November 17th, 1559

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Born on November 17th, 1559 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on November 17th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on November 17th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (November 1559)

Born on November 17th, 1559

Weekday

Tuesday

November 17th, 1559 was a Tuesday.

Age

464

People born on November 17th, 1559 will turn 465 this year (2024), in exactly 203 days .

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

October 24th, 1559 - November 22nd, 1559

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 169,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 364 days, exactly on April 27th, 2025, people who were born on November 17th, 1559 will be 170,000 days old!

169,636 Days

24,233 Weeks

5,573 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on November 17th?

November 17th, 2013

An outbreak of 77 confirmed tornadoes occurred in seven U.S. states; it became the largest November tornado outbreak in Illinois and Indiana.

November 17th, 2012

In Manfalut, Egypt, a school bus was hit by a train, killing at least 50 children.

November 17th, 2009

Administrators at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit discovered that their servers had been hacked and thousands of emails and files on climate change had been stolen.

November 17th, 1997

Sixty-two people were killed by Islamist terrorists outside Deir el-Bahari (pictured) in Luxor, one of Egypt's top tourist attractions.

November 17th, 1989

Walt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, starting the Disney Renaissance.

November 17th, 1968

NBC controversially cut away from an American football game between the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets to broadcast Heidi, causing viewers in the Eastern United States to miss the game's dramatic ending.

November 17th, 1950

The 14th Dalai Lama (pictured) assumed full temporal power as ruler of Tibet at the age of fifteen.

November 17th, 1943

World War II: Australian forces launched an assault on Sattelberg, New Guinea, against Japanese forces, initiating the Battle of Sattelberg.

November 17th, 1941

World War II: Hjalmar Siilasvuo ordered Finnish forces to halt their assault against Soviet forces near Salla, concluding Operation Arctic Fox.

November 17th, 1796

French Revolutionary Wars: French forces defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Arcole in a manoeuvre to cut the latter's line of retreat.

November 17th, 1592

Sigismund III Vasa, who was already King of Poland, succeeded his father John III as King of Sweden.

November 17th, 1558

Elizabeth I (pictured) became Queen of England and of Ireland, marking the beginning of the Elizabethan era.

November 17th, 1292

John Balliol was chosen to be King of Scots over Robert de Brus.

November 17th, 2019

The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

November 17th, 2013

A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 17th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 17th?

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

Sophie Marceau

French actress

*November 17th, 1966, Paris

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

American actress

*November 17th, 1958, Lombard

Martin Scorsese

American film director, screenwriter and producer

*November 17th, 1942, Queens

Benno Schmitz

German footballer

*November 17th, 1994, Munich

Danny DeVito

American actor, director, and producer

*November 17th, 1944, Neptune Township

Petrik Sander

German association football player and manager

*November 17th, 1960, Quedlinburg

Cyril Ramaphosa

President of South Africa since 2018

*November 17th, 1952, Soweto

Peter Cook

British actor, satirist, writer and comedian (1937-1995)

*November 17th, 1937, Torquay †January 9th, 1995, Hampstead

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

*November 17th, 1978, London

Louis XVIII of France

Bourbon King of France and of Navarre (1755-1824)

*November 17th, 1755, Palace of Versailles †September 16th, 1824, Tuileries Palace

Bronzino

Italian Mannerist painter

*November 17th, 1503, Florence †November 23rd, 1572, Florence

Friedrich Balduin

German theologian (1575-1627)

*November 17th, 1575, Dresden †May 1st, 1627, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Carlo Verdone

Italian actor, screenwriter and film director

*November 17th, 1950, Rome

Michele Carafa

Italian opera composer

*November 17th, 1787, Naples †July 26th, 1872, Paris

Nani

Portuguese association football player

*November 17th, 1986, Praia

Same year
Born in 1559

Alice Spencer

English countess, viscountess and baroness

*May 4th, 1559, Althorp †January 23rd, 1637, Harefield

Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau

Prince-archbishop of Salzburg between 1587 and 1612

*March 26th, 1559, Bregenz †January 16th, 1617, Fortress Hohensalzburg

Nurhaci

Jurchen chieftain of Later Jin, founder of Qing Dynasty

*February 11th, 1559, Hetu Ala City †September 30th, 1626, Xingcheng

Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

Austrian cardinal and governor of the Netherlands (1559-1621)

