February 12th, 1717

Born on February 12th, 1717

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on February 12th?

February 12th, 2003

Protesters in La Paz and the Bolivian government brokered a deal to end two days of rioting against a proposed salary tax.

February 12th, 1994

Edvard Munch's painting The Scream (pictured) was stolen from the National Gallery of Norway.

February 12th, 1945

A devistating tornado outbreak across Mississippi and Alabama kills 45 people and injures 427 others.

February 12th, 1691

A papal conclave convened to select a new pope after the death of Pope Alexander VIII.

February 12th, 1894

Ère des attentats: In one of the first acts of modern terrorism, Émile Henry threw a bomb into Café Terminus (depicted) in Paris, France, killing one person and injuring 17 more.

February 12th, 2016

In the first meeting between the leaders of the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow signed the Havana Declaration at José Martí International Airport in Cuba.

February 12th, 2009

Just before landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York, killing the house's occupant and all 49 people on board the aircraft.

February 12th, 2001

The NASA space probe NEAR Shoemaker touched down on Eros, becoming the first spacecraft to land on an asteroid.

February 12th, 1993

Two-year-old James Bulger was led away from New Strand Shopping Centre in Bootle, England, and murdered by two 10-year-old boys, who became the youngest convicted murderers in modern English history.

February 12th, 1947

The French fashion company Dior unveiled its New Look collection (suit pictured), which revolutionized women's dress and re-established Paris as the centre of the fashion world after World War II.

February 12th, 1946

African-American U.S. Army veteran Isaac Woodard was severely beaten by a South Carolina police officer and lost sight in both eyes, an incident that galvanized the civil rights movement.

February 12th, 1942

The Imperial Japanese Army initiated the Battle of Pasir Panjang in Kent Ridge Park in Singapore.

February 12th, 1935

USS Macon, one of the largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.

February 12th, 1924

George Gershwin's composition Rhapsody in Blue premiered at Aeolian Hall in New York.

February 12th, 1909

The ferry SS Penguin struck a rock in Wellington Harbour and sank, killing 75 people in New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 12th

Same year
Born in 1717

61

David Garrick

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

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

63

Maria Theresa of Austria

Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)

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

65

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

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

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

62

Ferdinand Stosch

German theologian (1717–1780)

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

68

Pedro III of Portugal

King of Portugal

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

79

Horace Walpole

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

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

50

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

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

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

77

George (Konissky)

Orthodox archbishop, preacher, philosopher and theologian

*November 20th, 1717, Nizhyn †February 13th, 1795, Mogilev

74

Johann David Michaelis

German academic (1717-1791)

*February 27th, 1717, Halle (Saale) †August 22nd, 1791, Göttingen

89

Heinrich Wilhelm von Huth

German soldier and officer (1717-1806)

*January 1st, 1717, Elstertrebnitz †January 1st, 1806, Copenhagen

84

Fedele Tirrito

Italian painter (1717-1801)

*January 18th, 1717, San Biagio Platani †August 9th, 1801, Palermo

92

John Metcalf

English civil engineer and road builder

*August 15th, 1717, Knaresborough †April 26th, 1810, Spofforth

82

Adam Friedrich Oeser

German etcher and painter (1717-1799)

*February 17th, 1717, Bratislava †March 18th, 1799, Leipzig

68

Matthew Stewart

Scottish mathematician (1717-1785)

*January 15th, 1717, Scotland †January 23rd, 1785, Scotland

77

John Armstrong

American civil engineer and soldier

*October 13th, 1717, County Fermanagh †March 9th, 1795, Carlisle

78

Catharina Helena Dörrien

German botanist, botanical artist, author, translator, editor and governess (1717–1795)

*March 1st, 1717, Hildesheim †June 8th, 1795, Dillenburg

27

Marie Anne de Mailly

18th-century French noblewoman

*October 5th, 1717, Paris †December 8th, 1744, Paris

76

Luis de Unzaga

Spanish colonial governor and administrator (1717-1793)

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

85

Richard Owen Cambridge

British poet

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

80

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

British Army officer (1717-1797)

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

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Leap year

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

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