December 2nd, 1609

On this page

Born on December 2nd, 1609 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on December 2nd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on December 2nd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (December 1609)

Born on December 2nd, 1609

Weekday

Wednesday

December 2nd, 1609 was a Wednesday.

Age

414

People born on December 2nd, 1609 will turn 415 this year (2024), in exactly 154 days .

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

November 23rd, 1609 - December 21st, 1609

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 151,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 578 days, exactly on January 30th, 2026, people who were born on December 2nd, 1609 will be 152,000 days old!

151,422 Days

21,631 Weeks

4,974 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 2nd?

December 2nd, 2016

Thirty-six people died when a fire broke out at an illegally converted warehouse in Oakland, California, the deadliest U.S. building fire since 2003.

December 2nd, 2015

In San Bernardino, California, a married couple carried out a mass shooting at a Christmas party before fleeing and dying in a shootout with police.

December 2nd, 2001

Less than two months after disclosing accounting violations, the Texas-based energy firm Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, evaporating nearly $11 billion in shareholder wealth.

December 2nd, 1989

The Malayan Communist Party and the Malaysian government signed a peace accord to end a 21-year communist insurgency.

December 2nd, 1988

Benazir Bhutto (pictured) took office as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.

December 2nd, 1962

Returning from a fact-finding mission, U.S. senator Mike Mansfield became the first American official to comment adversely on the progress of the Vietnam War.

December 2nd, 1956

Cuban Revolution: The yacht Granma, carrying Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement, reached the shores of Cuba.

December 2nd, 1954

The United States Senate voted of 67 to 22 to approve a resolution condemning Senator Joseph McCarthy who continued to serve in the Senate until his death two and a half years later.

December 2nd, 1950

Korean War: UN forces began a retreat from North Korea following defeat at the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River.

December 2nd, 1943

World War II: The Luftwaffe conducted a surprise air raid on Allied ships in Bari, Italy, sinking twenty-eight vessels and releasing one ship's secret cargo of mustard gas.

December 2nd, 1942

Manhattan Project scientists led by Enrico Fermi initiated the first self-sustaining chain reaction in the experimental nuclear reactor Chicago Pile-1.

December 2nd, 1927

The Ford Motor Company introduced the second version of the Model A, its first new model in 18 years.

December 2nd, 1899

Philippine–American War: A 60-man Filipino rearguard was defeated at the Battle of Tirad Pass, but delayed the American advance long enough to ensure President Emilio Aguinaldo's escape.

December 2nd, 1852

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte established the Second French Empire, declaring himself Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.

December 2nd, 1805

War of the Third Coalition: French forces led by Napoleon decisively defeated a Russo-Austrian army commanded by Tsar Alexander I at the Battle of Austerlitz (depicted).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 2nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 2nd?

Sydney Youngblood

American/German singer

*December 2nd, 1960, San Antonio

Dagfinn Høybråten

Norwegian politician

*December 2nd, 1957, Oslo

Britney Spears

American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress (born 1981)

*December 2nd, 1981, McComb

Zhang Wei

Chinese badminton player, born 1977

*December 2nd, 1977, Shanghai

Georges Seurat

French painter (1859-1891)

*December 2nd, 1859, Paris †March 29th, 1891, Paris

Charlie Puth

American singer, songwriter and producer

*December 2nd, 1991, Rumson

Michael Boisvert

Canadian actor and choreographer

*December 2nd, 1973, Timmins

Tzancă Uraganu

Romanian singer

*December 2nd, 1990, Ploiești

Michaël Youn

French comedian and actor

*December 2nd, 1973, Suresnes

Julie Harris

American actress (1925–2013)

*December 2nd, 1925, Grosse Pointe †August 24th, 2013, West Chatham

Charles Abel

Franco-German lawyer and politician

*December 2nd, 1824, Thionville †May 2nd, 1894, Guentrange

Lucy Liu

American actress

*December 2nd, 1968, Jackson Heights

Patricia Hewitt

British politician (born 1948)

*December 2nd, 1948, Canberra

Jean Paulhan

French writer

*December 2nd, 1884, Nîmes †October 9th, 1968, Paris

100

Marc Platt

American ballet dancer, musical theatre performer, and actor (1913-2014)

*December 2nd, 1913, Pasadena †March 29th, 2014, San Rafael

Chris Wolstenholme

British bassist

*December 2nd, 1978, Rotherham

Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin

Scottish nobleman

*December 2nd, 1599, Edinburgh †December 21st, 1663

John Banks

New Zealand politician

*December 2nd, 1946, Wellington

Nelly Furtado

Canadian singer

*December 2nd, 1978, Victoria

Péter Máté

Hungarian association football player (b. 1984)

*December 2nd, 1984, Püspökladány

Same year
Born in 1609

Frederick III of Denmark

King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 to 1670

*March 18th, 1609, Haderslev †February 9th, 1670, Copenhagen Castle

Gerrard Winstanley

English reformer and activist (1609-1676)

*October 19th, 1609, Wigan †September 10th, 1676, London

Artus Quellinus the Elder

Flemish sculptor (1609–1668)

*August 30th, 1609, Antwerp †August 23rd, 1668, Antwerp

Matthew Hale

English jurist and scholar (1609–1676)

