February 23rd, 1663

Born on February 23rd, 1663

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 132,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 316 days, exactly on April 16th, 2027, people who were born on February 23rd, 1663 will be 133,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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 1663

65

Cotton Mather

American religious minister and scientific writer

*February 12th, 1663, Boston †February 13th, 1728, Boston

64

August Hermann Francke

German Lutheran clergyman, philanthropist and Biblical scholar (1663-1727)

*March 22nd, 1663, Lübeck †June 8th, 1727, Halle (Saale)

42

Guillaume Amontons

French scientific instrument inventor and physicist (1663-1705)

*August 31st, 1663, Paris †October 11th, 1705, Paris

66

Georg Nitsch

German theologian (1663-1729)

*March 12th, 1663, Strelitz-Alt †November 20th, 1729, Gotha

82

Imre Esterházy

Hungarian archbishop (1663–1745)

*November 8th, 1663, Nové Mesto nad Váhom †December 6th, 1745, Bratislava

64

Johann Andreas Eisenbarth

German surgeon (1663-1727)

*March 27th, 1663, Oberviechtach †November 11th, 1727, Hann. Münden

69

Peter Hohmann

Leipzig merchant and town councillor, raised to nobility

*January 1st, 1663, Könnern †January 1st, 1732, Leipzig

47

Louis Carré

Mathematician

*July 26th, 1663, Nangis †April 11th, 1711, Paris

63

Giulio Piazza

Italian cardinal (1663-1726)

*March 13th, 1663, Forlì †April 23rd, 1726, Faenza

74

Curzio Origo

Italian cardinal

*March 13th, 1663, Rome †March 18th, 1737, Rome

72

Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

*September 20th, 1663, Hechingen †November 14th, 1735, Hechingen

67

Luca Carlevarijs

Italian baroque painter (1663-1730)

*January 20th, 1663, Udine †February 12th, 1730, Venice

79

Jean-Baptiste Massillon

French Catholic bishop and famous preacher

*June 24th, 1663, Hyères †September 28th, 1742, Beauregard-l'Évêque

69

George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington

Royal Navy admiral (1663-1733)

*January 27th, 1663, Kent †January 17th, 1733, London

50

Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany

Tuscan prince

*August 9th, 1663, Florence †October 31st, 1713, Florence

76

Georg Friedrich Schröer

German theologian

*March 19th, 1663, Jawor †March 23rd, 1739, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

68

Francis Atterbury

British bishop; (1663-1732)

*March 6th, 1663, Middleton †February 22nd, 1732, Paris

82

Tomaso Antonio Vitali

Italian composer and violinist

*March 7th, 1663, Bologna †May 9th, 1745, Modena

86

Rodrigo Caballero y Llanes

Spanish politician

*August 5th, 1663, Valverde del Camino †November 30th, 1749

68

Ferdinand Joseph von Herwarth

*January 1st, 1663, Munich †January 1st, 1731, Munich

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 1663 is a normal year and no leap year.

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