September 22nd, 1606

Born on September 22nd, 1606

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

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What happened on September 22nd?

September 22nd, 2014

The NASA spacecraft MAVEN entered into orbit around Mars to study the planet's atmosphere.

September 22nd, 2013

Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, was attacked by two suicide bombers who killed 127 people.

September 22nd, 2003

Dolphin, the first emulator for the GameCube that could run commercial video games, was released.

September 22nd, 1994

The Nordhordland Bridge, crossing Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Vestland, and Norway's second-longest bridge, officially opened.

September 22nd, 1993

A tugboat towing a barge collided with a rail bridge in Mobile, Alabama, U.S., deforming the tracks and causing the derailment of a passenger train eight minutes later, which killed 47 people and injured an additional 103.

September 22nd, 1979

An American Vela satellite detected an unidentified flash of light near the Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.

September 22nd, 1975

Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford, but failed due to unfamiliarity with her weapon.

September 22nd, 1957

François Duvalier (pictured), nicknamed Papa Doc, was elected President of Haiti as a populist before consolidating power and ruling as a dictator for the rest of his life.

September 22nd, 1948

Led by Gail Halvorsen, the United States Air Force began Operation "Little Vittles", delivering candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.

September 22nd, 1939

A joint military parade by the troops of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union took place in Brest-Litovsk to celebrate their partition of Poland.

September 22nd, 1934

One of Britain's worst mining accidents took place when an explosion at Gresford Colliery in Wales killed 266 men.

September 22nd, 1922

After nine days, the great fire of Smyrna was extinguished (aftermath pictured), having caused at least ten thousand deaths.

September 22nd, 1914

World War I: German naval forces bombarded Papeete in French Polynesia and sank a French gunboat.

September 22nd, 1869

Das Rheingold, the first of four operas in Der Ring des Nibelungen by the German composer Richard Wagner (pictured), was first performed in Munich.

September 22nd, 1789

The office of United States Postmaster General was formally established.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 22nd

Born on September 22nd, 1606

38

Li Zicheng

Chinese rebel leader in the late Ming-early Qing period (1606–1645)

*September 22nd, 1606, Mizhi County †January 1st, 1645, Tongcheng County

Same year
Born in 1606

63

Rembrandt

Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)

*July 15th, 1606, Leiden †October 4th, 1669, Amsterdam

78

Pierre Corneille

French tragedian (1606–1684)

*June 6th, 1606, Rouen †October 1st, 1684, Paris

39

Maria Anna of Spain

Wife of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III (1606-1646)

*August 18th, 1606, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial †May 13th, 1646, Linz

57

Corfitz Ulfeldt

Danish statesman (1606–1664)

*July 10th, 1606, Assens †February 20th, 1664, Basel

71

Christoph Bernhard von Galen

German bishop

*October 12th, 1606, Drensteinfurt †September 19th, 1678, Ahaus

62

William Davenant

English poet and playwright

*January 31st, 1606, Oxford †April 7th, 1668, London

62

Theodoor van Thulden

Painter (1606-1669)

*August 9th, 1606, 's-Hertogenbosch †July 12th, 1669, 's-Hertogenbosch

55

Ottavio Amigoni

Italian painter (1606-1661)

*October 16th, 1606, Brescia †October 28th, 1661, Brescia

67

Pieter de Jode II

Engraver, painter (1606-1674)

*November 22nd, 1606, Antwerp †January 1st, 1674, England

88

Georg von Derfflinger

German general (1606-1695)

*March 20th, 1606, Neuhofen an der Krems †February 4th, 1695, Gusow

57

Christine of France

Duchess of Savoy (1606-1663)

*February 10th, 1606, Louvre Palace †December 27th, 1663, Turin

53

Christoph Althofer

German theologian

*November 9th, 1606, Hersbruck †May 11th, 1660, Kulmbach

75

Hermann Conring

German philosopher (1606-1681)

*November 9th, 1606, Norden †December 12th, 1681, Helmstedt

66

Jeanne Mance

Settler of New France, co-founder of the city of Montreal, Canada

*November 12th, 1606, Langres †June 18th, 1673, Montreal

58

Lorenzo Lippi

Italian painter (1606-1665)

*May 3rd, 1606, Florence †April 14th, 1665, Florence

16

Francis Gonzaga, Duke of Rethel

French aristocrat

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

86

Marie de Bourbon

Countess of Soissons

*May 3rd, 1606, Paris †June 3rd, 1692, Paris

79

Johann Caspar Bauhin

Swiss physician and botanist (1606-1685)

*March 12th, 1606, Basel †July 14th, 1685, Basel

42

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton

Scottish nobleman and leader during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1606-1649)

*June 19th, 1606, Hamilton Palace †March 9th, 1649, Old Palace Yard

44

Agnes of Hesse-Kassel

Princess consort of Anhalt-Dessau (1606-1650)

*May 14th, 1606, Kassel †May 28th, 1650, Dessau

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on September 22nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days, Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere) which are celebrated on September 22nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1606 is a normal year and no leap year.

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