April 17th, 1665

Born on April 17th, 1665

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 17th?

April 17th, 2014

NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-186f, the first exoplanet with a radius similar to Earth's discovered in the habitable zone of another star.

April 17th, 1986

Having supposedly been at war for 335 years without a single shot having been fired and no casualties incurred, the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace.

April 17th, 1984

Metropolitan Police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in London, resulting in an 11-day police siege of the building and a breakdown of Libya–United Kingdom relations.

April 17th, 1975

The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing the socialist state of Democratic Kampuchea.

April 17th, 1973

George Lucas began writing a 13-page film treatment that later formed the basis of Star Wars.

April 17th, 1969

Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

April 17th, 1951

The Peak District was designated the first national park in the United Kingdom.

April 17th, 1907

Minas Geraes (pictured), the first of three Brazilian dreadnought battleships, was laid down, sparking a vastly expensive South American naval arms race with Argentina and Chile.

April 17th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: After a three-day chase, the French ship D'Hautpoul was captured off Puerto Rico by a British squadron under Alexander Cochrane.

April 17th, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: British forces commanded by Lieutenant-General Ralph Abercromby invaded the Spanish colonial port of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

April 17th, 1783

The Mechanical Turk, a fraudulent chess-playing "machine" by Wolfgang von Kempelen that was secretly controlled by a hidden human, began a tour of Europe.

April 17th, 1362

Lithuanian Crusade: After a month-long siege, forces of the Teutonic Order captured and destroyed Kaunas Castle (reconstruction pictured), which was defended by troops of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

April 17th, 1080

Canute IV became King of Denmark upon the death of his brother Harald III.

April 17th, 2021

The funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

April 17th, 2014

NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 17th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 17th?

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

57

Timothy Gibbs

American actor

*April 17th, 1967, Calabasas

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

*April 17th, 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine †December 9th, 1996, Paris

61

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler (1954-2015)

*April 17th, 1954, Saskatoon †July 31st, 2015, Hollywood

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

82

David Bradley

British actor

*April 17th, 1942, York

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

32

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

50

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

43

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

*April 17th, 1981, Barrow-in-Furness

54

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

78

Thornton Wilder

American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)

*April 17th, 1897, Madison †December 7th, 1975, Hamden

84

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) from 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000

*April 17th, 1916, Baḷangoḍa †October 10th, 2000, Colombo

63

William Holden

American actor (1918–1981)

*April 17th, 1918, O'Fallon †November 12th, 1981, Santa Monica

83

Lagle Parek

Estonian politician

*April 17th, 1941, Pärnu

75

J. P. Morgan

American financier, banker, and art collector (1837–1913)

*April 17th, 1837, Hartford †March 31st, 1913, Rome

59

Rebecca Luker

American actress, singer and recording artist

*April 17th, 1961, Helena †December 23rd, 2020, Manhattan

Same year
Born in 1665

49

Anne of Great Britain

Queen of Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714

*February 6th, 1665, St James's Palace †August 1st, 1714, Kensington Palace

64

Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

French musician

*March 17th, 1665, Paris †June 27th, 1729, Paris

50

George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland

British Army general

*December 28th, 1665, Oxford †June 28th, 1716, Epsom

80

James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde

Irish politician and soldier (1665-1745)

*April 29th, 1665, Dublin †November 16th, 1745, Avignon

73

Carlo Colonna

Italian cardinal

*November 17th, 1665, Rome †July 8th, 1739, Rome

82

Giuseppe Maria Crespi

Italian painter (1665–1747)

*March 14th, 1665, Bologna †July 16th, 1747, Bologna

61

Franz Anton von Harrach

Spanish priest

*October 2nd, 1665, Vienna †July 18th, 1727, Salzburg

56

George August Samuel of Nassau-Idstein

Prince of Nassau-Idstein (1677-1721)

*February 26th, 1665, Idstein †October 26th, 1721, Biebrich

67

Johann Amsel

German author

*June 24th, 1665, Rostock †October 13th, 1732, Königsberg

52

Otto Magnus von Dönhoff

German diplomat

*October 18th, 1665, Berlin †December 14th, 1717, Berlin

82

Ludwig Gundacker von Althan

Austrian diplomat (1665-1747)

*May 15th, 1665, Zwentendorf an der Donau †December 28th, 1747, Vienna

41

Elisabeth Albertine of Anhalt-Dessau

Princess-Abbess of Herford

*May 1st, 1665, Old Cölln †October 5th, 1706, Dessau

62

Gottfried Vockerodt

German pedagogue, philologist and music writer

*September 24th, 1665, Mühlhausen †October 10th, 1727, Gotha

58

Charles Louis of Nassau-Saarbrücken

Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1713-1723)

*January 6th, 1665, Saarbrücken †December 6th, 1723, Idstein

56

Rudolf Jakob Camerarius

German botanist and physician (1665-1721)

*February 12th, 1665, Tübingen †September 11th, 1721, Tübingen

75

Joachim Friedrich von Flemming

German soldier and chamberlain

*August 27th, 1665, Trzęsacz, Gryfice County †October 12th, 1740, Leipzig

64

Giacomo F. Maraldi

French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (1665-1729)

*August 21st, 1665, Perinaldo †December 1st, 1729, Paris

70

Albertus Seba

Dutch pharmacist, zoologist and collector (1665-1736)

*May 12th, 1665, Etzel †May 2nd, 1736, Amsterdam

56

Jacques Lelong

French bibliographer (1665-1721)

*April 19th, 1665, Paris †August 13th, 1721, Paris

62

Georg Sandrart

15 May 1665 - 8 Oct 1727

*May 15th, 1665, Strasbourg †October 8th, 1727, Magdeburg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1665 is a normal year and no leap year.

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