February 23rd, 1615

Born on February 23rd, 1615

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 149,000 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, a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, was observed from Earth.

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 (sample pictured).

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, 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.

February 23rd, 2017

The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.

February 23rd, 2010

Unknown criminals pour more than 2+1⁄2 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.

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

Born on February 23rd, 1615

72

Johann Franz von Preysing

German Prince-Bishop and canon (1615-1687)

*February 23rd, 1615, Munich †July 8th, 1687

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43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

74

George Frideric Handel

German-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)

*February 23rd, 1685, Halle (Saale) †April 14th, 1759, London

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

86

Karl Jaspers

German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)

*February 23rd, 1883, Oldenburg †February 26th, 1969, Basel

32

Peter Briggs

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1992, Leicester

30

Tom Wolfenden

English badminton player

*February 23rd, 1994, Liverpool

30

James Paxton

American actor

*February 23rd, 1994, Ojai

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

*February 23rd, 1940, New York City †August 16th, 2019, Los Angeles

95

W. E. B. Du Bois

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

*February 23rd, 1868, Great Barrington †August 27th, 1963, Accra

70

Samuel Pepys

English diarist and administrator (1633–1703)

*February 23rd, 1633, City of London †May 26th, 1703, Clapham

58

Didier Queloz

Swiss astronomer

*February 23rd, 1966, Lausanne

30

Dakota Fanning

American actress (born 1994)

*February 23rd, 1994, Conyers

92

Christian Habicht

German historian and epigrapher (1926–2018)

*February 23rd, 1926, Dortmund †August 6th, 2018, Princeton

88

Robert Treat

English soldier, governor of the Connecticut Colony

*February 23rd, 1622, Pitminster †July 12th, 1710, Milford

43

Josh Gad

American actor

*February 23rd, 1981, Hollywood

63

Caroline von Humboldt

German salon-holder, wife of Wilhelm von Humboldt (1766–1829)

*February 23rd, 1766, Minden †March 26th, 1829, Berlin

36

nisola gaitani

Argentine footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, General San Martín

59

Mikel Erentxun

Spanish singer

*February 23rd, 1965, Caracas

41

Emily Blunt

English actress

*February 23rd, 1983, Wandsworth

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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

67

John Adolphus of Schwarzenberg

Czech nobleman

*September 20th, 1615, Wermelskirchen †May 26th, 1683, Laxenburg

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

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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

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

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