February 23rd, 1675

Born on February 23rd, 1675

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 23rd?

February 23rd, 2017

Syrian civil war: Allied troops led by the Turkish Armed Forces captured the city of al-Bab from the Islamic State.

February 23rd, 2008

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crashed on the runway shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in the most expensive crash in U.S. Air Force history.

February 23rd, 1987

SN 1987A, the first supernova that modern astronomers were able to study in great detail, was observed from Earth occurring in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

February 23rd, 1971

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese General Đỗ Cao Trí was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering Operation Lam Son 719.

February 23rd, 1945

American photographer Joe Rosenthal took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima, an image that was later reproduced on the Marine Corps War Memorial.

February 23rd, 1943

35 children and 1 adult employee were killed in a fire at an orphanage in the town of Cavan, Ireland.

February 23rd, 1941

Plutonium was first chemically identified by chemist Glenn T. Seaborg and his team at the University of California, Berkeley.

February 23rd, 1886

American inventor Charles Martin Hall discovered an inexpensive method of producing aluminium.

February 23rd, 1847

Mexican–American War: The United States Army used artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army at the Battle of Buena Vista near Saltillo.

February 23rd, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Prussian military officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania as a volunteer for the Continental Army.

February 23rd, 1739

The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin was uncovered by his former schoolmate, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's trial.

February 23rd, 1725

Johann Sebastian Bach premiered his Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (pictured).

February 23rd, 1725

J. S. Bach leads his Tafel-Music Shepherd Cantata for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.

February 23rd, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia.

February 23rd, 2019

Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 23rd

Same year
Born in 1675

83

Benedict XIV

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1740 to 1758

*March 31st, 1675, Bologna †May 3rd, 1758, Rome

67

Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco

Italian composer and violinist

*July 12th, 1675, Verona †July 12th, 1742, Munich

34

Higashiyama

Emperor of Japan (1675-1710)

*October 21st, 1675, Kyoto †January 16th, 1710, Kyoto

81

Rosalba Carriera

Rococo portrait painter (1675–1757)

*October 7th, 1675, Venice †April 15th, 1757, Venice

19

Magdalena Sibylla of Neidschutz

German countess

*February 8th, 1675, Dresden †April 14th, 1694, Dresden

50

Sophia von Kielmansegg, Countess of Darlington

German-born British courtier and half-sister of George I of Great Britain (1675-1725)

*January 1st, 1675, Osnabrück †January 1st, 1725, London

70

Johann Alexander Döderlein

German historian

*February 11th, 1675, Bieswang †October 23rd, 1745, Weißenburg in Bayern

78

Diamante Maria Scarabelli

Italian soprano singer (1675-1754)

*October 6th, 1675, Bologna †April 5th, 1754, Bologna

74

Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl

Bavarian politician (1675-1750)

*February 21st, 1675, Munich †January 22nd, 1750, Munich

73

Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham

British soldier and Whig politician (1675-1749)

*October 24th, 1675, Parchim †September 13th, 1749, Stowe House

84

Louis de Silvestre

French painter (1675-1760)

*June 23rd, 1675, Sceaux †April 11th, 1760, Paris

61

Vakhtang VI of Kartli

King of Kartli

*September 15th, 1675, Tbilisi †March 26th, 1737, Astrakhan

53

Samuel Clarke

English philosopher and clergyman (*1675 – †1729)

*October 11th, 1675, Norwich †May 17th, 1729, London

75

Paul Dudley

Colonial Massachusetts attorney general and chief justice

*September 3rd, 1675, Roxbury †January 25th, 1751, Roxbury

80

Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon

French writer

*January 16th, 1675, Paris †March 2nd, 1755, Paris

69

Heinrich Klausing

German mathematician, astronomer and theologian (1675-1745)

*December 28th, 1675, Herford †October 2nd, 1745, Leipzig

80

Joseph Fornery

*March 16th, 1675, Carpentras †November 2nd, 1755, Carpentras

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics) which are celebrated on February 23rd.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1675 is a normal year and no leap year.

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