Born on August 17th, 1788
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Sunday
August 17th, 1788 was a Sunday.
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Leo (The Lion)
July 23rd, 1788 - August 23rd, 1788
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 86,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 915 days, exactly on October 29th, 2026, people who were born on August 17th, 1788 will be 87,000 days old!
86,085 Days
12,297 Weeks
2,828 Months
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What happened on August 17th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 17th
Born on August 17th, 1788
Godefroy Engelmann
French-German lithographer (1788-1839)
*August 17th, 1788, Mulhouse †April 25th, 1839, MulhouseSame Day
Who's birthday is on August 17th?
45 Vibeke Stene
Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania
*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal.jpg "Robert De Niro")
Robert von Mohl
German legal scholar and politician (1799–1875)
*August 17th, 1799, Stuttgart †November 4th, 1875, Berlin
54 Markus Gisdol
German association football player and manager
*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige
Davy Crockett
American frontiersman and politician (1786–1836)
*August 17th, 1786, Limestone †March 6th, 1836, Alamo Mission in San Antonio
85 Carl Ausfeld
German judge (1814–1900)
*August 17th, 1814, Schnepfenthal †January 22nd, 1900, Siebleben
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96 Jiang Zemin
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002
*August 17th, 1926, Yangzhou †November 30th, 2022, Shanghai
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74 Julian Fellowes
English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter
*August 17th, 1949, CairoSame year
Born in 1788
36 Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
*January 22nd, 1788, City of Westminster †April 19th, 1824, Missolonghi
72 Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788–1860)
*February 22nd, 1788, Gdańsk †September 21st, 1860, Frankfurt
74 Boniface de Castellane
Marshal of France (1788-1862)
*March 26th, 1788, Paris †September 16th, 1862, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon
39 Augustin-Jean Fresnel
French engineer and physicist (1788-1827)
*May 10th, 1788, Broglie †July 14th, 1827, Ville-d'AvrayRobert Peel
British Prime Minister, Conservative statesman, and art collector (1788–1850)
*February 5th, 1788, Ramsbottom †July 2nd, 1850, Westminster
90 Sarah Josepha Hale
American writer and editor
*October 24th, 1788, Newport †April 30th, 1879, Philadelphia
63 Margaret Taylor
First Lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850
*September 21st, 1788, Calvert County †August 14th, 1852, Mississippi
71 Walenty Zwierkowski
*February 20th, 1788, Mokrzesz †December 15th, 1859, 10th arrondissement of Paris
89 Antoine César Becquerel
French scientist and pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena (1788-1878)
*March 7th, 1788, Châtillon-Coligny †January 18th, 1878, 5th arrondissement of ParisFrancesco Maria Avellino
Italian archaeologist, numismatist, art historian, legal historian, economist and academic (1788-1850)
*August 14th, 1788, Naples †January 9th, 1850, Naples
62 Ludwig von Wohlgemuth
Austrian general (1788-1851)
*May 25th, 1788, Vienna †April 18th, 1851, Pest
75 Charles Robert Cockerell
English architect, archaeologist, and writer
*April 27th, 1788, London †September 17th, 1863, London
76 Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
Archaeologist (1788-1865)
*December 29th, 1788, Copenhagen †May 21st, 1865, Copenhagen
79 Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
French archaeologist (1788-1868)
*September 10th, 1788, Perthes †August 5th, 1868, Abbeville
78 William Thomas Brande
British chemist; succeeded Humphry Davy as Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, 1813
*January 11th, 1788, London †February 11th, 1866, Tunbridge WellsJean-Victor Poncelet
French engineer and mathematician (1788-1867)
*July 1st, 1788, Metz †December 22nd, 1867, ParisBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on August 17th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 17th.
Samuel Johnson, Timothy Cutler, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler (Episcopal Church)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson_(American_educator)August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_17_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Engineer's Day (Colombia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineer's_DayFlag Day (Bolivia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_BoliviaIndependence Day, celebrates the independence proclamation of Indonesia from Japan in 1945.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Indonesia)Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_GabonMarcus Garvey Day (Jamaica)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_GarveyPrekmurje Union Day (Slovenia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_SloveniaSan Martin Day (Argentina)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_ArgentinaBlack Cat Appreciation Day (United States)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_catDate as a Roman numeral / digit
17.8.1788
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1788 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).