February 1st, 1676

Born on February 1st, 1676

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 127,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 37 days, exactly on July 16th, 2026, people who were born on February 1st, 1676 will be 128,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 1st?

February 1st, 1957

Invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, the first working prototype of the Wankel rotary engine ran for the first time at the research and development department of NSU Motorenwerke AG.

February 1st, 1896

Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy, eventually becoming one of the most frequently performed operas internationally.

February 1st, 2021

The Burmese military staged a coup d'état that deposed the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, sparking nationwide protests and a civil war.

February 1st, 2012

Following an Egyptian Premier League match in Port Said, Al Masry fans rioted and violently attacked Al Ahly supporters, resulting in 74 deaths.

February 1st, 2009

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (pictured) became the first female prime minister of Iceland.

February 1st, 2004

During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, Janet Jackson's breast was exposed by Justin Timberlake in what was later referred to as a "wardrobe malfunction", resulting in an immediate crackdown and widespread debate on perceived indecency in U.S. broadcasting.

February 1st, 2003

All seven crew members aboard Space Shuttle Columbia were killed when the orbiter disintegrated over Texas during reentry.

February 1st, 2001

The Timor-Leste Defence Force was established from the erstwhile anti-Indonesian independence movement Falintil.

February 1st, 1985

Aeroflot Flight 7841 crashed shortly after takeoff from Minsk National Airport, killing fifty-eight people on board.

February 1st, 1979

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned from exile and soon led the Iranian Revolution to overthrow the Pahlavi dynasty.

February 1st, 1978

After having served 42 days in prison for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl, Polish film director Roman Polanski fled the United States before the formal sentencing hearing.

February 1st, 1972

Kuala Lumpur (pictured), the capital of Malaysia, was granted city status.

February 1st, 1960

Civil rights movement: Four African-American students staged the first of more than five months of sit-ins at an F. W. Woolworth lunch counter (pictured) in Greensboro, North Carolina, to protest the company's policy of racial segregation.

February 1st, 1942

Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States federal government, began broadcasting to Germany during World War II.

February 1st, 1884

The first fascicle of the Oxford English Dictionary, a 352-page volume that covered words from A to ant, was published.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 1st

Same year
Born in 1676

68

Robert Walpole

British statesman and art collector, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745)

*August 26th, 1676, Houghton †March 18th, 1745, St James's

53

Marco Ricci

Italian painter, engraver and stage designer (1676-1730)

*June 5th, 1676, Belluno †January 21st, 1730, Venice

76

Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon

French royal

*November 8th, 1676, Paris †January 23rd, 1753, Paris

61

Johann Heinrich Burckhard

German physician

*August 5th, 1676, Sulzbach-Rosenberg †May 3rd, 1738, Wolfenbüttel

77

Marc de Beauvau

French politician

*April 2nd, 1676, Nancy †March 10th, 1754, Haroué

70

Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

German nobleman; ruler of Anhalt-Dessau and Prussian army officer

*July 3rd, 1676, Dessau †April 9th, 1747, Dessau

70

Philip Johan von Strahlenberg

Swedish officer and geographer

*January 1st, 1676, Stralsund †November 30th, 1746, Halmstad

68

Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans

French princess (1676-1744)

*September 13th, 1676, Saint-Cloud †December 23rd, 1744, Commercy

73

Alberto de Churriguera

Spanish architect (1676-1750)

*August 7th, 1676, Madrid †February 27th, 1750, Orgaz

57

Eberhard Ludwig I, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg

*September 18th, 1676, Stuttgart †October 31st, 1733, Ludwigsburg

85

Stanisław Poniatowski

Castellan of Kraków (1676-1762)

*September 15th, 1676, Chojnik, Lesser Poland Voivodeship †August 29th, 1762, Ryki

77

Jacopo Riccati

Italian mathematician (1676-1754)

*May 28th, 1676, Venice †April 15th, 1754, Treviso

79

César Chesneau Dumarsais

Early eighteenth century French philosopher and grammarian

*July 17th, 1676, Marseille †June 11th, 1756, Paris

86

Caspar Abel

Theologian, historian, poet

*July 14th, 1676, Hindenburg †January 11th, 1763, Westdorf

55

Michael Heinrich Reinhard

*October 18th, 1676, Hildburghausen †January 1st, 1732, Weißenfels

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Public holidays on February 1st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 1st.

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Leap year

Yes: 1676 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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