April 17th, 1727

Born on April 17th, 1727

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on April 17th?

April 17th, 2014

NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-186f, the first exoplanet with a radius similar to Earth's discovered in the habitable zone of another star.

April 17th, 1986

Having supposedly been at war for 335 years without a single shot having been fired and no casualties incurred, the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace.

April 17th, 1984

Metropolitan Police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in London, resulting in an 11-day police siege of the building and a breakdown of Libya–United Kingdom relations.

April 17th, 1975

The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing the socialist state of Democratic Kampuchea.

April 17th, 1973

George Lucas began writing a 13-page film treatment that later formed the basis of Star Wars.

April 17th, 1969

Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

April 17th, 1951

The Peak District was designated the first national park in the United Kingdom.

April 17th, 1907

Minas Geraes (pictured), the first of three Brazilian dreadnought battleships, was laid down, sparking a vastly expensive South American naval arms race with Argentina and Chile.

April 17th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: After a three-day chase, the French ship D'Hautpoul was captured off Puerto Rico by a British squadron under Alexander Cochrane.

April 17th, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: British forces commanded by Lieutenant-General Ralph Abercromby invaded the Spanish colonial port of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

April 17th, 1783

The Mechanical Turk, a fraudulent chess-playing "machine" by Wolfgang von Kempelen that was secretly controlled by a hidden human, began a tour of Europe.

April 17th, 1362

Lithuanian Crusade: After a month-long siege, forces of the Teutonic Order captured and destroyed Kaunas Castle (reconstruction pictured), which was defended by troops of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

April 17th, 1080

Canute IV became King of Denmark upon the death of his brother Harald III.

April 17th, 2021

The funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

April 17th, 2014

NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 17th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 17th?

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

57

Timothy Gibbs

American actor

*April 17th, 1967, Calabasas

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

47

Taksin

King of Siam

*April 17th, 1734, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya †April 7th, 1782, Thon Buri

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

*April 17th, 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine †December 9th, 1996, Paris

61

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler (1954-2015)

*April 17th, 1954, Saskatoon †July 31st, 2015, Hollywood

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

82

David Bradley

British actor

*April 17th, 1942, York

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

77

Nicolas Louis François de Neufchâteau

French statesman, poet, politician, agronomist and scientist (1750-1828)

*April 17th, 1750, Saffais †January 10th, 1828, Paris

32

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

50

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

78

Thornton Wilder

American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)

*April 17th, 1897, Madison †December 7th, 1975, Hamden

43

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

*April 17th, 1981, Barrow-in-Furness

54

Pascale Arbillot

French actress

*April 17th, 1970, France

75

J. P. Morgan

American financier, banker, and art collector (1837–1913)

*April 17th, 1837, Hartford †March 31st, 1913, Rome

64

Johann Peter Miller

Lutheran theologian and educationist (1725-1789)

*April 17th, 1725, Leipheim †May 29th, 1789, Göttingen

84

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) from 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000

*April 17th, 1916, Baḷangoḍa †October 10th, 2000, Colombo

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Born in 1727

53

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

French economist (1727-1781)

*May 10th, 1727, Paris †March 18th, 1781, Paris

90

Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin

Chemist, physician and botanist from the Netherlands (1727-1817)

*February 16th, 1727, Leiden †October 26th, 1817, Vienna

76

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Italian painter and engraver

*August 30th, 1727, Venice †March 3rd, 1804, Venice

61

Thomas Gainsborough

English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788)

*May 14th, 1727, Sudbury †August 2nd, 1788, London

31

Johann Gottfried Zinn

Botanist and physician (1727-1759)

*December 4th, 1727, Schwabach †April 6th, 1759, Göttingen

65

Elizabeth Griffith

Welsh-Irish writer

*October 11th, 1727, Glamorgan †January 5th, 1793, Kildare

92

William Samuel Johnson

British-American politician (1727-1819)

*October 7th, 1727, Stratford †November 14th, 1819, Stratford

92

William Ellery

American politician and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence

*December 2nd, 1727, Newport †February 15th, 1820, Newport

63

Samuel Heinicke

German educator

*April 10th, 1727, Nautschütz †April 30th, 1790, Leipzig

67

Mahadaji Scindia

Indian ruler

*January 1st, 1727, Ujjain †February 12th, 1794, Wanwadi

83

Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of La Conquista

Royal Governor of Chile

*September 20th, 1727, Santiago †February 26th, 1811, Santiago

53

Pierre Montan Berton

French composer and conductor

*January 7th, 1727, Maubert-Fontaine †May 14th, 1780, Paris

71

Georg Andreas Will

German historian

*August 30th, 1727, Obermichelbach †September 18th, 1798, Altdorf bei Nürnberg

67

Jean-Frédéric de la Tour du Pin-Gouvernet

French noble and statesman (1727-1794)

*March 22nd, 1727, Grenoble †April 28th, 1794, Paris

76

Frederik Christian Kaas

Danish naval officer (1727-1804)

*December 1st, 1727, Copenhagen †March 28th, 1804, Copenhagen

83

Jean-Georges Noverre

French dancer (1727-1810)

*April 29th, 1727, Paris †October 19th, 1810, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

32

James Wolfe

British Army officer (1727–1759)

*January 2nd, 1727, Westerham †September 13th, 1759, Quebec City

63

Caroline von Keyserling

German painter (1727-1791)

*December 2nd, 1727, Königsberg †August 24th, 1791, Königsberg

78

Ignaz Schiffermüller

Austrian entomologist

*October 2nd, 1727, Hellmonsödt †June 21st, 1806, Linz

67

Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau

Austrian diplomat

*April 20th, 1727, Liège †August 25th, 1794, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1727 is a normal year and no leap year.

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