February 20th, 1542

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Born on February 20th, 1542 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 20th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 20th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1542)

Born on February 20th, 1542

Weekday

Friday

February 20th, 1542 was a Friday.

Age

482

People born on February 20th, 1542 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 482 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1542 - March 20th, 1542

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 176,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 885 days, exactly on September 30th, 2026, people who were born on February 20th, 1542 will be 177,000 days old!

176,115 Days

25,159 Weeks

5,786 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Minutes

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?

Mathias Christiansen

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1994, Bornholm

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

Rihanna

Barbadian singer and actress (born 1988)

*February 20th, 1988, Saint Michael

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

Keigo Sonoda

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1990, Yatsushiro

Zhou Haodong

Chinese badminton player

*February 20th, 1998, Ningbo

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

Jim Poole

Badminton player

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

Sammy Skytte

Danish association football player

*February 20th, 1997, Denmark

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

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

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

Mike Leigh

English writer and director (born 1943)

*February 20th, 1943, Brocket Hall

Antonio Inoki

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

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

Brenda Blethyn

British actress

*February 20th, 1946, Ramsgate

Hans-Jürgen Irmer

German politician

*February 20th, 1952, Limburg an der Lahn

Sengoku Hidehisa

Daimyo

*February 20th, 1552, Kuroiwa †June 13th, 1614, Kōnosu-shuku

Same year
Born in 1542

Akbar

3rd Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605

*October 15th, 1542, Umarkot Fort †October 15th, 1605, Fatehpur Sikri

Mary, Queen of Scots

Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567

*December 8th, 1542, Linlithgow †February 8th, 1587, Fotheringhay Castle

John of the Cross

Spanish mystic and Roman Catholic saint

*June 24th, 1542, Fontiveros †December 14th, 1591, Úbeda

Jan Zamoyski

Polish magnate, statesman and military commander (1542–1605)

*March 19th, 1542, Skokówka †June 3rd, 1605, Zamość

Anders Sørensen Vedel

Danish historian (1542-1616)

*November 9th, 1542, Vejle †February 13th, 1616, Ribe

Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter

English politician (1542-1623)

*May 5th, 1542, London †February 8th, 1623, London

Georg Rollenhagen

*May 2nd, 1542, Bernau bei Berlin †May 20th, 1609, Magdeburg

Robert Bellarmine

Catholic cardinal, saint, and Doctor of the Church

*October 4th, 1542, Montepulciano †September 17th, 1621, Rome

Magnus, Duke of Östergötland

Swedish prince; son of Gustav I of Sweden and Margareta Leijonhufvud

*July 25th, 1542, Stockholm †June 26th, 1595, Vreta

Philip IV of Nassau-Weilburg

Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1559-1602) and Saarbrücken and Saarwerden (1574-1602)

*April 14th, 1542, Weilburg †March 12th, 1602, Saarbrücken

John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania

Protestant Bishop of Cammin and ruling Duke of Pomerania

*August 27th, 1542, Wolgast †February 9th, 1600, Wolgast

Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira

Spanish explorer

*October 1st, 1542, Congosto †October 18th, 1595, Nendo Island

Richard Grenville

English politician, soldier and explorer (1542-1591)

*June 15th, 1542, Bideford †September 10th, 1591, Flores Island

Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee

Roman Catholic bishop

*May 11th, 1542, Berneck †April 18th, 1608, Porrentruy

Michael Abel

German author

*September 1st, 1542, Frankfurt (Oder) †January 1st, 1609, Leipzig

Scipione Gonzaga

Italian cardinal

*November 11th, 1542, Mantua †January 11th, 1593, Mantua

Tarquinia Molza

Italian singer and composer

*November 1st, 1542, Modena †August 8th, 1617, Modena

Henriette of Cleves

Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel

*October 31st, 1542, La Chapelle-d'Angillon †June 24th, 1601, Paris

Henry III, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels

Duke of Münsterberg, Duke of Oels and Duke of Bernstadt and Count of Glatz (1542-1587)

*April 29th, 1542, Oleśnica †April 10th, 1587, Oleśnica

Isabella de' Medici

Daughter of Cosimo I. de’ Medici and Eleonora of Toledo (1542-1576)

*August 31st, 1542, Florence †July 16th, 1576, Cerreto Guidi

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 20th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 20th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XX.II.MDXLII

20.2.1542

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XL = 40

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1542 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1542

February 1542

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
5							1
6	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
7	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
8	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
9	23	24	25	26	27	28

February 20th, 1542

Born on February 20th, 1542

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 176,000 days old!

176,115 Days

25,159 Weeks

5,786 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 20th?

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 20th

Eleutherius of Tournai

Eucherius of Orléans

Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto

Frederick Douglass (Episcopal Church (USA))

Wulfric of Haselbury

February 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of Heavenly Hundred Heroes (Ukraine)

World Day of Social Justice

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

20.2.1542

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