December 17th, 1697

Born on December 17th, 1697

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

42

Émilie du Châtelet

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

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

93

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

48

Milla Jovovich

Ukrainian-American actress and model

*December 17th, 1975, Kyiv

24

Holly Humberstone

British singer-songwriter

*December 17th, 1999, Grantham

50

Humphry Davy

British chemist

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

51

Fernando Silva

Badminton player

*December 17th, 1972, Peniche

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

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

80

Joseph Henry

American scientist and the 1st Secretary of the Smithsonian (1797-1878)

*December 17th, 1797, Albany †May 13th, 1878, Washington, D.C.

64

Gregg Araki

American film director

*December 17th, 1959, Los Angeles

80

Peter Snell

New Zealand athlete

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

40

Sébastien Ogier

French World Rally Championship driver

*December 17th, 1983, Gap

61

Frank Lieberam

German association football player and manager

*December 17th, 1962, Halberstadt

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66

William Hogarth

English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist (1697-1764)

*November 10th, 1697, London †October 26th, 1764, London

60

Canaletto

Italian painter of landscapes (1697-1768)

*October 7th, 1697, Venice †April 19th, 1758, Venice

47

Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

*August 6th, 1697, City of Brussels †January 20th, 1745, Munich

71

Gerhard Tersteegen

German theologian and hymn writer

*November 25th, 1697, Moers †April 3rd, 1769, Mülheim an der Ruhr

73

Bernhard Siegfried Albinus

German-born Dutch anatomist (1697-1770)

*February 24th, 1697, Frankfurt (Oder) †September 9th, 1770, Leiden

80

Charles Antoine de La Roche-Aymon

French cardinal

*February 17th, 1697, France †October 27th, 1777, Paris

66

Antoine François Prévost

French novelist (1697–1763)

*April 1st, 1697, Hesdin †November 25th, 1763, Chantilly

63

Friederike Caroline Neuber

German actor and director

*March 9th, 1697, Reichenbach im Vogtland †November 30th, 1760, Laubegast

73

John Gill

English Baptist pastor, biblical scholar and theologian (1697-1771)

*November 23rd, 1697, Kettering †October 14th, 1771

76

Johann Joachim Quantz

German flutist, flute maker and composer (1697-1773)

*January 30th, 1697, Scheden †July 12th, 1773, Potsdam

48

John Peter Zenger

A German printer and journalist in New York City

*October 26th, 1697, Impflingen †July 28th, 1746, New York City

76

Sauveur François Morand

French surgeon

*April 2nd, 1697, Paris †July 21st, 1773, Paris

42

Maria Karolina Sobieska

Polish princess

*November 25th, 1697, Oława †May 8th, 1740, Zhovkva

82

Francesco Antonio Vallotti

Italian composer, organist and music theorist

*June 11th, 1697, Vercelli †January 10th, 1780, Padua

65

George Anson, 1st Baron Anson

British admiral (1697-1762)

*April 23rd, 1697, Staffordshire †June 6th, 1762, Hertfordshire

55

Johann Gottfried Auerbach

Austrian artist (1697-1753)

*October 28th, 1697, Mühlhausen †August 5th, 1753, Vienna

69

Claude Pierre Goujet

French historian

*October 19th, 1697, Paris †February 1st, 1767, Paris

85

Heinrich Joseph Johann of Auersperg

Austrian nobleman (1697-1783)

*June 24th, 1697, Vienna †February 9th, 1783, Vienna

84

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville

French cartographer and geographer

*July 11th, 1697, Paris †January 28th, 1782, Paris

73

Johann Caspar Barthel

German lawyer

*June 10th, 1697, Kitzingen †April 8th, 1771, Würzburg

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No: With 365 days 1697 is a normal year and no leap year.

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