February 14th, 1547

Born on February 14th, 1547

Age in days, weeks and months
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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.

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

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

33

Karol G

Colombian singer-songwriter and businesswoman (1991–)

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

32

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

39

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

40

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

30

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

39

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

81

Peter Ahlwardt

German theologian and philosopher (1710-1791)

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

47

Babur

1st Mughal Emperor

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

82

Josef Durm

German architect and architectural historian

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

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

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

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

23

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

42

Gita Nabavi

Swedish politician

*February 14th, 1982, Tehran

55

Tang Jiuhong

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1969, Anhua County

51

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

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 noble and general

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

78

Ubbo Emmius

Frisian historian and geographer

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

58

Justus Lipsius

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

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

81

Rudolph Goclenius

German philosopher (1547-1628)

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

71

Johan van Oldenbarnevelt

Grand Pensionary of Holland (1547-1619)

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

31

Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany

Austrian Archduchess, mother of Maria de' Medici (1547-1578)

*January 24th, 1547, Prague †April 11th, 1578, Florence

78

Carlo Pascale

French diplomat

*March 19th, 1547, Cuneo †December 25th, 1625, Abbeville

59

Count Karl II, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

German monarch

*January 22nd, 1547, Sigmaringen †April 8th, 1606, Sigmaringen

48

George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1567 to 1596

*September 10th, 1547, Kassel †February 7th, 1596, Darmstadt

65

Georg Obrecht

German economist

*March 25th, 1547, Strasbourg †June 7th, 1612, Strasbourg

66

Philip Louis, Count Palatine of Neuburg

Count Palatine of Neuburg and Count Palatine of Sulzbach

*October 2nd, 1547, Zweibrücken †August 22nd, 1614, Neuburg an der Donau

15

Garzia de' Medici

Italian noble, son of Cosimo I. de’ Medici

*July 5th, 1547, Florence †December 6th, 1562, Pisa

71

Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

*August 10th, 1547, Ratzeburg †July 2nd, 1619, Lauenburg/Elbe

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

53

Gebhard Truchsess of Waldburg

Archbishop of Cologne

*November 10th, 1547, Schloss Heiligenberg †May 21st, 1601, Strasbourg

74

Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī

Iranian Shia Islamic scholar, philosopher, architect, mathematician, astronomer and poet

*February 18th, 1547, Baalbek †September 1st, 1621, Isfahan

52

Gustaf Banér

Swedish noble (1547-1600)

*May 19th, 1547, Djursholm Castle †March 20th, 1600, Linköping Cathedral Congregation

48

Charles de Casaulx

Occitan politician

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

51

Cristofano Malvezzi

Italian composer

*June 28th, 1547, Lucca †January 22nd, 1599, Florence

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Valentine's Day!

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

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Leap year

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

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