October 17th, 1591

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Born on October 17th, 1591 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on October 17th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on October 17th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (October 1591)

Born on October 17th, 1591

Weekday

Thursday

October 17th, 1591 was a Thursday.

Age

432

People born on October 17th, 1591 will turn 433 this year (2024), in exactly 165 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1591 - October 23rd, 1591

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 157,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 14 days, exactly on May 19th, 2024, people who were born on October 17th, 1591 will be 158,000 days old!

157,986 Days

22,569 Weeks

5,190 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 17th?

October 17th, 2001

Rehavam Ze'evi, the Israeli minister of tourism, was assassinated in revenge for the killing of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa.

October 17th, 2000

A fatal rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, led to the introduction of widespread speed limit reductions throughout the British rail network and eventually caused the collapse of the railway management group Railtrack.

October 17th, 1992

Having gone to the wrong house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a Halloween party, Japanese exchange student Yoshihito Hattori was shot and killed by the homeowner.

October 17th, 1973

Yom Kippur War: Egyptian forces retreated from the Battle of the Chinese Farm, allowing Israeli forces to build their first bridge across the Suez Canal.

October 17th, 1969

The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence was stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo, Italy.

October 17th, 1964

Prime Minister Robert Menzies inaugurated the artificial Lake Burley Griffin (pictured) in the centre of the Australian capital Canberra.

October 17th, 1952

Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace, demanding that President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.

October 17th, 1931

American gangster Al Capone was convicted on five counts of income-tax evasion.

October 17th, 1860

The Open Championship, the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf, was first played at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, Scotland.

October 17th, 1814

A wooden beer-fermenting vat in London burst, destroying a second vat and causing a large flood of at least 128,000 imperial gallons (580,000 l; 154,000 US gal) of porter that killed eight people.

October 17th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British general John Burgoyne's Saratoga campaign ended with his surrender to the Americans, later convincing France to enter the war in alliance with the United States.

October 17th, 1660

A series of executions of the commissioners who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England concluded; six were hanged, drawn and quartered for treason.

October 17th, 1604

German astronomer Johannes Kepler began observations of an exceptionally bright object, now known as Kepler's Supernova, that had appeared in the constellation Ophiuchus.

October 17th, 1346

Hundred Years' War: King David II of Scotland (pictured) was captured at the Battle of Neville's Cross following his invasion of England under the terms of Scotland's Auld Alliance with France.

October 17th, 2019

The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon.

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

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

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

Georg Büchner

German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose

*October 17th, 1813, Goddelau †February 19th, 1837, Zürich

John Paul I

Pope of the Catholic Church in 1978 (1912-1978)

*October 17th, 1912, Canale d'Agordo †September 28th, 1978, Vatican City

Venus Terzo

Canadian actress

*October 17th, 1967, Montreal

Wyclef Jean

Haitian rapper

*October 17th, 1969, Croix-des-Bouquets

Mark Gatiss

British actor, screenwriter and novelist

*October 17th, 1966, Sedgefield

Matthew Macfadyen

English actor

*October 17th, 1974, Great Yarmouth

Cameron Mackintosh

British theatre and musical producer

*October 17th, 1946, London Borough of Enfield

Rita Hayworth

American actress (1918–1987)

*October 17th, 1918, New York City †May 14th, 1987, Upper West Side

Paxton Whitehead

British actor (1937–2023)

*October 17th, 1937, East Malling and Larkfield †June 16th, 2023, Arlington County

Guy Henry

British actor

*October 17th, 1960, London

Ignác Alpár

Hungarian architect (1855-1928)

*October 17th, 1855, Pest †April 27th, 1928, Zürich

Kimi Räikkönen

Finnish racing driver

*October 17th, 1979, Espoo

Segundo de Chomón

Spanish-French film director, cinematographer and animator (1871-1929)

*October 17th, 1871, Teruel †May 2nd, 1929, 20th arrondissement of Paris

Mohombi

Congolese-Swedish musician, singer, composer and dancer

*October 17th, 1986, Kinshasa

Tarkan

Turkish singer

*October 17th, 1972, Alzey

Augustus III of Poland

King of Poland, Elector of Saxony (1696-1763)

*October 17th, 1696, Dresden †October 5th, 1763, Dresden

Michael McKean

American actor

*October 17th, 1947, New York City

Susan Stroman

American theatre director

*October 17th, 1954, Wilmington

Same year
Born in 1591

Mustafa I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1617 to 1618 and from 1622 to 1623

*June 24th, 1591, Constantinople †January 20th, 1639, Istanbul

Jusepe de Ribera

Spanish painter (1591–1652)

*January 12th, 1591, Xàtiva †September 3rd, 1652, Naples

Robert Herrick

English poet and cleric (1591–1674)

