April 17th, 1743

Born on April 17th, 1743

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

60

Johann Gottlieb Naumann

German opera composer

*April 17th, 1741, Blasewitz †October 23rd, 1801, Dresden

77

Nicolas Louis François de Neufchâteau

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

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

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

47

Taksin

King of Siam

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

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

71

Charles Blagden

British physician and scientist

*April 17th, 1748, Gloucestershire †March 26th, 1820, Arcueil

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

82

David Bradley

British actor

*April 17th, 1942, York

77

Salomé Gélieu

Swiss governess

*April 17th, 1742, Les Bayards †March 29th, 1820, Colombier

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

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

Same year
Born in 1743

83

Thomas Jefferson

President of the United States from 1801 to 1809

*April 13th, 1743, Shadwell †July 4th, 1826, Monticello

50

Antoine Lavoisier

French chemist

*August 26th, 1743, Paris †May 8th, 1794, place de la Concorde

80

Louise von Lengefeld

Hofmeisterin at the court of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and mother-in-law of Friedrich Schiller

*July 27th, 1743, Wolkramshausen †December 11th, 1823, Rudolstadt

50

Jean-Paul Marat

Politician and journalist during the French Revolution (1743-1793)

*May 24th, 1743, Boudry †July 13th, 1793, Paris

59

Toussaint Louverture

Haitian national hero

*May 20th, 1743, Cap-Haïtien †April 7th, 1803, Fort de Joux

50

Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet

French philosopher, mathematician, and political scientist (1743-1794)

*September 17th, 1743, Ribemont †March 29th, 1794, Bourg-la-Reine

79

René Just Haüy

French mineralogist

*February 28th, 1743, Saint-Just-en-Chaussée †June 3rd, 1822, Paris

78

José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa

Spanish military officer and viceroyal administrator (1743-1821)

*June 3rd, 1743, Oviedo †June 30th, 1821, Madrid

63

David Roentgen

German cabinetmaker (1743-1807)

*August 11th, 1743, Herrnhaag †February 12th, 1807, Wiesbaden

77

Joseph Banks

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

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

52

Alessandro Cagliostro

Italian occultist

*June 2nd, 1743, Palermo †August 26th, 1795, San Leo

69

Christian Ehregott Weinlig

German composer

*September 30th, 1743, Dresden †March 14th, 1813, Dresden

85

Christian Gottlieb von Arndt

German historian

*December 2nd, 1743, Łabędnik †January 2nd, 1829, Heidelberg

67

Francis Dana

Chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

*June 13th, 1743, Charlestown †April 25th, 1811, Cambridge

55

John Fitch

American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur and engineer (1743–1798)

*January 21st, 1743, South Windsor †July 2nd, 1798, Bardstown

62

Luigi Boccherini

Italian composer and cellist (1743–ayer)

*February 19th, 1743, Lucca †May 28th, 1805, Madrid

80

Edmund Cartwright

British inventor

*April 24th, 1743, Nottingham †October 30th, 1823, Kent

73

Gavrila Derzhavin

Russian poet

*July 3rd, 1743, Suqır †July 8th, 1816, Zvanka manor

50

Madame du Barry

French noblewoman by marriage (1743-1793), last mistress of Louis XV (from 1768 to 1774)

*August 19th, 1743, Vaucouleurs †December 8th, 1793, Paris

48

Richard Butler

United States general (1743-1791)

*April 1st, 1743, Dublin †November 4th, 1791, Ohio Country

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1743 is a normal year and no leap year.

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