February 23rd, 1711

Born on February 23rd, 1711

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 114,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 614 days, exactly on January 2nd, 2026, people who were born on February 23rd, 1711 will be 115,000 days old!

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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

45

Johann Gottfried Brendel

German physician

*February 23rd, 1712, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †January 17th, 1758, Göttingen

95

W. E. B. Du Bois

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

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

32

Peter Briggs

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1992, Leicester

30

Tom Wolfenden

English badminton player

*February 23rd, 1994, Liverpool

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

69

Jean Dugain

French slave hunter and explorer

*February 23rd, 1717, Saint-Denis †January 1st, 1787

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

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Born in 1711

65

David Hume

Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian

*April 26th, 1711, Edinburgh †August 25th, 1776, Edinburgh

49

Edward Boscawen

Royal Navy admiral (1711-1761)

*August 19th, 1711, Tregothnan †January 10th, 1761, Surrey

87

Qianlong Emperor

Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799)

*September 25th, 1711, Beijing †February 7th, 1799, Beijing

53

Mikhail Lomonosov

Russian polymath (1711-1765)

*November 8th, 1711, Lomonosovo †April 4th, 1765, Saint Petersburg

68

Thomas Hutchinson

Last civilian Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, historian (1711-1780)

*September 9th, 1711, Boston †June 3rd, 1780, London

66

Laura Bassi

Italian physicist (1711-1778)

*October 31st, 1711, Bologna †February 20th, 1778, Bologna

82

Abraham Roentgen

German cabinetmaker

*January 30th, 1711, Mülheim †March 1st, 1793, Herrnhut

51

Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla

Spanish sailor (1711-1762)

*February 9th, 1711, Noja †July 31st, 1762, Havana

74

Marie Françoise Catherine de Beauvau-Craon

French noblewoman

*December 8th, 1711, Lunéville †July 1st, 1786, Scey-sur-Saône-et-Saint-Albin

72

Johann Dietrich Winckler

German author and theologian (1711-1784)

*December 27th, 1711, Hamburg †April 5th, 1784, Hamburg

81

Carl Gustaf Pilo

Danish-Swedish artist (1711-1793)

*March 5th, 1711, Runtuna †March 2nd, 1793, Stockholm

75

Ruđer Josip Bošković

Croat physicist

*May 18th, 1711, Dubrovnik †February 13th, 1787, Milan

64

Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc

Feral child

*November 30th, 1711, New France †December 15th, 1775, Paris

66

Lorenz Christoph Mizler

German music historian and polymath (1711-1778)

*July 26th, 1711, Heidenheim †May 8th, 1778, Warsaw

83

Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg

Bohemian nobleman (1711-1794)

*February 2nd, 1711, Vienna †June 27th, 1794, Vienna

77

Gaetano Latilla

Italian opera composer

*January 12th, 1711, Bari †January 15th, 1788, Naples

84

Franz Töpsl

German historian

*November 18th, 1711, Munich †March 12th, 1796, Munich

77

Henry of Bibra

German priest

*January 1st, 1711, Schnabelwaid †January 1st, 1788, Fulda

77

Giuseppe Bonno

Austrian composer

*January 29th, 1711, Vienna †April 15th, 1788, Vienna

74

Kitty Clive

British actress (1711-1785)

*November 5th, 1711, London †December 6th, 1785, London

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.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1711 is a normal year and no leap year.

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