February 17th, 1585

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Born on February 17th, 1585 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 17th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 17th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1585)

Born on February 17th, 1585

Weekday

Sunday

February 17th, 1585 was a Sunday.

Age

439

People born on February 17th, 1585 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 439 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1585 - February 19th, 1585

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 160,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 584 days, exactly on December 7th, 2025, people who were born on February 17th, 1585 will be 161,000 days old!

160,416 Days

22,916 Weeks

5,270 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on February 17th?

February 17th, 2011

Arab Spring: Bahraini security forces killed four protesters in a pre-dawn raid at the Pearl Roundabout in Manama, while the "Day of Rage" took place in Libya with nationwide protests against Muammar Gaddafi's government.

February 17th, 1978

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army carried out a bombing of a restaurant near Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing twelve people and injuring thirty others.

February 17th, 1974

A U.S. Army soldier stole a Bell UH-1 helicopter (pictured) and landed it on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.

February 17th, 1964

Gabonese military officers overthrew President Léon M'ba, but French forces, honouring a 1960 treaty, forcibly reinstated him two days later.

February 17th, 1959

Vanguard 2 (model pictured), the first weather satellite, was launched to measure cloud cover distribution.

February 17th, 1944

World War II: The U.S. Navy began Operation Hailstone, a massive naval air and surface attack against the Japanese naval and air base at Chuuk Lagoon in the Caroline Islands.

February 17th, 1913

The Armory Show, the first large modern-art exhibition in the United States, opened at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City.

February 17th, 1904

Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered at La Scala in Milan to poor reviews, forcing him to revise the opera.

February 17th, 1894

Rudolf Diesel's first working diesel engine ran for one minute.

February 17th, 1859

Cochinchina campaign: French Navy forces captured the Citadel of Saigon, defended by 1,000 Vietnamese soldiers of the Nguyễn dynasty.

February 17th, 1838

Zulu impis massacred about 532 Voortrekkers, Khoekhoe, and Basuto near present-day Weenen, South Africa.

February 17th, 1815

The United States ratifies the Treaty of Ghent – signed in late 1814 – formally ending the War of 1812.

February 17th, 1621

Myles Standish was elected the first commander of the militia of Plymouth Colony.

February 17th, 2016

Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others.

February 17th, 2011

Arab Spring: In Bahrain, security forces launch a deadly pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama; the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday.

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

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

Bao Chunlai

Chinese badminton player

*February 17th, 1983, Changsha

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*November 30th, 1955, Copenhagen

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

Wong Choong Hann

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1977, Kuala Lumpur

Michael Jordan

American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)

*February 17th, 1963, Brooklyn

Freja Ravn

Danish badminton player

*February 17th, 2000, Copenhagen

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

Magnus Sahlberg

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1984, Gothenburg

Soh Wooi Yik

Malaysian badminton player

*February 17th, 1998, Kuala Lumpur

Ásmundur Bjarnason

Icelandic sprinter

*February 17th, 1927, Húsavík †February 1st, 2024, Húsavík

Hal Holbrook

American actor (1925–2021)

*February 17th, 1925, Cleveland †January 23rd, 2021, Beverly Hills

Mo Yan

Chinese novelist and screenwriter

*February 17th, 1955, Gaomi

Paris Hilton

American media personality and socialite

*February 17th, 1981, New York City

Lou Diamond Phillips

American film, television, and stage actor

*February 17th, 1962, Naval Base Subic Bay

Arthur Kennedy

American actor (1914–1990)

*February 17th, 1914, Worcester †January 5th, 1990, Branford

Rory Kinnear

English actor

*February 17th, 1978, London

Arcangelo Corelli

Italian violinist and composer

*February 17th, 1653, Fusignano †January 8th, 1713, Rome

Ed Sheeran

English singer-songwriter

*February 17th, 1991, Halifax

Same year
Born in 1585

Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu

French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)

*September 9th, 1585, Paris †December 4th, 1642, Paris

Heinrich Schütz

German composer and organist (1585–1672)

*October 18th, 1585, Bad Köstritz †November 6th, 1672, Dresden

Cornelius Jansen

Bishop and theologian (1585-1638)

*October 28th, 1585, Acquoy †May 6th, 1638, Ypres

Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony

German noble (1585–1656)

*March 5th, 1585, Dresden †October 8th, 1656, Dresden

Mary Ward

English Venerated Catholic (1585-1645)

*January 23rd, 1585, Newby with Mulwith †January 30th, 1645, Heworth

Claude Favre de Vaugelas

Savoyard grammarian and man of letters (1585-1650)

