July 17th, 1196

Born on July 17th, 1196

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 302,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 637 days, exactly on February 16th, 2026, people who were born on July 17th, 1196 will be 303,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on July 17th?

July 17th, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.

July 17th, 2007

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people.

July 17th, 1996

TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York.

July 17th, 1992

Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom.

July 17th, 1981

A structural failure caused a walkway at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., to collapse (damage pictured), killing 114 people and injuring 216 others.

July 17th, 1968

Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif in a bloodless coup.

July 17th, 1944

Laden with munitions for World War II, two ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, killing 320 people and injuring more than 400 others.

July 17th, 1918

Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II and his family (pictured) were murdered by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg.

July 17th, 1863

The New Zealand Wars resumed as British forces led by General Duncan Cameron began the invasion of the Waikato.

July 17th, 1850

The first astrophotograph of a star other than the Sun, a daguerreotype of Vega (pictured), was taken by William Cranch Bond and John Adams Whipple.

July 17th, 1771

Dene men, acting as guides to Samuel Hearne on his exploration of the Coppermine River in present-day Nunavut, Canada, massacred a group of about twenty Copper Inuit.

July 17th, 1453

The Battle of Castillon, the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War, ended with the English losing all holdings in France except the Pale of Calais.

July 17th, 1989

Holy See–Poland relations are restored.

July 17th, 1985

Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).

July 17th, 1984

The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 17th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 17th?

69

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

88

Donald Sutherland

Canadian actor (born 1935)

*July 17th, 1935, Saint John

33

Klæmint Olsen

Faroese association football player

*July 17th, 1990, Runavík

84

Diahann Carroll

American actress, singer, model and activist (1935–2019)

*July 17th, 1935, The Bronx †October 4th, 2019, Los Angeles

27

Ulrikke Falch

Norwegian actress

*July 17th, 1996, Oslo

29

Victor Lindelöf

Swedish association football player

*July 17th, 1994, Västerås

88

Peter Schickele

American composer, musical educator, and parodist (born 1935)

*July 17th, 1935, Ames †January 16th, 2024, Bearsville

58

Bastian Sick

German journalist

*July 17th, 1965, Lübeck

86

Evelyn Hartnick-Geismeier

German sculptor (1931-2017)

*July 17th, 1931, Finsterwalde †August 24th, 2017, Berlin

45

Émilie Simon

French singer, songwriter and composer

*July 17th, 1978, Montpellier

38

Francis Banecki

German association football player

*July 17th, 1985, Berlin

72

Lucie Arnaz

American actress

*July 17th, 1951, Hollywood

76

Queen Camilla

Queen Consort of the United Kingdom since 2022

*July 17th, 1947, King's College Hospital

86

Andreas von Bülow

German politician

*July 17th, 1937, Dresden

63

Nancy Giles

Actress and television personality

*July 17th, 1960, New York City

72

Carlos Alberto Torres

Brazilian association football player and manager (1944-2016)

*July 17th, 1944, Rio de Janeiro †October 25th, 2016, Rio de Janeiro

38

Tom Cullen

British actor

*July 17th, 1985, Aberystwyth

86

James Cagney

American actor and dancer (1899–1986)

*July 17th, 1899, Manhattan †March 30th, 1986, Stanford

31

Mehdy Metella

French swimmer

*July 17th, 1992, Cayenne

54

Jaan Kirsipuu

Estonian cyclist

*July 17th, 1969, Tartu

95

Phyllis Diller

American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist (1917–2012)

*July 17th, 1917, Lima †August 20th, 2012, Brentwood

48

Terence Tao

Australian-American mathematician

*July 17th, 1975, Adelaide

77

José Catieau

Road bicycle racer

*July 17th, 1946, Coutiches †November 30th, 2023, Saint-Quentin

97

Kenan Evren

Turkish general (1917-2015)

*July 17th, 1917, Kula †May 9th, 2015, Ankara

88

Ray Galton

British screenwriter (1930–2018)

*July 17th, 1930, Paddington †October 5th, 2018, Paddington

65

Wong Kar-wai

Chinese screenwriter, film producer and film director

*July 17th, 1958, Shanghai

52

Aarne Ruben

Estonian writer and journalist

*July 17th, 1971, Tallinn

62

António Costa

119th Prime Minister of Portugal

*July 17th, 1961, Lisbon

51

Jaap Stam

Dutch association football player and manager

*July 17th, 1972, Kampen

55

Matti Nykänen

Finnish ski jumper (1963–2019)

*July 17th, 1963, Jyväskylä †February 4th, 2019, Joutseno

54

Jason Clarke

Australian actor

*July 17th, 1969, Winton

88

Jimmy Scott

American jazz singer (1925-2014)

*July 17th, 1925, Cleveland †June 12th, 2014, Las Vegas

70

Hélène Esnault

French mathematician

*July 17th, 1953, Paris

52

Cory Doctorow

Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author

*July 17th, 1971, Toronto

48

Cécile de France

Belgian actress

*July 17th, 1975, Namur

36

Ismail I

Shah of Iran

*July 17th, 1487, Ardabil †May 23rd, 1524, Ardabil

62

Blair Horn

Canadian rower

*July 17th, 1961, Kelowna

47

Nicola Sartori

Italian rower

*July 17th, 1976, Cremona

45

Ricardo Arona

Brazilian martial artist

*July 17th, 1978, Araruama

62

Thé Lau

Dutch singer and writer

*July 17th, 1952, Bergen †June 23rd, 2015, Amsterdam

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Public holidays on July 17th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 17th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1196 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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