February 3rd, 1717

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Born on February 3rd, 1717 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 3rd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 3rd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1717)

Born on February 3rd, 1717

Weekday

Wednesday

February 3rd, 1717 was a Wednesday.

Age

307

People born on February 3rd, 1717 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 307 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1717 - February 19th, 1717

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 112,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 786 days, exactly on June 23rd, 2026, people who were born on February 3rd, 1717 will be 113,000 days old!

112,214 Days

16,030 Weeks

3,686 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on February 3rd?

February 3rd, 2023

A freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, releasing hazardous materials into the surrounding area.

February 3rd, 2014

Russia's first school shooting took place when a student opened fire at School No. 263 in Moscow, resulting in the deaths of a teacher and a police officer.

February 3rd, 1986

Steve Jobs purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm and launched it as an independent computer-animation studio.

February 3rd, 1972

The deadliest blizzard in history began in Iran and continued for a week leaving more than 4,000 people dead.

February 3rd, 1953

Hundreds of native creoles known as Forros were massacred on São Tomé Island by the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners.

February 3rd, 1941

Second World War: Free French and British forces (aircraft pictured) began the Battle of Keren to capture the strategic town of Keren in Italian East Africa.

February 3rd, 1933

Adolf Hitler announced that the conquest of Lebensraum in Eastern Europe, and its "ruthless Germanisation", were the geopolitical objectives of Reich foreign policy.

February 3rd, 1918

At 11,675 ft (3,559 m) long, the Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco opened as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at the time.

February 3rd, 1870

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, granting voting rights to citizens regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude".

February 3rd, 1852

The Argentine Confederation was defeated in the Platine War by an alliance consisting of Brazil, Uruguay and the Argentine provinces of Entre Ríos and Corrientes.

February 3rd, 1813

Argentine War of Independence: José de San Martín and the Mounted Grenadiers Regiment defeated Spanish royalist forces in the Battle of San Lorenzo.

February 3rd, 1781

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: British forces captured the Dutch island of Sint Eustatius after a brief skirmish.

February 3rd, 1266

Mudéjar revolt: King James I of Aragon entered the formerly Muslim-held city of Murcia (depicted), following its surrender three days earlier.

February 3rd, 2023

2023 Ohio train derailment: A freight train containing vinyl chloride and other hazardous materials derails and burns in East Palestine, Ohio, United States, releasing hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air and contaminating the Ohio River.

February 3rd, 2014

Two people are shot and killed and 29 students are taken hostage at a high school in Moscow, Russia.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 3rd

Born on February 3rd, 1717

Nicholas Cooke

Rhode Island governor (1717-1782)

*February 3rd, 1717, Providence †September 14th, 1782, Providence

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 3rd?

Michele Greene

American actress

*February 3rd, 1962, Las Vegas

Gisle Kverndokk

Norwegian composer

*February 3rd, 1967, Trondheim

Karl Hampe

German historian of medieval age (1869-1936)

*February 3rd, 1869, Bremen †February 14th, 1936, Heidelberg

Felix Mendelssohn

German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of Jewish descent

*February 3rd, 1809, Hamburg †November 4th, 1847, Leipzig

Royal Robbins

American rock climber (1935-2017)

*February 3rd, 1935, Point Pleasant †March 14th, 2017, Modesto

Alvar Aalto

Finnish architect and designer (1898–1976)

*February 3rd, 1898, Kuortane †May 11th, 1976, Helsinki

Gregory van der Wiel

Dutch association football player

*February 3rd, 1988, Amsterdam

Amal Clooney

Lebanese-British barrister and human right activist

*February 3rd, 1978, Beirut

Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz

German general

*February 3rd, 1721, Kalkar †August 27th, 1773, Oława

Norman Rockwell

American painter and illustrator (1894–1978)

*February 3rd, 1894, New York City †November 8th, 1978, Stockbridge

Blythe Danner

American actress

*February 3rd, 1943, Philadelphia

Shelley Berman

American comedian, actor, writer, and teacher (1925–2017)

*February 3rd, 1925, Chicago †September 1st, 2017, Bell Canyon

Otto Fräßdorf

German association football player and manager

*February 3rd, 1942, Magdeburg

Linda Eder

American actress and musician

*February 3rd, 1961, Tucson

Vincent Elbaz

French actor

*February 3rd, 1971, Paris

Nora Gregor

Austrian actress

*February 3rd, 1901, Gorizia †January 20th, 1949, Viña del Mar

Joachim Löw

German football manager

*February 3rd, 1960, Schönau im Schwarzwald

Joey Bishop

American entertainer (1918–2007)

*February 3rd, 1918, New York City †October 17th, 2007, Newport Beach

Dennis Edwards

American singer (1943-2018)

*February 3rd, 1943, Fairfield †February 1st, 2018, Chicago

Hennie Kuiper

Road bicycle racer

*February 3rd, 1949, Dinkelland

Same year
Born in 1717

David Garrick

British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)

*February 19th, 1717, Hereford †January 20th, 1779, London

Maria Theresa of Austria

Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)

*May 13th, 1717, Vienna †November 29th, 1780, Vienna

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)

*November 16th, 1717, Paris †October 29th, 1783, Paris

Ferdinand Stosch

German theologian (1717–1780)

