December 17th, 1752

Born on December 17th, 1752

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

December 17th, 2010

Arab Spring: Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor, set himself on fire in protest against police harassment, triggering the Tunisian Revolution.

December 17th, 1990

American gay rights activist William E. Woods brought three same-sex couples to fill out marriage licenses in Honolulu, leading to the eventual legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States.

December 17th, 1989

The Simpsons, the longest running American prime-time entertainment series, made its debut on the Fox television network with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".

December 17th, 1983

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a car bomb outside Harrods in London, killing six people and injuring about 90 others.

December 17th, 1970

Polish soldiers fired at workers (memorial pictured) emerging from trains in Gdynia, beginning the government's crackdown on mass anti-communist protests across the country.

December 17th, 1967

Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming near Portsea, Victoria; his body was never recovered.

December 17th, 1948

The Finnish Security Police was established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.

December 17th, 1945

The modern flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad, Iran.

December 17th, 1944

Nazi troops under Joachim Peiper killed unarmed prisoners of war, captured during the Battle of the Bulge, with machine guns near Malmedy, Belgium.

December 17th, 1939

World War II: After sustaining moderate damage in the Battle of the River Plate two days earlier, the German cruiser Graf Spee was scuttled by its commander, Hans Langsdorff, to avoid its internment by Uruguay.

December 17th, 1926

A coup d'état by the Lithuanian military replaced the democratically elected President Kazys Grinius with Antanas Smetona.

December 17th, 1918

About 1,000 demonstrators marched (pictured) on Government House in Darwin, Australia, where they burned an effigy of Administrator John Gilruth and demanded his resignation.

December 17th, 1903

Aboard the Wright Flyer (pictured) in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright conducted the first successful flights of a powered fixed-wing aircraft.

December 17th, 1862

American Civil War: Union General Ulysses S. Grant issued General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

December 17th, 1790

The Aztec sun stone, now a modern symbol of Mexican culture, was excavated in the Zócalo, the main square of Mexico City.

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

Born on December 17th, 1752

67

Peter Josef Cramer von Clauspruch

German priest (1752-1820)

*December 17th, 1752, Bonn †August 11th, 1820, Unkel

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27

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

*December 17th, 1996, Aix-en-Provence

51

Domenico Cimarosa

Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school

*December 17th, 1749, Aversa †January 11th, 1801, Venice

50

Humphry Davy

British chemist

*December 17th, 1778, Penzance †May 29th, 1829, Geneva

93

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

48

Milla Jovovich

Ukrainian-American actress and model

*December 17th, 1975, Kyiv

24

Holly Humberstone

British singer-songwriter

*December 17th, 1999, Grantham

79

Carl Meyer

German architect (1855-1936)

*December 17th, 1855, Estorf †November 30th, 1935, Hanover

51

Fernando Silva

Badminton player

*December 17th, 1972, Peniche

87

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

74

Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre

Spanish noble and politician (1810-1885)

*December 17th, 1810, Isla de León †November 26th, 1885, Madrid

52

Joel Berti

American actor

*December 17th, 1971, Avon

74

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz

Swiss-American zoologist and engineer (1835-1910)

*December 17th, 1835, Neuchâtel †March 27th, 1910, RMS Adriatic

80

Joseph Henry

American scientist and the 1st Secretary of the Smithsonian (1797-1878)

*December 17th, 1797, Albany †May 13th, 1878, Washington, D.C.

40

James Mitchell Varnum

American judge

*December 17th, 1748, Dracut †January 9th, 1789, Marietta

69

Josef Lada

Czech illustrator, painter, caricaturist, scenographer and writer (1887-1957)

*December 17th, 1887, Hrusice †December 14th, 1957, Prague

81

Muhammadu Buhari

Former President of Nigeria

*December 17th, 1942, Daura

42

Émilie du Châtelet

French mathematician, physicist, and author (1706-1749)

*December 17th, 1706, Paris †September 10th, 1749, Lunéville

80

Peter Snell

New Zealand athlete

*December 17th, 1938, Ōpunake †December 12th, 2019, Dallas

64

Gregg Araki

American film director

*December 17th, 1959, Los Angeles

45

Manny Pacquiao

Filipino boxer, basketball player, singer, actor and politician and a philantropist

*December 17th, 1978, Kibawe

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57

Johannes von Müller

Swiss historian (1752–1809)

*January 3rd, 1752, Schaffhausen †May 29th, 1809, Kassel

80

Muzio Clementi

Italian-born English composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer

*January 23rd, 1752, Rome †March 10th, 1832, Evesham

68

Pierre de Ruel, marquis de Beurnonville

Marshal of France (1752-1821)

*May 10th, 1752, Champignol-lez-Mondeville †April 23rd, 1821, Paris

70

Nicolas Coquiart

Belgian doctor and politician

*October 11th, 1752, Ath †September 23rd, 1823, Binche

87

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)

*May 11th, 1752, Gotha †January 22nd, 1840, Göttingen

80

Philip Freneau

American poet, nationalist, polemicist, sea captain and newspaper editor (1752-1832)

*January 2nd, 1752, New York City †December 18th, 1832, Freehold

47

Jeongjo of Joseon

22nd King of Joseon (r. 1776–1800)

*September 22nd, 1752, Changgyeonggung †June 28th, 1800, Changgyeonggung

80

Adrien-Marie Legendre

French mathematician (1752–1833)

*September 18th, 1752, Paris †January 9th, 1833, Paris

66

Pascal Antoine Fiorella

French general

*February 7th, 1752, Ajaccio †March 3rd, 1818, Ajaccio

94

Johann Philipp Bach

German painter and musician (1752-1846)

*August 5th, 1752, Meiningen †November 2nd, 1846, Meiningen

17

Thomas Chatterton

English poet and forger (1752-1770)

*November 20th, 1752, Chatterton's House †August 24th, 1770, London

60

Carl Stenborg

Swedish opera singer (1752-1813)

*September 8th, 1752, Stockholm †August 1st, 1813, Djurgården

55

Carl Friedrich Cramer

German writer, translator and musicologist (1752-1807)

*March 7th, 1752, Quedlinburg †December 8th, 1807, Paris

59

Matsumura Goshun

Japanese artist (1752-1811)

*April 28th, 1752, Heian-kyō †September 4th, 1811, Heian-kyō

57

François Cabarrus, 1st Count of Cabarrús

Spanish financier (1752-1810)

*October 8th, 1752, Bayonne †April 27th, 1810, Seville

65

David Hall

American lawyer and politician from Delaware

*January 4th, 1752, Lewes †September 18th, 1817, Lewes

51

Charles Broche

French composer (1752-1803)

*February 20th, 1752, Rouen †September 30th, 1803, Rouen

90

Nathaniel Chipman

United States federal judge (1752-1843)

*November 15th, 1752, Salisbury †February 13th, 1843, Tinmouth

45

Louis Legendre

French politician (1752-1797)

*May 22nd, 1752, Versailles †December 13th, 1797, Paris

81

Andrew Fournet

Founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Cross

*December 6th, 1752, Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé †May 13th, 1834, La Puye

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Leap year

Yes: 1752 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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