August 17th, 1665

Born on August 17th, 1665

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 131,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 989 days, exactly on January 12th, 2027, people who were born on August 17th, 1665 will be 132,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 17th?

August 17th, 2009

A hydroelectric turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia catastrophically failed, flooding the turbine hall, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages.

August 17th, 2008

Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Summer Olympics, the most golds by any person at a single games.

August 17th, 1969

Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing $1.42 billion in damage..

August 17th, 1959

American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.

August 17th, 1950

Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.

August 17th, 1945

Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism, was first published.

August 17th, 1943

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly secret military conference (pictured) held in Quebec City.

August 17th, 1916

World War I: Romania signed a secret treaty with the Entente Powers, agreeing to enter the war in return for promised territory in Austria-Hungary.

August 17th, 1915

A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas, leaving at least 275 people dead and causing $50 million in damage.

August 17th, 1914

World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.

August 17th, 1907

Pike Place Market , one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in Seattle, Washington.

August 17th, 1676

Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.

August 17th, 1424

Hundred Years' War: Allied English and Burgundian forces gained a strategically important victory at the bloody Battle of Verneuil in Normandy, France.

August 17th, 0986

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: The Bulgarians defeated Byzantine forces at the Battle of the Gates of Trajan near present-day Ihtiman, with Emperor Basil II barely escaping.

August 17th, 2017

Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.

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

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

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

63

Pierre de Fermat

French mathematician and lawyer

*August 17th, 1601, Beaumont-de-Lomagne †January 12th, 1665, Castres

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

76

Robert von Mohl

German legal scholar and politician (1799–1875)

*August 17th, 1799, Stuttgart †November 4th, 1875, Berlin

70

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

69

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

45

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

96

Jiang Zemin

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002

*August 17th, 1926, Yangzhou †November 30th, 2022, Shanghai

63

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

74

Julian Fellowes

English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter

*August 17th, 1949, Cairo

28

Gracie Gold

American figure skater

*August 17th, 1995, Newton

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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