November 6th, 1720

Born on November 6th, 1720

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 110,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 156 days, exactly on October 3rd, 2024, people who were born on November 6th, 1720 will be 111,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 6th?

November 6th, 2004

A man committing suicide parked his car on the railway tracks in Ufton Nervet, Berkshire, England, causing a derailment that killed seven people.

November 6th, 1977

The Kelly Barnes Dam in Stephens County, Georgia, collapsed; the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused US$2.8 million in damages.

November 6th, 1963

Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ was appointed by the junta of General Dương Văn Minh to head the South Vietnamese government, five days after Minh deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm.

November 6th, 1944

The B Reactor at the Hanford Site in the U.S. state of Washington began producing plutonium, with the facility later going on to create more for nearly the entire American nuclear arsenal.

November 6th, 1939

As part of their plan to eradicate the Polish intellectual elite, the Gestapo arrested 184 professors, students and employees of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

November 6th, 1917

First World War: Canadian forces captured Passendale, Belgium, after three months of fighting against the Germans at the Battle of Passchendaele.

November 6th, 1868

Red Cloud, a Native American leader of the Oglala Lakota tribe, signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie, ending Red Cloud's War and establishing the Great Sioux Reservation.

November 6th, 1863

American Civil War: A Union brigade defeated a Confederate force at the Battle of Droop Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

November 6th, 1856

The first story from the collection Scenes of Clerical Life by the English author George Eliot (pictured) was submitted for publication.

November 6th, 1794

French Revolutionary Wars: Two British ships are intercepted by a French squadron, leading to the French seizure of the HMS Alexander.

November 6th, 1217

King Henry III of England issued the Charter of the Forest, re-establishing the rights of access of free men to royal forests.

November 6th, 2016

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launched a successful military campaign to isolate and eventually capture Raqqa, the Islamic State's capital.

November 6th, 2012

Tammy Baldwin (pictured) became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

November 6th, 2016

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch an offensive to capture the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

November 6th, 2012

Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 6th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 6th?

33

André Schürrle

German association football player

*November 6th, 1990, Ludwigshafen

73

Bálint Kuzsinszky

Archaeologist, museologist, numismatist

*November 6th, 1864, Subotica †August 23rd, 1938, Budapest

53

Ethan Hawke

American actor and writer (b. 1970)

*November 6th, 1970, Austin

62

Florent Pagny

French recording artist; singer

*November 6th, 1961, Chalon-sur-Saône

71

Suleiman the Magnificent

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and caliph (1520–1566)

*November 6th, 1494, Trabzon †September 7th, 1566, Szigetvár

35

Emma Stone

American actress

*November 6th, 1988, Scottsdale

79

Adolphe Sax

Belgian musical instrument designer and musician

*November 6th, 1814, Dinant †February 7th, 1894, Paris

63

Michael Cerveris

American actor

*November 6th, 1960, Bethesda

77

Sally Field

American actress

*November 6th, 1946, Pasadena

55

James Jones

American author

*November 6th, 1921, Robinson †May 9th, 1977, Southampton

35

Conchita Wurst

Austrian singer and drag queen

*November 6th, 1988, Gmunden

27

Aaron Hernandez

American convicted murderer and football player (1989-2017)

*November 6th, 1989, Bristol †April 19th, 2017, Lancaster

85

Josef Grohé

Gauleiter of Cologne (1902-1987)

*November 6th, 1902, Gemünden †December 27th, 1987, Brück

39

Patina Miller

American actress and singer

*November 6th, 1984, Pageland

56

Emmanuelle Bercot

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*November 6th, 1967, Paris

34

Frank Vandenbroucke

Road bicycle racer

*November 6th, 1974, Mouscron †October 12th, 2009, Saly

36

Ana Ivanovic

Serbian tennis player

*November 6th, 1987, Belgrade

69

Aimable Pélissier

French military officer who executed the genocide of the Ouled Riah tribe in Algeria

*November 6th, 1794, Maromme †May 22nd, 1864, Algiers

53

José Raúl Capablanca

Cuban chess player (1888-1942)

*November 6th, 1888, Havana †March 8th, 1942, New York City

51

Rebecca Romijn

American actress and model (born 1972)

*November 6th, 1972, Berkeley

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Born in 1720

85

Carlo Gozzi

Italian playwright (1720-1806)

*December 13th, 1720, Venice †April 4th, 1806, Venice

67

Carlo Antonio Campioni

French-Italian composer

*November 16th, 1720, Lunéville †April 12th, 1788, Florence

57

Anna Maria Mozart

Mother of Maria Anna ("Nannerl") and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

*December 25th, 1720, Sankt Gilgen †July 3rd, 1778, Paris

74

Honoré III, Prince of Monaco

Monegasque prince (1720-1795)

*November 10th, 1720, Paris †March 21st, 1795, Paris

72

Henriette Amalie of Anhalt-Dessau

Princess of Anhalt-Dessau (1720-1793)

*December 7th, 1720, Dessau †December 5th, 1793, Dessau

70

Richard Price

British philosopher, preacher and mathematician (1723–1791)

*November 30th, 1720, Glamorgan †April 19th, 1791, London

71

Maximilian Hell

Slovak-Hungarian Jesuit, astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (1720–1792)

*May 15th, 1720, Banská Štiavnica †April 14th, 1792, Vienna

80

Samuel Werenfels

Swiss architect

*August 4th, 1720, Basel †September 11th, 1800, Basel

63

Anton Tischbein

German painter (1720-1784)

*August 28th, 1720, Haina †July 26th, 1784, Hamburg

58

Charles De Geer

Swedish industrialist and entomologist (1720-1778)

*February 10th, 1720, Finspång †March 7th, 1778, Stockholm

73

Charles Bonnet

Swiss philosopher and naturalist (1720 – 1793)

*March 13th, 1720, Geneva †May 20th, 1793, Genthod

83

Henrik Adam Brockenhuus

Danish courtier, local administrator in Zealand

*May 30th, 1720, Hamar Municipality †June 11th, 1803, Jungshovedgaard

68

Georg Michael Frank von La Roche

1720 - 1788

*January 1st, 1720, Tauberbischofsheim †January 1st, 1788

44

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

*May 8th, 1720, London †October 2nd, 1764, Spa

76

Baron Munchausen

German nobleman

*May 11th, 1720, Bodenwerder †February 22nd, 1797, Bodenwerder

67

Charles Edward Stuart

Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, Ireland, and France; (1720-1788)

*December 31st, 1720, Palazzo Muti †January 31st, 1788, Palazzo Muti

58

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Italian painter (1720-1778)

*October 4th, 1720, Mogliano Veneto †November 9th, 1778, Rome

77

Vilna Gaon

Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797)

*April 23rd, 1720, Sialiec †October 9th, 1797, Vilnius

45

Filippo I, Duke of Parma

Monarch of Parma, Piacenza

*March 15th, 1720, Madrid †July 18th, 1765, Alessandria

30

Sakuramachi

Emperor of Japan (1720-1750)

*February 8th, 1720, Kyoto †May 28th, 1750, Kyoto

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Leap year

Yes: 1720 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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