*November 15th, 1559, Wiener Neustadt †July 13th, 1621, City of Brussels

Catherine de Bourbon

Infanta of Navarre, Princess of France, crown princess of Navarre and crown princess consort of Lorraine

*February 7th, 1559, Paris †February 13th, 1604, Nancy

Lawrence of Brindisi

Italian Capuchin, saint (1559-1619)

*July 22nd, 1559, Brindisi †July 22nd, 1619, Lisbon

Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Margrave of Baden-Baden

*February 19th, 1559, Baden-Baden †June 7th, 1588, Baden-Baden

Melchior Jöstel

German mathematician (1559-1611)

*April 10th, 1559, Dresden †June 13th, 1611, Freiberg

Amar Singh I

Eldest son and successor of Maharana Pratap of Mewar

*March 16th, 1559, Chittorgarh Fort †January 26th, 1620, Chittorgarh Fort

Cigoli

Tuscan painter active in Rome (1559-1613)

*September 22nd, 1559, Cigoli †June 18th, 1613, Rome

Jacques Sirmond

French jesuit scholar (1559-1651)

*October 12th, 1559, Riom †October 7th, 1651, Paris

Giulio Mancini

Italian art historian

*February 21st, 1559, Siena †August 22nd, 1630, Rome

Dominique de Jésus-Marie

Spanish monk (1559-1630)

*May 16th, 1559, Calatayud city †February 16th, 1630, Vienna

Salomon Gesner

German theologian and educationist (1559-1605)

*November 8th, 1559, Bolesławiec †February 7th, 1605, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Isaac Casaubon

Classical scholar and philologist (1559–1614)

*February 18th, 1559, Geneva †July 1st, 1614, London

Countess Palatine Barbara of Zweibrücken-Neuburg

Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken by birth and by marriage Countess of Oettingen-Oettingen (1559-1618)

*July 27th, 1559, Neuburg an der Donau †March 5th, 1618, Oettingen in Bayern

Frederik van den Bergh

Soldier in the Eighty Years' War (1559-1618)

*August 18th, 1559, Ulft †September 3rd, 1618

Johann Friedrich Schröter

*January 1st, 1559, Jena †January 1st, 1625, Jena

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on November 17th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on November 17th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVII.XI.MDLIX

17.11.1559

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1559 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
November 1559

November 1559

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November 17th, 1559

Born on November 17th, 1559

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 169,000 days old!

169,636 Days

24,233 Weeks

5,573 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on November 17th?

An outbreak of 77 confirmed tornadoes occurred in seven U.S. states; it became the largest November tornado outbreak in Illinois and Indiana.

In Manfalut, Egypt, a school bus was hit by a train, killing at least 50 children.

Administrators at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit discovered that their servers had been hacked and thousands of emails and files on climate change had been stolen.

Sixty-two people were killed by Islamist terrorists outside Deir el-Bahari (pictured) in Luxor, one of Egypt's top tourist attractions.

Walt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, starting the Disney Renaissance.

NBC controversially cut away from an American football game between the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets to broadcast Heidi, causing viewers in the Eastern United States to miss the game's dramatic ending.

The 14th Dalai Lama (pictured) assumed full temporal power as ruler of Tibet at the age of fifteen.

World War II: Australian forces launched an assault on Sattelberg, New Guinea, against Japanese forces, initiating the Battle of Sattelberg.

World War II: Hjalmar Siilasvuo ordered Finnish forces to halt their assault against Soviet forces near Salla, concluding Operation Arctic Fox.

French Revolutionary Wars: French forces defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Arcole in a manoeuvre to cut the latter's line of retreat.

Sigismund III Vasa, who was already King of Poland, succeeded his father John III as King of Sweden.

Elizabeth I (pictured) became Queen of England and of Ireland, marking the beginning of the Elizabethan era.

John Balliol was chosen to be King of Scots over Robert de Brus.

The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 17th

Same Day Who's birthday is on November 17th?

Same year Born in 1559

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on November 17th

Athens Polytechnic Uprising Remembrance Day (Greece)

Acisclus

Aignan of Orleans

Elizabeth of Hungary

Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church)

Gregory of Tours (Roman Catholic Church)

Gregory Thaumaturgus

Hilda of Whitby

Hugh of Lincoln

November 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

International Students' Day

Martyrs' Day (Orissa, India)

Presidents Day (Marshall Islands)

World Prematurity Day