Born on December 31st, 1628
Weekday
Sunday
December 31st, 1628 was a Sunday.
Zodiac
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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)
December 22nd, 1628 - January 20th, 1629
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 144,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 606 days, exactly on December 30th, 2025, people who were born on December 31st, 1628 will be 145,000 days old!
144,394 Days
20,627 Weeks
4,744 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on December 31st?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 31st
Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 31st?
65 Jacques Cartier
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
*December 31st, 1491, Saint-Malo †September 1st, 1557, Saint-Malo
84 Henri Matisse
French artist (1869–1954)
*December 31st, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis †November 3rd, 1954, Nice.jpg "Anthony Hopkins")
Ferdinand Noack
German classical archaeologist and classical philologist (1865-1931)
*December 31st, 1865, Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe †September 21st, 1931, Berlin
96 Simon Wiesenthal
Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter
*December 31st, 1908, Buchach †September 20th, 2005, Vienna,_RP-P-OB-6909.jpg "Andreas Vesalius")
49 Andreas Vesalius
Flemish anatomist, physician and author (1514–1564)
*December 31st, 1514, Mont aux Potences - Galgenberg †October 16th, 1564, Zakynthos
67 Vaughan Jones
New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist
*December 31st, 1952, Gisborne †September 6th, 2020, Nashville.jpg "James Remar")
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78 George Marshall
American army officer and statesman (1880–1959)
*December 31st, 1880, Uniontown †October 16th, 1959, Washington, D.C.
87 Elizabeth Arden
Canadian American businesswoman
*December 31st, 1878, Woodbridge †October 18th, 1966, New York City.jpg "Ben Kingsley")
93 Francesco Alberoni
Italian journalist and professor of sociology (1929–2023)
*December 31st, 1929, Borgonovo Val Tidone †August 14th, 2023, Milan.jpg "Jan Smit")
Same year
Born in 1628
John Bunyan
English Christian writer and preacher (1628–1688)
*November 28th, 1628, Elstow †August 31st, 1688, LondonMarcello Malpighi
Italian physician (1628-1694)
*March 10th, 1628, Crevalcore †November 29th, 1694, Rome
65 August Friedrich Mockel
German politician (1628-1694)
*December 2nd, 1628, Schwäbisch Hall †August 8th, 1694, Heilbronn.jpg "Frans Burman")
51 Frans Burman
Dutch theologian (1628-1679)
*January 13th, 1628, Leiden †November 12th, 1679, Utrecht
86 Daniel Papebroch
Flemish Jesuit hagiographer (1628–1714)
*March 17th, 1628, Antwerp †June 28th, 1714, Antwerp
56 Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Queen consort of Denmark and Norway
*March 24th, 1628, Herzberg am Harz †February 20th, 1685, Copenhagen
86 César d'Estrées
Catholic cardinal (1628-1714)
*February 5th, 1628, Paris †December 18th, 1714, Paris
86 Constantin Christian Dedekind
Poet, dramatist and composer
*April 2nd, 1628, Reinsdorf †January 1st, 1715, Dresden
72 Tokugawa Mitsukuni
Daimyo of the early Edo period; 2nd lord of Mito (1628-1701)
*July 11th, 1628, Mito †January 14th, 1701
63 John Page
Virginian planter, merchant and politician (1628–1692)
*December 26th, 1628, Sudbury †January 23rd, 1692
David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl
German-Swedish artist (1628-1698)
*September 23rd, 1628, Hamburg †October 27th, 1698, StorkyrkoförsamlingenGabriel de Guilleragues
French politician of the 17th century
*November 18th, 1628, Bordeaux †February 28th, 1685, ConstantinopleGuillaume Courtois
French painter of the Late Baroque (1628-1679)
*January 1st, 1628, Franche-Comté †June 15th, 1679, RomeJohann Adam Schertzer
German theologian (1628-1683)
*August 1st, 1628, Cheb †December 23rd, 1683, Leipzig.jpg "Cornelis Speelman")
55 Cornelis Speelman
Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (1628-1684)
*March 2nd, 1628, Rotterdam †January 11th, 1684, JakartaClaire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé
French noble (1628-1694)
*February 25th, 1628, Brézé †April 16th, 1694, ChâteaurouxBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on December 31st
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, New Year's Eve) which are celebrated on December 31st.
December 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_31_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)International Solidarity Day of Azerbaijanis (Azerbaijan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Solidarity_Day_of_AzerbaijanisFirst Night (United States)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_NightLast Day of the Year or Bisperás ng Bagong Taón, special holiday between Rizal Day and New Year's Day (Philippines)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_PhilippinesNovy God Eve (Russia)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year_celebration_in_Russian_cultureŌmisoka (Japan)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/ŌmisokaThe first day of Hogmanay or "Auld Year's Night" (Scotland)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/HogmanayThe seventh of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_ChristmasThe sixth and penultimate day of Kwanzaa (United States)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PenultDate as a Roman numeral / digit
31.12.1628
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1628 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).