June 17th, 1790

Born on June 17th, 1790

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What happened on June 17th?

June 17th, 2017

Wildfires erupted across central Portugal, eventually causing the deaths of 66 people.

June 17th, 1963

Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam.

June 17th, 1952

Guatemalan Revolution: The Guatemalan Congress passed Decree 900, redistributing unused land greater than 224 acres (0.91 km2) in area to local peasants.

June 17th, 1940

Second World War: RMS Lancastria was sunk by German aircraft near Saint-Nazaire, France, causing thousands of fatalities in Britain's worst maritime disaster.

June 17th, 1919

Hundreds of Canadian soldiers rioted in Epsom, England, leading to the death of a British police officer.

June 17th, 1913

In Detroit, autoworkers for car manufacturer Studebaker went on strike in the American auto industry's first major strike action.

June 17th, 1900

Boxer Rebellion: Allied naval forces captured the Taku Forts from Qing China after a brief but bloody battle.

June 17th, 1861

American Civil War: The Battle of Vienna, Virginia, took place, which involved one of the world's first military movements of troops by train.

June 17th, 1795

French Revolutionary Wars: Off the coast of Brittany, a Royal Navy squadron commanded by William Cornwallis (pictured) fended off a numerically superior French Navy fleet.

June 17th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: British forces took Bunker Hill outside of Boston, Massachusetts.

June 17th, 1631

Mumtaz Mahal (pictured), wife of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, died in childbirth; Jahan spent the next seventeen years constructing her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.

June 17th, 1579

Explorer Francis Drake landed in a region of present-day California, naming it New Albion and claiming it for England.

June 17th, 1462

Hungarian–Ottoman Wars: Wallachian forces led by Vlad Dracula attacked an Ottoman camp at night in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Sultan Mehmed II.

June 17th, 1397

The kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway formed the Kalmar Union, a personal union under Eric of Pomerania.

June 17th, 0653

Pope Martin I was arrested in the Lateran Palace, Rome, and taken to Constantinople.

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

Same year
Born in 1790

71

John Tyler

President of the United States from 1841 to 1845

*March 29th, 1790, Greenway Plantation †January 18th, 1862, Richmond

78

Alphonse de Lamartine

French author, poet and statesman (1790–1869)

*October 21st, 1790, Mâcon †February 28th, 1869, Paris

77

August Ferdinand Möbius

German mathematician and astronomer

*November 17th, 1790, Schulpforte †September 26th, 1868, Leipzig

75

Adolph Diesterweg

German educator and philosopher (1790–1866)

*October 29th, 1790, Siegen †July 7th, 1866, Berlin

48

Ignaz von Rudhart

Prime Minister of Greece (1790-1838)

*March 11th, 1790, Weismain †May 11th, 1838, Trieste

77

Rafael Cordero

Puerto Rican educator

*September 30th, 1790, San Juan †July 5th, 1868, San Juan

83

Hall J. Kelley

American explorer (1790-1874)

*February 24th, 1790, Northwood †January 17th, 1874, Three Rivers

73

Giovanni David

Italian opera singer (1790-1864)

*September 15th, 1790, Naples †January 1st, 1864, Saint Petersburg

83

Auguste Couder

French painter (1789-1873)

*April 1st, 1790, London †April 1st, 1873, Paris

73

Nassau William Senior

British lawyer and economist (1790-1864)

*September 26th, 1790, Compton †June 4th, 1864, Kensington

58

Nicola Vaccai

Italian composer (1790-1848)

*March 15th, 1790, Tolentino †August 5th, 1848, Pesaro

72

Ignaz Assmayer

Austrian composer of liturgical music

*February 11th, 1790, Salzburg †August 31st, 1862, Vienna

54

Melchor Múzquiz

President of Mexico (1790-1844)

*January 5th, 1790, Melchor Múzquiz †December 14th, 1844, Mexico City

75

Feliks Paweł Jarocki

Polish entomologist (1790-1865)

*January 14th, 1790, Pacanów †March 25th, 1865, Warsaw

70

Jan Ackersdijck

Dutch jurist and economist

*October 22nd, 1790, 's-Hertogenbosch †July 13th, 1861, Utrecht

75

John Ross

1st principal chief of the Cherokee Nation

*October 3rd, 1790, Turkeytown †August 1st, 1866, District of Columbia

59

Mariano Necochea

Argentine general

*January 1st, 1790, Buenos Aires †January 1st, 1849, Miraflores

68

Jozef Geirnaert

Belgian painter (1790-1859)

*August 27th, 1790, Eeklo †March 20th, 1859, Ghent

67

Astolphe-Louis-Léonor de Custine, Marquis de Custine

French aristocrat and writer (1790-1857)

*March 18th, 1790, Niderviller †September 25th, 1857, Paris

84

Charles-Amédée Kohler

Swiss chocolatier (1790-1874)

*June 15th, 1790, Lausanne †September 15th, 1874, Lausanne

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1790 is a normal year and no leap year.

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