February 14th, 1601

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Born on February 14th, 1601 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 14th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 14th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1601)

Born on February 14th, 1601

Weekday

Wednesday

February 14th, 1601 was a Wednesday.

Age

423

People born on February 14th, 1601 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 423 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1601 - February 19th, 1601

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 154,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 429 days, exactly on July 1st, 2025, people who were born on February 14th, 1601 will be 155,000 days old!

154,571 Days

22,081 Weeks

5,078 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 14th?

February 14th, 2011

Arab Spring: The Bahraini uprising began with youth-organized protests on the Day of Rage.

2008 Northern Illinois University shooting

February 14th, 2008

A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.

February 14th, 1992

Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.

February 14th, 1990

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe took the Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth (cropped version pictured) from a record distance of 40.5 au (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).

February 14th, 1989

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.

February 14th, 1981

48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.

February 14th, 1979

Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.

February 14th, 1961

Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

February 14th, 1943

World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

February 14th, 1938

The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.

February 14th, 1924

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.

February 14th, 1919

The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.

February 14th, 1914

The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.

February 14th, 1852

The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.

February 14th, 1804

Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 14th

Born on February 14th, 1601

Heinrich Rahn

German jurist, university lecturer and rector

*February 14th, 1601, Brunswick †April 2nd, 1662, Rostock

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 14th?

Karol G

Colombian singer-songwriter and businesswoman (1991–)

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

Francesco Cavalli

Italian composer (1602–1676)

*February 14th, 1602, Crema †January 14th, 1676, Venice

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

Peter Ahlwardt

German theologian and philosopher (1710-1791)

*February 14th, 1710, Greifswald †March 1st, 1791, Greifswald

Otto Brüggemann

*February 14th, 1600, Hamburg †May 5th, 1640, Schleswig

Josef Durm

German architect and architectural historian

*February 14th, 1837, Karlsruhe †April 3rd, 1919, Karlsruhe

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

Gita Nabavi

Swedish politician

*February 14th, 1982, Tehran

Tang Jiuhong

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1969, Anhua County

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

Same year
Born in 1601

Pierre de Fermat

French mathematician and lawyer

*August 17th, 1601, Beaumont-de-Lomagne †January 12th, 1665, Castres

Louis XIII of France

King of France and Navarre (1610–1643)

*September 27th, 1601, Fontainebleau †May 14th, 1643, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Alonso Cano

Spanish painter, architect and sculptor (1601-1667)

*March 19th, 1601, Granada †September 3rd, 1667, Granada

Anne of Austria

Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, lived (1601-1666)

*September 22nd, 1601, Valladolid †January 20th, 1666, Paris

Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne

17th-century French noblewoman

*January 17th, 1601, Turenne †May 24th, 1665, Thouars

Antonius Matthaeus

German jurist (1601-1654)

*November 15th, 1601, Herborn †December 25th, 1654, Utrecht

Baltasar Gracián

Aragonese Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher in Castilian language (1601-1658)

*January 8th, 1601, Belmonte de Gracián †December 6th, 1658, Tarazona

Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha

Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg (1601-1675)

*December 25th, 1601, Altenburg †March 26th, 1675, Gotha

Johann Michael Moscherosch

German writer

*March 7th, 1601, Willstätt †April 4th, 1669, Worms

Balthasar Gloxin

Roman jurist (1601-1654)

*January 10th, 1601, Burg auf Fehmarn †August 1st, 1654, Schleswig

Gerhard Coccejus

German jurist, diplomat and university professor

*July 1st, 1601, Bremen †July 27th, 1660

Otto Henrich Callenberg

German politician (1601-1644)

*October 20th, 1601, Wettesingen †November 23rd, 1644, Lucklum

Philippus Brietius

French historian

*March 6th, 1601, Abbeville †December 9th, 1668, Paris

Antoine Daniel

Jesuit missionary and martyr (1601-1648)

*May 27th, 1601, Dieppe †July 4th, 1648, Springwater

Andreas Rivinus

German author (1601-1656)

*October 17th, 1601, Halle (Saale) †April 4th, 1656, Leipzig

Georges de Scudéry

French writer (1601-1667)

*August 22nd, 1601, Le Havre †May 14th, 1667, Paris

José Ximénez

Spanish composer and organist from baroque period (baptized 25 December 1601; died 9 August 1672)

*January 1st, 1601, Zaragoza †August 9th, 1672, Zaragoza

Jean Eudes

French missionary

*November 14th, 1601, Ri †August 19th, 1680, Caen

Charles de Schomberg d' Halluin

Mariscal de Francia (1601-1656)

*February 16th, 1601, Nanteuil-le-Haudouin †June 6th, 1656, Paris

Robert Wallop

English politician (1601-1667)

*July 20th, 1601, Farleigh Wallop †November 16th, 1667, Tower of London

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 14th.

Valentine's Day!

Traditionally Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 each year.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIV.II.MDCI

14.2.1601

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1601 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1601

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5				1	2	3	4
6	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
7	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
8	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
9	26	27	28

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Born on February 14th, 1601

Weekday

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Age

Zodiac

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Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 154,000 days old!

154,571 Days

22,081 Weeks

5,078 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 14th?

Arab Spring: The Bahraini uprising began with youth-organized protests on the Day of Rage.

A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.

Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe took the Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth (cropped version pictured) from a record distance of 40.5 au (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.

48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.

Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.

Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.

The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.

The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.

The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.

Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 14th

Born on February 14th, 1601

German jurist, university lecturer and rector

Same Day Who's birthday is on February 14th?

Same year Born in 1601

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 14th

Cyril and Methodius, patron saints of Europe (Roman Catholic Church)

Manchan

Valentine (see also Valentine's Day)

February 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Statehood Day (Arizona, United States)

Statehood Day (Oregon, United States)

Presentation of Jesus at the Temple (Armenian Apostolic Church)

Parents' Worship Day (parts of India)

Valentine's Day!

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

14.2.1601

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