February 14th, 1647

Born on February 14th, 1647

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 14th?

February 14th, 2011

Arab Spring: The Bahraini uprising began with youth-organized protests on the Day of Rage.

February 14th, 2008

A gunman opened fire into a crowded lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing five people and injuring twenty-one others.

February 14th, 1992

Sri Temasek (pictured), the official residence of the prime minister of Singapore, was declared a national monument.

February 14th, 1990

NASA's Voyager 1 space probe took the Pale Blue Dot photograph of Earth (cropped version pictured) from a record distance of 40.5 au (6.06 billion km; 3.76 billion mi).

February 14th, 1989

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran issued a fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses, a novel considered to be blasphemous by some Muslims.

February 14th, 1981

48 people died when a fire broke out during a Valentine's Day dance at a Dublin nightclub.

February 14th, 1979

Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between Afghan police and the perpetrators.

February 14th, 1961

Lawrencium, the radioactive synthetic element with atomic number 103, was first synthesized at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

February 14th, 1943

World War II: General Hans-Jürgen von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army launched a concerted attack against Allied positions in Tunisia.

February 14th, 1938

The Singapore Naval Base, the cornerstone of the Singapore strategy, a British naval defence policy, was opened.

February 14th, 1924

The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed as International Business Machines (IBM), later growing into one of the world's largest companies by market capitalization.

February 14th, 1919

The Battle of Bereza Kartuska, the first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War, took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus.

February 14th, 1914

The animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was released, later greatly influencing future animators such as the Fleischer brothers and Walt Disney.

February 14th, 1852

The Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children, was founded in London.

February 14th, 1804

Serb chieftains elected Đorđe Petrović as their leader and began an uprising against the Ottoman Empire.

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

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

33

Karol G

Colombian singer

*February 14th, 1991, Medellín

32

Elley Duhé

American singer

*February 14th, 1992, Mobile

90

Herwig Wolfram

Austrian historian

*February 14th, 1934, Vienna

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

39

Ville Lång

Finnish badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lahti

40

Salakjit Ponsana

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1984, Bangkok

39

Karin Schnaase

German badminton player

*February 14th, 1985, Lüdinghausen

30

Kristian Blummenfelt

Norwegian triathlete

*February 14th, 1994, Bergen

81

Peter Ahlwardt

German theologian and philosopher (1710-1791)

*February 14th, 1710, Greifswald †March 1st, 1791, Greifswald

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

82

Josef Durm

German architect and architectural historian

*February 14th, 1837, Karlsruhe †April 3rd, 1919, Karlsruhe

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

54

Simon Pegg

English actor (born 1970)

*February 14th, 1970, Brockworth

23

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

55

Tang Jiuhong

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1969, Anhua County

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

42

Gita Nabavi

Swedish politician

*February 14th, 1982, Tehran

51

Qin Yiyuan

Chinese badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

32

Özge Bayrak

Turkish badminton player

*February 14th, 1992, Osmangazi

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Born in 1647

66

Denis Papin

French physicist, mathematician and inventor (*1647 – †1713)

*August 22nd, 1647, Chitenay †August 26th, 1713, London

59

Antonio Teodoro Ortells

Spanish composer (1647-1706)

*March 29th, 1647, Rubielos de Mora †November 4th, 1706, Valencia

69

Maria Sibylla Merian

Entomologist, botanist, naturalist, scientific illustrator, graphic artist, painter, and lepidopterologist (1647-1717)

*April 2nd, 1647, Frankfurt †January 13th, 1717, Amsterdam

33

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

English poet, and peer of the realm (1647-1680)

*April 1st, 1647, Ditchley †July 26th, 1680, Woodstock

30

William Louis, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg (1647-1677)

*January 7th, 1647, Stuttgart †June 23rd, 1677, Hirsau

42

Eberhard Werner Happel

Author

*August 12th, 1647, Kirchhain †May 15th, 1690, Hamburg

46

Elisabeth Hevelius

Astronomer

*January 17th, 1647, Gdańsk †December 22nd, 1693, Gdańsk

59

Pierrre Bayle

French philosopher and writer

*November 18th, 1647, Carla-Bayle †December 28th, 1706, Rotterdam

73

Johann Diecmann

German theologian

*June 30th, 1647, Stade †July 4th, 1720

43

Margaret Mary Alacoque

Catholic Saint and Mystic (1647-1690)

*July 22nd, 1647, Verosvres †October 17th, 1690, Paray-le-Monial

44

John George III of Saxony

Elector of Saxony from 1680 to 1691

*June 20th, 1647, Dresden †September 12th, 1691, Tübingen

82

Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham

British noble and politician

*July 2nd, 1647, London †January 1st, 1730, Burley

85

Jan van Huchtenburgh

Dutch painter (1647-1733)

*November 20th, 1647, Haarlem †July 2nd, 1733, Amsterdam

31

Luise Marie of the Palatinate

German princess

*July 23rd, 1647, Paris †March 11th, 1679, Aachen

32

Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt

Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen

*November 26th, 1647, Giessen †April 19th, 1680, Ichtershausen

73

Johann Alexander Boener

German draughtsperson (1647-1720)

*February 17th, 1647, Nuremberg †November 2nd, 1720, Nuremberg

77

Gerhard Noodt

Dutch lawyer (1647-1725)

*September 4th, 1647, Nijmegen †August 15th, 1725, Leiden

72

Ludwig Günther Martini

German jurist (1647-1719)

*January 25th, 1647, Sondershausen †July 27th, 1719, Reddeber

67

Daniel Eberlin

German composer

*December 4th, 1647, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1715, Kassel

45

John de Brito

Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr

*March 1st, 1647, Lisbon †February 4th, 1693, Oriyur

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Traditionally Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 each year.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1647 is a normal year and no leap year.

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