February 24th, 1739

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Born on February 24th, 1739 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 24th, 1739?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 24th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1739)

Born on February 24th, 1739

Weekday

Tuesday

February 24th, 1739 was a Tuesday.

Age

285

People born on February 24th, 1739 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 285 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1739 - March 20th, 1739

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 834 days, exactly on August 18th, 2026, people who were born on February 24th, 1739 will be 105,000 days old!

104,166 Days

14,880 Weeks

3,422 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 24th, 1739?

February 24th, 1739

Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Karnal

What else happened on February 24th?

February 24th, 2015

At a restaurant in Uherský Brod, Czech Republic, a gunman opened fire in a restaurant, killing eight people before committing suicide.

February 24th, 1979

Uganda–Tanzania War: Ugandan government forces fled Masaka, Uganda, as the Tanzania People's Defence Force bombarded and captured the town.

February 24th, 2022

Russian forces launched an invasion of Ukraine in an escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict.

February 24th, 1989

United Airlines Flight 811 experienced uncontrolled decompression after leaving Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii, blowing seats out of the aircraft and killing nine passengers.

February 24th, 1978

Five men disappeared after attending a college basketball game in Chico, California; the bodies of four of them were discovered months later.

February 24th, 1968

Vietnam War: Led by Ngô Quang Trưởng, South Vietnamese forces recaptured the citadel of Huế.

February 24th, 1943

World War II: The Battle of Kasserine Pass, the first major engagement between American and Axis forces in Africa, ended with the Allied forces suffering heavy losses.

February 24th, 1942

World War II: Eyewitness reports of unidentified flying objects over Los Angeles triggered a massive anti-aircraft artillery barrage under the belief it was a Japanese attack.

February 24th, 1868

Andrew Johnson became the first U.S. president to be impeached.

February 24th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: French admiral Villaret de Joyeuse unconditionally surrendered to the British, which ended the British invasion of Martinique and began a five-year occupation of the island.

February 24th, 1720

War of the Quadruple Alliance: Spanish forces began a failed assault on the British settlement of Nassau in the Bahamas.

February 24th, 1711

Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel (pictured), the first Italian-language opera written specifically for the London stage, premiered.

February 24th, 1607

Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, considered the first fully developed opera, premiered in Mantua.

February 24th, 0303

The Diocletianic Persecution, the last and most severe episode of the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, began with the publication of a first edict by Roman emperor Diocletian.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 24th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 24th?

Erna Solberg

Norwegian politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Norway

*February 24th, 1961, Bergen

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

Henrik Ingebrigtsen

Norwegian athlete

*February 24th, 1991, Sandnes Municipality

Hansi Flick

German association football player and manager

*February 24th, 1965, Heidelberg

Jules Girard

French literary theorist (1825 - 1902)

*February 24th, 1825, Paris †March 30th, 1902, Cannes

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

Yao Lei

Singaporean badminton player

*February 24th, 1990, Jiangsu

Aaron Chia Teng Fong

Malaysian badminton player

*February 24th, 1997, Malacca

Jacques de Vaucanson

French inventor of mechanical automata

*February 24th, 1709, Grenoble †November 21st, 1782, Paris

Christopher Trimmel

Austrian association football player

*February 24th, 1987, Oberpullendorf

Evgenij Dremin

Badminton player

*February 24th, 1981, Novosibirsk

Cheng Wen-Hsing

Taiwanese badminton player

*February 24th, 1982, Taipei

Lu Chia-Bin

Taiwanese badminton player

*February 24th, 1990, Taipei

Yuval Noah Harari

Israeli historian and author of popular science bestsellers

*February 24th, 1976, Kiryat Ata

Inken Wienefeld

Badminton player

*February 24th, 1992, Hamburg

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

Muhammad Bayu Pangisthu

Badminton player

*February 24th, 1996, Medan

Martina Ebm

Austrian actress

*February 24th, 1982, Vienna

Joseph Banks

English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences (1743-1820)

*February 24th, 1743, Soho †June 19th, 1820, Isleworth

Barry Bostwick

American actor

*February 24th, 1945, San Mateo

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 24th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 24th.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Estonia from the Russian Empire in 1918; the Soviet period is considered to have been an illegal annexation.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Estonia)

National Artist Day (Thailand)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Artist_(Thailand)

Sweden Finns' Day (Sweden)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden_Finns'_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIV.II.MDCCXXXIX

24.2.1739

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

IV = 4

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 24th, 1739

Born on February 24th, 1739

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

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

104,166 Days

14,880 Weeks

3,422 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 24th, 1739?

Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.

What else happened on February 24th?

At a restaurant in Uherský Brod, Czech Republic, a gunman opened fire in a restaurant, killing eight people before committing suicide.

Uganda–Tanzania War: Ugandan government forces fled Masaka, Uganda, as the Tanzania People's Defence Force bombarded and captured the town.

Russian forces launched an invasion of Ukraine in an escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict.

United Airlines Flight 811 experienced uncontrolled decompression after leaving Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii, blowing seats out of the aircraft and killing nine passengers.

Five men disappeared after attending a college basketball game in Chico, California; the bodies of four of them were discovered months later.

Vietnam War: Led by Ngô Quang Trưởng, South Vietnamese forces recaptured the citadel of Huế.

World War II: The Battle of Kasserine Pass, the first major engagement between American and Axis forces in Africa, ended with the Allied forces suffering heavy losses.

World War II: Eyewitness reports of unidentified flying objects over Los Angeles triggered a massive anti-aircraft artillery barrage under the belief it was a Japanese attack.

Andrew Johnson became the first U.S. president to be impeached.

Napoleonic Wars: French admiral Villaret de Joyeuse unconditionally surrendered to the British, which ended the British invasion of Martinique and began a five-year occupation of the island.

War of the Quadruple Alliance: Spanish forces began a failed assault on the British settlement of Nassau in the Bahamas.

Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel (pictured), the first Italian-language opera written specifically for the London stage, premiered.

Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, considered the first fully developed opera, premiered in Mantua.

The Diocletianic Persecution, the last and most severe episode of the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, began with the publication of a first edict by Roman emperor Diocletian.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 24th

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Same year Born in 1739

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 24th

Blessed Ascensión Nicol y Goñi

Lindel Tsen and Paul Sasaki (Anglican Church of Canada)

Modest (bishop of Trier)

Sergius of Cappadocia

February 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Dragobete (Romania)

Engineer's Day (Iran)

Flag Day in Mexico

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Estonia from the Russian Empire in 1918; the Soviet period is considered to have been an illegal annexation.

National Artist Day (Thailand)

Sweden Finns' Day (Sweden)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

24.2.1739

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