February 20th, 1572

Born on February 20th, 1572

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 165,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 838 days, exactly on August 18th, 2026, people who were born on February 20th, 1572 will be 166,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 20th?

February 20th, 1988

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast voted to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

February 20th, 1970

The Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani province, one of the largest Buddhist temples in Thailand, was founded.

February 20th, 1965

The NASA spacecraft Ranger 8 spacecraft transmitted 7,137 photographs of the Moon in the final 23 minutes of its mission before crashing as planned in Mare Tranquillitatis.

February 20th, 1959

Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro CF-105 Arrow (pictured) interceptor-aircraft program amid much political debate.

February 20th, 1943

A fissure opened in a cornfield in the Mexican state of Michoacán and continued to erupt for nine years, forming the cinder cone Parícutin .

February 20th, 1905

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Jacobson v. Massachusetts that states had the authority to order compulsory vaccination.

February 20th, 1872

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , today the largest art museum in the United States with a collection of more than two million works, opened in New York.

February 20th, 1864

American Civil War: The Union Army suffered a one-in-three casualty rate at the Battle of Olustee near Lake City, Florida.

February 20th, 1846

Polish insurgents in the Free City of Kraków led an uprising attempting to incite a fight for national independence that was put down by the Austrian Empire nine days later.

February 20th, 1835

An earthquake registering approximately 8.5 Mw devastated Concepción, Chile, and triggered a tsunami that destroyed neighbouring Talcahuano.

February 20th, 1816

Italian composer Gioachino Rossini's opera buffa The Barber of Seville premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome to jeers from the audience.

February 20th, 1685

The French colonization of Texas began with the landing of colonists led by Robert de La Salle near Matagorda Bay.

February 20th, 1998

At the age of 15, American figure skater Tara Lipinski became the youngest gold-medal winner in the history of the Winter Olympic Games at the time.

February 20th, 2010

Severe flooding and mudslides on the island of Madeira, Portugal, killed 51 people.

February 20th, 2009

The Tamil Tigers attempted to crash two aircraft laden with C-4 in suicide attacks on Colombo, Sri Lanka, but the planes were shot down before they reached their targets.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 20th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 20th?

30

Mathias Christiansen

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1994, Bornholm

21

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

57

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

36

Rihanna

Barbadian singer and actress (born 1988)

*February 20th, 1988, Saint Michael

58

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

55

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

34

Keigo Sonoda

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1990, Yatsushiro

26

Zhou Haodong

Chinese badminton player

*February 20th, 1998, Ningbo

42

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

73

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

89

Jim Poole

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1932, Nashville †November 7th, 2021, Blacksburg

27

Sammy Skytte

Danish association football player

*February 20th, 1997, Denmark

27

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

*February 20th, 1967, Aberdeen †April 5th, 1994, Seattle

70

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

81

Mike Leigh

English writer and director (born 1943)

*February 20th, 1943, Brocket Hall

79

Antonio Inoki

Japanese professional wrestler, businessman, and politician (1943-2022)

*February 20th, 1943, Yokohama †October 1st, 2022, Minato

78

Brenda Blethyn

British actress

*February 20th, 1946, Ramsgate

72

Hans-Jürgen Irmer

German politician

*February 20th, 1952, Limburg an der Lahn

58

Angelica Schuyler Church

American socialite (1756–1814)

*February 20th, 1756, Albany †March 6th, 1814, New York City

Same year
Born in 1572

65

Ben Jonson

English playwright, poet, and actor (1572–1637)

*June 11th, 1572, Westminster †August 6th, 1637, London

62

Erasmus Widmann

German composer

*January 1st, 1572, Schwäbisch Hall †October 31st, 1634, Rothenburg ob der Tauber

59

Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, musician (1572-1632)

*May 25th, 1572, Kassel †March 15th, 1632, Eschwege

49

William Strachey

English writer

*April 4th, 1572, Saffron Walden †May 31st, 1621, London

65

Cyril Lucaris

Patriarch of Constantinople

*November 13th, 1572, Heraklion †June 27th, 1638, Bosporus Strait

79

Vilem Slavata of Chlum

Czech baroque writer, hofmeister, valet and nobleman

*December 1st, 1572, Kutná Hora †January 19th, 1652, Jindřichův Hradec

77

Ellen Marsvin

Danish noble (1572-1649)

*February 1st, 1572, Landskrona Citadel †November 11th, 1649, Holckenhavn Castle

62

Fakhr-al-Din II

Lebanese prince

*August 6th, 1572, Baakleen †April 13th, 1635, Jezzine

69

Jane Frances de Chantal

French nun

*January 28th, 1572, Dijon †December 13th, 1641, Moulins

69

Francis van Aarssens

Dutch diplomat and statesman (1572-1641)

*September 27th, 1572, City of Brussels †December 27th, 1641, The Hague

32

Prince Daniyal

Mughal prince

*September 11th, 1572, Ajmer †March 19th, 1605, Burhanpur

73

Conrad Bachmann

German librarian, author and historian (1572-1646)

*October 23rd, 1572, Melsungen †April 27th, 1646, Marburg

64

Daniel Sennert

Physician, chemist

*November 25th, 1572, Wrocław †July 21st, 1637, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

48

Rudolph Goclenius the Younger

German physician and professor of physics, astronomy and arithmetic

*August 22nd, 1572, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †March 3rd, 1621, Marburg

80

Ludwig Jungermann

German doctor and botanist (1572-1653)

*July 14th, 1572, Leipzig †June 7th, 1653, Leipzig

47

John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg

Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg

*November 8th, 1572, Halle (Saale) †December 23rd, 1619, Berlin

59

Henri of Savoy, Duke of Nemours

Duke of Nemours (1595–1632)

*November 2nd, 1572, Paris †July 10th, 1632, Paris

63

Henry II, Count of Reuss-Gera

Lord of Gera, Lobenstein and Oberkranichfeld (1572-1635)

*June 10th, 1572, Gera †December 3rd, 1635, Gera

60

Francis II, Duke of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine

*February 27th, 1572, Nancy †October 14th, 1632, Badonviller

72

Wilhelm Alard

German theologian

*November 22nd, 1572, Wilster †May 8th, 1645, Krempe

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 20th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 20th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1572 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).

Calendar
February 1572