February 20th, 1581

Born on February 20th, 1581

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 161,000 days old!

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... 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 1581

79

Vincent de Paul

French priest, founder and saint (1581-1660)

*April 24th, 1581, Saint-Vincent-de-Paul †September 27th, 1660, Paris

74

Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

*January 30th, 1581, Old Cölln †June 9th, 1655, Bayreuth

75

James Ussher

Archbishop of Armagh (1581-1656)

*January 4th, 1581, Dublin †March 21st, 1656, Reigate

69

Camillo II Gonzaga

(1581-1650)

*May 25th, 1581, Novellara †November 8th, 1650, Novellara

81

Wolfgang Kilian

German engraver (1581-1662 or 1663)

*May 10th, 1581, Augsburg †February 18th, 1663, Augsburg

56

Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac

French mathematician (1581-1638)

*October 9th, 1581, Bourg-en-Bresse †February 26th, 1638, Bourg-en-Bresse

58

Juan Ruiz de Alarcón

Spanish writer, from New Spain

*January 1st, 1581, Taxco de Alarcón †August 4th, 1639, Madrid

59

Domenichino

Italian painter (1581-1641)

*October 21st, 1581, Bologna †April 15th, 1641, Naples

53

Johann Staden

German Baroque organist and composer

*July 2nd, 1581, Nuremberg †November 15th, 1634, Nuremberg

57

Christen Friis

Danish politician

*November 4th, 1581, Krastrup †October 1st, 1639, Copenhagen

62

Tobias Adami

German philosopher

*August 30th, 1581, Werda †November 29th, 1643, Weimar

65

Anselm Casimir Wambold von Umstadt

Archbishop of Mainz

*November 30th, 1581, Speyer †January 1st, 1647, Frankfurt

69

Stephan Tököly

1581 - 8 Sep 1651

*December 12th, 1581, Kežmarok †November 8th, 1651, Kežmarok

56

Jeremias Drexel

German Jesuit

*August 15th, 1581, Augsburg †April 19th, 1638, Munich

61

Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach

Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach (1581-1643)

*December 26th, 1581, Darmstadt †April 28th, 1643, Butzbach

16

Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana of Austria

Austrian archduchess

*March 22nd, 1581, Graz †September 20th, 1597, Graz

60

Hedwig of Denmark

Electress consort of Saxony (1581-1641)

*August 5th, 1581, Frederiksborg Palace †November 26th, 1641, Castle Lichtenburg

69

Countess Emilia Antwerpiana of Nassau

Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg (1581-1651)

*December 9th, 1581, Antwerp †September 28th, 1651, Landsberg Castle

66

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft

Dutch historian and writer

*March 15th, 1581, Amsterdam †May 21st, 1647, The Hague

65

Louis Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*June 27th, 1581, Rudolstadt †November 4th, 1646, Rudolstadt

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1581 is a normal year and no leap year.

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