June 17th, 1466

Born on June 17th, 1466

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 203,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 239 days, exactly on December 28th, 2024, people who were born on June 17th, 1466 will be 204,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 17th?

June 17th, 2017

Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people.

June 17th, 1963

Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.

June 17th, 1940

Second World War: RMS Lancastria was sunk by German aircraft near Saint-Nazaire, France, causing thousands of fatalities in Britain's worst maritime disaster.

June 17th, 1919

Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England, after one of their comrades was arrested, leading to the death of a British police officer.

June 17th, 1913

In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strike action.

June 17th, 1900

Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts from Qing China after a brief but bloody battle.

June 17th, 1861

American Civil War: The Battle of Vienna, Virginia, took place, which involved one of the world's first military movements of troops by train.

June 17th, 1795

French Revolutionary Wars: Off the coast of Brittany, a Royal Navy squadron commanded by William Cornwallis (pictured) fended off a numerically superior French Navy fleet.

June 17th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: British forces took Bunker Hill outside of Boston, Massachusetts.

June 17th, 1631

Mumtaz Mahal (pictured), wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.

June 17th, 1579

Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.

June 17th, 1462

Ottoman–Hungarian wars: Wallachian forces led by Vlad Dracula attacked an Ottoman camp at night in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Sultan Mehmed II.

June 17th, 1397

The kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway formed the Kalmar Union, a personal union under Eric of Pomerania.

June 17th, 0653

Pope Martin I was arrested in the Lateran Palace, Rome, and taken to Constantinople.

June 17th, 1929

The town of Murchison, New Zealand is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.

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

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

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

65

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

67

Alan Phillips

Baseball and badminton player

*June 17th, 1956, Cape Town

80

Burt Rutan

American aerospace engineer

*June 17th, 1943, Estacada

78

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

57

Jason Patric

American actor

*June 17th, 1966, Queens

43

Venus Williams

American tennis player (born 1980)

*June 17th, 1980, Lynwood

41

Arthur Darvill

Actor from England

*June 17th, 1982, Birmingham

67

James Weldon Johnson

American writer and activist

*June 17th, 1871, Jacksonville †June 26th, 1938, Wiscasset

68

Edward I of England

King of England

*June 17th, 1239, Westminster †July 7th, 1307, Burgh by Sands

63

Thomas Haden Church

American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1960)

*June 17th, 1960, El Paso

47

Lee Baxter

Swedish association football player

*June 17th, 1976, Stockholm

81

Mohamed ElBaradei

Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

*June 17th, 1942, Cairo

37

Helen Glover

British rower

*June 17th, 1986, Truro

77

Beryl Reid

British actress

*June 17th, 1919, Hereford †October 13th, 1996, Thames Valley Hospital

61

Frank Baranowski

German politician

*June 17th, 1962, Gelsenkirchen

51

Iztok Čop

Slovenian rower

*June 17th, 1972, Kranj

66

Joachim Król

German actor

*June 17th, 1957, Herne

33

Jordan Henderson

English footballer (born 1990)

*June 17th, 1990, Sunderland

Same year
Born in 1466

69

Erasmus

Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian

*October 28th, 1466, Rotterdam †July 12th, 1536, Basel

37

Elizabeth of York

Queen of England

*February 11th, 1466, Palace of Westminster †February 11th, 1503, Tower of London

44

Giovanni Sforza

Italian noble

*July 5th, 1466, Pesaro †July 27th, 1510, Pesaro

52

Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua

Ruler of the Italian city of Mantua (1466–1519)

*August 10th, 1466, Mantua †March 29th, 1519, Mantua

54

Johann V Thurzo

Polish bishop

*April 16th, 1466, Kraków †August 2nd, 1520, Nysa

93

Andrea Doria

Admiral of the Republic of Genoa (1466–1560)

*November 30th, 1466, Oneglia †November 25th, 1560, Genoa

68

Diego García de Paredes

Spanish soldier

*January 1st, 1466, Trujillo, Cáceres †January 1st, 1534, Bologna

48

William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse

Landgrave of Lower Hesse

*July 4th, 1466, Kassel †February 8th, 1515, Spangenberg Castle

72

Ottaviano Petrucci

Italian printer

*June 18th, 1466, Fossombrone †May 7th, 1539, Venice

69

Marino Sanuto the Younger

Italian historian (1466-1536)

*June 22nd, 1466, Venice †April 4th, 1536, Venice

59

Iohannes Sslechta

Czech humanist

*January 24th, 1466, Blevice †August 29th, 1525, Kostelec nad Labem

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Public holidays on June 17th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1466 is a normal year and no leap year.

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