February 1st, 1547

Born on February 1st, 1547

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 873 days, exactly on December 15th, 2028, people who were born on February 1st, 1547 will be 176,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 1st?

February 1st, 1957

Invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, the first working prototype of the Wankel rotary engine ran for the first time at the research and development department of NSU Motorenwerke AG.

February 1st, 1896

Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, eventually becoming one of the most frequently performed operas internationally.

February 1st, 2021

The Burmese military staged a coup d'état that deposed the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, sparking nationwide protests and a civil war.

February 1st, 2012

Following an Egyptian Premier League match in Port Said, Al Masry fans rioted and violently attacked Al Ahly supporters, resulting in 74 deaths.

February 1st, 2009

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (pictured) became the first female prime minister of Iceland.

February 1st, 2004

During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, Janet Jackson's breast was exposed by Justin Timberlake in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction", resulting in an immediate crackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency in U.S. broadcasting.

February 1st, 2003

All seven crew members aboard Space Shuttle Columbia were killed when the orbiter disintegrated over Texas during reentry.

February 1st, 2001

The Timor-Leste Defence Force was established from the erstwhile anti-Indonesian independence movement Falintil.

February 1st, 1985

Aeroflot Flight 7841 crashed shortly after takeoff from Minsk National Airport, killing fifty-eight people on board.

February 1st, 1979

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile and soon led the Iranian Revolution to overthrow the Pahlavi dynasty.

February 1st, 1978

After having served 42 days in prison for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl, Polish film director Roman Polanski fled the United States before the formal sentencing hearing.

February 1st, 1972

Kuala Lumpur (pictured), the capital of Malaysia, was granted city status.

February 1st, 1960

Civil rights movement: Four African-American students staged the first of more than five months of sit-ins at an F. W. Woolworth lunch counter (pictured) in Greensboro, North Carolina, to protest the company's policy of racial segregation.

February 1st, 1942

Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States federal government, began broadcasting to Germany during World War II.

February 1st, 1884

The first fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary, a 352-page volume that covered words from A to ant, was published.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 1st

Same year
Born in 1547

68

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)

*September 29th, 1547, Alcalá de Henares †April 22nd, 1616, Madrid

31

John of Austria

Spanish military leader (1547–1578)

*February 24th, 1547, Regensburg †October 1st, 1578, Namur

78

Rudolf Hospinian

Swiss writer

*November 7th, 1547, Fehraltorf †January 1st, 1626, Zurich

81

Rudolph Goclenius

German philosopher (1547-1628)

*March 1st, 1547, Korbach †June 8th, 1628, Marburg

43

Hedwig of Württemberg

Princess of Württemberg by birth, and by marriage countess of Hesse-Marburg (1547-1590)

*January 15th, 1547, Basel †March 4th, 1590, Marburg

48

Charles de Casaulx

Occitan politician

*March 20th, 1547, Marseille †February 17th, 1596, Marseille

71

Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

Grand Pensionary of Holland (1547-1619)

*September 14th, 1547, Amersfoort †May 13th, 1619, The Hague

58

Justus Lipsius

Flemish philologist, philosopher and legal scholar (1547-1606)

*October 18th, 1547, Overijse †March 23rd, 1606, Leuven

78

Ubbo Emmius

Frisian historian and geographer

*December 5th, 1547, Greetsiel †December 9th, 1625, Groningen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1547 is a normal year and no leap year.

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