February 20th, 1782

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Born on February 20th, 1782 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 20th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 20th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1782)

Born on February 20th, 1782

Weekday

Wednesday

February 20th, 1782 was a Wednesday.

Age

242

People born on February 20th, 1782 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 242 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1782 - March 20th, 1782

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 88,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 544 days, exactly on October 24th, 2025, people who were born on February 20th, 1782 will be 89,000 days old!

88,456 Days

12,636 Weeks

2,906 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on February 20th?

February 20th, 1988

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast voted to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

February 20th, 1970

The Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani province, one of the largest Buddhist temples in Thailand, was founded.

February 20th, 1965

The NASA spacecraft Ranger 8 spacecraft transmitted 7,137 photographs of the Moon in the final 23 minutes of its mission before crashing as planned in Mare Tranquillitatis.

February 20th, 1959

Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro CF-105 Arrow (pictured) interceptor-aircraft program amid much political debate.

February 20th, 1943

A fissure opened in a cornfield in the Mexican state of Michoacán and continued to erupt for nine years, forming the cinder cone Parícutin .

February 20th, 1905

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Jacobson v. Massachusetts that states had the authority to order compulsory vaccination.

February 20th, 1872

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , today the largest art museum in the United States with a collection of more than two million works, opened in New York.

February 20th, 1864

American Civil War: The Union Army suffered a one-in-three casualty rate at the Battle of Olustee near Lake City, Florida.

February 20th, 1846

Polish insurgents in the Free City of Kraków led an uprising attempting to incite a fight for national independence that was put down by the Austrian Empire nine days later.

February 20th, 1835

An earthquake registering approximately 8.5 Mw devastated Concepción, Chile, and triggered a tsunami that destroyed neighbouring Talcahuano.

February 20th, 1816

Italian composer Gioachino Rossini's opera buffa The Barber of Seville premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome to jeers from the audience.

February 20th, 1685

The French colonization of Texas began with the landing of colonists led by Robert de La Salle near Matagorda Bay.

February 20th, 1998

At the age of 15, American figure skater Tara Lipinski became the youngest gold-medal winner in the history of the Winter Olympic Games at the time.

February 20th, 2010

Severe flooding and mudslides on the island of Madeira, Portugal, killed 51 people.

February 20th, 2009

The Tamil Tigers attempted to crash two aircraft laden with C-4 in suicide attacks on Colombo, Sri Lanka, but the planes were shot down before they reached their targets.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 20th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 20th?

Mathias Christiansen

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1994, Bornholm

Olivia Rodrigo

American singer and actress (born 2003)

*February 20th, 2003, Murrieta

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

Chung So-young

South Korean badminton player

*February 20th, 1967, Gimje

Rihanna

Barbadian singer and actress (born 1988)

*February 20th, 1988, Saint Michael

Urs Fischer

Swiss association football player and manager (born 1966)

*February 20th, 1966, Triengen

Angelica Schuyler Church

American socialite (1756–1814)

*February 20th, 1756, Albany †March 6th, 1814, New York City

Bambang Suprianto

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1969, Surakarta City

Keigo Sonoda

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1990, Yatsushiro

Zhou Haodong

Chinese badminton player

*February 20th, 1998, Ningbo

Felo Feoto

Badminton and football player

*February 20th, 1982, Nukufetau

Jim Poole

Badminton player

*February 20th, 1932, Nashville †November 7th, 2021, Blacksburg

Gordon Brown

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010

*February 20th, 1951, Giffnock

Walenty Zwierkowski

*February 20th, 1788, Mokrzesz †December 15th, 1859, 10th arrondissement of Paris

Kurt Cobain

American rock musician (1967–1994)

*February 20th, 1967, Aberdeen †April 5th, 1994, Seattle

Sammy Skytte

Danish association football player

*February 20th, 1997, Denmark

Patty Hearst

American kidnapping victim

*February 20th, 1954, San Francisco

Mike Leigh

English writer and director (born 1943)

*February 20th, 1943, Brocket Hall

Antonio Inoki

Japanese professional wrestler, businessman, and politician (1943-2022)

*February 20th, 1943, Yokohama †October 1st, 2022, Minato

Brenda Blethyn

British actress

*February 20th, 1946, Ramsgate

Same year
Born in 1782

Martin Van Buren

President of the United States from 1837 to 1841

*December 5th, 1782, Kinderhook †July 24th, 1862, Kinderhook

Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow

Prussian lieutenant-general

*May 18th, 1782, Berlin †December 6th, 1834, Berlin

Niccolò Paganini

Italian violinist and composer (1782–1840)

