February 20th, 1515

Born on February 20th, 1515

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 185,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 17 days, exactly on May 21st, 2024, people who were born on February 20th, 1515 will be 186,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 20th?

February 20th, 1988

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast voted to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

February 20th, 1970

The Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani province, one of the largest Buddhist temples in Thailand, was founded.

February 20th, 1965

The NASA spacecraft Ranger 8 spacecraft transmitted 7,137 photographs of the Moon in the final 23 minutes of its mission before crashing as planned in Mare Tranquillitatis.

February 20th, 1959

Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro CF-105 Arrow (pictured) interceptor-aircraft program amid much political debate.

February 20th, 1943

A fissure opened in a cornfield in the Mexican state of Michoacán and continued to erupt for nine years, forming the cinder cone Parícutin .

February 20th, 1905

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Jacobson v. Massachusetts that states had the authority to order compulsory vaccination.

February 20th, 1872

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , today the largest art museum in the United States with a collection of more than two million works, opened in New York.

February 20th, 1864

American Civil War: The Union Army suffered a one-in-three casualty rate at the Battle of Olustee near Lake City, Florida.

February 20th, 1846

Polish insurgents in the Free City of Kraków led an uprising attempting to incite a fight for national independence that was put down by the Austrian Empire nine days later.

February 20th, 1835

An earthquake registering approximately 8.5 Mw devastated Concepción, Chile, and triggered a tsunami that destroyed neighbouring Talcahuano.

February 20th, 1816

Italian composer Gioachino Rossini's opera buffa The Barber of Seville premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome to jeers from the audience.

February 20th, 1685

The French colonization of Texas began with the landing of colonists led by Robert de La Salle near Matagorda Bay.

February 20th, 1998

At the age of 15, American figure skater Tara Lipinski became the youngest gold-medal winner in the history of the Winter Olympic Games at the time.

February 20th, 2010

Severe flooding and mudslides on the island of Madeira, Portugal, killed 51 people.

February 20th, 2009

The Tamil Tigers attempted to crash two aircraft laden with C-4 in suicide attacks on Colombo, Sri Lanka, but the planes were shot down before they reached their targets.

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

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

30

Mathias Christiansen

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1994, Bornholm

21

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

57

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

36

Rihanna

Barbadian singer and actress (born 1988)

*February 20th, 1988, Saint Michael

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

55

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

34

Keigo Sonoda

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1990, Yatsushiro

26

Zhou Haodong

Chinese badminton player

*February 20th, 1998, Ningbo

42

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

89

Jim Poole

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1932, Nashville †November 7th, 2021, Blacksburg

27

Sammy Skytte

Danish association football player

*February 20th, 1997, Denmark

27

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

*February 20th, 1967, Aberdeen †April 5th, 1994, Seattle

70

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

81

Mike Leigh

English writer and director (born 1943)

*February 20th, 1943, Brocket Hall

79

Antonio Inoki

Japanese professional wrestler, businessman, and politician (1943-2022)

*February 20th, 1943, Yokohama †October 1st, 2022, Minato

78

Brenda Blethyn

British actress

*February 20th, 1946, Ramsgate

72

Hans-Jürgen Irmer

German politician

*February 20th, 1952, Limburg an der Lahn

45

Armelle Deutsch

French actress

*February 20th, 1979, Martigues

Same year
Born in 1515

41

Anne of Cleves

Queen consort of England (1515–1557)

*September 22nd, 1515, Düsseldorf †July 16th, 1557, London

67

Teresa of Ávila

Roman Catholic saint (1515-1582)

*March 28th, 1515, Gotarrendura †October 15th, 1582, Monastery of the Anunciación

54

Niccolò Franco

Italian poet and writer

*September 13th, 1515, Benevento †March 11th, 1570, Rome

37

Caspar Othmayr

German Protestant priest, theologian and composer (1515-1553)

*March 12th, 1515, Amberg †February 4th, 1553, Nuremberg

70

Ambrosius Lobwasser

German humanist and translator

*January 1st, 1515, Schneeberg †November 17th, 1585, Königsberg

69

Alfonso Salmeron

Spanish biblical scholar and early Jesuit

*September 8th, 1515, Toledo †February 13th, 1585, Naples

70

Lucas Cranach the Younger

German Renaissance artist (1515-1586)

*October 4th, 1515, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †January 25th, 1586, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

62

Margaret Douglas

Daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, and Margaret Tudor, Queen Dowager of Scotland

*October 8th, 1515, Northumberland †March 7th, 1578, London Borough of Hackney

508

Philip Neri

Italian Roman Catholic saint and founder

*July 21st, 1515, Florence

44

Mary of Lorraine

Scottish Queen consort; (1515-1560)

*November 22nd, 1515, Bar-le-Duc †June 11th, 1560, Edinburgh Castle

46

Johann Stigel

German specialist in literature, university teacher and writer (1515-1562)

*May 13th, 1515, Gotha †February 11th, 1562, Jena

29

Valerius Cordus

German physician, botanist, and author (1515-1544)

*February 18th, 1515, Kassel †September 25th, 1544, Rome

77

Sibylle of Saxony

Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (1515-1592)

*May 2nd, 1515, Freiberg †July 18th, 1592, Buxtehude

30

Injong of Joseon

12th King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history

*February 25th, 1515, Gyeongbokgung †July 1st, 1545, Gyeongbokgung

50

Mikołaj Radziwiłł Czarny

Lithuanian noble (1515-1565)

*February 4th, 1515, Niasviž †May 28th, 1565, Lukiškės

89

Chiara Matraini

Poet and writer

*June 4th, 1515, Lucca †October 31st, 1604, Lucca

61

Frederick III

Elector Palatine (1515-1576)

*February 14th, 1515, Simmern †October 26th, 1576, Heidelberg

75

Christoph Preuss von Springenberg

German philologist

*January 25th, 1515, Bratislava †April 9th, 1590, Königsberg

64

Vincenzo Borghini

Italian historian (1515-1580)

*October 29th, 1515, Florence †August 15th, 1580, Florence

44

Philip I, Duke of Pomerania

Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast

*July 14th, 1515, Szczecin †February 14th, 1560, Wolgast

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1515 is a normal year and no leap year.

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