December 31st, 1669

Born on December 31st, 1669

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

69

Herman Boerhaave

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

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

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

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

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71

Urban Gottfried Siber

German theologian

*December 12th, 1669, Bad Schandau †June 15th, 1741, Leipzig

80

Isaak Steiger

Swiss politician (1669-1749)

*March 7th, 1669, Aarburg †December 20th, 1749, Bern

88

Friedrich Wilhelm von Dossow

German general

*December 17th, 1669, Myślibórz †March 28th, 1758, Neuruppin

33

Charlotte Marie of Saxe-Jena

German noblewoman

*December 20th, 1669, Jena †January 6th, 1703, Gräfentonna

58

Anne Marie d'Orléans

Queen Consort of Sardinia (1669-1728)

*August 27th, 1669, Saint-Cloud †August 26th, 1728, Villa della Regina

23

Maria Antonia of Austria

Archduchess of Austria (1669-1692)

*January 18th, 1669, Vienna †December 24th, 1692, Vienna

62

Eudoxia Lopukhina

Russian empress, first wife of Peter I

*July 30th, 1669, Moscow †August 27th, 1731, Moscow

53

Raymund Ferdinand of Rabatta

German priest

*February 4th, 1669, Gorizia †October 25th, 1722, Passau

55

Johann Christoph Jauch

German author

*September 13th, 1669, Güstrow †January 26th, 1725, Lüneburg

49

Leonhard Christoph Sturm

German mathematician (1669-1719)

*November 5th, 1669, Altdorf bei Nürnberg †June 6th, 1719, Blankenburg

55

Martin Chladni

German theologian

*October 25th, 1669, Kremnica †September 12th, 1725, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

63

Louis Marchand

French keyboardist and composer

*February 2nd, 1669, Lyon †February 17th, 1732, Paris

86

Christian von Linger

German military personnel

*April 5th, 1669, Berlin †April 17th, 1755, Berlin

83

Henriette Christine von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel

(1669-1753)

*September 19th, 1669, Wolfenbüttel †January 20th, 1753, Roermond

61

Friederike Elisabeth of Saxe-Eisenach

(1669-1730)

*May 5th, 1669, Altenkirchen (Westerwald) †November 12th, 1730, Bad Langensalza

50

Johann Joseph Seyler

German author and theologian

*October 24th, 1669, Bayreuth †November 7th, 1719, Berg

44

Georg Theodor Barthold

German university teacher and writer (1669-1713)

*March 6th, 1669, Kötzschau †December 6th, 1713, Giessen

80

Cornelis Sweerts

Dutch poet, playwright and writer

*February 20th, 1669, Amsterdam †March 23rd, 1749, Maarssen

71

Joseph Talcott

Governor of the Connecticut Colony (1669-1741)

*November 11th, 1669, Hartford †October 11th, 1741, Hartford

75

Johann Caspar Haferung

German theologian

*February 14th, 1669, Kraja †May 17th, 1744, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1669 is a normal year and no leap year.

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