March 17th, 1573

Born on March 17th, 1573

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

March 17th, 2011

First Libyan Civil War: The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, authorizing military intervention in Libya to protect civilians.

March 17th, 1991

In a referendum, nearly 70 percent of voters in nine Soviet republics agreed that the Soviet Union should be preserved.

March 17th, 1988

Eritrean War of Independence: Eritrean People's Liberation Front troops encircled Ethiopian forces in the Battle of Afabet, gaining a decisive victory three days later.

March 17th, 1973

Slava Veder took his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.

March 17th, 1969

Golda Meir became the first female prime minister of Israel.

March 17th, 1968

Six thousand sheep were killed on ranches near Dugway Proving Ground in Utah as a result of the U.S. Army spraying a nerve agent.

March 17th, 1963

An eruption of Mount Agung on Bali, Indonesia, killed at least 1,100 people.

March 17th, 1957

A plane crash on the slopes of Mount Manunggal killed Philippine president Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.

March 17th, 1955

Ice hockey fans in Montreal rioted to protest the suspension of Montreal Canadiens star Maurice Richard for hitting an official.

March 17th, 1950

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced the synthesis of californium, a radioactive transuranium element.

March 17th, 1942

The Holocaust: The first mass killings of Jews began at Belzec extermination camp in occupied Poland, the first of the Operation Reinhard camps to begin operation.

March 17th, 1917

World War I: Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster led a force to rescue 92 prisoners of war from Bir Hakeim, killing the Senussi guards and their families.

March 17th, 1902

The Dorchester Heights Monument (pictured), memorializing the siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary War, was dedicated.

March 17th, 1891

The transatlantic steamship Utopia accidentally collided with the battleship HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar, sinking in less than twenty minutes and killing 562.

March 17th, 1842

The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo is formally organized with Emma Smith as president.

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

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

34

Saina Nehwal

Indian badminton player

*March 17th, 1990, Dhindar

37

Patrick Ebert

German footballer

*March 17th, 1987, Potsdam

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

78

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

*March 17th, 1906, Samedan †March 15th, 1985, Zürich

38

Silke Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*March 17th, 1986, Georgsmarienhütte

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

69

Gary Sinise

American actor

*March 17th, 1955, Blue Island

36

Peter Käsbauer

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1988, Weiden in der Oberpfalz

32

Isabel Herttrich

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1992, Hersbruck

31

Romina Gabdullina

Russian badminton player

*March 17th, 1993, Moscow

27

Jessica Pugh

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1997, Telford

45

Kasper Ødum

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1979, Randers

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

78

Lennox Burgher

Jamaican triple jumper

*March 17th, 1946, Jamaica

29

Lisa Sophie Gericke

German bobsledder and ice speed skater

*March 17th, 1995, Brandenburg an der Havel

28

Tokischa

Dominican singer

*March 17th, 1996, Puerto Plata

64

Thomas Strobl

German politician

*March 17th, 1960, Heilbronn

43

Kyle Korver

American professional basketball player

*March 17th, 1981, Lakewood

80

John Sebastian

American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1944)

*March 17th, 1944, New York City

75

Patrick Duffy

American actor

*March 17th, 1949, Townsend

Same year
Born in 1573

51

Simon Marius

German astronomer

*January 10th, 1573, Gunzenhausen †December 26th, 1624, Ansbach

78

Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria

Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and prince-elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire

*April 17th, 1573, Munich †September 27th, 1651, Ingolstadt

51

Giulio Cesare Procaccini

Italian painter, sculptor and engraver (1574-1625)

*November 30th, 1573, Bologna †November 14th, 1625, Milan

72

Elias Holl

German architect

*February 28th, 1573, Augsburg †January 6th, 1646, Augsburg

71

William Laud

Archbishop of Canterbury

*October 7th, 1573, Reading †January 10th, 1645, Tower Hill

52

Odoardo Farnese

Catholic cardinal

*December 6th, 1573, Parma †February 21st, 1626, Parma

77

Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême

French writer

*May 8th, 1573, Barraux †September 24th, 1650, Paris

49

Nicolas Coeffeteau

French theologian, poet and historian, was born at Saint-Calais

*November 30th, 1573, Saint-Calais †April 21st, 1623, Paris

78

Inigo Jones

16th/17th-century English architect; (1573-1652)

*July 15th, 1573, London †June 21st, 1652, London

75

Thomas Francken

Flemish painter (c.1574-c.1625)

*November 30th, 1573, Antwerp †November 30th, 1648, Antwerp

58

Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz

Count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadtholder of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe (1574-1632)

*December 22nd, 1573, Dillenburg †June 2nd, 1632, Roermond

24

Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland

Queen consort of Poland and Sweden

*August 16th, 1573, Graz †February 10th, 1598, Warsaw

64

Andries de Witt

Grand Pensionary of Holland (1573-1637)

*June 16th, 1573, Dordrecht †November 26th, 1637, Dordrecht

58

Giovanni Battista Crespi

Painter, sculptor and architect (1574-1632)

*December 23rd, 1573, Romagnano Sesia †October 23rd, 1632, Milan

47

Ambrosius Bosschaert

Flemish-Dutch flower painter (1573-1621)

*January 18th, 1573, Antwerp †January 1st, 1621, The Hague

52

Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573-1626)

*September 4th, 1573, Koldinghus †July 19th, 1626, Brunswick

43

Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt

Abbess of Gernrode, Electress of Saxony, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

*March 12th, 1573, Dessau †November 3rd, 1616, Sønderborg

70

Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg

German noble

*April 6th, 1573, Celle †August 7th, 1643, Celle

52

Miguel de la Fuente

Spanish catholic priest (1573-1626)

*February 28th, 1573, Valladolid †November 30th, 1625, Toledo

52

Christina of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

Queen consort of Sweden (1573-1625)

*April 12th, 1573, Kiel †December 8th, 1625, Gripsholm Castle

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Public holidays on March 17th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1573 is a normal year and no leap year.

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