February 20th, 1583

Born on February 20th, 1583

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 1583

62

Hugo Grotius

Dutch jurist and scholar (1583-1645)

*April 10th, 1583, Delft †August 28th, 1645, Rostock

50

Albrecht von Wallenstein

Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634)

*September 24th, 1583, Heřmanice †February 25th, 1634, Cheb

57

Philip Massinger

English playwright (1583–1640)

*January 1st, 1583, Salisbury †March 17th, 1640, London

59

Girolamo Frescobaldi

Italian composer (1583–1643)

*September 13th, 1583, Ferrara †March 1st, 1643, Rome

61

Miyamoto Musashi

Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin

*November 30th, 1583, Harima Province †June 13th, 1645, Reigandō

73

Jean-Baptiste Morin

French astronomer

*February 23rd, 1583, Villefranche-sur-Saône †November 6th, 1656, Paris

65

Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury

English soldier and poet (1583–1648)

*March 3rd, 1583, Eyton on Severn †August 20th, 1648, London

41

Orlando Gibbons

English composer, virginalist and organist (1583-1625)

*December 25th, 1583, Oxford †June 5th, 1625, Canterbury

83

Anthony Günther, Count of Oldenburg

Imperial count. member of House of Oldenburg (1583-1667)

*November 10th, 1583, Oldenburg †June 19th, 1667, Rastede

60

Simon Episcopius

Dutch theologian

*January 8th, 1583, Amsterdam †April 4th, 1643, Amsterdam

71

Axel Oxenstierna

Swedish statesman (1583-1654)

*June 16th, 1583, Löts parish †August 28th, 1654, Stockholm

48

Klas Horn

Swedish politician (1583-1632)

*September 15th, 1583, Narva †August 22nd, 1632, Bad Windsheim

48

Anne of Hesse-Darmstadt

(1583-1631)

*March 3rd, 1583, Darmstadt †September 13th, 1631, Laubach

54

John VIII, Count of Nassau-Siegen

Catholic Count of Nassau-Siegen;(1583-1638)

*September 29th, 1583, Dillenburg †July 27th, 1638, Ronse

23

Eleanor of Prussia

Daughter of Duke Albert Frederick of Prussia; by marriage Electress of Brandenburg

*August 21st, 1583, Königsberg †April 9th, 1607, Old Cölln

69

Jacob De la Gardie

Swedish noble (1583-1652)

*June 20th, 1583, Tallinn †August 12th, 1652, Stockholm

59

Secondo Lancellotti

Italian preacher and writer

*March 19th, 1583, Perugia †January 16th, 1643, Paris

58

Alban Roe

English Benedictine martyr

*July 20th, 1583, Bury St Edmunds †January 21st, 1642, Tyburn

57

Hermann Lather

German jurist (1583-1640)

*March 5th, 1583, Husum †April 9th, 1640, Husum

57

Adam, Count of Schwarzenberg

German politician (1583-1641)

*August 26th, 1583, Gimborn †March 14th, 1641, Spandau

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1583 is a normal year and no leap year.

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