October 17th, 1665

Born on October 17th, 1665

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

October 17th, 2001

Rehavam Ze'evi, the Israeli minister of tourism, was assassinated in revenge for the killing of PFLP leader Abu Ali Mustafa.

October 17th, 2000

A fatal rail accident at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, led to the introduction of widespread speed limit reductions throughout the British rail network and eventually caused the collapse of the railway management group Railtrack.

October 17th, 1992

Having gone to the wrong house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for a Halloween party, Japanese exchange student Yoshihito Hattori was shot and killed by the homeowner.

October 17th, 1973

Yom Kippur War: Egyptian forces retreated from the Battle of the Chinese Farm, allowing Israeli forces to build their first bridge across the Suez Canal.

October 17th, 1969

The Caravaggio painting Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence was stolen from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Palermo, Italy.

October 17th, 1964

Prime Minister Robert Menzies inaugurated the artificial Lake Burley Griffin (pictured) in the centre of the Australian capital Canberra.

October 17th, 1952

Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace, demanding that President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's Representative Council.

October 17th, 1931

American gangster Al Capone was convicted on five counts of income-tax evasion.

October 17th, 1860

The Open Championship, the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf, was first played at Prestwick Golf Club in Prestwick, Scotland.

October 17th, 1814

A wooden beer-fermenting vat in London burst, destroying a second vat and causing a large flood of at least 128,000 imperial gallons (580,000 l; 154,000 US gal) of porter that killed eight people.

October 17th, 1777

American Revolutionary War: British general John Burgoyne's Saratoga campaign ended with his surrender to the Americans, later convincing France to enter the war in alliance with the United States.

October 17th, 1660

A series of executions of the commissioners who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England concluded; six were hanged, drawn and quartered for treason.

October 17th, 1604

German astronomer Johannes Kepler began observations of an exceptionally bright object, now known as Kepler's Supernova, that had appeared in the constellation Ophiuchus.

October 17th, 1346

Hundred Years' War: King David II of Scotland (pictured) was captured at the Battle of Neville's Cross following his invasion of England under the terms of Scotland's Auld Alliance with France.

October 17th, 2019

The 17 October Revolution starts in Lebanon.

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

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

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

23

Georg Büchner

German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose

*October 17th, 1813, Goddelau †February 19th, 1837, Zürich

65

John Paul I

Pope of the Catholic Church in 1978 (1912-1978)

*October 17th, 1912, Canale d'Agordo †September 28th, 1978, Vatican City

56

Venus Terzo

Canadian actress

*October 17th, 1967, Montreal

54

Wyclef Jean

Haitian rapper

*October 17th, 1969, Croix-des-Bouquets

57

Mark Gatiss

British actor, screenwriter and novelist

*October 17th, 1966, Sedgefield

66

Augustus III of Poland

King of Poland, Elector of Saxony (1696-1763)

*October 17th, 1696, Dresden †October 5th, 1763, Dresden

77

Cameron Mackintosh

British theatre and musical producer

*October 17th, 1946, London Borough of Enfield

49

Matthew Macfadyen

English actor

*October 17th, 1974, Great Yarmouth

68

Rita Hayworth

American actress (1918–1987)

*October 17th, 1918, New York City †May 14th, 1987, Upper West Side

85

Paxton Whitehead

British actor (1937–2023)

*October 17th, 1937, East Malling and Larkfield †June 16th, 2023, Arlington County

63

Guy Henry

British actor

*October 17th, 1960, London

72

Ignác Alpár

Hungarian architect (1855-1928)

*October 17th, 1855, Pest †April 27th, 1928, Zürich

57

Segundo de Chomón

Spanish-French film director, cinematographer and animator (1871-1929)

*October 17th, 1871, Teruel †May 2nd, 1929, 20th arrondissement of Paris

44

Kimi Räikkönen

Finnish racing driver

*October 17th, 1979, Espoo

37

Mohombi

Congolese-Swedish musician, singer, composer and dancer

*October 17th, 1986, Kinshasa

59

Johannes d'Outrein

Dutch theologian (1662-1722)

*October 17th, 1662, Middelburg †February 24th, 1722, Amsterdam

51

Tarkan

Turkish singer

*October 17th, 1972, Alzey

64

Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon

French early socialist theorist (1760-1825)

*October 17th, 1760, Paris †May 19th, 1825, Paris

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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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