December 17th, 1690

Born on December 17th, 1690

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 17th?

December 17th, 2010

Arab Spring: Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor, set himself on fire in protest against police harassment, triggering the Tunisian Revolution.

December 17th, 1990

American gay rights activist William E. Woods brought three same-sex couples to fill out marriage licenses in Honolulu, leading to the eventual legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States.

December 17th, 1989

The Simpsons, the longest running American prime-time entertainment series, made its debut on the Fox television network with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".

December 17th, 1983

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a car bomb outside Harrods in London, killing six people and injuring about 90 others.

December 17th, 1970

Polish soldiers fired at workers (memorial pictured) emerging from trains in Gdynia, beginning the government's crackdown on mass anti-communist protests across the country.

December 17th, 1967

Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming near Portsea, Victoria; his body was never recovered.

December 17th, 1948

The Finnish Security Police was established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.

December 17th, 1945

The modern flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad, Iran.

December 17th, 1944

Nazi troops under Joachim Peiper killed unarmed prisoners of war, captured during the Battle of the Bulge, with machine guns near Malmedy, Belgium.

December 17th, 1939

World War II: After sustaining moderate damage in the Battle of the River Plate two days earlier, the German cruiser Graf Spee was scuttled by its commander, Hans Langsdorff, to avoid its internment by Uruguay.

December 17th, 1926

A coup d'état by the Lithuanian military replaced the democratically elected President Kazys Grinius with Antanas Smetona.

December 17th, 1918

About 1,000 demonstrators marched (pictured) on Government House in Darwin, Australia, where they burned an effigy of Administrator John Gilruth and demanded his resignation.

December 17th, 1903

Aboard the Wright Flyer (pictured) in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright conducted the first successful flights of a powered fixed-wing aircraft.

December 17th, 1862

American Civil War: Union General Ulysses S. Grant issued General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

December 17th, 1790

The Aztec sun stone, now a modern symbol of Mexican culture, was excavated in the Zócalo, the main square of Mexico City.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 17th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 17th?

27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

*December 17th, 1996, Aix-en-Provence

93

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

42

Émilie du Châtelet

French mathematician, physicist, and author (1706-1749)

*December 17th, 1706, Paris †September 10th, 1749, Lunéville

48

Milla Jovovich

Ukrainian-American actress and model

*December 17th, 1975, Kyiv

24

Holly Humberstone

British singer-songwriter

*December 17th, 1999, Grantham

51

Fernando Silva

Badminton player

*December 17th, 1972, Peniche

50

Humphry Davy

British chemist

*December 17th, 1778, Penzance †May 29th, 1829, Geneva

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

79

Carl Meyer

German architect (1855-1936)

*December 17th, 1855, Estorf †November 30th, 1935, Hanover

52

Joel Berti

American actor

*December 17th, 1971, Avon

54

Thomas Tickell

English poet and man of letters (1685-1740)

*December 17th, 1685, Bridekirk †April 21st, 1740, Bath

74

Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre

Spanish noble and politician (1810-1885)

*December 17th, 1810, Isla de León †November 26th, 1885, Madrid

81

Muhammadu Buhari

Former President of Nigeria

*December 17th, 1942, Daura

74

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz

Swiss-American zoologist and engineer (1835-1910)

*December 17th, 1835, Neuchâtel †March 27th, 1910, RMS Adriatic

69

Josef Lada

Czech illustrator, painter, caricaturist, scenographer and writer (1887-1957)

*December 17th, 1887, Hrusice †December 14th, 1957, Prague

45

Manny Pacquiao

Filipino boxer, basketball player, singer, actor and politician and a philantropist

*December 17th, 1978, Kibawe

64

Gregg Araki

American film director

*December 17th, 1959, Los Angeles

40

Sébastien Ogier

French World Rally Championship driver

*December 17th, 1983, Gap

80

Peter Snell

New Zealand athlete

*December 17th, 1938, Ōpunake †December 12th, 2019, Dallas

61

Frank Lieberam

German association football player and manager

*December 17th, 1962, Halberstadt

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Born in 1690

70

Carlo Lodoli

Italian architect (1690-1761)

*November 28th, 1690, Venice †October 27th, 1761, Padua

78

Francesco Maria Veracini

Italian composer

*February 1st, 1690, Florence †October 31st, 1768, Florence

69

François Colin de Blamont

French composer

*November 22nd, 1690, Versailles †February 14th, 1760, Versailles

66

Silvio Valenti Gonzaga

Catholic cardinal

*March 1st, 1690, Mantua †August 28th, 1756, Viterbo

63

Martin Folkes

British mathematician and astronomer

*October 29th, 1690, Westminster †June 28th, 1754, London

72

John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville

British statesman (1690-1763)

*April 22nd, 1690, Westminster †January 22nd, 1763, Westminster

30

Peter Tordenskjold

Norwegian sea officer

*October 28th, 1690, Trondheim †November 20th, 1720, Gleidingen

73

Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke

English lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor (1690-1764)

*December 1st, 1690, Dover †March 6th, 1764, London

56

Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

German general (1690-1747)

*November 29th, 1690, Dornburg †March 16th, 1747, Zerbst

28

Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia

Russian Tsarevich (1690-1718)

*February 28th, 1690, Moscow †July 7th, 1718, Peter and Paul Fortress

74

Christian Goldbach

German mathematician

*March 18th, 1690, Königsberg †November 20th, 1764, Moscow

59

Johann Christoph Wiegleb

Organ builder

*March 19th, 1690, Heldritt †November 15th, 1749, Gaildorf

68

Nicolas de Saulx-Tavannes

French cardinal (1690-1759)

*September 19th, 1690, Paris †March 10th, 1759, Paris

44

Nöel-Nicolas Coypel

French painter (1690-1734)

*November 17th, 1690, Paris †December 14th, 1734, Paris

74

Giovanni Antonio Giay

Italian composer

*June 11th, 1690, Turin †September 10th, 1764, Turin

69

Marie Gabrielle Éléonore de Bourbon

French noble (1690-1760)

*December 22nd, 1690, Palace of Versailles †August 30th, 1760, Villejuif

68

Franz Joseph Roth

German architect

*January 29th, 1690, Vienna †March 7th, 1758, Gelchsheim

59

Charles Theodore Pachelbel

German/American composer (1690-1750)

*November 24th, 1690, Stuttgart †September 17th, 1750, Charleston

88

Friedrich Bernhard Werner

Silesian draughtsman and engraver

*January 28th, 1690, Ząbkowice Śląskie †April 20th, 1778, Wrocław

80

Filippo Raguzzini

Italian architect

*July 19th, 1690, Naples †February 21st, 1771, Rome

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No: With 365 days 1690 is a normal year and no leap year.

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