December 14th, 1623

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Born on December 14th, 1623 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on December 14th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on December 14th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (December 1623)

Born on December 14th, 1623

Weekday

Thursday

December 14th, 1623 was a Thursday.

Age

400

People born on December 14th, 1623 will turn 401 this year (2024), in exactly 165 days .

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

November 23rd, 1623 - December 21st, 1623

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 146,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 702 days, exactly on June 4th, 2026, people who were born on December 14th, 1623 will be 147,000 days old!

146,298 Days

20,899 Weeks

4,806 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on December 14th?

December 14th, 2012

A 20-year-old gunman shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

December 14th, 2009

The tino rangatiratanga flag, representing the Māori people, was officially recognized by the government of New Zealand.

December 14th, 2008

During a press conference in Baghdad, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at U.S. president George W. Bush and Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, yelling "This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq".

December 14th, 1999

Torrential rains caused flash floods in the Venezuelan state of Vargas, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.

December 14th, 1998

Kosovo War: Yugoslav forces ambushed a group of Kosovo Liberation Army militants attempting to smuggle weapons into Yugoslavia from Albania.

December 14th, 1992

War in Abkhazia: A helicopter carrying evacuees was shot down during the siege of Tkvarcheli, resulting in at least 52 deaths and catalysing more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.

December 14th, 1981

The Knesset passed the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli "laws, jurisdiction and administration" to the Golan Heights, effectively annexing the territory internationally recognized as part of Syria.

December 14th, 1972

Upon completing the third extra-vehicular activity of Apollo 17, American astronaut Gene Cernan became the last person to date to walk on the Moon.

December 14th, 1963

The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir in Los Angeles failed, releasing a flood that killed five people and destroyed 277 homes.

December 14th, 1962

NASA's Mariner 2 became the world's first spacecraft to successfully conduct a planetary encounter when it flew by Venus.

December 14th, 1960

Australian cricketer Ian Meckiff was run out on the last day of the first Test match between Australia and the West Indies, resulting in the first tied Test in cricket history.

December 14th, 1948

American physicists Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann were awarded a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the first interactive electronic game.

December 14th, 1918

Giacomo Puccini's comic opera Gianni Schicchi premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

December 14th, 1913

Haruna (pictured), the fourth and last Japanese battlecruiser of the Kongō class, was launched and went on to serve in both world wars.

December 14th, 1911

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole.

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

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

Molly Nilsson

Swedish record producer, keyboardist and singer-songwriter

*December 14th, 1984, Stockholm

Paul Herrmann

German classical archaeologist

*December 14th, 1859, Halle (Saale) †August 30th, 1935, Dresden

Tycho Brahe

Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601

*December 14th, 1546, Knutstorp Castle †October 24th, 1601, Prague

Aníbal Abreu

Venezuelan composer

*December 14th, 1928, Caracas

Karin Beier

German theatre director

*December 14th, 1965, Cologne

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

Barthélemy d'Herbelot

French orientalist (1625-1695)

*December 14th, 1625, Paris †December 8th, 1695, Paris

Ingeborg Meyer-Rey

German illustrator (1920-2001)

*December 14th, 1920, Berlin †April 4th, 2001, Berlin

Nostradamus

French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)

*December 14th, 1503, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence †July 2nd, 1566, Salon-de-Provence

Ginger Lynn

American pornographic actress

*December 14th, 1962, Rockford

Patty Duke

American actress (1946–2016)

*December 14th, 1946, Queens †March 29th, 2016, Coeur d'Alene

George VI

King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952, Emperor of India from 1936 to 1948 (1895–1952)

*December 14th, 1895, York Cottage †February 6th, 1952, Sandringham House

Ruth Fuchs

German politician and athlete, Olympic champion

*December 14th, 1946, Egeln †September 20th, 2023, Jena

Lee Remick

American actress (1935-1991)

*December 14th, 1935, Quincy †July 2nd, 1991, Brentwood

Miranda Hart

English comedian

*December 14th, 1972, Torquay

Vanessa Hudgens

American actress and singer

*December 14th, 1988, Salinas

Karl Carstens

President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1914-1992)

*December 14th, 1914, Bremen †May 30th, 1992, Meckenheim

Anna Maria Jopek

Polish musician and singer

*December 14th, 1970, Warsaw

Linda Hopkins

African American actress and blues and gospel singer (1924-2017)

*December 14th, 1924, New Orleans †April 10th, 2017, Milwaukee

Noémie Lvovsky

French film director, screenwriter, and actress

*December 14th, 1964, Paris

Same year
Born in 1623

Blaise Pascal

French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623–1662)

*June 19th, 1623, Clermont-Ferrand †August 19th, 1662, Paris

Ferdinand Verbiest

Flemish Jesuit missionary (1623–1688)

