March 17th, 1772

Born on March 17th, 1772

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 92,000 days old!

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What happened on March 17th?

March 17th, 2011

First Libyan Civil War: The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, authorizing military intervention in Libya to protect civilians.

March 17th, 1991

In a referendum, nearly 70 percent of voters in nine Soviet republics agreed that the Soviet Union should be preserved.

March 17th, 1988

Eritrean War of Independence: Eritrean People's Liberation Front troops encircled Ethiopian forces in the Battle of Afabet, gaining a decisive victory three days later.

March 17th, 1973

Slava Veder took his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.

March 17th, 1969

Golda Meir became the first female prime minister of Israel.

March 17th, 1968

Six thousand sheep were killed on ranches near Dugway Proving Ground in Utah as a result of the U.S. Army spraying a nerve agent.

March 17th, 1963

An eruption of Mount Agung on Bali, Indonesia, killed at least 1,100 people.

March 17th, 1957

A plane crash on the slopes of Mount Manunggal killed Philippine president Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.

March 17th, 1955

Ice hockey fans in Montreal rioted to protest the suspension of Montreal Canadiens star Maurice Richard for hitting an official.

March 17th, 1950

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced the synthesis of californium, a radioactive transuranium element.

March 17th, 1942

The Holocaust: The first mass killings of Jews began at Belzec extermination camp in occupied Poland, the first of the Operation Reinhard camps to begin operation.

March 17th, 1917

World War I: Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster led a force to rescue 92 prisoners of war from Bir Hakeim, killing the Senussi guards and their families.

March 17th, 1902

The Dorchester Heights Monument (pictured), memorializing the siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary War, was dedicated.

March 17th, 1891

The transatlantic steamship Utopia accidentally collided with the battleship HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar, sinking in less than twenty minutes and killing 562.

March 17th, 1842

The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo is formally organized with Emma Smith as president.

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

Born on March 17th, 1772

30

Charles Victoire Emmanuel Leclerc

French general (1772-1802)

*March 17th, 1772, Pontoise †November 2nd, 1802, Tortuga

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Who's birthday is on March 17th?

82

Karl Theodor von Pappenheim

German feldzeugmeister and adjutant (1771-1853)

*March 17th, 1771, Pappenheim †August 26th, 1853, Pappenheim

34

Saina Nehwal

Indian badminton player

*March 17th, 1990, Dhindar

37

Patrick Ebert

German footballer

*March 17th, 1987, Potsdam

78

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

*March 17th, 1906, Samedan †March 15th, 1985, Zürich

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

38

Silke Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*March 17th, 1986, Georgsmarienhütte

69

Gary Sinise

American actor

*March 17th, 1955, Blue Island

36

Peter Käsbauer

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1988, Weiden in der Oberpfalz

32

Isabel Herttrich

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1992, Hersbruck

31

Romina Gabdullina

Russian badminton player

*March 17th, 1993, Moscow

27

Jessica Pugh

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1997, Telford

45

Kasper Ødum

Badminton player

*March 17th, 1979, Randers

67

Mari Maurstad

Norwegian actress

*March 17th, 1957, Oslo

78

Lennox Burgher

Jamaican triple jumper

*March 17th, 1946, Jamaica

64

Thomas Strobl

German politician

*March 17th, 1960, Heilbronn

29

Lisa Sophie Gericke

German bobsledder and ice speed skater

*March 17th, 1995, Brandenburg an der Havel

28

Tokischa

Dominican singer

*March 17th, 1996, Puerto Plata

52

Isidoro Máiquez

Spanish actor (1768-1820)

*March 17th, 1768, Cartagena †March 17th, 1820, Granada

80

John Sebastian

American singer-songwriter and musician (born 1944)

*March 17th, 1944, New York City

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Born in 1772

51

David Ricardo

British political economist, broker and politician (1772-1823)

*April 18th, 1772, London †September 11th, 1823, Gatcombe Park

61

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

English poet, literary critic and philosopher

*October 21st, 1772, Ottery St Mary †July 25th, 1834, London

77

Vicente López Portaña

Spanish painter (1772-1850)

*September 19th, 1772, Valencia †July 22nd, 1850, Madrid

28

Novalis

German poet and writer

*May 2nd, 1772, Wiederstedt †March 25th, 1801, Weißenfels

56

Friedrich Schlegel

German poet, critic and scholar, editor

*March 10th, 1772, Hanover †January 12th, 1829, Dresden

47

Manuel Lisa

American fur trader (1772–1820)

*September 8th, 1772, New Orleans †August 12th, 1820, St. Louis

84

Manuel José Quintana

Spanish poet (1772-1857)

*April 11th, 1772, Madrid †March 11th, 1857, Madrid

65

Charles Fourier

French utopian socialist and philosopher

*April 7th, 1772, Besançon †October 10th, 1837, Paris

72

Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire

French naturalist who established the principle of "unity of composition" (1772-1844)

*April 15th, 1772, Étampes †June 19th, 1844, Paris

91

Luke Howard

British manufacturing chemist (1772-1864)

*November 28th, 1772, London †March 21st, 1864, Tottenham

74

George Murray

British Army general, politician and colonial administrator (1772-1846)

*February 6th, 1772, Crieff †July 28th, 1846, Belgrave Square

68

Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol

French psychiatrist (1772-1840)

*February 3rd, 1772, Toulouse †December 12th, 1840, Paris

68

Charles-Joseph Christiani

French soldier and officer

*February 27th, 1772, Strasbourg †April 6th, 1840, Montargis

57

Therese von Artner

Hungarian poet

*April 18th, 1772, Šintava †November 25th, 1829, Zagreb

59

Karl von Kügelgen

German painter

*February 6th, 1772, Bacharach †January 9th, 1832, Tallinn

51

Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus

German encyclopedia publisher and editor (1772-1823)

*May 4th, 1772, Dortmund †August 20th, 1823, Leipzig

78

Martin Schrettinger

German librarian

*June 17th, 1772, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz †April 12th, 1851, Munich

68

Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut

German jurist and musician

*January 4th, 1772, Hamelin †March 28th, 1840, Heidelberg

75

Charles-Ferdinand Morel

Swiss theologian (1772-1848)

*September 4th, 1772, Corgémont †May 7th, 1848, Corgémont

62

Olivia Serres

British artist and imposter (1772-1834)

*April 3rd, 1772, Warwick †November 21st, 1834, London

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Public holidays on March 17th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1772 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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March 1772