*January 6th, 1585, Meximieux †February 26th, 1650, Paris

William Drummond of Hawthornden

British writer 1585–1649

*December 13th, 1585, Midlothian †December 4th, 1649, Hawthornden Castle

Livia della Rovere

Italian noble (1585-1641)

*December 16th, 1585, Pesaro †July 6th, 1641, Castelleone di Suasa

Johann Jakob Wolff von Todenwarth

*January 1st, 1585, Speyer †January 1st, 1657, Regensburg

John Cotton

English minister, theologian, immigrant to Massachusetts (1585-1652)

*December 4th, 1585, Derby †December 23rd, 1652, Boston

Hendrick Avercamp

Dutch painter (1585-1634)

*January 27th, 1585, Amsterdam †May 15th, 1634, Kampen

Alexandre I de Bournonville

(1585-1656)

*September 14th, 1585, City of Brussels †March 12th, 1656, Lyon

Niklaus Geisler

German architect and sculptor

*April 7th, 1585, Schweinfurt †January 1st, 1665, Lucerne

Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel

English diplomat (1585-1646)

*July 7th, 1585, Finchingfield †October 4th, 1646, Padua

Giovanni Biliverti

Florentine painter (1585-1644)

*August 25th, 1585, Florence †July 16th, 1644, Florence

Herman op den Graeff

"Mennonite lord bishop" of Krefeld, in 1632 delegate to the Krefeld Mennonite Church Delegation and signer of the Dordrecht Confession of Faith that year

*November 26th, 1585, Kerken †December 27th, 1642, Krefeld

Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc

Governor of St. Christopher

*February 28th, 1585, Allouville-Bellefosse †November 30th, 1636, Saint Kitts

Jean Caylar d'Anduze de Saint-Bonnet

Marshal of France

*March 1st, 1585, Saint-Jean-du-Gard †June 14th, 1636, Fontaneto d'Agogna

Christian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

*November 30th, 1585, Eisenberg castle ruins †December 31st, 1637, Schloss Waldeck

Gregor Francke

German theologian

*December 10th, 1585, Taucha †January 2nd, 1651, Frankfurt (Oder)

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 17th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 17th.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Kosovo in 2008, still partially recognized.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_Independence_Day

Revolution Day (Libya)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Libya

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVII.II.MDLXXXV

17.2.1585

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1585 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1585

February 1585

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
5					1	2	3
6	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
7	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
8	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
9	25	26	27	28

February 17th, 1585

Born on February 17th, 1585

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 160,000 days old!

160,416 Days

22,916 Weeks

5,270 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 17th?

Arab Spring: Bahraini security forces killed four protesters in a pre-dawn raid at the Pearl Roundabout in Manama, while the "Day of Rage" took place in Libya with nationwide protests against Muammar Gaddafi's government.

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army carried out a bombing of a restaurant near Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing twelve people and injuring thirty others.

A U.S. Army soldier stole a Bell UH-1 helicopter (pictured) and landed it on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Gabonese military officers overthrew President Léon M'ba, but French forces, honouring a 1960 treaty, forcibly reinstated him two days later.

Vanguard 2 (model pictured), the first weather satellite, was launched to measure cloud cover distribution.

World War II: The U.S. Navy began Operation Hailstone, a massive naval air and surface attack against the Japanese naval and air base at Chuuk Lagoon in the Caroline Islands.

The Armory Show, the first large modern-art exhibition in the United States, opened at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City.

Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered at La Scala in Milan to poor reviews, forcing him to revise the opera.

Rudolf Diesel's first working diesel engine ran for one minute.

Cochinchina campaign: French Navy forces captured the Citadel of Saigon, defended by 1,000 Vietnamese soldiers of the Nguyễn dynasty.

Zulu impis massacred about 532 Voortrekkers, Khoekhoe, and Basuto near present-day Weenen, South Africa.

The United States ratifies the Treaty of Ghent – signed in late 1814 – formally ending the War of 1812.

Myles Standish was elected the first commander of the militia of Plymouth Colony.

Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others.

Arab Spring: In Bahrain, security forces launch a deadly pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama; the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday.

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

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Same year Born in 1585

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 17th

Christian feast day: Seven Founders of the Servite Order Alexis Falconieri

Constabilis

Donatus, Romulus, Secundian, and Companions

Fintan of Clonenagh

Janani Luwum (Anglican Communion)

Lommán of Trim

February 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Kosovo in 2008, still partially recognized.

Revolution Day (Libya)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

17.2.1585

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