Born on December 17th, 1720
Weekday
Tuesday
December 17th, 1720 was a Tuesday.
Zodiac
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Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)
November 23rd, 1720 - December 21st, 1720
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 110,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 197 days, exactly on November 13th, 2024, people who were born on December 17th, 1720 will be 111,000 days old!
110,803 Days
15,829 Weeks
3,640 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on December 17th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 17th
Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 17th?
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Émilie du Châtelet
French mathematician, physicist, and author (1706-1749)
*December 17th, 1706, Paris †September 10th, 1749, Lunéville
Carl Meyer
German architect (1855-1936)
*December 17th, 1855, Estorf †November 30th, 1935, Hanover.jpg "Johann Paul Reinhard")
74 Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre
Spanish noble and politician (1810-1885)
*December 17th, 1810, Isla de León †November 26th, 1885, Madrid
68 Johann Gerhard Reinhard Andreae
German geologist (1724-1793)
*December 17th, 1724, Hanover †May 1st, 1793, Hanover.jpg "Alexander Emanuel Agassiz")
74 Alexander Emanuel Agassiz
Swiss-American zoologist and engineer (1835-1910)
*December 17th, 1835, Neuchâtel †March 27th, 1910, RMS Adriatic
69 Josef Lada
Czech illustrator, painter, caricaturist, scenographer and writer (1887-1957)
*December 17th, 1887, Hrusice †December 14th, 1957, Prague
51 Domenico Cimarosa
Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school
*December 17th, 1749, Aversa †January 11th, 1801, Venice
80 Joseph Henry
American scientist and the 1st Secretary of the Smithsonian (1797-1878)
*December 17th, 1797, Albany †May 13th, 1878, Washington, D.C.
45 Manny Pacquiao
Filipino boxer, basketball player, singer, actor and politician and a philantropist
*December 17th, 1978, Kibawe
Same year
Born in 1720
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.jpg "Henriette Amalie of Anhalt-Dessau")
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
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, 1788William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
*May 8th, 1720, London †October 2nd, 1764, SpaCharles Edward Stuart
Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, Ireland, and France; (1720-1788)
*December 31st, 1720, Palazzo Muti †January 31st, 1788, Palazzo MutiGiovanni Battista Piranesi
Italian painter (1720-1778)
*October 4th, 1720, Mogliano Veneto †November 9th, 1778, RomeVilna Gaon
Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797)
*April 23rd, 1720, Sialiec †October 9th, 1797, VilniusFilippo I, Duke of Parma
Monarch of Parma, Piacenza
*March 15th, 1720, Madrid †July 18th, 1765, AlessandriaBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on December 17th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 17th.
Lazarus of Bethany (local commemoration in Cuba)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazarus_of_BethanyDecember 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_17_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Accession Day (Bahrain)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_BahrainInternational Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_to_End_Violence_Against_Sex_WorkersKurdish Flag Day (Global Kurdish population)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_KurdistanNational Day (Bhutan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_BhutanPan American Aviation Day (United States)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_American_Aviation_DayWright Brothers Day, a United States federal observance by Presidential proclamation
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Brothers_DayDate as a Roman numeral / digit
17.12.1720
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
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).