August 17th, 1556 was a Friday.
July 23rd, 1556 - August 23rd, 1556
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 177 days, exactly on October 22nd, 2024, people who were born on August 17th, 1556 will be 171,000 days old!
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*August 17th, 1978, SokndalFrench mathematician and lawyer
*August 17th, 1601, Beaumont-de-Lomagne †January 12th, 1665, CastresGerman association football player and manager
*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der SteigeGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002
*August 17th, 1926, Yangzhou †November 30th, 2022, ShanghaiEnglish actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter
*August 17th, 1949, CairoGerman legal scholar and politician (1799–1875)
*August 17th, 1799, Stuttgart †November 4th, 1875, BerlinDanish horticulturalist
*September 22nd, 1556, Knutstorp Castle †January 1st, 1643, HelsingørMughal court poet and minister (1556–1627)
*December 17th, 1556, Lahore †October 1st, 1626, AgraGerman Lutheran pastor, hymnwriter
*August 10th, 1556, Bad Arolsen †October 2nd, 1608, HamburgMalian academic (1556-1627)
*October 26th, 1556, Araouane †April 22nd, 1627, TimbuktuCarniolan noble and military commander in the battle of Sisak
*April 9th, 1556, Žužemberk †September 5th, 1593, KarlovacCountess of Nassau (1556-1616)
*February 7th, 1556, Breda †October 10th, 1616, BurenSpanish writer and saint
*September 11th, 1556, Peralta de la Sal †August 25th, 1648, RomeGerman music theorist, composer, chronologer, astronomer, and teacher
*February 21st, 1556, Gorsleben †November 24th, 1615, LeipzigDaimyo during the Sengoku and Edo periods
*January 8th, 1556, Echigo Province †April 19th, 1623, Yonezawa(1556-1586)
*October 9th, 1556, Simmern †January 26th, 1586, DillenburgGerman university teacher (1556-1613)
*May 16th, 1556, Stuttgart †November 22nd, 1613, Bad UrachEnglish poet and dramatist (1556-1596)
*January 1st, 1556, London †November 7th, 1596, LondonCounts Palatine of Sulzbach (1556-1604)
*July 22nd, 1556, Amberg †August 29th, 1604, Sulzbach-RosenbergFixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 17th.
M = 1000 | D = 500 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Yes: 1556 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).