September 17th, 1620

Born on September 17th, 1620

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on September 17th, 1620?

September 17th, 1620

Polish–Ottoman War: The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish–Ottoman_War_(1620–1621)

What else happened on September 17th?

September 17th, 2018

The Israeli Air Force conducted missile strikes that hit multiple targets in western Syria; Syrian air defences responding to the strikes accidentally downed a Russian plane.

September 17th, 2011

Adbusters, a Canadian anti-consumerist publication, organized a protest against corporate influence on democracy at Zuccotti Park in New York City that became known as Occupy Wall Street.

September 17th, 1980

Solidarity, a Polish trade union, was founded as the first independent labor union in an Eastern Bloc country.

September 17th, 1970

The Jordanian army entered Amman as part of operations to oust Palestinian fedayeen from the country in events later known as Black September (smoke over city pictured).

September 17th, 1962

NASA announced the Next Nine astronauts selected for the purpose of landing on the moon.

September 17th, 1958

Tintin in Tibet, the twentieth volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé and which he regarded as his favourite in the series, began serialisation.

September 17th, 1939

World War II: The Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east, sixteen days after Nazi Germany's attack on the country from the west.

September 17th, 1914

Andrew Fisher, who in his previous term as premier oversaw a period of reform unmatched in the Commonwealth until the 1940s, became Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.

September 17th, 1894

John Hyrum Koyle, a controversial Mormon bishop, began excavating the Dream Mine, which he believed would provide financial support to members of the LDS Church.

September 17th, 1878

A British surveyor was detained by the Zulu on the border with the Colony of Natal; a demand for reparations for the incident formed part of an ultimatum that led to the Anglo-Zulu War.

September 17th, 1862

American Civil War: Almost 23,000 total casualties were suffered at the Battle of Antietam near Sharpsburg, Maryland, where Confederate and Union troops fought to a tactical stalemate.

September 17th, 1859

Disgruntled with the legal and political structures of the United States, Joshua Norton (pictured) distributed letters to various newspapers in San Francisco proclaiming himself to be Emperor Norton.

September 17th, 1849

Harriet Tubman (pictured) escaped from slavery in the U.S. state of Maryland, and later orchestrated the rescues of other slaves via the Underground Railroad.

September 17th, 1793

War of the Pyrenees: Forces from the French Army of the Eastern Pyrenees defeated two divisions of the Army of Catalonia, ending the furthest Spanish encroachment in their invasion of Roussillon.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 17th

Same year
Born in 1620

68

Frederick William of Brandenburg

Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia

*February 16th, 1620, Berlin Palace †April 29th, 1688, City Palace

71

Aelbert Cuyp

Dutch landscape painter (1620-1691)

*October 20th, 1620, Dordrecht †November 15th, 1691, Dordrecht

61

Jean Picard

French astronomer

*July 21st, 1620, La Flèche †July 12th, 1682, Paris

84

Ninon de Lenclos

French author, courtesan, freethinker, and patron of the arts

*November 10th, 1620, Paris †October 17th, 1705, Paris

58

Antoine Lepautre

French architect

*November 30th, 1620, Paris †January 1st, 1679, Paris

79

Franz Karl Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky

(1620-1700)

*May 13th, 1620, Innsbruck †May 5th, 1700, Brno

47

Johann Heinrich Hottinger

Swiss theologian (1620-1667)

*March 10th, 1620, Zürich †June 5th, 1667, Zürich

37

Sibylle Margarethe von Brieg

(1620-1657)

*June 20th, 1620, Gdańsk †June 26th, 1657, Gdańsk

69

Théophile Bonet

Genevan physician

*March 6th, 1620, Geneva †March 29th, 1689, Geneva

27

Masaniello

Italian (Neapolitan) fisherman and rebel of the 17th century

*June 29th, 1620, Naples †July 16th, 1647, Naples

44

Nikola VII Zrinski

Croatian military commander (1620-1664)

*May 3rd, 1620, Čakovec †November 18th, 1664, Kuršanec

61

Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder

Dutch classical scholar and poet

*July 20th, 1620, Leiden †October 7th, 1681, The Hague

93

Atto Melani

Italian opera singer

*March 30th, 1620, Pistoia †January 4th, 1714, Paris

49

Bogusław Radziwiłł

Polish-Lithuanian noble

*May 3rd, 1620, Gdańsk †December 31st, 1669, Königsberg

83

Isabella Leonarda

Italian composer

*September 6th, 1620, Novara †February 25th, 1704, Novara

51

Henri Charles de La Trémoille

French noble (1620-1672)

*December 17th, 1620, Thouars †September 14th, 1672, Thouars

73

Henri-Marie de Laval de Boisdauphin

*March 2nd, 1620, Le Mans †November 22nd, 1693

64

Jan van den Hecke

Flemish painter (1620-1684)

*January 1st, 1620, Kluisbergen †August 22nd, 1684, Antwerp

61

Lucy Hutchinson

British writer (1620-1681)

*January 29th, 1620, London †September 30th, 1681

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Leap year

Yes: 1620 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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