August 17th, 1507

Born on August 17th, 1507

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 188,000 days old!

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What happened on August 17th?

August 17th, 2009

A hydroelectric turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia catastrophically failed, flooding the turbine hall, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages.

August 17th, 2008

Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Summer Olympics, the most golds by any person at a single games.

August 17th, 1969

Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing $1.42 billion in damage..

August 17th, 1959

American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.

August 17th, 1950

Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.

August 17th, 1945

Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism, was first published.

August 17th, 1943

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly secret military conference (pictured) held in Quebec City.

August 17th, 1916

World War I: Romania signed a secret treaty with the Entente Powers, agreeing to enter the war in return for promised territory in Austria-Hungary.

August 17th, 1915

A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas, leaving at least 275 people dead and causing $50 million in damage.

August 17th, 1914

World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.

August 17th, 1907

Pike Place Market , one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in Seattle, Washington.

August 17th, 1676

Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.

August 17th, 1424

Hundred Years' War: Allied English and Burgundian forces gained a strategically important victory at the bloody Battle of Verneuil in Normandy, France.

August 17th, 0986

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: The Bulgarians defeated Byzantine forces at the Battle of the Gates of Trajan near present-day Ihtiman, with Emperor Basil II barely escaping.

August 17th, 2017

Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.

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

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

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

63

Pierre de Fermat

French mathematician and lawyer

*August 17th, 1601, Beaumont-de-Lomagne †January 12th, 1665, Castres

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

70

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

69

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

45

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

96

Jiang Zemin

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002

*August 17th, 1926, Yangzhou †November 30th, 2022, Shanghai

63

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

74

Julian Fellowes

English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter

*August 17th, 1949, Cairo

28

Gracie Gold

American figure skater

*August 17th, 1995, Newton

76

Robert von Mohl

German legal scholar and politician (1799–1875)

*August 17th, 1799, Stuttgart †November 4th, 1875, Berlin

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Born in 1507

59

Annibale Caro

Italian poet and Knight of Malta (1507-1566)

*June 6th, 1507, Civitanova Marche †November 17th, 1566, Rome

26

Magdalena of Saxony

Princess of Saxony, Electress of Brandenburg (1507-1534)

*March 7th, 1507, Dresden †January 25th, 1534, Berlin

70

Christoph von Carlowitz

German diplomat

*December 13th, 1507, Hermsdorf †June 8th, 1578, Bohemia

43

Ōuchi Yoshitaka

Daimyo (1507-1551)

*December 18th, 1507, Japan †September 30th, 1551, Nagato

59

Jiajing Emperor of Ming

Emperor of the Ming dynasty from 1521 to 1567

*September 16th, 1507, Zhongxiang City †January 23rd, 1567, Beijing

65

Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

Italian architect

*October 1st, 1507, Vignola †July 7th, 1573, Rome

75

Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba

Spanish military tactician and diplomat (1507-1582)

*October 29th, 1507, Piedrahíta †December 11th, 1582, Lisbon

71

Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal

Queen consort and regent of Portugal

*January 14th, 1507, Torquemada †February 12th, 1578, Lisbon

76

Petrus Medmann

German politician (1507-1584)

*November 7th, 1507, Cologne †September 18th, 1584, Emden

65

Antoine Rodolphe Chevallier

French academic

*January 1st, 1507, Montchamp †October 8th, 1572, Bailiwick of Guernsey

61

Erasmus von Limburg

German theologian (1507-1568)

*August 7th, 1507, Gaildorf †November 27th, 1568, Saverne

69

Alvise I Mocenigo

Doge of Venice (1570–1577)

*October 26th, 1507, Venice †June 4th, 1577, Venice

73

Marie of Baden-Sponheim

Margravine of Baden by birth and by marriage Duchess of Bavaria

*June 25th, 1507, Baden-Baden †November 16th, 1580, Munich

60

Ferdinando Sanseverino, Prince of Salerno

Prince of Salerno

*January 18th, 1507, Naples †January 1st, 1568, Avignon

41

Henry II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels

Duke of Münsterberg, Duke of Oels and Count of Glatz

*March 29th, 1507, Oleśnica †August 2nd, 1548, Bierutów

46

George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

German prince

*August 15th, 1507, Dessau †October 17th, 1553, Dessau

72

Jerónimo Nadal

Spanish catholic priest (1507-1580)

*August 11th, 1507, Palma de Mallorca †April 3rd, 1580, Rome

27

Infante Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda and Trancoso

Portuguese nobleman (1507-1534)

*June 5th, 1507, Abrantes †November 7th, 1534, Abrantes

61

Johannes Oporinus

Humanist printer in Basel

*January 25th, 1507, Basel †July 6th, 1568, Basel

1

James, Duke of Rothesay

Scottish prince

*February 21st, 1507, Holyrood Palace †February 27th, 1508, Stirling Castle

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1507 is a normal year and no leap year.

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