June 17th, 1604

Born on June 17th, 1604

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

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What happened on June 17th?

June 17th, 2017

Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people.

June 17th, 1963

Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.

June 17th, 1940

Second World War: RMS Lancastria was sunk by German aircraft near Saint-Nazaire, France, causing thousands of fatalities in Britain's worst maritime disaster.

June 17th, 1919

Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England, after one of their comrades was arrested, leading to the death of a British police officer.

June 17th, 1913

In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strike action.

June 17th, 1900

Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts from Qing China after a brief but bloody battle.

June 17th, 1861

American Civil War: The Battle of Vienna, Virginia, took place, which involved one of the world's first military movements of troops by train.

June 17th, 1795

French Revolutionary Wars: Off the coast of Brittany, a Royal Navy squadron commanded by William Cornwallis (pictured) fended off a numerically superior French Navy fleet.

June 17th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: British forces took Bunker Hill outside of Boston, Massachusetts.

June 17th, 1631

Mumtaz Mahal (pictured), wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.

June 17th, 1579

Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.

June 17th, 1462

Ottoman–Hungarian wars: Wallachian forces led by Vlad Dracula attacked an Ottoman camp at night in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Sultan Mehmed II.

June 17th, 1397

The kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway formed the Kalmar Union, a personal union under Eric of Pomerania.

June 17th, 0653

Pope Martin I was arrested in the Lateran Palace, Rome, and taken to Constantinople.

June 17th, 1929

The town of Murchison, New Zealand is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.

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

Born on June 17th, 1604

75

John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen

Dutch soldier and administrator (1604–1679)

*June 17th, 1604, Dillenburg †December 20th, 1679, Bedburg-Hau

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Who's birthday is on June 17th?

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

65

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

16

Francis Gonzaga, Duke of Rethel

French aristocrat

*June 17th, 1606, Charleville-Mézières †October 13th, 1622, Charleville-Mézières

67

Alan Phillips

Baseball and badminton player

*June 17th, 1956, Cape Town

60

Joseph of Cupertino

Italian Conventual Franciscan friar

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

80

Burt Rutan

American aerospace engineer

*June 17th, 1943, Estacada

78

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

57

Jason Patric

American actor

*June 17th, 1966, Queens

67

James Weldon Johnson

American writer and activist

*June 17th, 1871, Jacksonville †June 26th, 1938, Wiscasset

43

Venus Williams

American tennis player (born 1980)

*June 17th, 1980, Lynwood

41

Arthur Darvill

Actor from England

*June 17th, 1982, Birmingham

63

Thomas Haden Church

American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1960)

*June 17th, 1960, El Paso

81

Mohamed ElBaradei

Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

*June 17th, 1942, Cairo

47

Lee Baxter

Swedish association football player

*June 17th, 1976, Stockholm

87

John Wesley

Founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)

*June 17th, 1703, Epworth †March 2nd, 1791, St Luke's

77

Beryl Reid

British actress

*June 17th, 1919, Hereford †October 13th, 1996, Thames Valley Hospital

37

Helen Glover

British rower

*June 17th, 1986, Truro

61

Frank Baranowski

German politician

*June 17th, 1962, Gelsenkirchen

51

Iztok Čop

Slovenian rower

*June 17th, 1972, Kranj

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Born in 1604

17

Osman II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

*November 3rd, 1604, Istanbul †May 20th, 1622, Istanbul

56

Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet

English writer, politician, and commander in the Parliamentary army (1604-1661)

*September 13th, 1604, Handforth †April 7th, 1661, Croydon Palace

84

George Ent

English scientist and physician; (1604-1689)

*November 6th, 1604, Sandwich †October 13th, 1689, Holborn

64

Frans Luycx

Flemish Baroque painter (1604–1668)

*April 17th, 1604, Antwerp †May 1st, 1668, Vienna

44

Claudia de' Medici

Archduchess of Austria (1604-1648)

*June 4th, 1604, Palazzo Pitti †December 25th, 1648, Innsbruck

43

Francesco Brunetti

Italian historian and writer

*November 30th, 1604, Campli †November 30th, 1647, Campli

52

John IV of Portugal

King of Portugal

*March 19th, 1604, Ducal Palace of Vila Viçosa †November 6th, 1656, Ribeira Palace

45

Jean Morin

French painter (c.1590-1650)

*November 30th, 1604, Paris †June 6th, 1650, Paris

66

Johann Rudolf Glauber

German-Dutch alchemist (1604-1670)

*March 10th, 1604, Karlstadt am Main †March 16th, 1670, Amsterdam

46

Tokugawa Iemitsu

Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate (1604–1651)

*August 12th, 1604, Edo Castle †June 8th, 1651, Edo Castle

63

Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg

Regent of Hesse-Homburg (1604-1667)

*June 30th, 1604, Runkel †August 13th, 1667, Wildenfels

46

Bodo von Hodenberg

German author (1604-1650)

*April 3rd, 1604, Hodenhagen †September 20th, 1650, Osterode am Harz

47

Heinrich Albert

German composer and poet

*July 8th, 1604, Bad Lobenstein †October 6th, 1651, Königsberg

71

Charles IV of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine and Bar (1604-1675)

*April 5th, 1604, Nancy †September 18th, 1675, Allenbach

68

Dorothea Diana of Salm-Mörchingen

Countess of Hanau

*July 25th, 1604, Créhange †December 19th, 1672, Wœrth

49

Hans Emmenegger

Participant of the Swiss peasant war of 1653

*June 7th, 1604, Schüpfheim †July 23rd, 1653, Lucerne

65

Andrea Vaccaro

Italian painter (1604-1670)

*May 8th, 1604, Naples †January 18th, 1670, Naples

21

Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

(1604-1626)

*December 6th, 1604, Kassel †August 27th, 1626, Lutter am Barenberge

68

Johannes Bach

German composer and musician

*November 26th, 1604, Günthersleben-Wechmar †May 13th, 1673, Erfurt

57

Christoph Tinctorius

German university teacher and writer (1604-1662)

*November 7th, 1604, Srokowo †April 13th, 1662, Königsberg

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Leap year

Yes: 1604 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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