November 22nd, 1759

Born on November 22nd, 1759

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 96,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 417 days, exactly on June 20th, 2025, people who were born on November 22nd, 1759 will be 97,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 22nd?

November 22nd, 2013

Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen (pictured) defeated India's Viswanathan Anand to become world chess champion.

November 22nd, 1995

Toy Story, the first feature film created using only computer-generated imagery, was released in theaters in the United States.

November 22nd, 1988

The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber of the United States Air Force was first displayed in public at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.

November 22nd, 1987

Two television stations in Chicago had their broadcast signals hijacked with footage of an unknown person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume.

November 22nd, 1975

Two days after the death of Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos I was declared King of Spain according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco.

November 22nd, 1971

In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, five teenage students and one of their leaders were found dead from exposure on the Cairngorm Plateau in the Scottish Highlands.

November 22nd, 1968

The Beatles released their eponymous double album, popularly known as the White Album.

November 22nd, 1967

The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 242 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.

November 22nd, 1963

John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas; hours later, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in aboard Air Force One as the 36th President of the United States.

November 22nd, 1910

The crews of three Brazilian warships – all commissioned only months before – and several smaller vessels mutinied against perceived "slavery" being practised in the Brazilian Navy.

November 22nd, 1873

The French steamship Ville du Havre collided with a Scottish iron clipper in the North Atlantic and sank with the loss of 226 lives.

November 22nd, 1797

The Geisel School of Medicine, the fourth oldest medical school in the United States, was founded by the physician Nathan Smith.

November 22nd, 1718

The pirate Blackbeard (pictured) was killed in battle by a boarding party of British sailors off the coast of the Province of North Carolina.

November 22nd, 1635

Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launched a three-month pacification campaign against the island's indigenous peoples.

November 22nd, 2004

The Orange Revolution begins in Ukraine, resulting from the presidential elections.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 22nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 22nd?

55

Sidse Babett Knudsen

Danish actress

*November 22nd, 1968, Copenhagen

79

Charles de Gaulle

President of France from 1959 to 1969

*November 22nd, 1890, Lille †November 9th, 1970, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises

39

Scarlett Johansson

American actress (born 1984)

*November 22nd, 1984, Manhattan

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

81

André Gide

French author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951)

*November 22nd, 1869, Paris †February 19th, 1951, Paris

69

Paolo Gentiloni

Italian politician (born 1954)

*November 22nd, 1954, Rome

56

Mark Ruffalo

American actor

*November 22nd, 1967, Kenosha

73

Abigail Adams

First Lady of the United States from 1797 to 1801

*November 22nd, 1744, Weymouth †October 28th, 1818, Quincy

63

Benjamin Britten

English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976)

*November 22nd, 1913, Lowestoft †December 4th, 1976, Aldeburgh

61

George Eliot

English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880)

*November 22nd, 1819, Nuneaton †December 22nd, 1880, London

42

Andreas Hofer

Leader of armed resistance by the people of Tirol against Napoleonic and Bavarian invasion (1767-1810)

*November 22nd, 1767, St. Leonhard in Passeier †February 20th, 1810, Mantua

62

Geraldine Page

American actress (1924-1987)

*November 22nd, 1924, Kirksville †June 13th, 1987, New York City

82

Tom Conti

British actor

*November 22nd, 1941, Paisley

65

Jamie Lee Curtis

American actress and author

*November 22nd, 1958, Santa Monica

56

Boris Becker

German tennis player

*November 22nd, 1967, Leimen

57

Anne Brochet

French actress

*November 22nd, 1966, Amiens

27

Hailey Bieber

American model and television personality

*November 22nd, 1996, Tucson

65

Jörg Hube

German actor and director

*November 22nd, 1943, Neuruppin †June 19th, 2009, Munich

83

Terry Gilliam

British filmmaker, comedian and actor

*November 22nd, 1940, Minneapolis

23

Auliʻi Cravalho

American actress and singer

*November 22nd, 2000, Kohala

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Born in 1759

45

Friedrich Schiller

German poet, philosopher, historian and playwright (1759–1805)

*November 10th, 1759, Marbach am Neckar †May 9th, 1805, Weimar

37

Robert Burns

Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)

*January 25th, 1759, Alloway †July 21st, 1796, Dumfries

38

Mary Wollstonecraft

English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)

*April 27th, 1759, Spitalfields †September 10th, 1797, Somers Town

34

Georges Danton

French revolutionary (1759–1794)

*October 26th, 1759, Arcis-sur-Aube †April 5th, 1794, Paris

73

William Wilberforce

English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)

*August 24th, 1759, Wilberforce House †July 29th, 1833, London

85

Bruno Franz Leopold Liebermann

German theologian

*October 12th, 1759, Molsheim †November 15th, 1844, Strasbourg

46

William Pitt the Younger

British statesman (1759–1806)

*May 28th, 1759, Kent †January 23rd, 1806, London

68

James Edward Smith

English botanist (1759-1828)

*December 2nd, 1759, Norwich †March 17th, 1828, Norwich

43

Louis François Antoine Arbogast

French mathematician

*October 8th, 1759, Mutzig †April 18th, 1803, Strasbourg

81

Johann Georg von Dillis

German artist

*December 26th, 1759, Dorfen †September 28th, 1841, Munich

78

Thomas Andrew Knight

British botanist (1759-1838)

*August 12th, 1759, Ludlow †May 11th, 1838, London

45

Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein

Prince of Liechtenstein (1759-1805)

*May 14th, 1759, Vienna †March 24th, 1805, Vienna

74

François Andrieux

French man of letters and playwright (1759-1833)

*May 6th, 1759, Strasbourg †May 10th, 1833, former 10th arrondissement of Paris

57

Christian Leberecht Vogel

German painter and art historian (1759-1816)

*April 6th, 1759, Dresden †April 11th, 1816, Dresden

64

Maria Theresia von Paradis

Austrian musician and composer (1759–1824)

*May 15th, 1759, Vienna †February 1st, 1824, Vienna

56

Claude Lecourbe

French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1759-1815)

*February 22nd, 1759, Besançon †October 22nd, 1815, Belfort

39

Adrien Duport

French politician (1759-1798)

*February 24th, 1759, Paris †July 6th, 1798, Gais

51

Israel Smith

American judge and politician (1759–1810)

*April 4th, 1759, Suffield †December 2nd, 1810, Rutland

65

Friedrich August Wolf

German philologist

*February 15th, 1759, Hainrode †August 8th, 1824, Marseille

54

Markus Vetsch

(1759-1813)

*September 21st, 1759, Grabs †December 19th, 1813, Grabs

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