December 31st, 1603

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Born on December 31st, 1603 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on December 31st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on December 31st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (December 1603)

Born on December 31st, 1603

Weekday

Wednesday

December 31st, 1603 was a Wednesday.

Age

420

People born on December 31st, 1603 will turn 421 this year (2024), in exactly 180 days .

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1603 - January 20th, 1604

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 153,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 412 days, exactly on August 20th, 2025, people who were born on December 31st, 1603 will be 154,000 days old!

153,588 Days

21,941 Weeks

5,046 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 31st?

December 31st, 1950

Korean War: North Korean troops attacked United Nations forces in the first of two battles at Wonju.

December 31st, 2010

28 tornadoes (one depicted) touched down in midwestern and southern United States, part of an outbreak that led to the deaths of nine people and large property damage.

December 31st, 1999

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin became acting president upon President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation.

December 31st, 1998

The European Exchange Rate Mechanism froze the exchange rates of the legacy currencies in the eurozone, establishing the value of the euro.

December 31st, 1993

Brandon Teena, an American trans man, was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska; his death led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.

December 31st, 1986

Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in United States history.

December 31st, 1972

Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash en route to deliver aid to victims of that year's Nicaragua earthquake.

December 31st, 1965

Central African military officers led by Jean-Bédel Bokassa began a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.

December 31st, 1961

RTÉ, Ireland's first television network, began broadcasting.

December 31st, 1909

The Manhattan Bridge, connecting Lower Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn and considered to be the forerunner of modern suspension bridges, opened to traffic.

December 31st, 1907

New York City held its first annual ball drop event in Times Square as part of New Year's Eve celebrations.

December 31st, 1862

The Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, began with an engagement in which both sides would suffer their highest casualty rates in the American Civil War.

December 31st, 1857

Queen Victoria announced the choice of Ottawa (pictured), then a small logging town, to be the capital of the British colony of Canada.

December 31st, 1775

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Quebec, British forces repulsed an attack by the Continental Army to capture Quebec City and enlist French Canadian support.

December 31st, 1759

Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease at £45 per annum to the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin and began brewing Guinness.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 31st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 31st?

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

Jacques Cartier

Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)

*December 31st, 1491, Saint-Malo †September 1st, 1557, Saint-Malo

Henri Matisse

French artist (1869–1954)

*December 31st, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis †November 3rd, 1954, Nice

Manu Attri

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1992, Meerut

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

Ferdinand Noack

German classical archaeologist and classical philologist (1865-1931)

*December 31st, 1865, Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe †September 21st, 1931, Berlin

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

Andreas Vesalius

Flemish anatomist, physician and author (1514–1564)

*December 31st, 1514, Mont aux Potences - Galgenberg †October 16th, 1564, Zakynthos

Simon Wiesenthal

Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter

*December 31st, 1908, Buchach †September 20th, 2005, Vienna

Vaughan Jones

New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist

*December 31st, 1952, Gisborne †September 6th, 2020, Nashville

James Remar

American actor

*December 31st, 1953, Boston

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

King of Saudi Arabia since 2015

*December 31st, 1935, Riyadh

George Marshall

American army officer and statesman (1880–1959)

*December 31st, 1880, Uniontown †October 16th, 1959, Washington, D.C.

Bebe Neuwirth

American actress

*December 31st, 1958, Newark

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

*December 31st, 1972, Le Puy-en-Velay

Elizabeth Arden

Canadian American businesswoman

*December 31st, 1878, Woodbridge †October 18th, 1966, New York City

Alex Ferguson

Scottish association football manager and player (born 1941)

*December 31st, 1941, Govan

Ben Kingsley

English actor

*December 31st, 1943, Snainton

Jan Smit

Dutch singer and TV presenter

*December 31st, 1985, Volendam

Same year
Born in 1603

Joachim von der Marwitz

*December 7th, 1603, Stanowice, Silesian Voivodeship †May 11th, 1662, Drezdenko

Jacob Tappe

German physician

*August 15th, 1603, Hildesheim †October 10th, 1680, Helmstedt

Roger Williams

English Baptist theologian and author (1603–1683)

*December 21st, 1603, London †November 30th, 1683, Providence

Kenelm Digby

English courtier and diplomat

*July 11th, 1603, Gayhurst †June 11th, 1665, London

Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark

Prince of Denmark and Norway (1603-1647)

*April 10th, 1603, Copenhagen †June 2nd, 1647, Dresden

Abraham Keyser

*March 26th, 1603, Soest †September 30th, 1652

Johann Conrad Dannhauer

German theologian (1603-1666)

