February 23rd, 1704

Born on February 23rd, 1704

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 116,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 56 days, exactly on June 24th, 2024, people who were born on February 23rd, 1704 will be 117,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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, a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, was observed from Earth.

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 (sample pictured).

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, 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.

February 23rd, 2017

The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.

February 23rd, 2010

Unknown criminals pour more than 2+1⁄2 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 23rd?

74

George Frideric Handel

German-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)

*February 23rd, 1685, Halle (Saale) †April 14th, 1759, London

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

86

Karl Jaspers

German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)

*February 23rd, 1883, Oldenburg †February 26th, 1969, Basel

32

Peter Briggs

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1992, Leicester

30

Tom Wolfenden

English badminton player

*February 23rd, 1994, Liverpool

95

W. E. B. Du Bois

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

*February 23rd, 1868, Great Barrington †August 27th, 1963, Accra

30

James Paxton

American actor

*February 23rd, 1994, Ojai

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

*February 23rd, 1940, New York City †August 16th, 2019, Los Angeles

63

Caroline von Humboldt

German salon-holder, wife of Wilhelm von Humboldt (1766–1829)

*February 23rd, 1766, Minden †March 26th, 1829, Berlin

58

Didier Queloz

Swiss astronomer

*February 23rd, 1966, Lausanne

30

Dakota Fanning

American actress (born 1994)

*February 23rd, 1994, Conyers

92

Christian Habicht

German historian and epigrapher (1926–2018)

*February 23rd, 1926, Dortmund †August 6th, 2018, Princeton

43

Josh Gad

American actor

*February 23rd, 1981, Hollywood

36

nisola gaitani

Argentine footballer

*February 23rd, 1988, General San Martín

52

David Kalisch

German writer (1820-1872)

*February 23rd, 1820, Wrocław †August 21st, 1872, Berlin

59

Mikel Erentxun

Spanish singer

*February 23rd, 1965, Caracas

41

Emily Blunt

English actress

*February 23rd, 1983, Wandsworth

27

Benjamin Henrichs

German association football player

*February 23rd, 1997, Bocholt

Same year
Born in 1704

47

Gabriel Cramer

Genevan mathematician (1704-1752)

*July 31st, 1704, Geneva †January 4th, 1752, Bagnols-sur-Cèze

43

Pedro Vicente Maldonado

Ecuadorian scientist

*November 24th, 1704, Riobamba †November 7th, 1748, London

55

Carl Heinrich Graun

German composer and singer

*May 7th, 1704, Wahrenbrück †August 8th, 1759, Berlin

69

Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

German noble (1704-1774)

*August 12th, 1704, Saarbrücken †March 25th, 1774, Darmstadt

56

Louis Godin

French astronomer

*February 28th, 1704, Paris †September 11th, 1760, Cádiz

52

John Byng

Royal Navy officer, shot for failure in combat (1704-1757)

*October 29th, 1704, Southill †March 14th, 1757, Portsmouth

62

Benjamin Heath

British classical scholar (1704-1766)

*April 10th, 1704, Exeter †September 13th, 1766

83

Maurice Quentin de La Tour

French Rococo portraitist

*September 5th, 1704, Saint-Quentin †February 17th, 1788, Saint-Quentin

79

Felipe Beltrán Serrano

Grand Inquisitor of Spain

*October 19th, 1704, La Serra d'en Galceran †November 30th, 1783, Madrid

72

Benjamin Huntsman

British inventor (1704-1776)

*June 4th, 1704, Epworth †June 20th, 1776, Attercliffe

88

August Gottlieb Spangenberg

German theologian and minister; bishop of the Moravian Brethren

*July 15th, 1704, Klettenberg †September 18th, 1792, Berthelsdorf

68

Charles Pinot Duclos

French writer (1704-1772)

*February 12th, 1704, Dinan †March 26th, 1772, Paris

74

Paul Daniel Longolius

German encyclopedist

*November 1st, 1704, Kesselsdorf †February 24th, 1779, Hof

60

Giovanni Domenico Barbieri

Swiss architect

*January 14th, 1704, Roveredo †September 13th, 1764, Eichstätt

56

Andrija Kačić Miošić

Croatian poet and Franciscan monk

*April 17th, 1704, Gradac †December 14th, 1760, Zaostrog

66

Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens

French philosopher and writer (1704-1771)

*June 24th, 1704, Aix-en-Provence †January 11th, 1771, Toulon

72

Johann Joachim Gottlob Am Ende

German theologian

*May 16th, 1704, Gräfenhainichen †May 2nd, 1777, Dresden

91

Ivan Betskoy

Russian philanthropist

*February 14th, 1704, Stockholm †September 10th, 1795, Saint Petersburg

69

Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe

German general

*August 21st, 1704, Dresden †February 25th, 1774, Dresden

69

Willem Bentinck

Dutch politician (1704-1774)

*November 6th, 1704, Whitehall †October 13th, 1774, The Hague

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.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1704 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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