June 17th, 1510

Born on June 17th, 1510

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 187,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 313 days, exactly on March 8th, 2025, people who were born on June 17th, 1510 will be 188,000 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

61

Frank Baranowski

German politician

*June 17th, 1962, Gelsenkirchen

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

67

James Weldon Johnson

American writer and activist

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

41

Arthur Darvill

Actor from England

*June 17th, 1982, Birmingham

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

68

Edward I of England

King of England

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

37

Helen Glover

British rower

*June 17th, 1986, Truro

77

Beryl Reid

British actress

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

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 1510

42

Michael Servetus

Spanish physician and theologian

*November 30th, 1510, Villanueva de Sigena †October 27th, 1553, Geneva

61

Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía

Grandee of Spain and Jesuit priest (1510–1572)

*October 28th, 1510, Gandia †September 30th, 1572, Rome

68

Nicholas Bacon

English politician (1511-1579)

*December 28th, 1510, Chislehurst †February 20th, 1579, London

47

Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen

Duchess Consort of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen

*August 24th, 1510, Old Cölln †May 25th, 1558, Ilmenau

71

Guillaume Postel

French linguist, astronomer, diplomat and professor (1510–1581)

*March 25th, 1510, Barenton †September 6th, 1581, Paris

26

Alessandro de' Medici

Duke of Florence (1510-1537)

*June 22nd, 1510, Florence †January 6th, 1537, Florence

59

Gracia Mendes Nasi

Portuguese businesswoman

*June 20th, 1510, Lisbon †November 3rd, 1569, Istanbul

55

Antonio de Cabezón

Spanish composer and organist (1510-1566)

*March 30th, 1510, stonemason †March 26th, 1566, Madrid

63

Renee of France

French princess

*October 25th, 1510, Blois †June 12th, 1574, Montargis

56

Margaret Paleologa

Marchioness of Montferrat in her own right

*August 11th, 1510, Casale Monferrato †December 28th, 1566, Mantua

76

Leonhard Badhorn

Politician (1510-1587)

*November 6th, 1510, Meissen †July 1st, 1587, Leipzig

62

John Caius

English physician (1510–1573)

*October 6th, 1510, Norwich †July 29th, 1573, London

27

Louis II d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville

French noble

*June 5th, 1510, Blandy †June 9th, 1537

45

John Bradford

English church Reformer and martyr (1510–1555)

*January 1st, 1510, Greater Manchester †January 1st, 1555, Smithfield

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Public holidays on June 17th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1510 is a normal year and no leap year.

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