October 17th, 1560

Born on October 17th, 1560

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 17th?

October 17th, 1914

Off the coast of the Dutch island of Texel, a British naval squadron sank the German 7th Half Flotilla of torpedo boats in the Battle off Texel.

October 17th, 2001

Rehavam Ze'evi, the Israeli minister of tourism, was assassinated in revenge for the killing of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa.

October 17th, 2000

A fatal rail crash at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, led to the introduction of widespread speed limit reductions throughout the British rail network and eventually caused the collapse of the railway management group Railtrack.

October 17th, 1992

Having gone to the wrong house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a Halloween party, Japanese exchange student Yoshihiro Hattori was shot and killed by the homeowner.

October 17th, 1973

Yom Kippur War: Egyptian forces retreated from the Battle of the Chinese Farm, allowing Israeli forces to build their first bridge across the Suez Canal.

October 17th, 1969

The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence was stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo, Italy.

October 17th, 1964

Prime Minister Robert Menzies inaugurated the artificial Lake Burley Griffin (pictured) in the centre of the Australian capital Canberra.

October 17th, 1952

Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, demanding that President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.

October 17th, 1931

American gangster Al Capone was convicted on five counts of income-tax evasion.

October 17th, 1860

The Open Championship, the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf, was first played at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland.

October 17th, 1814

A wooden beer-fermenting vat in London burst, destroying a second vat and causing a large flood of at least 128,000 imperial gallons (580,000 l; 154,000 US gal) of porter that killed eight people.

October 17th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British general John Burgoyne's Saratoga campaign ended with his surrender to the Americans, later convincing France to enter the war in alliance with the United States.

October 17th, 1660

A series of executions of the commissioners who signed the death warrant of King Charles I of England concluded; six were hanged, drawn and quartered for treason.

October 17th, 1604

German astronomer Johannes Kepler began observations of an exceptionally bright object, now known as Kepler's Supernova, that had appeared in the constellation Ophiuchus.

October 17th, 1346

Hundred Years' War: Under the terms of Scotland's Auld Alliance with France, King David II of Scotland (pictured) was captured at the Battle of Neville's Cross following his invasion of England.

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

Born on October 17th, 1560

43

Ernest Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach

Margrave of Baden-Durlach

*October 17th, 1560, Durlach †April 14th, 1604, Remchingen

Same year
Born in 1560

30

Christian I, Elector of Saxony

German noble

*October 29th, 1560, Dresden †September 25th, 1591, Dresden

69

Thomas Chrön

17th-century Catholic bishop

*November 13th, 1560, Ljubljana †February 10th, 1630, Gornji Grad

97

Giovanni Paolo Lascaris

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

*June 28th, 1560, Castellar †August 14th, 1657, Malta

31

Thomas Cavendish

English explorer and privateer (1560-1592)

*September 19th, 1560, Ipswich †May 1st, 1592, South Atlantic Ocean

73

Wilhelm Fabry

German surgeon (1560-1634)

*June 25th, 1560, Hilden †February 15th, 1634, Bern

76

Albrecht Manuel

Swiss politician (1560-1637)

*November 2nd, 1560, Bern †August 11th, 1637, Bern

66

Jan Gruter

Flemish-born philologist, scholar, and librarian (1560-1627)

*December 3rd, 1560, Antwerp †September 20th, 1627, Heidelberg

56

Zacharias Geizkofler

*November 1st, 1560, Brixen †May 8th, 1617, Prague

52

John Harington

English courtier, Queens godson and author

*August 4th, 1560, Kelston †November 20th, 1612, Somerset

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Public holidays on October 17th

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Leap year

Yes: 1560 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).

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