*October 27th, 1782, Genoa †May 27th, 1840, Nice

John C. Calhoun

Vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832

*March 18th, 1782, Abbeville †March 31st, 1850, Old Brick Capitol

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Ray Allen

American basketball player

*July 20th, 1782, Merced

Vicente Guerrero

Leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence and President of Mexico (1782-1831)

*August 10th, 1782, Tixtla de Guerrero †February 14th, 1831, Cuilapan de Guerrero

Marcellin Marbot

French general (1782-1854)

*August 18th, 1782, Altillac †November 16th, 1854, Paris

Daoguang Emperor

Qing-dynasty Chinese emperor (1782–1850)

*September 16th, 1782, Forbidden City †February 25th, 1850, Old Summer Palace

Friedrich Fröbel

German educator

*April 21st, 1782, Oberweissbach †June 21st, 1852, Marienthal

Prinz zu Wied-Neuwied Maximilian Alexander Philipp

German explorer, ethnologist and naturalist (1782–1867)

*September 23rd, 1782, Neuwied †February 3rd, 1867, Neuwied

Caroline Bonaparte

Queen of Naples and Sicily (1782-1839)

*March 25th, 1782, Ajaccio †May 18th, 1839, Florence

Félicité de La Mennais

French priest, philosopher and political theorist (1782–1854)

*June 19th, 1782, Saint-Malo †February 27th, 1854, Paris

John Field

Irish pianist, composer, and teacher

*July 26th, 1782, Dublin †January 23rd, 1837, Moscow

Georg August Goldfuss

German paleontologist, mineralogist, zoologist and botanist (1782-1848)

*April 18th, 1782, Thurnau †October 2nd, 1848, Bonn

Robert Morrison

British evangelist and first christian protestant missionary in China

*January 5th, 1782, Bullers Green †August 1st, 1834, Guangzhou

Mikhail Vorontsov

Russian prince and Field Marshal (1782-1856)

*May 19th, 1782, Saint Petersburg †November 6th, 1856, Odesa

Oldwig von Natzmer

German soldier (1782-1861)

*April 18th, 1782, Wielin †November 1st, 1861, Maciejowiec

William Allan

Scottish artist (1782–1850)

*January 1st, 1782, Edinburgh †February 23rd, 1850, Edinburgh

Jonas Anton Hielm

Norwegian politician (1782-1848)

*December 30th, 1782, Kristiansand Municipality †March 30th, 1848, Christiania

Mariano Boedo

Argentine politician (1782-1819)

*July 25th, 1782, Salta †April 9th, 1819, Buenos Aires

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 20th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 20th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XX.II.MDCCLXXXII

20.2.1782

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1782 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1782

February 1782

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
5					1	2	3
6	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
7	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
8	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
9	25	26	27	28

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February 20th, 1782

Born on February 20th, 1782

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 88,000 days old!

88,456 Days

12,636 Weeks

2,906 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 20th?

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast voted to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

The Wat Phra Dhammakaya in Pathum Thani province, one of the largest Buddhist temples in Thailand, was founded.

The NASA spacecraft Ranger 8 spacecraft transmitted 7,137 photographs of the Moon in the final 23 minutes of its mission before crashing as planned in Mare Tranquillitatis.

Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro CF-105 Arrow (pictured) interceptor-aircraft program amid much political debate.

A fissure opened in a cornfield in the Mexican state of Michoacán and continued to erupt for nine years, forming the cinder cone Parícutin .

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Jacobson v. Massachusetts that states had the authority to order compulsory vaccination.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , today the largest art museum in the United States with a collection of more than two million works, opened in New York.

American Civil War: The Union Army suffered a one-in-three casualty rate at the Battle of Olustee near Lake City, Florida.

Polish insurgents in the Free City of Kraków led an uprising attempting to incite a fight for national independence that was put down by the Austrian Empire nine days later.

An earthquake registering approximately 8.5 Mw devastated Concepción, Chile, and triggered a tsunami that destroyed neighbouring Talcahuano.

Italian composer Gioachino Rossini's opera buffa The Barber of Seville premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome to jeers from the audience.

The French colonization of Texas began with the landing of colonists led by Robert de La Salle near Matagorda Bay.

At the age of 15, American figure skater Tara Lipinski became the youngest gold-medal winner in the history of the Winter Olympic Games at the time.

Severe flooding and mudslides on the island of Madeira, Portugal, killed 51 people.

The Tamil Tigers attempted to crash two aircraft laden with C-4 in suicide attacks on Colombo, Sri Lanka, but the planes were shot down before they reached their targets.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 20th

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 20th

Eleutherius of Tournai

Eucherius of Orléans

Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto

Frederick Douglass (Episcopal Church (USA))

Wulfric of Haselbury

February 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of Heavenly Hundred Heroes (Ukraine)

World Day of Social Justice

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

20.2.1782

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