February 20th, 1787

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Born on February 20th, 1787 – 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 1787)

Born on February 20th, 1787

Weekday

Tuesday

February 20th, 1787 was a Tuesday.

Age

237

People born on February 20th, 1787 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 237 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1787 - March 20th, 1787

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 86,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 368 days, exactly on May 3rd, 2025, people who were born on February 20th, 1787 will be 87,000 days old!

86,632 Days

12,376 Weeks

2,846 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

Walenty Zwierkowski

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

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

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

Angelica Schuyler Church

American socialite (1756–1814)

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

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

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 1787

Louis Daguerre

French photographer, inventor of Daguerrotype (1787–1851)

*November 18th, 1787, Cormeilles-en-Parisis †July 10th, 1851, Bry-sur-Marne

Michele Carafa

Italian opera composer

*November 17th, 1787, Naples †July 26th, 1872, Paris

François Guizot

French historian, orator and statesman (1787–1874)

*October 4th, 1787, Nîmes †September 12th, 1874, Abbey of Val-Richer

Joseph von Fraunhofer

Bavarian physicist and optical lens manufacturer

*March 6th, 1787, Straubing †June 7th, 1826, Munich

Johan Fredrik Berwald

Swedish musician

*December 4th, 1787, Stockholm †August 26th, 1861, Stockholm

Jan Evangelista Purkyně

Czech biologist, physiologist, doctor, inventor and politician (1787–1869)

*December 17th, 1787, Libochovice †July 28th, 1869, Prague

Karl von Wachsmann

German writer

*September 27th, 1787, Zielona Góra †August 28th, 1862, Dresden

William Daniel Conybeare

English geologist and palaeontologist (1787-1857)

*June 7th, 1787, Horsham †August 12th, 1857, Winchester

Rasmus Rask

Danish linguist

*November 22nd, 1787, Brændekilde †November 14th, 1832, Copenhagen

Ippolito Cavalcanti

Italian cook (1787-1859)

*September 2nd, 1787, Afragola †March 5th, 1859, Naples

Nangklao

Third king of Siam of the Chakri Dynasty

*March 31st, 1787, Grand Palace †April 2nd, 1851, Bangkok

Vuk Karadžić

Serbian philologist and linguist

*November 7th, 1787, Tršić †January 26th, 1864, Vienna

Christian Ludwig Brehm

German pastor and ornithologist (1787-1864)

*January 24th, 1787, Schönau vor dem Walde †June 23rd, 1864, Renthendorf

Ninomiya Sontoku

Japanese philosopher

*September 4th, 1787, Ashigarakami district †November 17th, 1856, Imaichi

François Sulpice Beudant

Systematic mineralogist, University of Paris, Paris, France (1787-1850)

*September 5th, 1787, Paris †December 10th, 1850, Paris

Thomas Say

American naturalist (1787-1834)

*June 27th, 1787, Philadelphia †October 10th, 1834, New Harmony

Johann Gottlob von Quandt

German art collector and artist (1787-1859); collection was sold in 1868

*April 9th, 1787, Leipzig †June 19th, 1859, Dresden

Mary Russell Mitford

English author and dramatist (1787–1855)

*December 16th, 1787, City of Winchester †January 10th, 1855, Swallowfield

Guillaume Henri Dufour

Swiss army officer, bridge engineer and topographer (1787-1875)

*September 15th, 1787, Constance †July 14th, 1875, Eaux-Vives

Martial de Guernon-Ranville

French magistrate and politician (1787-1866)

*May 2nd, 1787, Caen †April 28th, 1866, Ranville

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.MDCCLXXXVII

20.2.1787

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1787 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1787

February 1787

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

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February 20th, 1787

Born on February 20th, 1787

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 86,000 days old!

86,632 Days

12,376 Weeks

2,846 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

20.2.1787

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