December 20th, 1665

Born on December 20th, 1665

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 295 days, exactly on May 17th, 2027, people who were born on December 20th, 1665 will be 132,000 days old!

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What happened on December 20th?

December 20th, 1955

Cardiff was recognised as the capital of Wales by the British government.

December 20th, 1852

Led by George Cathcart, British troops defeated Basuto and Taung forces at the Battle of Berea in present-day Lesotho, leading to an offer of peace from King Moshoeshoe I.

December 20th, 1248

Attempting to form an alliance with the Mongol Empire, Louis IX of France met with two of their envoys while en route to the Seventh Crusade.

December 20th, 1968

The first two confirmed murders by the Zodiac Killer occurred in Benicia, California, in a case which remains unsolved.

December 20th, 2007

Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art before being recovered about three weeks later.

December 20th, 1999

Portugal transferred the sovereignty over Macau, which it had administered since the mid–16th century, to China.

December 20th, 1995

American Airlines Flight 965 crashed into a mountain in Buga, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.

December 20th, 1988

The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, governing international cooperation against the illegal drug trade, opened for signatures.

December 20th, 1984

Twelve-year-old Jonelle Matthews disappeared from her home in Greeley, Colorado; her body was not discovered until 2019.

December 20th, 1980

NBC aired the American football match between the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins without announcers.

December 20th, 1999

Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.

December 20th, 1995

American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia, killing 159 of the 163 people on board.

December 20th, 1977

With the approval of the State Council, China's two largest newspapers, the People's Daily and the Guangming Daily, publish in full for the first time the Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme.

December 20th, 1991

A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.

December 20th, 1970

Koza riot: After a series of hit-and-runs and other vehicular incidents involving American service personnel, roughly 5,000 Okinawans take to the streets, clashing with American law enforcement in protest against the U.S. occupation of Okinawa.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 20th

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

62

John Woodward

English naturalist, antiquarian and geologist (1665-1728)

*May 1st, 1665, Derbyshire †April 25th, 1728, London

41

Elisabeth Albertine of Anhalt-Dessau

Princess-Abbess of Herford

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

64

Benjamin Neukirch

German poet and translator

*March 27th, 1665, Rydzyna †August 15th, 1729, Ansbach

77

Claude François Bidal d'Asfeld

Marshal of France (1665-1743)

*July 2nd, 1665, Paris †March 7th, 1743, Paris

61

Franz Anton von Harrach

Spanish priest

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

48

Georg Beyer

German judge

*September 10th, 1665, Leipzig †August 21st, 1714, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

70

Albertus Seba

Dutch pharmacist, zoologist and collector (1665-1736)

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

59

Francesco Acquaviva

Italian cardinal

*October 4th, 1665, Naples †January 9th, 1725, Rome

56

Rudolf Jakob Camerarius

German botanist and physician (1665–1721)

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

80

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Torcy

French diplomat (1665-1746)

*September 14th, 1665, Paris †September 2nd, 1746, Paris

85

John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol

English politician (1665-1751)

*August 27th, 1665, Bury St Edmunds †January 20th, 1751, Suffolk

73

Carlo Colonna

Italian cardinal

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

80

James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde

Irish politician and soldier (1665-1745)

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

50

George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland

British Army general

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

78

Sebastián de Jesús

*January 22nd, 1665, Montalbán de Córdoba †October 15th, 1743, Seville

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Public holidays on December 20th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Earliest date for Winter solstice's eve) which are celebrated on December 20th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

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

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