February 20th, 1585

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Born on February 20th, 1585 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 20th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 20th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1585)

Born on February 20th, 1585

Weekday

Wednesday

February 20th, 1585 was a Wednesday.

Age

439

People born on February 20th, 1585 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 439 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1585 - March 20th, 1585

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 590 days, exactly on December 10th, 2025, people who were born on February 20th, 1585 will be 161,000 days old!

160,410 Days

22,915 Weeks

5,270 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

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?

Mathias Christiansen

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1994, Bornholm

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

Rihanna

Barbadian singer and actress (born 1988)

*February 20th, 1988, Saint Michael

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

Keigo Sonoda

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1990, Yatsushiro

Zhou Haodong

Chinese badminton player

*February 20th, 1998, Ningbo

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

Jim Poole

Badminton player

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

Sammy Skytte

Danish association football player

*February 20th, 1997, Denmark

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

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

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

Mike Leigh

English writer and director (born 1943)

*February 20th, 1943, Brocket Hall

Antonio Inoki

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

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

Brenda Blethyn

British actress

*February 20th, 1946, Ramsgate

Hans-Jürgen Irmer

German politician

*February 20th, 1952, Limburg an der Lahn

Angelica Schuyler Church

American socialite (1756–1814)

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

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 20th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XX.II.MDLXXXV

20.2.1585

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 20th, 1585

Born on February 20th, 1585

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

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

160,410 Days

22,915 Weeks

5,270 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 20th?

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 20th

Eleutherius of Tournai

Eucherius of Orléans

Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto

Frederick Douglass (Episcopal Church (USA))

Wulfric of Haselbury

February 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of Heavenly Hundred Heroes (Ukraine)

World Day of Social Justice

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

20.2.1585

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