If date of birth started being written in 19th century, how do they know when earlier famous people were born?

[Vivaldi]

Bach being born in 1685. Vivaldi being born in 1678. Etc.

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Date of death will be known ense since they became famous. But date of birth?

[DryGermanGuy]

Does the term church parish register mean something to you?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parish_register



Quote:
„Parish registers were formally introduced in England and Wales on 5 September 1538 shortly after the formal split with Rome in 1534, when Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to Henry VIII, acting as his Vicar Generalissued an injunction requiring that in each parish of the Church of England registers of all baptisms, marriages, and burials be kept.“

[Quackthulu2]

What are you talking about dude? People have been recording birth dates for thousands of years.

[Vivaldi]

On google, it says recording of death of birth and death started in 19th century

[Vivaldi]

Birth and death

[Vivaldi]

It is not officially recorded till 19th century.

[Quackthulu2]

dbpedia.org/.../Birth_registration_in_ancient_Rome

[Vivaldi]

When did birth records start UK?
1 July 1837

[Quackthulu2]

Well there’s your problem your question never specified anything about the UK

[Vivaldi]

Interesting

[Vivaldi]

It is wrong then

[Vivaldi]

Since even in Ottoman Empire, it started in 1840s, I would expect UK to begin much earlier since it is a far developed country.

[Quackthulu2]

The roman empire kept birth records, I would expect the Egyptian empire to have done the same ever before that.

[Vivaldi]

Family information goes as far as 1840s here. That is where it stops.

[Quackthulu2]

Again… for the UK. Which I also seriously doubt is accurate. In the US there are family records that go back to the 1700s and the UK is a hell of a lot older.

[Vivaldi]

Makes sense

[Vivaldi]

Considering even Ottoman Empire was recording births in 1840s.

[Vivaldi]

I mentioned UK because it was the most developed country.

[Vivaldi]

What does 1837 mean in this?

www.familyhistory.co.uk/.../

[Vivaldi]

See the link above

[Quackthulu2]

It literally says that is the date they started holding records in the General Register Office for England and Wales.

[Vivaldi]

So records start then?

[Vivaldi]

That doesn't mean record starts then?

[Quackthulu2]

It means that the records for those particular countries started being kept at that particular location on that date.

[Vivaldi]

So records were being kept before too in UK?