February 17th, 1739

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Born on February 17th, 1739 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 17th, 1739?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 17th
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Calendar (February 1739)

Born on February 17th, 1739

Weekday

Tuesday

February 17th, 1739 was a Tuesday.

Age

285

People born on February 17th, 1739 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 285 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1739 - February 19th, 1739

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 826 days, exactly on August 11th, 2026, people who were born on February 17th, 1739 will be 105,000 days old!

104,174 Days

14,882 Weeks

3,422 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 17th, 1739?

February 17th, 1739

The Battle of Vasai commences as the Marathas move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vasai

What else happened on February 17th?

February 17th, 2011

Arab Spring: Bahraini security forces killed four protesters in a pre-dawn raid at the Pearl Roundabout in Manama, while the "Day of Rage" took place in Libya with nationwide protests against Muammar Gaddafi's government.

February 17th, 1978

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army carried out a bombing of a restaurant near Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing twelve people and injuring thirty others.

February 17th, 1974

A U.S. Army soldier stole a Bell UH-1 helicopter (pictured) and landed it on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.

February 17th, 1964

Gabonese military officers overthrew President Léon M'ba, but French forces, honouring a 1960 treaty, forcibly reinstated him two days later.

February 17th, 1959

Vanguard 2 (model pictured), the first weather satellite, was launched to measure cloud cover distribution.

February 17th, 1944

World War II: The U.S. Navy began Operation Hailstone, a massive naval air and surface attack against the Japanese naval and air base at Chuuk Lagoon in the Caroline Islands.

February 17th, 1913

The Armory Show, the first large modern-art exhibition in the United States, opened at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City.

February 17th, 1904

Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered at La Scala in Milan to poor reviews, forcing him to revise the opera.

February 17th, 1894

Rudolf Diesel's first working diesel engine ran for one minute.

February 17th, 1859

Cochinchina campaign: French Navy forces captured the Citadel of Saigon, defended by 1,000 Vietnamese soldiers of the Nguyễn dynasty.

February 17th, 1838

Zulu impis massacred about 532 Voortrekkers, Khoekhoe, and Basuto near present-day Weenen, South Africa.

February 17th, 1815

The United States ratifies the Treaty of Ghent – signed in late 1814 – formally ending the War of 1812.

February 17th, 1621

Myles Standish was elected the first commander of the militia of Plymouth Colony.

February 17th, 2016

Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others.

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

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

Bao Chunlai

Chinese badminton player

*February 17th, 1983, Changsha

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

Megan Sweeney

American luger

*February 17th, 1987, Portland

Horace Bénédict de Saussure

Genevan scientist (1740-1799)

*February 17th, 1740, Conches †January 22nd, 1799, Geneva

Wong Choong Hann

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1977, Kuala Lumpur

Michael Jordan

American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)

*February 17th, 1963, Brooklyn

Freja Ravn

Danish badminton player

*February 17th, 2000, Copenhagen

Rita Süssmuth

German politician

*February 17th, 1937, Wuppertal

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

Magnus Sahlberg

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1984, Gothenburg

Soh Wooi Yik

Malaysian badminton player

*February 17th, 1998, Kuala Lumpur

Hal Holbrook

American actor (1925–2021)

*February 17th, 1925, Cleveland †January 23rd, 2021, Beverly Hills

Mo Yan

Chinese novelist and screenwriter

*February 17th, 1955, Gaomi

Arthur Kennedy

American actor (1914–1990)

*February 17th, 1914, Worcester †January 5th, 1990, Branford

Ásmundur Bjarnason

Icelandic sprinter

*February 17th, 1927, Húsavík †February 1st, 2024, Húsavík

Lou Diamond Phillips

American film, television, and stage actor

*February 17th, 1962, Naval Base Subic Bay

Paris Hilton

American media personality and socialite

*February 17th, 1981, New York City

Rory Kinnear

English actor

*February 17th, 1978, London

Alan Bates

British actor

*February 17th, 1934, Allestree †December 27th, 2003, City of Westminster

Ed Sheeran

English singer-songwriter

*February 17th, 1991, Halifax

Same year
Born in 1739

Camillo Marcolini

German noble (1739-1814)

*April 2nd, 1739, Fano †July 10th, 1814, Prague

George Clinton

Vice president of the United States from 1805 to 1812

*July 26th, 1739, Little Britain †April 20th, 1812, Washington, D.C.

