February 14th, 1543

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Born on February 14th, 1543 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 14th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 14th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1543)

Born on February 14th, 1543

Weekday

Sunday

February 14th, 1543 was a Sunday.

Age

481

People born on February 14th, 1543 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 481 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1543 - February 19th, 1543

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 175,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 245 days, exactly on December 28th, 2024, people who were born on February 14th, 1543 will be 176,000 days old!

175,755 Days

25,107 Weeks

5,774 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on February 14th?

February 14th, 2011

Arab Spring: The Bahraini uprising began with youth-organized protests on the Day of Rage.

2008 Northern Illinois University shooting

February 14th, 2008

A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.

February 14th, 1992

Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.

February 14th, 1990

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe took the Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth (cropped version pictured) from a record distance of 40.5 au (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).

February 14th, 1989

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.

February 14th, 1981

48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.

February 14th, 1979

Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.

February 14th, 1961

Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

February 14th, 1943

World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

February 14th, 1938

The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.

February 14th, 1924

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.

February 14th, 1919

The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.

February 14th, 1914

The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.

February 14th, 1852

The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.

February 14th, 1804

Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 14th

Born on February 14th, 1543

Valentin Schindler

Lutheran Hebraist and professor of the University of Wittenberg, where he was an important teacher of the Hebrew language

*February 14th, 1543, Oederan †June 11th, 1604, Helmstedt

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 14th?

Karol G

Colombian singer-songwriter and businesswoman (1991–)

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

Babur

1st Mughal Emperor

*February 14th, 1483, Andijan †December 26th, 1530, Agra

Peter Ahlwardt

German theologian and philosopher (1710-1791)

*February 14th, 1710, Greifswald †March 1st, 1791, Greifswald

Josef Durm

German architect and architectural historian

*February 14th, 1837, Karlsruhe †April 3rd, 1919, Karlsruhe

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

Gita Nabavi

Swedish politician

*February 14th, 1982, Tehran

Tang Jiuhong

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1969, Anhua County

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

Same year
Born in 1543

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)

*January 31st, 1543, Okazaki Castle †June 1st, 1616, Sunpu Castle

Claudio Acquaviva

Superior General of the Society of Jesus

*September 14th, 1543, Atri †January 31st, 1615, Rome

Hartmann Pistoris

German jurist (1543-1603)

*January 22nd, 1543, Leipzig †March 1st, 1603, Leipzig

Kanō Eitoku

Japanese artist (1543-1590)

*February 16th, 1543, Heian-kyō †October 12th, 1590, Heian-kyō

Charles III, Duke of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine from 1545

*February 18th, 1543, Nancy †May 14th, 1608, Nancy

John Still

Bishop of Bath and Wells in Somerset, England

*November 30th, 1543, Grantham †January 1st, 1608, Wells

Dorothea van Saksen-Lauenburg

(1543-1586)

*March 11th, 1543, Lüneburg †April 5th, 1586, Herzberg am Harz

Christine of Hesse

Duchess Consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

*June 29th, 1543, Kassel †May 13th, 1604, Kiel

Johann Yetzeler

(1543-1622)

*January 1st, 1543, Schaffhausen †January 1st, 1622, Schaffhausen

Lettice Knollys

English noblewoman

*November 8th, 1543, Rotherfield Greys †December 25th, 1634, Drayton Bassett

Sharaf Khan Bidlisi

Kurdish noble and writer (1543-c.1603)

*February 25th, 1543, Bitlis †January 1st, 1603, Bitlis

François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières

Marshal of France (1543-1626)

*April 1st, 1543, Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur †September 21st, 1626, Valence

John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern

German prince and reigning count palatine of Simmern (1543-1592)

*March 7th, 1543, Simmern †January 16th, 1592, Heidelberg

Giovanni Bembo

Doge of Venice (1543-1618)

*August 21st, 1543, Venice †March 16th, 1618, Venice

Petrus Albinus

German professor, father of Saxon historiography

*June 28th, 1543, Schneeberg †July 31st, 1598, Dresden

Antonio Archilei

Italian singer, composer and luth player

*March 12th, 1543, Albano Laziale †January 1st, 1612, Florence

Nathanael Chytraeus

German historian and theologian

*January 1st, 1543, Menzingen †January 1st, 1598, Bremen

Johann Lange

*September 4th, 1543, Wesselburen †November 17th, 1616, Kamenz

Àngela Margarida Prat

*October 26th, 1543, Manresa †December 24th, 1608

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 14th.

Valentine's Day!

Traditionally Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 each year.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIV.II.MDXLIII

14.2.1543

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XL = 40

X = 10

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1543 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1543

February 1543

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

February 14th, 1543

Born on February 14th, 1543

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 175,000 days old!

175,755 Days

25,107 Weeks

5,774 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 14th?

Arab Spring: The Bahraini uprising began with youth-organized protests on the Day of Rage.

A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.

Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe took the Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth (cropped version pictured) from a record distance of 40.5 au (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.

48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.

Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.

Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.

The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.

The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.

The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.

Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 14th

Born on February 14th, 1543

Lutheran Hebraist and professor of the University of Wittenberg, where he was an important teacher of the Hebrew language

Same Day Who's birthday is on February 14th?

Same year Born in 1543

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 14th

Cyril and Methodius, patron saints of Europe (Roman Catholic Church)

Manchan

Valentine (see also Valentine's Day)

February 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Statehood Day (Arizona, United States)

Statehood Day (Oregon, United States)

Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Armenian Apostolic Church)

Parents' Worship Day (parts of India)

Valentine's Day!

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

14.2.1543

Legend

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