*August 24th, 1591, London †September 30th, 1674, Devon

Marie Angélique Arnauld

French Cistercian abbess (1591-1661)

*September 8th, 1591, Paris †August 6th, 1661, Magny-les-Hameaux

Louise de Marillac

Co-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity (1591-1660)

*August 8th, 1591, Paris †March 15th, 1660, Paris

Gerard Seghers

Flemish painter (1591-1651)

*March 17th, 1591, Antwerp †March 18th, 1651, Antwerp

Dirck Hals

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1591-1656)

*March 19th, 1591, Haarlem †May 17th, 1656, Haarlem

Guercino

Painter of the Italian 17th century (1591-1666)

*February 8th, 1591, Cento †December 22nd, 1666, Bologna

Gérard Desargues

French mathematician and engineer

*February 21st, 1591, Lyon †October 9th, 1661, Lyon

Dietrich von Velen

*June 30th, 1591, Meppen †September 10th, 1657

Anne Hutchinson

Participant in the Antinomian Controversy

*January 1st, 1591, Alford †January 1st, 1643, New Netherland

Friedrich Spee

Jesuit, author of Cautio Criminalis

*February 25th, 1591, Düsseldorf †August 9th, 1635, Trier

Paul Ferry

Pastor (1591–1669)

*February 24th, 1591, Metz †December 28th, 1669, Metz

Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena

Italian noble (1591-1644)

*October 22nd, 1591, Ferrara †May 24th, 1644, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana

Reinier Pauw

Dutch politician (1591-1676)

*September 3rd, 1591, Amsterdam †January 20th, 1676, The Hague

Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg

Princess

*January 7th, 1591, Dresden †November 17th, 1617, Dresden

Tommaso Tamburini

Italian theologian

*March 6th, 1591, Caltanissetta †October 10th, 1675, Palermo

Johannes Georg von Herberstein

Roman-Catholic clergyman (1591-1663)

*August 19th, 1591, Salzburg †June 12th, 1663, Regensburg

Franciscus Junius

Philologist

*January 29th, 1591, Heidelberg †November 19th, 1677, Windsor

August Buchner

German author

*November 2nd, 1591, Dresden †February 12th, 1661, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 17th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVII.X.MDXCI

17.10.1591

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XC = 90

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1591 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
October 1591

October 1591

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43	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
44	28	29	30	31

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40		1	2	3	4	5	6
41	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
42	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
43	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
44	28	29	30	31

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
40		1	2	3	4	5	6
41	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
42	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
43	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
44	28	29	30	31

October 17th, 1591

Born on October 17th, 1591

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 157,000 days old!

157,986 Days

22,569 Weeks

5,190 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 17th?

Rehavam Ze'evi, the Israeli minister of tourism, was assassinated in revenge for the killing of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa.

A fatal rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, led to the introduction of widespread speed limit reductions throughout the British rail network and eventually caused the collapse of the railway management group Railtrack.

Having gone to the wrong house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a Halloween party, Japanese exchange student Yoshihito Hattori was shot and killed by the homeowner.

Yom Kippur War: Egyptian forces retreated from the Battle of the Chinese Farm, allowing Israeli forces to build their first bridge across the Suez Canal.

The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence was stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo, Italy.

Prime Minister Robert Menzies inaugurated the artificial Lake Burley Griffin (pictured) in the centre of the Australian capital Canberra.

Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace, demanding that President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.

American gangster Al Capone was convicted on five counts of income-tax evasion.

The Open Championship, the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf, was first played at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, Scotland.

A wooden beer-fermenting vat in London burst, destroying a second vat and causing a large flood of at least 128,000 imperial gallons (580,000 l; 154,000 US gal) of porter that killed eight people.

American Revolutionary War: British general John Burgoyne's Saratoga campaign ended with his surrender to the Americans, later convincing France to enter the war in alliance with the United States.

A series of executions of the commissioners who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England concluded; six were hanged, drawn and quartered for treason.

German astronomer Johannes Kepler began observations of an exceptionally bright object, now known as Kepler's Supernova, that had appeared in the constellation Ophiuchus.

Hundred Years' War: King David II of Scotland (pictured) was captured at the Battle of Neville's Cross following his invasion of England under the terms of Scotland's Auld Alliance with France.

The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon.

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

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

Same year Born in 1591

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 17th

Anstrudis

Catervus

Ethelred and Ethelberht

Florentius of Orange

François-Isidore Gagelin (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)

Hosea

Ignatius of Antioch

John the Short (John Colobus)

Marguerite Marie Alacoque (pre-1969 calendar, Visitadines)

Nothhelm

Rule of Andrew

Richard Gwyn

Victor of Capua

October 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Loyalty Day (Argentina)

National Police Day (Thailand)