November 17th, 1736

Born on November 17th, 1736

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 104,000 days old!

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What happened on November 17th?

November 17th, 2013

An outbreak of 77 confirmed tornadoes occurred in seven U.S. states; it became the largest November tornado outbreak in Illinois and Indiana.

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 (pictured) in Luxor, one of Egypt's top tourist attractions.

November 17th, 1989

Walt Disney Pictures released The Little Mermaid to theatres, starting 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 fifteen.

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 defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Arcole in a manoeuvre to cut the latter's 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 (pictured) 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.

November 17th, 2019

The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.

November 17th, 2013

A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.

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

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

34

Emmsjé Gauti

Icelandic rapper

*November 17th, 1989, Iceland

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

68

Louis XVIII of France

Bourbon King of France and of Navarre (1755-1824)

*November 17th, 1755, Palace of Versailles †September 16th, 1824, Tuileries Palace

48

Anders Anundsen

Norwegian politician

*November 17th, 1975, Stavern

26

Julian Ryerson

Norwegian association football player

*November 17th, 1997, Lyngdal

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

57

Sophie Marceau

French actress

*November 17th, 1966, Paris

65

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

American actress

*November 17th, 1958, Lombard

84

Michele Carafa

Italian opera composer

*November 17th, 1787, Naples †July 26th, 1872, Paris

91

Nicolas Appert

French inventor of airtight food preservation

*November 17th, 1749, Châlons-en-Champagne †June 1st, 1841, Massy

81

Martin Scorsese

American film director, screenwriter and producer

*November 17th, 1942, Queens

29

Benno Schmitz

German footballer

*November 17th, 1994, Munich

79

Danny DeVito

American actor, director, and producer

*November 17th, 1944, Neptune Township

63

Petrik Sander

German association football player and manager

*November 17th, 1960, Quedlinburg

71

Cyril Ramaphosa

President of South Africa since 2018

*November 17th, 1952, Soweto

57

Peter Cook

British actor, satirist, writer and comedian (1937-1995)

*November 17th, 1937, Torquay †January 9th, 1995, Hampstead

45

Rachel McAdams

Canadian actress

*November 17th, 1978, London

73

Carlo Verdone

Italian actor, screenwriter and film director

*November 17th, 1950, Rome

76

Carsten Anker

Norwegian merchant, civil servant and politician (1747-1824)

*November 17th, 1747, Frederikshald †March 13th, 1824, Biri

37

Nani

Portuguese association football player

*November 17th, 1986, Praia

Same year
Born in 1736

83

James Watt

British engineer (1736–1819)

*January 19th, 1736, Greenock †August 25th, 1819, Heathfield Hall

77

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)

*January 25th, 1736, Turin †April 10th, 1813, Paris

63

Patrick Henry

Attorney, planter, politician and Founding Father of the United States (1736-1799)

*May 29th, 1736, Hanover County †June 6th, 1799, Brookneal

70

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

French physicist

*June 14th, 1736, Angoulême †August 23rd, 1806, Paris

65

Friedrich Ernst von Bülow

(1736–1802)

*October 5th, 1736, Essenrode †May 4th, 1802, Celle

84

Johann Georg Scheffner

German author and translator

*August 8th, 1736, Königsberg †August 16th, 1820, Königsberg

76

Petrus Abresch

Dutch author, theologian and university professor

*January 26th, 1736, Middelburg †December 11th, 1812, Groningen

59

James Macpherson

British writer, poet, translator and politician (1736-1796)

*October 27th, 1736, Ruthven †February 17th, 1796, Inverness-shire

47

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

German sculptor

*February 6th, 1736, Wiesensteig †August 19th, 1783, Bratislava

63

Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch

German composer (1736-1800)

*November 18th, 1736, Zerbst †August 3rd, 1800, Berlin

85

Alexandre Angélique de Talleyrand-Périgord

Catholic cardinal (1736-1821)

*October 16th, 1736, Paris †October 20th, 1821, Paris

73

Johann Georg Albrechtsberger

Austrian music educator, composer and organist

*February 3rd, 1736, Klosterneuburg †March 7th, 1809, Vienna

69

Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth

*February 24th, 1736, Ansbach †January 5th, 1806, Speen

58

Michael Ignaz Schmidt

(1736-1794)

*January 30th, 1736, Arnstein †November 1st, 1794, Vienna

66

Daniel Morgan

American pioneer, soldier, and politician (1736-1802)

*July 6th, 1736, Hunterdon County †July 6th, 1802, Winchester

74

Robert Raikes

English promoter of Sunday schools

*September 14th, 1736, Gloucester †April 5th, 1811, Gloucester

61

Carter Braxton

American politician (1736-1797), signer of the Declaration of Independence

*September 16th, 1736, King and Queen County †October 10th, 1797, Richmond

58

Eiler Hagerup

Norwegian lawyer and civil servant

*December 26th, 1736, Trondheim †May 19th, 1795

85

Jesse Root

American politician (1736-1822)

*December 28th, 1736, Coventry †March 29th, 1822

83

Michael Underwood

British physician

*September 29th, 1736, Surrey †November 30th, 1819, Knightsbridge

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Leap year

Yes: 1736 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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