November 20th, 1447

Born on November 20th, 1447

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 210,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 458 days, exactly on August 1st, 2025, people who were born on November 20th, 1447 will be 211,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 20th?

November 20th, 2003

Suicide bombers blew up the British consulate and the headquarters of HSBC Bank in Istanbul, killing 31 people, including consul general Roger Short and actor Kerem Yılmazer.

November 20th, 1991

First Nagorno-Karabakh War: An Azerbaijani military helicopter carrying a peacekeeping mission team was shot down in Nagorno-Karabakh, disrupting ongoing peace talks.

November 20th, 1990

Andrei Chikatilo, one of the Soviet Union's most prolific serial killers, was arrested in Novocherkassk.

November 20th, 1979

A group of armed insurgents attacked and took over the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, declaring that one of their leaders was the Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam.

November 20th, 1969

A group of Native American activists began a 19-month occupation of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.

November 20th, 1947

Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI, married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who was given the title Duke of Edinburgh.

November 20th, 1945

The Nuremberg trials (defendants pictured) of 24 leading Nazis involved in the Holocaust and various war crimes during World War II began in Nuremberg, Germany.

November 20th, 1917

First World War: The Battle of Cambrai began with British forces having initial success over Germany's Hindenburg Line.

November 20th, 1902

While discussing how to promote the newspaper L'Auto, sports journalist Géo Lefèvre came up with the idea of holding a cycling race that later became known as the Tour de France.

November 20th, 1845

Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: The Argentine Confederation was defeated in the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado, but the losses ultimately made the United Kingdom and France give up the blockade.

November 20th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Lee saw the invasion of New Jersey by British and Hessian forces and the subsequent general retreat of the Continental Army.

November 20th, 1739

War of Jenkins' Ear: A British naval force arrived at the settlement of Portobello in the Spanish Main, capturing it the next day.

November 20th, 0284

Diocletian (bust pictured) became Roman emperor, eventually establishing reforms that ended the Crisis of the Third Century.

November 20th, 2016

Jimmie Johnson wins his seventh NASCAR Cup Series championship to tie Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the most all-time.

November 20th, 2022

The 2022 FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar. This is the first time the tournament was held in the Middle East.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 20th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 20th?

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

81

Selma Lagerlöf

Swedish writer

*November 20th, 1858, Östra Ämtervik church parish †March 16th, 1940, Östra Ämtervik church parish

31

Juju

German rapper

*November 20th, 1992, Berlin

33

Lee Dong-keun

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1990, Gwangmyeong

60

Ming-Na Wen

American actress and model

*November 20th, 1963, Coloane

63

Veronika Bellmann

German politician (CDU)

*November 20th, 1960, Chemnitz

90

Nadine Gordimer

South African writer

*November 20th, 1923, Springs †July 13th, 2014, Johannesburg

63

Edwin Hubble

American astronomer

*November 20th, 1889, Marshfield †September 28th, 1953, San Marino

96

Estelle Parsons

American actress

*November 20th, 1927, Marblehead

39

Jeremy Jordan

American actor and singer (born 1984)

*November 20th, 1984, Corpus Christi

42

Robert F. Kennedy

United States Senator from New York from 1965 to 1968

*November 20th, 1925, Brookline †June 6th, 1968, Los Angeles

85

Benoit Mandelbrot

Polish-born, French and American mathematician

*November 20th, 1924, Warsaw †October 14th, 2010, Cambridge

89

Maya Plisetskaya

Russian ballet dancer

*November 20th, 1925, Moscow †May 2nd, 2015, Munich

61

Giacomo Cozzarelli

Italian sculptor and architect (1453-1515)

*November 20th, 1453, Siena †March 23rd, 1515, Siena

61

Jan Maxwell

American actress (1956-2018)

*November 20th, 1956, Fargo †February 11th, 2018, Manhattan

42

Andrea Riseborough

British actress

*November 20th, 1981, Wallsend

23

Connie Talbot

British singer

*November 20th, 2000, Streetly

63

Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky

Russian mathematician (*1792 – †1856)

*November 20th, 1792, Nizhny Novgorod †February 12th, 1856, Kazan

75

John Bolton

American lawyer and diplomat

*November 20th, 1948, Baltimore

Same year
Born in 1447

64

Bayezid II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1481 to 1512

*December 3rd, 1447, Amasya †May 26th, 1512, Istanbul

39

Chenghua Emperor

9th Emperor of the Ming dynasty (1447-1487)

*December 9th, 1447, Beijing †September 9th, 1487, Beijing

60

Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria

Duke of Bavaria

*December 15th, 1447, Munich †March 18th, 1508, Munich

57

Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg

*February 1st, 1447, Waiblingen †February 17th, 1504, Burg Lichtenfels

35

Jean-Louis de Savoie

Roman Catholic clergyman

*February 16th, 1447, Geneva †July 7th, 1482, Turin

53

Lodovico Lazzarelli

Italian poet

*February 4th, 1447, San Severino Marche †June 23rd, 1500, San Severino Marche

26

Pietro Riario

Catholic cardinal

*April 21st, 1447, Savona †January 3rd, 1474, Rome

64

Lucas Watzenrode

Important person of Nicolaus Copernicus life

*October 30th, 1447, Toruń †March 29th, 1512, Toruń

63

Catherine of Genoa

Italian author and nurse

*April 5th, 1447, Genoa †September 15th, 1510, Genoa

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1447 is a normal year and no leap year.

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