December 21st, 1663

Born on December 21st, 1663

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 617 days, exactly on February 11th, 2028, people who were born on December 21st, 1663 will be 133,000 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, 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, 1963

An attempt by Greek Cypriot police to search certain Turkish Cypriot women in Nicosia escalated into island-wide violence, leading to 538 deaths and the displacement of nearly 27,000 people.

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, the first film composition by Sergei Prokofiev (pictured), 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, 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.

December 21st, 1992

Martinair Flight 495 crashed on landing at Faro Airport due to a downburst, killing 56 out of the 340 people on board.

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

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 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

No: With 365 days 1663 is a normal year and no leap year.

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