June 17th, 1642

Born on June 17th, 1642

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What happened on June 17th?

June 17th, 2017

Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people.

June 17th, 1963

Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.

June 17th, 1952

Guatemalan Revolution: The Guatemalan Congress passed Decree 900, redistributing unused land greater than 224 acres (0.91 km2) in area to local peasants.

June 17th, 1940

Second World War: RMS Lancastria was sunk by German aircraft near Saint-Nazaire, France, causing thousands of fatalities in Britain's worst maritime disaster.

June 17th, 1919

Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England, leading to the death of a British police officer.

June 17th, 1913

In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strike action.

June 17th, 1900

Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts from Qing China after a brief but bloody battle.

June 17th, 1861

American Civil War: The Battle of Vienna, Virginia, took place, which involved one of the world's first military movements of troops by train.

June 17th, 1795

French Revolutionary Wars: Off the coast of Brittany, a Royal Navy squadron commanded by William Cornwallis (pictured) fended off a numerically superior French Navy fleet.

June 17th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: British forces took Bunker Hill outside of Boston, Massachusetts.

June 17th, 1631

Mumtaz Mahal (pictured), wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.

June 17th, 1579

Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.

June 17th, 1462

Hungarian–Ottoman Wars: Wallachian forces led by Vlad Dracula attacked an Ottoman camp at night in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Sultan Mehmed II.

June 17th, 1397

The kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway formed the Kalmar Union, a personal union under Eric of Pomerania.

June 17th, 0653

Pope Martin I was arrested in the Lateran Palace, Rome, and taken to Constantinople.

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

Same year
Born in 1642

84

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)

*December 25th, 1642, Woolsthorpe Manor †March 31st, 1727, Kensington

51

Mehmed IV

19th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687

*January 2nd, 1642, Constantinople †January 6th, 1693, Edirne

49

Suleiman II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691

*April 15th, 1642, Constantinople †June 22nd, 1691, Edirne

58

Anne Hilarion de Tourville

French naval commander who served under King Louis XIV

*November 24th, 1642, Paris †May 23rd, 1701, Paris

66

Christian Weise

Writer, dramatist, poet, pedagogue and librarian

*April 30th, 1642, Zittau †October 21st, 1708, Zittau

81

Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Grand Prince of Tuscany (1642-1723)

*August 14th, 1642, Florence †October 31st, 1723, Florence

73

Franz Ferdinand von Rummel

German priest (1642-1716)

*October 28th, 1642, Weiden in der Oberpfalz †March 15th, 1716, Vienna

36

Giovanni Maria Bononcini

Italian violinist and composer

*September 23rd, 1642, Zocca †November 18th, 1678, Modena

58

Louis I, Prince of Monaco

Monegasque prince (1642-1701)

*July 25th, 1642, Prince's Palace of Monaco †January 3rd, 1701, Rome

47

Jacob de Graeff

Dutch noble (1642-1690)

*June 28th, 1642, Amsterdam †April 21st, 1690, Amsterdam

56

Marie Champmeslé

French actress

*February 18th, 1642, Rouen †May 15th, 1698, Paris

62

Philipp Jeningen

German Roman Catholic priest

*January 5th, 1642, Eichstätt †February 8th, 1704, Ellwangen

84

Giuseppe Sacripante

Italian cardinal

*March 19th, 1642, Narni †January 4th, 1727, Rome

80

Johann Balthasar Burckhardt

Swiss politician (1642-1722)

*April 3rd, 1642, Basel †May 4th, 1722, Basel

62

Johann Winckler

German theologian (1642-1705)

*July 13th, 1642, Golzern †April 5th, 1705, Hamburg

73

Francis de Geronimo

Jesuit priest and missionary

*December 17th, 1642, Grottaglie †May 11th, 1716, Naples

60

Johann Christoph Bach I

German composer and organist

*December 6th, 1642, Arnstadt †March 31st, 1703, Eisenach

64

Vincenzo da Filicaja

Poet from Italy (1642-1707)

*December 30th, 1642, Florence †September 24th, 1707, Florence

66

Andrea Pozzo

Painter of the Late Baroque (1642-1709)

*November 30th, 1642, Trento †August 31st, 1709, Vienna

51

Claudio Coello

Spanish artist (1642-1693)

*March 2nd, 1642, Madrid †April 20th, 1693, Madrid

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1642 is a normal year and no leap year.

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