December 31st, 1692

Born on December 31st, 1692

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 121,000 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

31

Manu Attri

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1992, Meerut

65

Jacques Cartier

Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)

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

65

Ferdinand Noack

German classical archaeologist and classical philologist (1865-1931)

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

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

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

78

George Marshall

American army officer and statesman (1880–1959)

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

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

74

Jean-Esprit Isnard

French organ builder and Dominican conversational brother

*December 31st, 1706, Bédarrides †March 16th, 1781, Tarascon

65

Bebe Neuwirth

American actress

*December 31st, 1958, Newark

87

Elizabeth Arden

Canadian American businesswoman

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

51

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

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

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 1692

77

Giuseppe Tartini

Italian composer and violinist (1692-1770)

*April 8th, 1692, Piran †February 26th, 1770, Padua

73

Elisabeth Farnese

Queen consort of Spain (1692-1766)

*October 25th, 1692, Palazzo della Pilotta †July 11th, 1766, Aranjuez

71

John Byrom

English poet and inventor of a shorthand system

*February 29th, 1692, Manchester †September 26th, 1763, Manchester

82

Eusebius Amort

German Roman Catholic theologian

*November 15th, 1692, Bad Tölz †February 5th, 1775, Polling

75

Jean Restout

French painter (1692-1768)

*March 26th, 1692, Rouen †January 1st, 1768, Paris

72

Petrus Wesseling

German librarian, law librarian and writer

*January 7th, 1692, Burgsteinfurt †November 9th, 1764, Utrecht

62

Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée

French playwright (1692-1754)

*February 14th, 1692, Paris †March 14th, 1754, Paris

47

Geminiano Giacomelli

Italian composer

*May 28th, 1692, Colorno †January 25th, 1740, Loreto

47

Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon

French politician and prince (1692-1740)

*August 18th, 1692, Versailles †January 27th, 1740, Chantilly

65

Princess Isabella Charlotte of Nassau-Dietz

(1692-1757)

*January 22nd, 1692, Leeuwarden †September 18th, 1757

58

Egid Quirin Asam

German sculptor (1692-1750)

*January 1st, 1692, Tegernsee †April 29th, 1750, Mannheim

69

Pieter van Musschenbroek

Dutch naturalist (*1692 – †1761)

*March 14th, 1692, Leiden †September 19th, 1761, Leiden

72

Wilhelm Ernst Starke

German theologian (1692-1764)

*April 19th, 1692, Ballenstedt †June 25th, 1764, Bernburg

76

Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni

Italian poet (1692-1768)

*November 21st, 1692, Genoa †December 20th, 1768, Parma

72

Anne Claude Philippe, Comte de Caylus

French antiquarian (1692-1765)

*October 31st, 1692, Paris †September 5th, 1765, Paris

57

Ferdinand Leopold, Count of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

German nobleman; ruling Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch (1692-1750)

*December 4th, 1692, Sigmaringen †July 23rd, 1750, Augustusburg and Falkenlust Palaces

87

Joseph Highmore

British artist (1692-1780)

*June 13th, 1692, London †March 3rd, 1780, Canterbury

69

William, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld

*April 1st, 1692, Philippsthal (Werra) †May 13th, 1761, Breda

52

Frederick Anton, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*August 14th, 1692, Rudolstadt †September 1st, 1744, Rudolstadt

60

Joseph Butler

English bishop and philosopher (1692–1752)

*May 18th, 1692, Wantage †June 16th, 1752, Bath

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Leap year

Yes: 1692 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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