September 23rd, 1297

Born on September 23rd, 1297

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 595 days, exactly on January 5th, 2026, people who were born on September 23rd, 1297 will be 266,000 days old!

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What happened on September 23rd?

September 23rd, 2019

The British travel company Thomas Cook Group ceased operations with immediate effect, leaving around 600,000 tourists stranded around the world.

September 23rd, 2016

Following a number of high-profile sexual assaults, major reforms were enacted to strengthen laws related to rape in Germany.

September 23rd, 2010

Teresa Lewis became the first woman to be executed by the U.S. state of Virginia since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed by lethal injection.

September 23rd, 2008

A gunman shot and killed ten students at the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences in Kauhajoki, Finland, before committing suicide.

September 23rd, 1952

U.S. vice-presidential candidate Richard Nixon delivered the Checkers speech (pictured), one of the first political uses of television to appeal directly to the populace.

September 23rd, 1920

The Louisiana hurricane dissipated over Kansas after forcing around 4,500 people to evacuate and causing $1.45 million in damages.

September 23rd, 1913

The United Mine Workers of America begin a strike against the Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, sparking the Colorado Coalfield War.

September 23rd, 1884

The French steamship Arctique ran aground on the northern coast of Cape Virgenes in Argentina; gold was discovered during the rescue effort, triggering the Tierra del Fuego gold rush.

September 23rd, 1803

Maratha troops were defeated by forces of the British East India Company at the Battle of Assaye, one of the decisive battles of the Second Anglo-Maratha War.

September 23rd, 1780

American Revolutionary War: British officer John André was captured by Patriot forces, thereby revealing a plot by Continental Army general Benedict Arnold to hand over West Point, New York.

September 23rd, 1642

First English Civil War: The Battle of Powick Bridge, the first engagement between the primary field armies of the Royalists and the Parliamentarians, ended in a Royalist victory.

September 23rd, 1122

Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman emperor Henry V agreed to the Concordat of Worms (pictured), ending the Investiture Controversy.

September 23rd, 2008

Matti Saari kills ten people at a school in Finland before committing suicide.

September 23rd, 2004

Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.

September 23rd, 1983

Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 23rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 23rd?

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

37

Kaylee DeFer

American actress

*September 23rd, 1986, Tucson

78

Kublai Khan

Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)

*September 23rd, 1215, Mongol Empire †February 18th, 1294, Khanbaliq

65

Elizabeth de Clare

English heiress

*September 23rd, 1295, Gloucestershire †November 12th, 1360, Hertfordshire

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

43

Romy Schneider

German-French actress (1938–1982)

*September 23rd, 1938, Vienna †May 29th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

64

Jason Alexander

American actor, comedian, director and television host

*September 23rd, 1959, Newark

45

Anthony Mackie

American actor

*September 23rd, 1978, New Orleans

90

John Boyd Orr

Scottish nutritionist, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (1880-1971)

*September 23rd, 1880, Kilmaurs †June 25th, 1971, Brechin

61

Indra Gunawan

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1947, Surakarta City †June 7th, 2009

91

Georg Keßler

German association football player, manager and university teacher

*September 23rd, 1932, Sankt Ingbert

84

Jaroslav Seifert

Czechoslovak poet, Nobel prize laureate

*September 23rd, 1901, Žižkov †January 10th, 1986, Prague

69

George C. Wolfe

American playwright

*September 23rd, 1954, Frankfort

47

Anya Marina

American musician

*September 23rd, 1976, Ann Arbor

39

Anneliese van der Pol

Dutch actress (born 1984)

*September 23rd, 1984, Amsterdam

68

William Archer

Scottish critic and translator

*September 23rd, 1856, Perth †December 27th, 1924, London

93

Mickey Rooney

American actor (1920–2014)

*September 23rd, 1920, Brooklyn †April 6th, 2014, Studio City

40

Emma Johansson

Swedish road racing cyclist

*September 23rd, 1983, Sollefteå

39

Dylan Moscovitch

Canadian pair skater

*September 23rd, 1984, Toronto

40

John Coltrane

American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)

*September 23rd, 1926, Hamlet †July 17th, 1967, Huntington

61

Aldo Moro

Italian politician (1916-1978)

*September 23rd, 1916, Maglie †May 9th, 1978, Rome

80

Julio Iglesias

Spanish singer

*September 23rd, 1943, Madrid

83

Michel Temer

President of Brazil from 2016 to 2018

*September 23rd, 1940, Tietê

76

Hippolyte Fizeau

French physicist (1819-1896)

*September 23rd, 1819, Paris †September 18th, 1896, Jouarre (Seine-et-Marne). Le petit cloître de l’abbaye

87

Walter Pidgeon

Canadian actor (1897-1984)

*September 23rd, 1897, Saint John †September 25th, 1984, Santa Monica

73

Ray Charles

American singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004)

*September 23rd, 1930, Albany †June 10th, 2004, Beverly Hills

70

Myriam Ullens

Belgian entrepreneur

*September 23rd, 1952, Cologne †March 29th, 2023, Lasne

49

Cyril Hanouna

Radio and TV personality

*September 23rd, 1974, 15th arrondissement of Paris

66

Aneta Mihaly

Romanian rower

*September 23rd, 1957, Axintele

50

René Lohse

German ice dancer

*September 23rd, 1973, East Berlin

92

Carl August Bünte

German musician and conductor (1925–2018)

*September 23rd, 1925, Berlin †June 6th, 2018

88

Prem Chopra

Indian actor

*September 23rd, 1935, Lahore

63

Barbara Mensing

Archer

*September 23rd, 1960, Herten

77

Sisse Reingaard

Danish actress, born in 1946

*September 23rd, 1946, Copenhagen

84

Prinz zu Wied-Neuwied Maximilian Alexander Philipp

German explorer, ethnologist and naturalist (1782–1867)

*September 23rd, 1782, Neuwied †February 3rd, 1867, Neuwied

70

Dietmar Lorenz

East German judoka (1950-2021)

*September 23rd, 1950, Schleiz †September 8th, 2021, Berlin

55

Emmanuel Tugny

French singer-songwriter

*September 23rd, 1968, Rennes

42

Brandon Victor Dixon

American actor and producer

*September 23rd, 1981, Gaithersburg

38

Samper

Musical artist

*September 23rd, 1985, Cali

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1297 is a normal year and no leap year.

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