February 23rd, 1621

Born on February 23rd, 1621

Age in days, weeks and months
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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 1621

73

Jean de La Fontaine

French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)

*July 8th, 1621, Château-Thierry †April 13th, 1695, Paris

65

Louis, Grand Condé

Prince of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon, French general and famous military leader

*September 8th, 1621, Paris †December 11th, 1686, Fontainebleau

57

Andrew Marvell

English poet and politician (1621–1678)

*March 31st, 1621, Winestead †August 16th, 1678, London

54

Thomas Willis

English physician (1621-1675)

*January 27th, 1621, Great Bedwyn †November 11th, 1675, London

76

Leonora Christina Ulfeldt

Danish countess

*July 8th, 1621, Frederiksborg Palace †March 16th, 1698, Maribo

71

Jan Andrzej Morsztyn

Polish poet (1621–1693)

*June 24th, 1621, Raciborsko †January 8th, 1693, Paris

47

Willem van der Zaan

Dutch admiral

*June 29th, 1621, Amsterdam †March 17th, 1669, Cape Three Forks

49

Petar Zrinski

Croatian military commander

*June 6th, 1621, Vrbovec †April 30th, 1671, Wiener Neustadt

17

Sibylla Schwarz

German poet

*February 14th, 1621, Greifswald †July 31st, 1638, Greifswald

71

Rutger von Ascheberg

Swedish noble (1621-1693)

*June 2nd, 1621, Perbohnen †April 17th, 1693, Gothenburg

28

Isaac van Ostade

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1621-1649)

*June 2nd, 1621, Haarlem †October 16th, 1649, Haarlem

60

Georg Neumark

German poet and composer of hymns (1621-1681)

*March 16th, 1621, Bad Langensalza †July 8th, 1681, Weimar

61

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

English politician and founder of the Whig party (1621-1683)

*July 22nd, 1621, Dorset †January 21st, 1683, Amsterdam

49

William Penn

English admiral and politician (1621-1670)

*April 23rd, 1621, Bristol †September 16th, 1670, Walthamstow

35

David Beck

Dutch portrait painter (1621-1656)

*May 25th, 1621, Delft †December 6th, 1656, The Hague

55

Ernst Friedrich Schröter

Germman law academic

*January 1st, 1621, Jena †January 1st, 1676, Jena

68

Caspar Ziegler

German jurist, poet and composer (1621-1690)

*September 15th, 1621, Leipzig †April 17th, 1690, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

56

Daniel Lüdemann

German theologian

*April 10th, 1621, Pasewalk †September 20th, 1677, Stade

54

Jacques Courtois

French painter (1621-1676)

*February 12th, 1621, Saint-Hippolyte †January 1st, 1676, Rome

60

Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham

English politician

*December 23rd, 1621, Eastwell †December 18th, 1682, London

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.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1621 is a normal year and no leap year.

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