June 17th, 1792

Born on June 17th, 1792

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 84,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 313 days, exactly on March 8th, 2025, people who were born on June 17th, 1792 will be 85,000 days old!

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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, 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, after one of their comrades was arrested, 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

Ottoman–Hungarian 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.

June 17th, 1929

The town of Murchison, New Zealand is rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killing 17. At the time it was New Zealand's worst natural disaster.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 17th?

36

Kendrick Lamar

American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1987)

*June 17th, 1987, Compton

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

65

Jello Biafra

American singer

*June 17th, 1958, Boulder

67

Alan Phillips

Baseball and badminton player

*June 17th, 1956, Cape Town

67

James Weldon Johnson

American writer and activist

*June 17th, 1871, Jacksonville †June 26th, 1938, Wiscasset

80

Burt Rutan

American aerospace engineer

*June 17th, 1943, Estacada

78

Eddy Merckx

Belgian cyclist (born 1945)

*June 17th, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem

75

Charles Gounod

French composer

*June 17th, 1818, Paris †October 18th, 1893, Saint-Cloud

37

Henrik Wergeland

Norwegian writer (1808–1845)

*June 17th, 1808, Kristiansand Municipality †July 12th, 1845, Christiania

67

William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse

Anglo-Irish astronomer (1800-1867)

*June 17th, 1800, York †October 31st, 1867, Birr Castle

57

Jason Patric

American actor

*June 17th, 1966, Queens

86

William Crookes

British chemist and physicist (1832-1919)

*June 17th, 1832, London †April 4th, 1919, London

43

Venus Williams

American tennis player (born 1980)

*June 17th, 1980, Lynwood

41

Arthur Darvill

Actor from England

*June 17th, 1982, Birmingham

77

Beryl Reid

British actress

*June 17th, 1919, Hereford †October 13th, 1996, Thames Valley Hospital

33

Roberto Cofresí

Puerto Rican pirate

*June 17th, 1791, Cabo Rojo †March 29th, 1825, San Juan

81

Mohamed ElBaradei

Egyptian law scholar and diplomat, former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient

*June 17th, 1942, Cairo

63

Thomas Haden Church

American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1960)

*June 17th, 1960, El Paso

47

Lee Baxter

Swedish association football player

*June 17th, 1976, Stockholm

61

Frank Baranowski

German politician

*June 17th, 1962, Gelsenkirchen

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Born in 1792

29

Percy Bysshe Shelley

British Romantic poet (1792–1822)

*August 4th, 1792, Horsham †July 8th, 1822, La Spezia

85

Pius IX

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878

*May 13th, 1792, Senigallia †February 7th, 1878, Apostolic Palace

51

Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis

French mathematician, mechanical engineer, and scientist (*1792 – †1843)

*May 21st, 1792, Paris †September 19th, 1843, Paris

72

George M. Dallas

Vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849

*July 10th, 1792, Philadelphia †December 31st, 1864, Philadelphia

63

Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky

Russian mathematician (*1792 – †1856)

*November 20th, 1792, Nizhny Novgorod †February 12th, 1856, Kazan

76

Gioachino Rossini

Italian opera composer (1792-1868)

*February 29th, 1792, Casa Rossini †November 13th, 1868, Passy

74

Jacques Ignace Hittorff

French architect (1792-1867)

*August 20th, 1792, Cologne †March 25th, 1867, 9th arrondissement of Paris

75

Joshua Alder

British zoologist

*January 1st, 1792, Newcastle upon Tyne †January 1st, 1867, Newcastle upon Tyne

79

John Frederick William Herschel

English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor and photographer (*1792 – †1871)

*March 7th, 1792, Slough †May 11th, 1871, Kent

76

Thaddeus Stevens

American statesman (1792–1868)

*April 4th, 1792, Danville †August 11th, 1868, Washington, D.C.

24

Liborio Mejía

President of Colombia

*July 28th, 1792, Rionegro †September 3rd, 1816, Bogotá

85

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1846–1852 and 1865–1866

*August 18th, 1792, Mayfair †May 28th, 1878, Pembroke Lodge

86

Jeanne Jugan

French saint

*October 25th, 1792, Cancale †August 29th, 1879, Saint-Pern

75

Francis Granger

American politician (1792-1868)

*December 1st, 1792, Suffield †August 31st, 1868, Canandaigua

59

Hendrik Potgieter

South African politician (1792-1852)

*December 19th, 1792, Graaff-Reinet †December 16th, 1852, Schoemansdal, Limpopo

42

Edward Irving

Scottish clergyman

*August 4th, 1792, Annan †December 7th, 1834, Albury

55

Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach

German surgeon (1792-1847)

*February 1st, 1792, Königsberg †November 11th, 1847, Berlin

91

Joaquim António de Aguiar

Prime minister of Portugal (1792-1884)

*August 24th, 1792, Coimbra †May 26th, 1884, Lisbon

72

Juan José de Aycinena y Piñol

Guatemalan politician (1792-1865)

*August 29th, 1792, Guatemala City †February 17th, 1865, Guatemala City

67

Christian Gmelin

Württembergian mineralogist and professor of chemistry (1792-1860)

*October 12th, 1792, Tübingen †May 13th, 1860, Tübingen

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Leap year

Yes: 1792 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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