*October 9th, 1623, Pittem †January 28th, 1688, Beijing

Frederick Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg and Hanau-Münzenberg (1623-1685)

*August 4th, 1623, Bouxwiller †March 30th, 1685, Hanau

Johannes Colberg

German theologian

*March 31st, 1623, Kołobrzeg †September 19th, 1687, Greifswald

Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg

German noble (1623-1683)

*July 14th, 1623, Berlin †June 26th, 1683, Schmalkalden

François Turrettini

Genevan theologian (1623-1687)

*October 17th, 1623, Geneva †September 28th, 1687, Geneva

Stanisław Lubieniecki

Polish historian, astronomer

*August 23rd, 1623, Raków †May 18th, 1675, Altona

François de Laval

Catholic saint, First Bishop of Quebec

*April 30th, 1623, Montigny-sur-Avre †May 6th, 1708, Quebec City

Andreas Herold

*March 16th, 1623, Nuremberg †September 16th, 1696, Dresden

William Petty

English scientist, philosopher, statistician and economist (1623-1687)

*May 26th, 1623, Romsey †December 16th, 1687, London

Mathias Palbitzki

Swedish judge (1623-1677)

*December 23rd, 1623, Słupsk †October 20th, 1677, Katrineholm Municipality

Juan Torrecillas y Ruiz de Cárdenas

17th-century Catholic bishop

*April 2nd, 1623, Almería †June 24th, 1688, Brindisi

Pierre Du Bosc

French theologian

*February 21st, 1623, Bayeux †January 2nd, 1692, Rotterdam

Karl II von Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn

Prince-Bishop of Olomouc

*March 17th, 1623, Kłodzko †September 23rd, 1695, Olomouc

Christian Louis I, Duke of Mecklenburg

Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

*December 1st, 1623, Schwerin †June 21st, 1692, The Hague

Wilhelmus Beekman

Dutch politician

*April 28th, 1623, Hasselt †September 21st, 1707, Rhinebeck

Jean Bégrand

Belgian architect (1623-1694)

*February 23rd, 1623, Ypres †February 28th, 1694, Azpeitia

Henri Sauval

French historian

*March 5th, 1623, Paris †March 21st, 1676, Paris

Gillis Valckenier

Dutch politician (1623-1680)

*August 13th, 1623, Amsterdam †November 6th, 1680, Amsterdam

Christoph Leopold von Schaffgotsch

(1623-1703)

*April 8th, 1623, Żmigród †June 30th, 1703, Wrocław

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 14th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIV.XII.MDCXXIII

14.12.1623

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1623 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1623

December 1623

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51	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
52	25	26	27	28	29	30	31

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50	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
51	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
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December 14th, 1623

Born on December 14th, 1623

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 146,000 days old!

146,298 Days

20,899 Weeks

4,806 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 14th?

A 20-year-old gunman shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

The tino rangatiratanga flag, representing the Māori people, was officially recognized by the government of New Zealand.

During a press conference in Baghdad, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at U.S. president George W. Bush and Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, yelling "This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq".

Torrential rains caused flash floods in the Venezuelan state of Vargas, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.

Kosovo War: Yugoslav forces ambushed a group of Kosovo Liberation Army militants attempting to smuggle weapons into Yugoslavia from Albania.

War in Abkhazia: A helicopter carrying evacuees was shot down during the siege of Tkvarcheli, resulting in at least 52 deaths and catalysing more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.

The Knesset passed the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli "laws, jurisdiction and administration" to the Golan Heights, effectively annexing the territory internationally recognized as part of Syria.

Upon completing the third extra-vehicular activity of Apollo 17, American astronaut Gene Cernan became the last person to date to walk on the Moon.

The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir in Los Angeles failed, releasing a flood that killed five people and destroyed 277 homes.

NASA's Mariner 2 became the world's first spacecraft to successfully conduct a planetary encounter when it flew by Venus.

Australian cricketer Ian Meckiff was run out on the last day of the first Test match between Australia and the West Indies, resulting in the first tied Test in cricket history.

American physicists Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann were awarded a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the first interactive electronic game.

Giacomo Puccini's comic opera Gianni Schicchi premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

Haruna (pictured), the fourth and last Japanese battlecruiser of the Kongō class, was launched and went on to serve in both world wars.

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole.

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

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

Same year Born in 1623

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 14th

Folcwin

John of the Cross

John III of the Sedre (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Matronian

Nicasius of Rheims

Nimatullah Kassab (Maronite Church)

Spyridon (Western Church)

Venantius Fortunatus

December 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Alabama Day (Alabama)

Forty-seven Ronin Remembrance Day (Sengaku-ji, Tokyo)

Martyred Intellectuals Day (Bangladesh)

Monkey Day