February 15th, 1601

Born on February 15th, 1601

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 15th?

February 15th, 1940

The official premiere of Paul Creston's Saxophone Sonata took place at the Carnegie Chamber Hall, with saxophonist Cecil Leeson, who commissioned the work, and Creston on piano.

February 15th, 1763

Prussia, Saxony and the Habsburg monarchy signed the Treaty of Hubertusburg, ending the Third Silesian War.

February 15th, 2013

A meteor exploded (video featured) over Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, producing a shock wave that injured about 1,500 people.

February 15th, 2003

In one of the largest anti-war rallies in history, millions around the world in approximately 800 cities took part in protests against the impending invasion of Iraq.

February 15th, 1999

Abdullah Öcalan, one of the founding members of the militant organization the Kurdistan Workers' Party, was arrested by Turkish security forces in Nairobi, Kenya.

February 15th, 1996

A Long March 3B rocket carrying the communications satellite Intelsat 708 crashed immediately after launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China, destroying a nearby town and killing an unknown number of inhabitants.

February 15th, 1995

Kevin Mitnick, the most wanted computer hacker at the time in the U.S., was arrested and charged with computer fraud and wire fraud.

February 15th, 1989

The Soviet Union officially announced that all of its troops had withdrawn from Afghanistan after a nine-year conflict.

February 15th, 1979

Don Dunstan (pictured) resigned as Premier of South Australia, ending a decade of sweeping social liberalisation.

February 15th, 1976

The first constitution since the Cuban Revolution, providing for a system of government and law based on those of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries, was adopted by a national referendum.

February 15th, 1965

Canada adopted the Maple Leaf flag, replacing the Canadian Red Ensign.

February 15th, 1906

A team of Italian archaeologists led by Ernesto Schiaparelli discovered the tomb of Kha and Merit (pictured), an ancient Egyptian foreman and his wife, in the workmen's village of Deir el-Medina.

February 15th, 1961

All 72 people on board Sabena Flight 548, including the entire U.S. figure-skating team, and one person on the ground were killed when the aircraft crashed on approach to Brussels Airport.

February 15th, 1949

Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux began excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves in the West Bank, the location of the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.

February 15th, 1942

Second World War: Japanese forces led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita captured Singapore with the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 15th

Same year
Born in 1601

63

Pierre de Fermat

French mathematician and lawyer

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

41

Louis XIII of France

King of France and Navarre (r. 1610–1643)

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

66

Alonso Cano

Spanish painter, architect and sculptor (1601-1667)

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

78

Christoph Schrader

German rhetorician and librarian

*September 29th, 1601, Rethmar †April 24th, 1680, Helmstedt

72

Justus Gesenius

Lutheran theologian

*July 6th, 1601, Esbeck †September 18th, 1673, Hanover

57

Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt

Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg by marriage (1601-1659)

*July 30th, 1601, Darmstadt †May 6th, 1659, Herzberg Castle

61

Guido Cagnacci

Italian painter (1601-1663)

*January 19th, 1601, Santarcangelo di Romagna †January 1st, 1663, Vienna

79

Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe

Count of Schaumburg-Lippe

*July 18th, 1601, Lemgo †April 10th, 1681, Stadthagen

53

Balthasar Gloxin

Roman jurist (1601-1654)

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

53

Antonius Matthaeus

German jurist (1601-1654)

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

64

Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne

17th-century French noblewoman

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

68

Johann Michael Moscherosch

German writer

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

73

Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha

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

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

59

Gerhard Coccejus

German jurist, diplomat and university professor

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

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Leap year

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

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