December 21st, 1656

Born on December 21st, 1656

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 134,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 813 days, exactly on August 4th, 2026, people who were born on December 21st, 1656 will be 135,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 21st?

December 21st, 2018

Operatives of the British Special Boat Service boarded the container ship Grande Tema in the Thames Estuary to detain four stowaways who had threatened the crew.

December 21st, 2012

Countries that were part of the Maya civilization celebrated the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.

December 21st, 1995

In accordance with the Oslo II Accord, Israeli troops withdrew from Bethlehem in preparation for the transfer of control to the Palestinian National Authority.

December 21st, 1994

Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, dormant for 47 years, began erupting, and is now one of the nation's most active volcanoes.

December 21st, 1988

A bomb on board Pan Am Flight 103 detonated over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people.

December 21st, 1970

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat, the primary fighter aircraft of the U.S. Navy for nearly 30 years, made its first flight.

December 21st, 1968

Apollo 8 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a trajectory to the Moon; its crew (pictured) became the first humans to visit another celestial body.

December 21st, 1965

The United Nations adopted the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which 88 member states have since signed.

December 21st, 1937

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first full-length cel-animated feature in film history, premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles.

December 21st, 1934

Lieutenant Kijé, one of Sergei Prokofiev's best-known works, premiered.

December 21st, 1923

Nepal and the United Kingdom signed the first treaty that defined the international status of Nepal as an independent and a sovereign nation.

December 21st, 1919

After serving two years in prison for encouraging people to resist military conscription, anarchist Emma Goldman was deported from the United States to Russia.

December 21st, 1872

HMS Challenger departed Portsmouth on a scientific expedition that laid the foundations of oceanography.

December 21st, 1826

Settlers from the United States in Mexican Texas made the first attempt to secede from Mexico, establishing the short-lived Republic of Fredonia.

December 21st, 1620

The Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower landed at present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts, to establish the Plymouth Colony.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 21st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 21st?

83

Marta Linz

Hungarian violinist, composer, conductor

*December 21st, 1898, Budapest †January 11th, 1982, Berlin

84

Ove Sprogøe

Danish actor (1919-2004)

*December 21st, 1919, Odense †September 14th, 2004, Tårnby

46

Emmanuel Macron

President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017

*December 21st, 1977, Amiens

54

Magnus Samuelsson

Swedish strongman

*December 21st, 1969, Kisa

57

Kiefer Sutherland

British-Canadian actor

*December 21st, 1966, St. Mary's Hospital

86

Jane Fonda

American actress and activist

*December 21st, 1937, New York City

74

Claire Préaux

Belgican classical scholar (1904-1979)

*December 21st, 1904, Liège †March 28th, 1979, Ixelles - Elsene

36

Khris Davis

Baseball player from the United States

*December 21st, 1987, Lakewood

75

Jared Martin

American actor (1941-2017)

*December 21st, 1941, Queens †May 24th, 2017, Philadelphia

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

56

Mikheil Saakashvili

Georgian-Ukrainian politician, former President of Georgia and former Governor of Odesa

*December 21st, 1967, Tbilisi

22

Linda Mazri

Badminton player

*December 21st, 2001, El Biar

48

Charles Michel

Belgian politician, former Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the European Council

*December 21st, 1975, Namur

75

Samuel L. Jackson

American actor (born 1948)

*December 21st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

57

William Ruto

President of Kenya since 2022

*December 21st, 1966, Kamagut

76

Benjamin Disraeli

British statesman (1804–1881)

*December 21st, 1804, London †April 19th, 1881, Mayfair

79

Michael Tilson Thomas

American conductor, pianist and composer

*December 21st, 1944, Los Angeles

71

Dennis Boutsikaris

American actor

*December 21st, 1952, Newark

81

John G. Avildsen

American film director

*December 21st, 1935, Oak Park †June 16th, 2017, Los Angeles

84

Robert Brown

Scottish botanist (1773-1858), discoverer of the cell nucleus and of Brownian Motion

*December 21st, 1773, Montrose †June 10th, 1858, London

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85

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

*October 29th, 1656, Haggerston †January 14th, 1742, Greenwich

66

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

Sculptor and architect from Austria (1656-1723)

*July 20th, 1656, Graz †April 5th, 1723, Vienna

64

John Leake

English naval officer and politician (1656-1720)

*July 4th, 1656, Rotherhithe †August 21st, 1720, Greenwich

66

Guillaume Dubois

French cardinal and politician (1656-1723)

*September 6th, 1656, Brive-la-Gaillarde †August 10th, 1723, Palace of Versailles

81

Benoît de Maillet

French naturalists, biologist and diplomat (1656-1738)

*April 12th, 1656, Saint-Mihiel †January 30th, 1738, Marseille

89

Nicolas de Largillière

French painter (1656-1746)

*October 10th, 1656, Paris †March 20th, 1746, Paris

52

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort

French botanist (1656-1708)

*June 5th, 1656, Aix-en-Provence †December 28th, 1708, Paris

36

Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark

Queen consort of Sweden (1656-1693)

*September 11th, 1656, Copenhagen †July 26th, 1693, Karlberg Palace

72

Marin Marais

French composer and viol player

*May 31st, 1656, Paris †August 15th, 1728, Paris

38

Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland

English politician (1656-1694)

*February 16th, 1656, Swallowfield †May 24th, 1694, London

65

Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein

(1656-1721) Prince of Liechtenstein

*May 28th, 1656, Wilfersdorf Castle †October 11th, 1721, Vienna

71

Heinrich Theobald Schenck

German writer

*April 10th, 1656, Heidelbach †April 11th, 1727, Giessen

53

Sebastian Gercken

German politician

*June 15th, 1656, Magdeburg †February 8th, 1710, Lübeck

60

Anton Egon, Prince of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg

Princely Landgrave of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg and Governor of the Electorate of Saxony

*April 23rd, 1656, Munich †October 10th, 1716, Wermsdorf

89

Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer

German Bohemian composer

*September 6th, 1656, Krásno †August 27th, 1746, Rastatt

81

Georg Reutter I

German composer and organist

*November 3rd, 1656, Vienna †August 29th, 1738, Vienna

72

Sébastien Truchet

French Dominican priest, inventor, and scientist (1657–1729)

*November 30th, 1656, Lyon †February 5th, 1729, Paris

83

Thomas Baker

English antiquarian, born 1656

*September 14th, 1656, Lanchester †July 2nd, 1740, London

60

Philipp Wilhelm Boyneburg

(1656-1717)

*November 22nd, 1656, Mainz †February 23rd, 1717, Erfurt

62

Juan Andrés de Ustariz

Royal Governor of Chile 1709-1716

*March 31st, 1656, Narbarte †May 19th, 1718, Santiago

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Earliest usual date for the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the summer solstice in the Southern Hemisphere, and its related observances) which are celebrated on December 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1656 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).

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