February 17th, 1525

Born on February 17th, 1525

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 17th?

February 17th, 2011

Arab Spring: Bahraini security forces killed four protesters in a pre-dawn raid at the Pearl Roundabout in Manama, while the "Day of Rage" took place in Libya with nationwide protests against Muammar Gaddafi's government.

February 17th, 1978

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army carried out a bombing of a restaurant near Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing twelve people and injuring thirty others.

February 17th, 1974

A U.S. Army soldier stole a Bell UH-1 helicopter (pictured) and landed it on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.

February 17th, 1964

Gabonese military officers overthrew President Léon M'ba, but French forces, honouring a 1960 treaty, forcibly reinstated him two days later.

February 17th, 1959

Vanguard 2 (model pictured), the first weather satellite, was launched to measure cloud cover distribution.

February 17th, 1944

World War II: The U.S. Navy began Operation Hailstone, a massive naval air and surface attack against the Japanese naval and air base at Chuuk Lagoon in the Caroline Islands.

February 17th, 1913

The Armory Show, the first large modern-art exhibition in the United States, opened at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City.

February 17th, 1904

Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered at La Scala in Milan to poor reviews, forcing him to revise the opera.

February 17th, 1894

Rudolf Diesel's first working diesel engine ran for one minute.

February 17th, 1859

Cochinchina campaign: French Navy forces captured the Citadel of Saigon, defended by 1,000 Vietnamese soldiers of the Nguyễn dynasty.

February 17th, 1838

Zulu impis massacred about 532 Voortrekkers, Khoekhoe, and Basuto near present-day Weenen, South Africa.

February 17th, 1815

The United States ratifies the Treaty of Ghent – signed in late 1814 – formally ending the War of 1812.

February 17th, 1621

Myles Standish was elected the first commander of the militia of Plymouth Colony.

February 17th, 2016

Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others.

February 17th, 2011

Arab Spring: In Bahrain, security forces launch a deadly pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama; the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday.

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

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

41

Bao Chunlai

Chinese badminton player

*February 17th, 1983, Changsha

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

68

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*November 30th, 1955, Copenhagen

37

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

47

Wong Choong Hann

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1977, Kuala Lumpur

61

Michael Jordan

American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)

*February 17th, 1963, Brooklyn

24

Freja Ravn

Danish badminton player

*February 17th, 2000, Copenhagen

87

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

40

Magnus Sahlberg

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1984, Gothenburg

26

Soh Wooi Yik

Malaysian badminton player

*February 17th, 1998, Kuala Lumpur

50

Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine

French Catholic cardinal of the House of Guise (1524-1574)

*February 17th, 1524, Joinville †December 26th, 1574, Avignon

96

Ásmundur Bjarnason

Icelandic sprinter

*February 17th, 1927, Húsavík †February 1st, 2024, Húsavík

69

Mo Yan

Chinese novelist and screenwriter

*February 17th, 1955, Gaomi

95

Hal Holbrook

American actor (1925–2021)

*February 17th, 1925, Cleveland †January 23rd, 2021, Beverly Hills

43

Paris Hilton

American media personality and socialite

*February 17th, 1981, New York City

62

Lou Diamond Phillips

American film, television, and stage actor

*February 17th, 1962, Naval Base Subic Bay

75

Arthur Kennedy

American actor (1914–1990)

*February 17th, 1914, Worcester †January 5th, 1990, Branford

46

Rory Kinnear

English actor

*February 17th, 1978, London

33

Ed Sheeran

English singer-songwriter

*February 17th, 1991, Halifax

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Born in 1525

37

Lelio Sozzini

Italian theologian

*January 29th, 1525, Siena †May 4th, 1562, Zürich

84

Carolus Clusius

Flemish doctor and botanist (1526–1609)

*February 19th, 1525, Arras †April 4th, 1609, Leiden

47

Rafael Bombelli

Italian mathematician

*November 30th, 1525, Borgo Panigale †November 30th, 1572, Rome

58

Afife Nurbanu Sultan

Haseki Sultan and legal wife of Selim II, mother of Murad III

*January 1st, 1525, Paros †December 7th, 1583, Istanbul

77

Caspar Peucer

German physician (1525-1602)

*January 6th, 1525, Bautzen †September 25th, 1602, Dessau

61

Juraj Drašković

Catholic cardinal

*February 5th, 1525, Bilina, Croatia †January 31st, 1587, Vienna

61

Giuliano Gosellini

Italian poet (1525-1587)

*March 12th, 1525, Rome †February 13th, 1587, Milan

70

Rocco Guerrini

Italian architect and military engineer (1525-1596)

*December 24th, 1525, Marradi †December 22nd, 1596, Spandau

49

Ulrich Sitzinger

German jurist

*April 11th, 1525, Worms †October 31st, 1574, Sulzbach-Rosenberg

72

Caspar Cruciger the Younger

German theologian

*March 19th, 1525, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †April 16th, 1597, Kassel

58

Steven Borough

English navigator

*September 25th, 1525, Devon †July 12th, 1584, Chatham

50

John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg

Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Mecklenburg-Schwerin

*December 23rd, 1525, Güstrow †February 12th, 1576, Schwerin

63

Tilemann Stella

German librarian, mathematician, cartographer, astronomer and geodesist

*April 15th, 1525, Siegen †February 18th, 1589, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

58

Ulrich Fugger

(1526-1584)

*November 30th, 1525, Augsburg †November 30th, 1583, Heidelberg

72

Jacques Goyon de Matignon

French politician

*September 26th, 1525, Lonrai †July 27th, 1598, Lesparre-Médoc

60

Peter Agricola

German Renaissance humanist, educator, classical scholar and theologian, diplomat and statesman

*June 29th, 1525, Holzheim †July 22nd, 1585, Randersacker

41

Justus Jonas der Jüngere

German jurist, politician and diplomat (1525-1567)

*December 3rd, 1525, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †June 28th, 1567, Copenhagen

74

Tadeáš Hájek

Czech astronomist and mathematician

*December 1st, 1525, Prague †September 1st, 1600, Prague

49

Georg Cracow

German lawyer and politician (1525-1575)

*November 7th, 1525, Szczecin †March 17th, 1575, Leipzig

73

Urban of Trennbach

Austrian prince-bishop

*May 10th, 1525, Sankt Martin im Innkreis †August 9th, 1598, Passau

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1525 is a normal year and no leap year.

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