August 17th, 1707

Born on August 17th, 1707

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 115,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 323 days, exactly on March 22nd, 2025, people who were born on August 17th, 1707 will be 116,000 days old!

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What happened on August 17th?

August 17th, 2009

A hydroelectric turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia catastrophically failed, flooding the turbine hall, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages.

August 17th, 2008

Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Summer Olympics, the most golds by any person at a single games.

August 17th, 1969

Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing $1.42 billion in damage..

August 17th, 1959

American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.

August 17th, 1950

Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.

August 17th, 1945

Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism, was first published.

August 17th, 1943

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly secret military conference (pictured) held in Quebec City.

August 17th, 1916

World War I: Romania signed a secret treaty with the Entente Powers, agreeing to enter the war in return for promised territory in Austria-Hungary.

August 17th, 1915

A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas, leaving at least 275 people dead and causing $50 million in damage.

August 17th, 1914

World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.

August 17th, 1907

Pike Place Market , one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in Seattle, Washington.

August 17th, 1676

Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.

August 17th, 1424

Hundred Years' War: Allied English and Burgundian forces gained a strategically important victory at the bloody Battle of Verneuil in Normandy, France.

August 17th, 0986

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: The Bulgarians defeated Byzantine forces at the Battle of the Gates of Trajan near present-day Ihtiman, with Emperor Basil II barely escaping.

August 17th, 2017

Barcelona attacks: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100.

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

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

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

63

Pierre de Fermat

French mathematician and lawyer

*August 17th, 1601, Beaumont-de-Lomagne †January 12th, 1665, Castres

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

76

Robert von Mohl

German legal scholar and politician (1799–1875)

*August 17th, 1799, Stuttgart †November 4th, 1875, Berlin

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

70

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

69

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

45

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

96

Jiang Zemin

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002

*August 17th, 1926, Yangzhou †November 30th, 2022, Shanghai

63

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

74

Julian Fellowes

English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter

*August 17th, 1949, Cairo

85

Carl Ausfeld

German judge (1814–1900)

*August 17th, 1814, Schnepfenthal †January 22nd, 1900, Siebleben

Same year
Born in 1707

70

Carl Linnaeus

Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)

*May 23rd, 1707, Råshult †January 10th, 1778, Linnaeus Hammarby

76

Leonhard Euler

Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)

*April 15th, 1707, Basel †September 18th, 1783, Saint Petersburg

86

Carlo Goldoni

Italian playwright (1707-1793)

*February 25th, 1707, Venice †February 6th, 1794, Paris

80

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

French natural historian (1707-1788)

*September 7th, 1707, Montbard †April 15th, 1788, Paris

17

Louis I of Spain

King of Spain

*August 25th, 1707, Madrid †August 31st, 1724, Madrid

85

Anton Peter Příchovský von Příchovice

Roman-Catholic archbishop (1707-1793)

*August 28th, 1707, Svojšín †April 14th, 1793, Prague

79

Magdalena Sibylla Rieger

German writer (1707-1786)

*December 29th, 1707, Maulbronn †December 31st, 1786, Stuttgart

87

Michel Corrette

French organist and composer

*April 10th, 1707, Rouen †January 21st, 1795, Paris

78

Stephen Hopkins

Signer of Declaration of Independence (1707-1785)

*March 7th, 1707, Providence †July 13th, 1785, Providence

80

Charles Wesley

English Methodist and hymn writer (1707-1788)

*December 18th, 1707, Epworth †March 29th, 1788, London

74

John Pringle

Scottish physician

*April 10th, 1707, Roxburghshire †January 18th, 1782, London

60

Johann Julius Hecker

German educator

*December 2nd, 1707, Werden †June 24th, 1768, Berlin

74

Johann August Ernesti

German theologian

*August 4th, 1707, Bad Tennstedt †September 11th, 1781, Leipzig

54

Pietro Rotari

Italian painter of Baroque period (1707–1762)

*September 30th, 1707, Verona †August 31st, 1762, Saint Petersburg

33

Johann Amman

Swiss-Russian botanist (1707-1741)

*December 22nd, 1707, Schaffhausen †December 4th, 1741, Saint Petersburg

65

Johann Christian Senckenberg

German doctor

*February 28th, 1707, Frankfurt †November 15th, 1772, Frankfurt

47

Henry Fielding

English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754)

*April 22nd, 1707, Sharpham †October 8th, 1754, Lisbon

70

Friedrich Grimm

German theologian

*March 11th, 1707, Hanau †March 20th, 1777, Steinau an der Straße

44

Frederick, Prince of Wales

Heir apparent to the British throne from 1727 until his death

*January 31st, 1707, Hanover †March 20th, 1751, Leicester House

70

Wytze Foppes Dongjuma

Dutch mathematician

*September 16th, 1707, Dongjum †August 2nd, 1778, Leeuwarden

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Public holidays on August 17th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1707 is a normal year and no leap year.

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