Grigory Potemkin

Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)

*September 13th, 1739, Chizhevo †October 5th, 1791, Iași

Friedrich Wilhelm Rust

German violinist and composer

*July 6th, 1739, Wörlitz †February 28th, 1796, Dessau

Georges Jacob

French master joiner in seats, wood engraver, cabinet-maker 1739-1814

*July 6th, 1739, Cheny †July 5th, 1814, Paris

Juan de Villanueva

Spanish architect (1739–1811)

*September 15th, 1739, Madrid †August 22nd, 1811, Madrid

Charles François Dumouriez

French general (1739–1823)

*January 26th, 1739, Cambrai †March 14th, 1823, Turville

Giovanni Francesco Fromond

*September 17th, 1739, Cremona †July 16th, 1785, Cremona

William Hewson

British physiologist

*November 14th, 1739, Hexham †May 1st, 1774, London

Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart

French architect

*February 15th, 1739, Paris †June 6th, 1813, Paris

Henrik Gabriel Porthan

Finnish historian (1739-1804)

*November 8th, 1739, Viitasaari †March 16th, 1804, Turku

Paine Wingate

American politician (1739-1838)

*May 14th, 1739, Amesbury †March 7th, 1838, Stratham

Pedro Ramón Palacios Gil Arratia

Venezuelan priest, music educator

*January 17th, 1739, Guatire †January 1st, 1799, Caracas

Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance

French politician, linguist and translator (1739-1824)

*March 19th, 1739, Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin †June 14th, 1824, Sainte-Mesme

Allen Jones

American statesman, 1739-1798

*December 24th, 1739, Edgecombe County †November 10th, 1798, Northampton County

Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours

French writer, economist, and government official (1739–1817)

*December 14th, 1739, Paris †August 7th, 1817, Delaware

James Anderson

Scottish economist

*May 23rd, 1739, Edinburgh †October 15th, 1808, West Ham

Jean Nicolas Houchard

French general

*January 24th, 1739, Forbach †November 17th, 1793, Paris

George Mathews

American politician (1739-1812)

*August 30th, 1739, Augusta County †August 30th, 1812, Augusta

Karl von Zinzendorf

Austrian politician (1739-1813)

*January 5th, 1739, Dresden †January 5th, 1813, Vienna

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 17th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 17th.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Kosovo in 2008, still partially recognized.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_Independence_Day

Revolution Day (Libya)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Libya

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVII.II.MDCCXXXIX

17.2.1739

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1739 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1739

February 1739

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
5							1
6	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
7	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
8	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
9	23	24	25	26	27	28

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February 17th, 1739

Born on February 17th, 1739

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

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Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

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

104,174 Days

14,882 Weeks

3,422 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 17th, 1739?

The Battle of Vasai commences as the Marathas move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.

What else happened on February 17th?

Arab Spring: Bahraini security forces killed four protesters in a pre-dawn raid at the Pearl Roundabout in Manama, while the "Day of Rage" took place in Libya with nationwide protests against Muammar Gaddafi's government.

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army carried out a bombing of a restaurant near Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing twelve people and injuring thirty others.

A U.S. Army soldier stole a Bell UH-1 helicopter (pictured) and landed it on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Gabonese military officers overthrew President Léon M'ba, but French forces, honouring a 1960 treaty, forcibly reinstated him two days later.

Vanguard 2 (model pictured), the first weather satellite, was launched to measure cloud cover distribution.

World War II: The U.S. Navy began Operation Hailstone, a massive naval air and surface attack against the Japanese naval and air base at Chuuk Lagoon in the Caroline Islands.

The Armory Show, the first large modern-art exhibition in the United States, opened at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City.

Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered at La Scala in Milan to poor reviews, forcing him to revise the opera.

Rudolf Diesel's first working diesel engine ran for one minute.

Cochinchina campaign: French Navy forces captured the Citadel of Saigon, defended by 1,000 Vietnamese soldiers of the Nguyễn dynasty.

Zulu impis massacred about 532 Voortrekkers, Khoekhoe, and Basuto near present-day Weenen, South Africa.

The United States ratifies the Treaty of Ghent – signed in late 1814 – formally ending the War of 1812.

Myles Standish was elected the first commander of the militia of Plymouth Colony.

Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 29 people and injuring 61 others.

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

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

Same year Born in 1739

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 17th

Christian feast day: Seven Founders of the Servite Order Alexis Falconieri

Constabilis

Donatus, Romulus, Secundian, and Companions

Fintan of Clonenagh

Janani Luwum (Anglican Communion)

Lommán of Trim

February 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Kosovo in 2008, still partially recognized.

Revolution Day (Libya)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

17.2.1739

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