*November 1st, 1609, Alderley †December 25th, 1676, Alderley House

Ádám Batthyány

(1609–1659) Hungarian noble

*February 14th, 1609, Güssing †March 15th, 1659, Rechnitz

Raimondo Montecuccoli

Politician and military commander of the Holy Roman Empire (1609-1680)

*February 21st, 1609, Castello di Montecuccolo †October 16th, 1680, Linz

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

English politician and historian (1609–1674)

*February 18th, 1609, London †December 9th, 1674, Rouen

Paul Fleming

Physician, poet, diplomat

*October 5th, 1609, Hartenstein †April 2nd, 1640, Hamburg

John Suckling

English poet

*February 10th, 1609, London †June 1st, 1642, Paris

Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato

Italian painter (1609–1685)

*August 25th, 1609, Sassoferrato †August 8th, 1685, Rome

Kazimierz Leon Sapieha

Lithuanian noble (1609-1656)

*July 15th, 1609, Vilnius †January 19th, 1656, Brest

Henrietta Maria of France

Queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I

*November 25th, 1609, Paris †September 10th, 1669, Colombes

Ernst Ludwig Avemann

*January 1st, 1609, Eisenach †January 1st, 1689

John II Casimir Vasa

King of Poland (1648–1668)

*March 22nd, 1609, Kraków †December 16th, 1672, Nevers

Johann Heinrich Schönfeld

German painter in the Baroque style (1609-1684)

*March 23rd, 1609, Biberach an der Riss †July 12th, 1684, Augsburg

Giovanni Bona

Catholic cardinal

*October 10th, 1609, Mondovì †October 28th, 1674, Rome

Josias von Rantzou

Danish military, marshal of France

*October 18th, 1609, Bothkamp †September 14th, 1650, Paris

Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria

Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, Cardinal Infante, Archbishop of Toledo (1609-1641)

*May 16th, 1609, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial †November 9th, 1641, Brussels metropolitan area

Pierre-Paul Riquet

French engineer

*June 29th, 1609, Béziers †October 1st, 1680, Toulouse

Nicolas Fiva

Swiss mathematician

*August 15th, 1609, Fribourg †January 1st, 1640, Hangzhou

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 2nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

II.XII.MDCIX

2.12.1609

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1609 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1609

December 1609

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

Date of birth

Try another date

Your birthday is more than just a day in the calendar!

01. December 1609

November 1609

02. December 1608
02. December 1604
02. December 1599
02. December 1559
02. December 1509
02. December 1409

03. December 1609

January 1610

02. December 1610
02. December 1614
02. December 1619
02. December 1659
02. December 1709
02. December 1809

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

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

December 2nd, 1609

Born on December 2nd, 1609

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 151,000 days old!

151,422 Days

21,631 Weeks

4,974 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 2nd?

Thirty-six people died when a fire broke out at an illegally converted warehouse in Oakland, California, the deadliest U.S. building fire since 2003.

In San Bernardino, California, a married couple carried out a mass shooting at a Christmas party before fleeing and dying in a shootout with police.

Less than two months after disclosing accounting violations, the Texas-based energy firm Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, evaporating nearly $11 billion in shareholder wealth.

The Malayan Communist Party and the Malaysian government signed a peace accord to end a 21-year communist insurgency.

Benazir Bhutto (pictured) took office as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.

Returning from a fact-finding mission, U.S. senator Mike Mansfield became the first American official to comment adversely on the progress of the Vietnam War.

Cuban Revolution: The yacht Granma, carrying Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement, reached the shores of Cuba.

The United States Senate voted of 67 to 22 to approve a resolution condemning Senator Joseph McCarthy who continued to serve in the Senate until his death two and a half years later.

Korean War: UN forces began a retreat from North Korea following defeat at the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River.

World War II: The Luftwaffe conducted a surprise air raid on Allied ships in Bari, Italy, sinking twenty-eight vessels and releasing one ship's secret cargo of mustard gas.

Manhattan Project scientists led by Enrico Fermi initiated the first self-sustaining chain reaction in the experimental nuclear reactor Chicago Pile-1.

The Ford Motor Company introduced the second version of the Model A, its first new model in 18 years.

Philippine–American War: A 60-man Filipino rearguard was defeated at the Battle of Tirad Pass, but delayed the American advance long enough to ensure President Emilio Aguinaldo's escape.

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte established the Second French Empire, declaring himself Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.

War of the Third Coalition: French forces led by Napoleon decisively defeated a Russo-Austrian army commanded by Tsar Alexander I at the Battle of Austerlitz (depicted).

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 2nd

Same Day Who's birthday is on December 2nd?

Same year Born in 1609

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 2nd

Armed Forces Day (Cuba)

Avitus of Rouen

Bibiana

Channing Moore Williams (Anglicanism)

Chromatius

Habakkuk (Eastern Orthodox)

December 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (United Nations)

Lao National Day

National Day (United Arab Emirates)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

2.12.1609

Legend

Leap year

Calendar December 1609

December 1609

Date of birth

Try another date

Try another date

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 151,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 2nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 2nd?

Same year
Born in 1609

Calendar
December 1609

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