12 |
Jeff Landry, Venus de Milo |
1972-01-20 |
Venus Ramos, Episode #1.7 |
1972-04-01 |
Anil Jagdewsing, Venus |
1972-05-08 |
Keelin Curnuck, Miss New York USA (1996)/Ms Venus Swimwear (1994) |
1972-12-12 |
Blaine Morris, Venus Rising |
1973-01-11 |
Ann Kok, Venus |
1973-03-05 |
Nicole Pratt, Venus and Serena Williams |
1973-06-06 |
Adrian Tridel, Jigsaw Venus |
1975-01-09 |
Katri Manninen, FC Venus |
1975-04-11 |
Olli Halonen, FC Venus |
1977-12-03 |
Gabrielle Tuite, Bikini Pregos, Lingerie Perverts, and the Venus Model Search |
1977-12-12 |
Sanna Valkonen, FC Venus |
1977-12-13 |
Katrin Wrobel, FC Venus |
1977-9-05 |
Rachel R. Miller, From Venus |
1979-10-13 |
Patrick Kalupa, Steinzeit - Die gefälschte Venus |
1980-06-17 |
Venus Williams, Lynwood California, tennis star |
1980-06-17 |
Venus Williams, Episode dated 22 August 2008 |
1981-03-15 |
Mikael Forssell, FC Venus |
1981-07-11 |
Kellie Shirley, Venus |
1982-04-21 |
Bree Ryan, Venus Wet N' Wild! |
1982-08-02 |
Julian Sengelmann, FC Venus |
1984-05-18 |
Diana Anttila, FC Venus |
1984-06-01 |
Michele Martín, Assisting Venus |
1984-08-09 |
Brian Fawcett, Venus |
1984-08-25 |
Andrea Wenclova, All Venus No Penis 3 |
1987-05-20 |
Katerina Ulmanova, All Venus No Penis 3 |
1995-08-08 |
Carlota Hansen, FC Venus |
Venus - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1923-03-23 |
Writer Anaïs Nin (Delta of Venus) marries banker and artist Hugh Parker Guiler in Havana, Cuba |
Venus - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1510-05-17 |
Sandro Botticelli, Florentine Renaissance painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65 |
1708-10-01 |
John Blow, composer (Venus & Adonis), dies at 59 |
1777-07-13 |
Guillaume Coustou Jr, French sculptor (Apollo/Mars/Venus), dies at 61 |
1815-12-29 |
Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris |
1895-03-09 |
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Venus in Fur |
1907-12-23 |
P.J.C. Janssen, Passage de Venus |
1913-04-21 |
Robert V. Ferguson, Venus and Adonis |
1914-07-14 |
Alice Charbonnet Kellerman, Venus of the South Seas |
1935-05-24 |
James W. Blake, Blonde Venus |
1940-08-15 |
Gene Morgan, Blonde Venus |
1941-01-18 |
Catherine Carr, The Temple of Venus |
1951-06-02 |
John Erskine, US writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71 |
1952-08-03 |
Henry Otto, The Temple of Venus |
1959-02-08 |
John J. Wildberg, One Touch of Venus |
1968-07-31 |
Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66 |
1980-02-11 |
Oldrich Lukes, First Spaceship on Venus |
1980-03-25 |
William Knoblauch, Venus fra Vestø |
1980-12-16 |
Jan Fethke, First Spaceship on Venus |
1986-10-30 |
Andrzej Markowski, First Spaceship on Venus |
1988-12-21 |
Venus Xtravaganza, Paris Is Burning |
1993-02-17 |
Rita La Roy, Blonde Venus |
1994-03-12 |
Anatol Radzinowicz, First Spaceship on Venus |
1996-03-27 |
Alfred Hirschmeier, First Spaceship on Venus |
1998-08-18 |
Jürgen Pooch, Die Venus von Müggensack |
1999-07-03 |
Yôko Tani, First Spaceship on Venus |
2000-07-05 |
Joseph Marzano, Venus in Furs |
2000-08-04 |
Leslie Glass, Vampire Vixens from Venus |
2001-01-11 |
Ignacy Machowski, First Spaceship on Venus |
2003-09-14 |
Yetunde Price, half-sister of Venus and Serena Williams (b. 1972) |
2005-12-15 |
Ivana Kislinger, La noche de Venus |
2008-02-24 |
Günther Rücker, First Spaceship on Venus |
2008-12-29 |
Marvin Jones, Venus Flytrap |
2009-02-26 |
Elke Herrmann, Entführte Venus |
2010-01-05 |
Laurel Shelby, One Touch of Venus |
2010-01-21 |
Camille Maurane, Venus Beauty Institute |
2012-08-08 |
Kurt Maetzig, First Spaceship on Venus |
2012-08-19 |
Jeanette Leahy, Living Venus |
