November 17th, 1727

Born on November 17th, 1727

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

November 17th, 1894

H. H. Holmes (pictured), one of the first modern serial killers, was arrested in Boston after killing at least nine people.

November 17th, 1800

The U.S. Congress convened in Washington D.C. for the first time in the partially completed Capitol Building.

November 17th, 2013

Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashed during an aborted landing at Kazan International Airport, Russia, killing all 50 people on board and leading to the revocation of the airline's operating certificate.

November 17th, 2012

In Manfalut, Egypt, a school bus was hit by a train, killing at least 50 children.

November 17th, 2009

Administrators at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit discovered that their servers had been hacked, and thousands of emails and files on climate change had been stolen.

November 17th, 1997

Sixty-two people were killed by Islamist terrorists outside Deir el-Bahari (temple pictured) in Luxor, one of Egypt's top tourist attractions.

November 17th, 1989

Walt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, beginning the Disney Renaissance.

November 17th, 1968

NBC controversially cut away from an American football game between the Oakland Raiders and New York Jets to broadcast Heidi, causing viewers in the Eastern United States to miss the game's dramatic ending.

November 17th, 1950

The 14th Dalai Lama (pictured) assumed full temporal power as ruler of Tibet at the age of 15.

November 17th, 1943

World War II: Australian forces launched an assault on Sattelberg, New Guinea, against Japanese forces, initiating the Battle of Sattelberg.

November 17th, 1941

World War II: Hjalmar Siilasvuo ordered Finnish forces to halt their assault against Soviet forces near Salla, concluding Operation Arctic Fox.

November 17th, 1796

French Revolutionary Wars: French forces won the Battle of Arcole in a manoeuvre to cut the Austrians' line of retreat.

November 17th, 1592

Sigismund III Vasa, who was already King of Poland, succeeded his father John III as King of Sweden.

November 17th, 1558

Elizabeth I became Queen of England and of Ireland, marking the beginning of the Elizabethan era.

November 17th, 1292

John Balliol was chosen to be King of Scots over Robert de Brus.

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

Same year
Born in 1727

32

Louise Élisabeth of France

French princess

*August 14th, 1727, Versailles †December 6th, 1759, Versailles

79

Michel Adanson

French naturalist (1727-1806)

*April 7th, 1727, Aix-en-Provence †August 3rd, 1806, Paris

90

Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin

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

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

52

Tommaso Traetta

Italian composer

*March 30th, 1727, Bitonto †April 6th, 1779, Venice

76

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Italian painter and engraver

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

44

Justine Favart

French opera singer

*June 14th, 1727, Avignon †April 21st, 1772, Paris

65

Elizabeth Griffith

Welsh-Irish writer

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

75

Henry XXX of Reuss-Gera

(1727-1802)

*April 24th, 1727, Gera †April 26th, 1802, Gera

67

Friedrich Hartmann Graf

German composer (1727-1795)

*August 23rd, 1727, Rudolstadt †August 19th, 1795, Augsburg

32

François Thurot

French privateer, merchant naval captain and smuggler

*July 22nd, 1727, Nuits-Saint-Georges †February 28th, 1760, Isle of Man

69

Pasquale Anfossi

Italian opera composer

*April 5th, 1727, Taggia †February 1st, 1797, Rome

56

Nano Nagle

Foundress of Presentation Sisters

*November 30th, 1727, County Cork †April 20th, 1784, Cork

84

Pierre Laujon

French playwright and chansonnier

*January 13th, 1727, Paris †July 13th, 1811, Paris

54

Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold

Count of Lippe (1727-1782)

*June 12th, 1727, Detmold †May 1st, 1782, Detmold

86

Martin Bachofen

(1727-1814)

*March 23rd, 1727, Basel †February 10th, 1814, Basel

51

Johann Joseph Gassner

Austrian priest

*August 22nd, 1727, Bludenz †January 1st, 1779, Kirchroth

60

Ludwig Joseph von Welden

German priest, Prince-Bishop of Freising

*May 11th, 1727, Hochaltingen †March 15th, 1788, Freising

70

Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov

Russian Minister of Education, one of the founders of the Moscow University (1755)

*November 1st, 1727, Moscow †November 15th, 1797, Saint Petersburg

66

Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne

Catholic cardinal (1727-1794)

*October 9th, 1727, Paris †February 16th, 1794, Sens

24

Christian Renatus von Zinzendorf

German hymnwriter

*September 19th, 1727, Herrnhut †May 28th, 1752, London

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Leap year

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

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