February 23rd, 1612

Born on February 23rd, 1612

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

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What happened on February 23rd?

February 23rd, 2017

Syrian civil war: Allied troops led by the Turkish Armed Forces captured the city of al-Bab from the Islamic State.

February 23rd, 2008

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crashed on the runway shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in the most expensive crash in U.S. Air Force history.

February 23rd, 1987

SN 1987A, the first supernova that modern astronomers were able to study in great detail, was observed from Earth occurring in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

February 23rd, 1971

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese General Đỗ Cao Trí was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering Operation Lam Son 719.

February 23rd, 1945

American photographer Joe Rosenthal took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima, an image that was later reproduced on the Marine Corps War Memorial.

February 23rd, 1943

35 children and 1 adult employee were killed in a fire at an orphanage in the town of Cavan, Ireland.

February 23rd, 1941

Plutonium was first chemically identified by chemist Glenn T. Seaborg and his team at the University of California, Berkeley.

February 23rd, 1886

American inventor Charles Martin Hall discovered an inexpensive method of producing aluminium.

February 23rd, 1847

Mexican–American War: The United States Army used artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army at the Battle of Buena Vista near Saltillo.

February 23rd, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Prussian military officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania as a volunteer for the Continental Army.

February 23rd, 1739

The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin was uncovered by his former schoolmate, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's trial.

February 23rd, 1725

Johann Sebastian Bach premiered his Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (pictured).

February 23rd, 1725

J. S. Bach leads his Tafel-Music Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

February 23rd, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia.

February 23rd, 2019

Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 23rd

Same year
Born in 1612

27

Murad IV

The 17th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1623–1640)

*July 27th, 1612, Constantinople †February 8th, 1640, Constantinople

29

Saskia van Uylenburgh

Wife of Rembrandt van Rijn

*August 2nd, 1612, Leeuwarden †June 14th, 1642, Amsterdam

82

Antoine Arnauld

French theologian, philosopher, mathematician (1612-1694)

*February 5th, 1612, Paris †August 8th, 1694, City of Brussels

67

Frans Post

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1612–1680)

*November 17th, 1612, Haarlem †February 17th, 1680, Haarlem

43

Nicolas Chaperon

French painter (1612-1656)

*October 19th, 1612, Châteaudun †January 1st, 1656, Lyon

39

Jeremi Wiśniowiecki

Polish-Lithuanian politician (1612-1651)

*August 17th, 1612, Lubny †August 20th, 1651, Popilnia Raion

61

Lorenzo Imperiali

Italian cardinal (1612–1673)

*February 21st, 1612, Genoa †September 21st, 1673, Rome

64

Justus Georg Schottel

German grammarian

*June 23rd, 1612, Einbeck †October 25th, 1676, Wolfenbüttel

73

Michel Anguier

French sculptor (1612-1686)

*September 28th, 1612, Eu †July 11th, 1686, Paris

38

Dorgon

Prince Rui of the First Rank and regent of the Qing Dynasty (1612-1650)

*November 17th, 1612, Hetu Ala City †December 31st, 1650, Chengde

71

Thomas Killigrew

English dramatist and theatre manager; (1612-1683)

*February 7th, 1612, London †March 19th, 1683, London

34

Odoardo Farnese

Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1622 to 1646

*April 28th, 1612, Parma †September 11th, 1646, Piacenza

59

Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron

Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War (1612-1671)

*January 17th, 1612, Denton Hall, Wharfedale †November 12th, 1671, Nun Appleton Priory

22

John Albert Vasa

Catholic cardinal

*June 25th, 1612, Kraków †December 29th, 1634, Padua

64

Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve

Founder of the city of Montreal

*February 15th, 1612, Neuville-sur-Vanne †September 9th, 1676, Paris

60

Anne Bradstreet

Anglo-American poet (1612-1672)

*March 20th, 1612, Northampton †September 16th, 1672, Andover

37

Michael Behm

German theologian

*September 29th, 1612, Königsberg †August 31st, 1650

85

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington

English politician

*October 20th, 1612, Youghal †January 15th, 1698

64

Johann Caspar Waser

*December 9th, 1612, Zürich †January 1st, 1677, Zürich

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics) which are celebrated on February 23rd.

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Leap year

Yes: 1612 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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