*March 24th, 1603, Teningen †November 7th, 1666, Strasbourg

Paolo Antonio Barbieri

Italian painter (1603-1649)

*January 1st, 1603, Cento †January 1st, 1649, Bologna

Pietro Paolini

Italian painter (1603-1681)

*June 3rd, 1603, Lucca †April 12th, 1681, Lucca

John of Nassau-Idstein

Count of Nassau-Idstein (1629-1677)

*November 24th, 1603, Saarbrücken †May 23rd, 1677, Idstein

Augustyn Kordecki

Polish religious leader

*November 16th, 1603, Iwanowice †March 20th, 1673, Wieruszów

Humphrey Mackworth

English lawyer and politician, died 1654

*January 27th, 1603, Betton Strange †January 1st, 1654, London

Simon Bradstreet

Last governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony; husband of poet Anne Bradstreet

*March 18th, 1603, Horbling †March 27th, 1697, Salem

Mario Nuzzi

Italian painter (1603-1673)

*January 19th, 1603, Rome †November 14th, 1673, Rome

Joseph of Cupertino

Italian Conventual Franciscan friar

*June 17th, 1603, Copertino †September 18th, 1663, Osimo

David Denicke

German jurist and hymnwriter (1603-1680)

*January 30th, 1603, Zittau †April 1st, 1680, Hanover

Hermann Mylius von Gnadenfeld

German lawyer and diplomat

*November 10th, 1603, Berne †November 1st, 1657, Oldenburg

Johannes Cocceius

Dutch theologian

*August 9th, 1603, Bremen †November 5th, 1669, Leiden

Frederick William II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1603-1669)

*February 12th, 1603, Weimar †April 22nd, 1669, Altenburg

Lennart Torstensson

Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (1603-1651)

*August 17th, 1603, Forstena †April 7th, 1651, Stockholm

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 31st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, New Year's Eve) which are celebrated on December 31st.

First Night (United States)

New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Night

Last Day of the Year or Bisperás ng Bagong Taón, special holiday between Rizal Day and New Year's Day (Philippines)

New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Philippines

Novy God Eve (Russia)

New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novy_God

Ōmisoka (Japan)

New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ōmisoka

The first day of Hogmanay or "Auld Year's Night" (Scotland)

New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogmanay

The seventh of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas

The sixth and penultimate day of Kwanzaa (United States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penult

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXXI.XII.MDCIII

31.12.1603

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1603 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1603

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December 31st, 1603

Born on December 31st, 1603

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 153,000 days old!

153,588 Days

21,941 Weeks

5,046 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 31st?

Korean War: North Korean troops attacked United Nations forces in the first of two battles at Wonju.

28 tornadoes (one depicted) touched down in midwestern and southern United States, part of an outbreak that led to the deaths of nine people and large property damage.

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin became acting president upon President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation.

The European Exchange Rate Mechanism froze the exchange rates of the legacy currencies in the eurozone, establishing the value of the euro.

Brandon Teena, an American trans man, was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska; his death led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.

Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in United States history.

Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash en route to deliver aid to victims of that year's Nicaragua earthquake.

Central African military officers led by Jean-Bédel Bokassa began a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.

RTÉ, Ireland's first television network, began broadcasting.

The Manhattan Bridge, connecting Lower Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn and considered to be the forerunner of modern suspension bridges, opened to traffic.

New York City held its first annual ball drop event in Times Square as part of New Year's Eve celebrations.

The Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, began with an engagement in which both sides would suffer their highest casualty rates in the American Civil War.

Queen Victoria announced the choice of Ottawa (pictured), then a small logging town, to be the capital of the British colony of Canada.

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Quebec, British forces repulsed an attack by the Continental Army to capture Quebec City and enlist French Canadian support.

Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease at £45 per annum to the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin and began brewing Guinness.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 31st

Same Day Who's birthday is on December 31st?

Same year Born in 1603

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 31st

Pope Sylvester I (Catholic Church)

December 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

International Solidarity Day of Azerbaijanis (Azerbaijan)

First Night (United States)

Last Day of the Year or Bisperás ng Bagong Taón, special holiday between Rizal Day and New Year's Day (Philippines)

Novy God Eve (Russia)

Ōmisoka (Japan)

The first day of Hogmanay or "Auld Year's Night" (Scotland)

The seventh of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)

The sixth and penultimate day of Kwanzaa (United States)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

31.12.1603

Legend

Leap year

Calendar December 1603

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Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 153,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 31st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 31st?

Same year
Born in 1603

Calendar
December 1603

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
49	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
50	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
51	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
52	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
53	29	30	31