December 31st, 1665

Born on December 31st, 1665

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 130,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 124 days, exactly on August 31st, 2024, people who were born on December 31st, 1665 will be 131,000 days old!

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What happened on December 31st?

December 31st, 1950

Korean War: North Korean troops attacked United Nations forces in the first of two battles at Wonju.

December 31st, 2010

28 tornadoes (one depicted) touched down in midwestern and southern United States, part of an outbreak that led to the deaths of nine people and large property damage.

December 31st, 1999

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin became acting president upon President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation.

December 31st, 1998

The European Exchange Rate Mechanism froze the exchange rates of the legacy currencies in the eurozone, establishing the value of the euro.

December 31st, 1993

Brandon Teena, an American trans man, was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska; his death led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.

December 31st, 1986

Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in United States history.

December 31st, 1972

Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash en route to deliver aid to victims of that year's Nicaragua earthquake.

December 31st, 1965

Central African military officers led by Jean-Bédel Bokassa began a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.

December 31st, 1961

RTÉ, Ireland's first television network, began broadcasting.

December 31st, 1909

The Manhattan Bridge, connecting Lower Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn and considered to be the forerunner of modern suspension bridges, opened to traffic.

December 31st, 1907

New York City held its first annual ball drop event in Times Square as part of New Year's Eve celebrations.

December 31st, 1862

The Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, began with an engagement in which both sides would suffer their highest casualty rates in the American Civil War.

December 31st, 1857

Queen Victoria announced the choice of Ottawa (pictured), then a small logging town, to be the capital of the British colony of Canada.

December 31st, 1775

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Quebec, British forces repulsed an attack by the Continental Army to capture Quebec City and enlist French Canadian support.

December 31st, 1759

Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease at £45 per annum to the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin and began brewing Guinness.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 31st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 31st?

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

84

Henri Matisse

French artist (1869–1954)

*December 31st, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis †November 3rd, 1954, Nice

65

Jacques Cartier

Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)

*December 31st, 1491, Saint-Malo †September 1st, 1557, Saint-Malo

31

Manu Attri

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1992, Meerut

69

Herman Boerhaave

Dutch botanist, chemist, humanist, and physician (1668–1738)

*December 31st, 1668, Voorhout †September 23rd, 1738, Leiden

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

65

Ferdinand Noack

German classical archaeologist and classical philologist (1865-1931)

*December 31st, 1865, Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe †September 21st, 1931, Berlin

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

96

Simon Wiesenthal

Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter

*December 31st, 1908, Buchach †September 20th, 2005, Vienna

67

Vaughan Jones

New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist

*December 31st, 1952, Gisborne †September 6th, 2020, Nashville

70

James Remar

American actor

*December 31st, 1953, Boston

88

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

King of Saudi Arabia since 2015

*December 31st, 1935, Riyadh

78

George Marshall

American army officer and statesman (1880–1959)

*December 31st, 1880, Uniontown †October 16th, 1959, Washington, D.C.

65

Bebe Neuwirth

American actress

*December 31st, 1958, Newark

51

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

*December 31st, 1972, Le Puy-en-Velay

87

Elizabeth Arden

Canadian American businesswoman

*December 31st, 1878, Woodbridge †October 18th, 1966, New York City

80

Ben Kingsley

English actor

*December 31st, 1943, Snainton

93

Francesco Alberoni

Italian journalist and professor of sociology (1929–2023)

*December 31st, 1929, Borgonovo Val Tidone †August 14th, 2023, Milan

38

Jan Smit

Dutch singer and TV presenter

*December 31st, 1985, Volendam

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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