February 14th, 1615

Born on February 14th, 1615

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What happened on February 14th?

February 14th, 2011

Arab Spring: The Bahraini uprising began with youth-organized protests on the Day of Rage.

February 14th, 2008

A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.

February 14th, 1992

Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.

February 14th, 1990

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe took the Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth (cropped version pictured) from a record distance of 40.5 au (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).

February 14th, 1989

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.

February 14th, 1981

48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.

February 14th, 1979

Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.

February 14th, 1961

Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

February 14th, 1943

World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

February 14th, 1938

The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.

February 14th, 1924

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.

February 14th, 1919

The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.

February 14th, 1914

The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.

February 14th, 1852

The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.

February 14th, 1804

Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 14th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 14th?

33

Karol G

Colombian singer-songwriter and businesswoman (1991–)

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

32

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

39

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

40

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

30

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

39

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

81

Peter Ahlwardt

German theologian and philosopher (1710-1791)

*February 14th, 1710, Greifswald †March 1st, 1791, Greifswald

58

John Wilkins

Secretary of the Royal Society and Bishop of Chester

*February 14th, 1614, Fawsley †November 19th, 1672, London

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

82

Josef Durm

German architect and architectural historian

*February 14th, 1837, Karlsruhe †April 3rd, 1919, Karlsruhe

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

23

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

42

Gita Nabavi

Swedish politician

*February 14th, 1982, Tehran

55

Tang Jiuhong

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1969, Anhua County

51

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

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Born in 1615

76

Richard Baxter

English Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer

*November 12th, 1615, Rowton †December 8th, 1691, London

85

Innocent XII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1691 to 1700

*March 13th, 1615, Spinazzola †September 27th, 1700, Rome

32

Ibrahim I

18th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 to 1648

*November 5th, 1615, Constantinople †August 18th, 1648, Constantinople

57

Salvator Rosa

Italian painter, poet and printmaker (1615 –1673)

*June 20th, 1615, Naples †March 15th, 1673, Rome

57

Jean Nocret

17th-century French painter (1615-1672)

*October 26th, 1615, Nancy †November 12th, 1672, Paris

65

Nicolas Fouquet

French politician (1615-1680)

*January 27th, 1615, Paris †March 23rd, 1680, Pinerolo

70

Charles de Noyelle

Jesuit Superior General

*December 27th, 1615, City of Brussels †December 12th, 1686, Rome

51

Christian Chemnitz

German Lutheran theologian (1615-1666)

*January 17th, 1615, Königsfeld †June 3rd, 1666, Jena

45

Govert Flinck

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1615-1660)

*January 25th, 1615, Kleve †February 2nd, 1660, Amsterdam

72

Marie de Lorraine

Duchess of Guise

*August 15th, 1615, Hôtel de Soubise †March 3rd, 1688, Hôtel de Soubise

59

Gerhard Schepeler

German politician (1615-1674)

*July 22nd, 1615, Nienburg/Weser †August 30th, 1674, Osnabrück

36

Catherine Elizabeth Charlotte of Palatinate-Zweibrücken

(1615-1651)

*January 11th, 1615, Zweibrücken †March 21st, 1651, Düsseldorf

65

Nicodemus Tessin the Elder

Swedish architect

*December 7th, 1615, Stralsund †May 24th, 1681, Stockholm

35

Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Hereditary Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

*October 8th, 1615, Bayreuth †February 6th, 1651, Hof

76

Heinrich Bach

German organist and composer

*September 16th, 1615, Günthersleben-Wechmar †July 10th, 1692, Arnstadt

62

Benedict Arnold

Colonial governor of Rhode Island (1615-1678)

*December 21st, 1615, Ilchester †June 19th, 1678, Newport

75

Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

German noble (1615-1691)

*October 27th, 1615, Dresden †October 18th, 1691, Merseburg

61

Christopher Gibbons

English composer and organist

*January 1st, 1615, London †October 20th, 1676, London

44

Dara Shikoh

Indian prince

*March 20th, 1615, Ajmer †August 30th, 1659, Delhi

74

Philip William, Elector Palatine

German nobleman

*November 24th, 1615, Neuburg an der Donau †September 2nd, 1690, Vienna

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Public holidays on February 14th

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Valentine's Day!

Traditionally Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 each year.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1615 is a normal year and no leap year.

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