*December 30th, 1717, Liebenberg †June 3rd, 1780, Detmold

Pedro III of Portugal

King of Portugal

*July 5th, 1717, Lisbon †May 25th, 1786, Sintra

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library

*December 9th, 1717, Stendal †June 8th, 1768, Trieste

Pius VI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799

*December 25th, 1717, Cesena †August 29th, 1799, Valence

Horace Walpole

English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician (1717-1797)

*September 24th, 1717, London †March 2nd, 1797, London

Mustafa III

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774

*January 28th, 1717, Constantinople †January 21st, 1774, Constantinople

Jean Dugain

French slave hunter and explorer

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

Louis François, Prince of Conti

French noble and art collector (1717-1776)

*August 13th, 1717, Paris †August 2nd, 1776, Paris

George Augustus Eliott

1st Lord Heathfield and Baron of Gibraltar, Army General, Governor of Gibraltar; (1717-1790)

*December 25th, 1717, Roxburghshire †July 6th, 1790, Aachen

Cardinal de Soubise

Catholic cardinal

*December 1st, 1717, Paris †June 28th, 1756, Saverne

Luis de Unzaga

Spanish colonial governor and administrator (1717-1793)

*April 6th, 1717, Málaga †June 21st, 1793, Málaga

Richard Owen Cambridge

British poet

*February 14th, 1717, London †September 17th, 1802, Richmond

Norbert Grund

Czech painter (1717-1767)

*December 4th, 1717, Prague †July 17th, 1767, Prague

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

British Army officer (1717-1797)

*January 29th, 1717, Riverhead †August 3rd, 1797, Montreal Park

Philipp Erasmus Reich

German publisher

*December 1st, 1717, Laubach †December 3rd, 1787, Leipzig

Johann Augustin Dietelmair

*January 1st, 1717, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1785

Johann Stamitz

Czech composer and violinist

*June 19th, 1717, Havlíčkův Brod †March 27th, 1757, Mannheim

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 3rd.

Earliest day on which Shrove Tuesday can fall, while March 9 is the latest; celebrated on Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (Christianity)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday

Four Chaplains Day (United States, also considered a Feast Day by the Episcopal Church)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Chaplains

Communist Party of Vietnam Foundation Anniversary (Vietnam)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Vietnam

Day of Finnish architecture and design, birthday of Alvar Aalto (Finland)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_flying_days_in_Finland

Heroes' Day (Mozambique)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Mozambique

Martyrs' Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_São_Tomé_and_Príncipe

Setsubun (Japan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setsubun

Veterans' Day (Thailand)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Thailand

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

III.II.MDCCXVII

3.2.1717

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1717 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
6	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
7	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
8	22	23	24	25	26	27	28

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February 3rd, 1717

Born on February 3rd, 1717

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 112,000 days old!

112,214 Days

16,030 Weeks

3,686 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 3rd?

A freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, releasing hazardous materials into the surrounding area.

Russia's first school shooting took place when a student opened fire at School No. 263 in Moscow, resulting in the deaths of a teacher and a police officer.

Steve Jobs purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm and launched it as an independent computer-animation studio.

The deadliest blizzard in history began in Iran and continued for a week leaving more than 4,000 people dead.

Hundreds of native creoles known as Forros were massacred on São Tomé Island by the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners.

Second World War: Free French and British forces (aircraft pictured) began the Battle of Keren to capture the strategic town of Keren in Italian East Africa.

Adolf Hitler announced that the conquest of Lebensraum in Eastern Europe, and its "ruthless Germanisation", were the geopolitical objectives of Reich foreign policy.

At 11,675 ft (3,559 m) long, the Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco opened as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at the time.

The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, granting voting rights to citizens regardless of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude".

The Argentine Confederation was defeated in the Platine War by an alliance consisting of Brazil, Uruguay and the Argentine provinces of Entre Ríos and Corrientes.

Argentine War of Independence: José de San Martín and the Mounted Grenadiers Regiment defeated Spanish royalist forces in the Battle of San Lorenzo.

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: British forces captured the Dutch island of Sint Eustatius after a brief skirmish.

Mudéjar revolt: King James I of Aragon entered the formerly Muslim-held city of Murcia (depicted), following its surrender three days earlier.

2023 Ohio train derailment: A freight train containing vinyl chloride and other hazardous materials derails and burns in East Palestine, Ohio, United States, releasing hydrogen chloride and phosgene into the air and contaminating the Ohio River.

Two people are shot and killed and 29 students are taken hostage at a high school in Moscow, Russia.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 3rd

Born on February 3rd, 1717

Rhode Island governor (1717-1782)

Same Day Who's birthday is on February 3rd?

Same year Born in 1717

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 3rd

Aaron the Illustrious (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Ansgar

Berlinda of Meerbeke

Blaise

Celsa and Nona

Claudine Thévenet

Dom Justo Takayama (Philippines and Japan)

Hadelin

Margaret of England

Werburgh

February 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of the Virgin of Suyapa (Honduras)

Earliest day on which Shrove Tuesday can fall, while March 9 is the latest; celebrated on Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (Christianity)

Four Chaplains Day (United States, also considered a Feast Day by the Episcopal Church)

Communist Party of Vietnam Foundation Anniversary (Vietnam)

Day of Finnish architecture and design, birthday of Alvar Aalto (Finland)

Heroes' Day (Mozambique)

Martyrs' Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Setsubun (Japan)

Veterans' Day (Thailand)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

3.2.1717

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 112,000 days old!

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