December 3rd, 1717

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

Born on December 3rd, 1717

Weekday

Friday

December 3rd, 1717 was a Friday.

Age

306

People born on December 3rd, 1717 will turn 307 this year (2024), in exactly 220 days .

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

November 23rd, 1717 - December 21st, 1717

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 111,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 90 days, exactly on July 26th, 2024, people who were born on December 3rd, 1717 will be 112,000 days old!

111,910 Days

15,987 Weeks

3,676 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 3rd?

December 3rd, 2009

A suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, killed 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.

December 3rd, 1999

NASA lost contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before it reached the atmosphere of Mars and disappeared.

December 3rd, 1994

Sony released the PlayStation, the first computer entertainment platform to ship 100 million units.

December 3rd, 1990

Mary Robinson was inaugurated as the first female President of Ireland.

December 3rd, 1976

Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt by seven gunmen in Kingston.

December 3rd, 1968

American singer Elvis Presley's first television special and first live performance in seven years, Singer Presents ... Elvis, was broadcast by NBC.

December 3rd, 1967

Cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard (pictured) performed the first successful human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.

December 3rd, 1959

The current flag and coat of arms of Singapore was adopted, six months after the island became self-governing within the British Empire.

December 3rd, 1927

Putting Pants on Philip, the first official film featuring the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, was released.

December 3rd, 1910

Freda Du Faur (pictured) became the first woman to climb Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand.

December 3rd, 1904

Himalia, Jupiter's largest irregular moon, was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at the Lick Observatory in California.

December 3rd, 1800

War of the Second Coalition: French forces defeated Austrian and Bavarian troops at the Battle of Hohenlinden, eventually resulting in the Austrians signing the Treaty of Lunéville.

December 3rd, 1283

During the First Mongol invasion of Burma, the fort at Ngasaunggyan was overrun after a two-month siege.

December 3rd, 2023

Mount Marapi located in West Sumatra, Indonesia begins a sporadic series of eruptions. 23 people were killed, and 12 were injured.

December 3rd, 2022

Massive power outage after Moore County substation attack, that leaves 45,000 people, without power, for five days, leading to a FBI probe.

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

Born on December 3rd, 1717

Friedrich Gottlieb Zoller

German writer (1717-1782)

*December 3rd, 1717, Leipzig †May 22nd, 1782

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

Charles M. Huber

German actor and politician

*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

Angèle

Belgian singer and actress

*December 3rd, 1995, Uccle - Ukkel

Jean-Luc Godard

French-Swiss film director (1930–2022)

*December 3rd, 1930, 7th arrondissement of Paris †September 13th, 2022, Rolle

Julianne Moore

British-American actress and author

*December 3rd, 1960, Fort Liberty

Joseph Conrad

Polish-British writer (1857–1924)

*December 3rd, 1857, Terekhove †August 3rd, 1924, Bishopsbourne

Herman Heijermans

Dutch playwright (1864-1924)

*December 3rd, 1864, Rotterdam †November 22nd, 1924, Zandvoort

Otto Hermann von Vietinghoff

German geheimrat and writer (1722-1792)

*December 3rd, 1722, Riga †June 24th, 1792, Saint Petersburg

Ozzy Osbourne

British musician

*December 3rd, 1948, Marston Green

Eddie Bernice Johnson

American politician

*December 3rd, 1935, Waco †December 31st, 2023

Bernd Althusmann

German politician, State Minister of Lower Saxony

*December 3rd, 1966, Oldenburg

Manne Siegbahn

Swedish physicist (1886-1978)

*December 3rd, 1886, Örebro †September 26th, 1978, Engelbrekt church parish

Ludvig Holberg

Danish-Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684–1754)

*December 3rd, 1684, Bergen †January 28th, 1754, Copenhagen

Heather Menzies

Canadian actress (1949-2017)

*December 3rd, 1949, Toronto †December 24th, 2017, Frankford

Tom Lockyer

Welsh association football player

*December 3rd, 1994, Cardiff

David Villa

Spanish association football player

*December 3rd, 1981, Tiuya / Tuilla

Mary Alice

American actress

*December 3rd, 1941, Indianola †July 27th, 2022, Manhattan

Brendan Fraser

Canadian-American actor (born 1968)

*December 3rd, 1968, Indianapolis

Kate O'Brien

Irish novelist, playwright and activist

*December 3rd, 1897, Limerick †August 13th, 1974, Canterbury

Joop Zoetemelk

Dutch racing cyclist

*December 3rd, 1946, Rijpwetering

Bram Tankink

Road bicycle racer

*December 3rd, 1978, Haaksbergen

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 December 3rd

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

III.XII.MDCCXVII

3.12.1717

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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December 3rd, 1717

Born on December 3rd, 1717

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 111,000 days old!

111,910 Days

15,987 Weeks

3,676 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 3rd?

A suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, killed 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.

NASA lost contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before it reached the atmosphere of Mars and disappeared.

Sony released the PlayStation, the first computer entertainment platform to ship 100 million units.

Mary Robinson was inaugurated as the first female President of Ireland.

Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt by seven gunmen in Kingston.

American singer Elvis Presley's first television special and first live performance in seven years, Singer Presents ... Elvis, was broadcast by NBC.

Cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard (pictured) performed the first successful human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.

The current flag and coat of arms of Singapore was adopted, six months after the island became self-governing within the British Empire.

Putting Pants on Philip, the first official film featuring the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, was released.

Freda Du Faur (pictured) became the first woman to climb Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand.

Himalia, Jupiter's largest irregular moon, was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at the Lick Observatory in California.

War of the Second Coalition: French forces defeated Austrian and Bavarian troops at the Battle of Hohenlinden, eventually resulting in the Austrians signing the Treaty of Lunéville.

During the First Mongol invasion of Burma, the fort at Ngasaunggyan was overrun after a two-month siege.

Mount Marapi located in West Sumatra, Indonesia begins a sporadic series of eruptions. 23 people were killed, and 12 were injured.

Massive power outage after Moore County substation attack, that leaves 45,000 people, without power, for five days, leading to a FBI probe.

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

Born on December 3rd, 1717

German writer (1717-1782)

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

Same year Born in 1717

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 3rd

Abbo of Auxerre

Pope Abraham of Alexandria (Coptic, 6 Koiak))

Adrian (Ethernan)

Birinus

Cassian of Tangier

Emma (of Lesum or of Bremen)

Francis Xavier

Blessed Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim

Zephaniah

December 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Doctors' Day (Cuba)

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

3.12.1717

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 111,000 days old!

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

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Calendar
December 1717

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