February 23rd, 1645

Born on February 23rd, 1645

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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 1645

50

Jean de La Bruyère

17th-century French writer and philosopher (1645–1696)

*August 16th, 1645, Paris †May 11th, 1696, Versailles

50

Johann Ambrosius Bach

German musician, father to Johann Sebastian Bach (1645-1695)

*February 24th, 1645, Erfurt †February 24th, 1695, Eisenach

56

William Kidd

Scottish sailor who was tried and executed for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean

*January 1st, 1645, Dundee †May 23rd, 1701, Wapping

76

Marguerite Louise d'Orléans

French princess

*July 28th, 1645, Château de Blois †September 17th, 1721, Paris

55

Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora

Mexican humanist and writer

*August 14th, 1645, Mexico City †August 22nd, 1700, Mexico City

53

Christine Charlotte of Württemberg

Regent of East Frisia (1645-1699)

*October 21st, 1645, Stuttgart †May 16th, 1699, Bruchhausen-Vilsen

67

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin

British politician (1645-1712)

*June 15th, 1645, Breage †September 15th, 1712, St Albans

81

Arent de Gelder

Dutch painter (1645–1727)

*October 26th, 1645, Dordrecht †August 27th, 1727, Dordrecht

49

Johann Heinrich Horb

German author, historian and theologian

*June 11th, 1645, Colmar †January 26th, 1695, Billstedt

68

Haquin Spegel

Swedish archbishop (1645-1714)

*June 14th, 1645, Ronneby church parish †April 17th, 1714, Uppsala

49

Johann Heinrich am Ende

German painter (1645-1695)

*August 24th, 1645, Pirna †April 25th, 1695, Leipzig

54

Louis Jolliet

Canadian explorer

*September 21st, 1645, Quebec City †November 30th, 1699, St. Lawrence River

31

Francis I Rákóczi

Hungarian prince of Transylvania

*February 24th, 1645, Alba Iulia †July 8th, 1676, Zborov

65

Eusebio Kino

Italian Jesuit missionary

*August 10th, 1645, Predaia †March 15th, 1711, Magdalena de Kino

59

Michał Stefan Radziejowski

Catholic cardinal (1645-1705)

*December 3rd, 1645, Radziejowice †October 13th, 1705, Gdańsk

68

Hans Carl von Carlowitz

German forester (1645-1714)

*December 24th, 1645, Rabenstein †March 3rd, 1714, Freiberg

58

Robert White

English draughtsman and engraver (1645-1703)

*January 1st, 1645, London †January 1st, 1703, Greater 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.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1645 is a normal year and no leap year.

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