Born on December 31st, 1721
Weekday
Wednesday
December 31st, 1721 was a Wednesday.
Zodiac
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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)
December 22nd, 1721 - January 20th, 1722
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 110,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 579 days, exactly on November 27th, 2025, people who were born on December 31st, 1721 will be 111,000 days old!
110,421 Days
15,774 Weeks
3,627 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on December 31st?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 31st
Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 31st?
84 Henri Matisse
French artist (1869–1954)
*December 31st, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis †November 3rd, 1954, NiceFerdinand Noack
German classical archaeologist and classical philologist (1865-1931)
*December 31st, 1865, Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe †September 21st, 1931, Berlin
65 Jacques Cartier
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
*December 31st, 1491, Saint-Malo †September 1st, 1557, Saint-Malo.jpg "Anthony Hopkins")
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
.jpg "Nicolas-Sylvestre Bergier")
71 Nicolas-Sylvestre Bergier
French Catholic theologian
*December 31st, 1718, Darney †April 9th, 1790, Paris
96 Simon Wiesenthal
Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter
*December 31st, 1908, Buchach †September 20th, 2005, Vienna.jpg "George Marshall")
78 George Marshall
American army officer and statesman (1880–1959)
*December 31st, 1880, Uniontown †October 16th, 1959, Washington, D.C._(cropped).jpg "Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud")
67 Vaughan Jones
New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist
*December 31st, 1952, Gisborne †September 6th, 2020, Nashville.jpg "James Remar")
87 Elizabeth Arden
Canadian American businesswoman
*December 31st, 1878, Woodbridge †October 18th, 1966, New York City
Jean-Esprit Isnard
French organ builder and Dominican conversational brother
*December 31st, 1706, Bédarrides †March 16th, 1781, Tarascon.jpg "Ben Kingsley")
Same year
Born in 1721
50 Tobias Smollett
18th-century poet and author from Scotland
*March 19th, 1721, Cardross †September 17th, 1771, Livorno
42 Madame de Pompadour
Chief mistress of Louis XV of France (1721-1764)
*December 29th, 1721, Paris †April 15th, 1764, VersaillesJean-Philippe Baratier
German scholar (1721-1740)
*January 19th, 1721, Schwabach †October 5th, 1740, Halle (Saale)Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes
French statesman (1721-1794)
*December 6th, 1721, Paris †April 22nd, 1794, Paris
72 Roger Sherman
Early American lawyer and politician, Founding Father of the United States (1721-1793)
*April 19th, 1721, Newton †July 23rd, 1793, New Haven
46 John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1721-1767)
*January 8th, 1721, Rudolstadt †July 10th, 1767, Rudolstadt
48 Mark Akenside
English poet and physician
*November 9th, 1721, Newcastle upon Tyne †June 23rd, 1770, London
77 Christian Gotthelf von Gutschmid
German politician (1721-1798)
*December 12th, 1721, Kahren †December 30th, 1798, Dresden
52 Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
German general
*February 3rd, 1721, Kalkar †August 27th, 1773, Oława
71 Franz Anton Knittel
German theologian
*April 3rd, 1721, Salzdahlum †December 10th, 1792, Wolfenbüttel
76 Johann Samuel Diterich
German Archdeacon and parson (1721-1797)
*January 1st, 1721, Berlin †January 1st, 1797, Berlin.jpg "Eliphalet Dyer")
85 Eliphalet Dyer
American judge and politician
*September 14th, 1721, Windham †May 13th, 1807, Windham
Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford
British politician (1721-1803)
*August 4th, 1721, Swynnerton †October 26th, 1803, Trentham GardensPhilipp Friedrich Gmelin
German professor of botany and chemistry (1721-1768)
*August 19th, 1721, Tübingen †May 9th, 1768, TübingenCountess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken
German noble (1721-1774)
*March 9th, 1721, Ribeauvillé †March 30th, 1774, DarmstadtBirthdays of famous people
.jpg "Melanie Martinez")
Public holidays on December 31st
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, New Year's Eve) which are celebrated on December 31st.
December 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_31_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)International Solidarity Day of Azerbaijanis (Azerbaijan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Solidarity_Day_of_AzerbaijanisFirst Night (United States)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_NightLast Day of the Year or Bisperás ng Bagong Taón, special holiday between Rizal Day and New Year's Day (Philippines)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_PhilippinesNovy God Eve (Russia)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year_celebration_in_Russian_cultureŌmisoka (Japan)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/ŌmisokaThe first day of Hogmanay or "Auld Year's Night" (Scotland)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/HogmanayThe seventh of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_ChristmasThe sixth and penultimate day of Kwanzaa (United States)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PenultDate as a Roman numeral / digit
31.12.1721
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | X = 10 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1721 is a normal year and no leap year.