April 17th, 1800

Born on April 17th, 1800

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 81,000 days old!

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What happened on April 17th?

April 17th, 2014

NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-186f, the first exoplanet with a radius similar to Earth's discovered in the habitable zone of another star.

April 17th, 1986

Having supposedly been at war for 335 years without a single shot having been fired and no casualties incurred, the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace.

April 17th, 1984

Metropolitan Police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in London, resulting in an 11-day police siege of the building and a breakdown of Libya–United Kingdom relations.

April 17th, 1975

The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing the socialist state of Democratic Kampuchea.

April 17th, 1973

George Lucas began writing a 13-page film treatment that later formed the basis of Star Wars.

April 17th, 1969

Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

April 17th, 1951

The Peak District was designated the first national park in the United Kingdom.

April 17th, 1907

Minas Geraes (pictured), the first of three Brazilian dreadnought battleships, was laid down, sparking a vastly expensive South American naval arms race with Argentina and Chile.

April 17th, 1809

Napoleonic Wars: After a three-day chase, the French ship D'Hautpoul was captured off Puerto Rico by a British squadron under Alexander Cochrane.

April 17th, 1797

French Revolutionary Wars: British forces commanded by Lieutenant-General Ralph Abercromby invaded the Spanish colonial port of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

April 17th, 1783

The Mechanical Turk, a fraudulent chess-playing "machine" by Wolfgang von Kempelen that was secretly controlled by a hidden human, began a tour of Europe.

April 17th, 1362

Lithuanian Crusade: After a month-long siege, forces of the Teutonic Order captured and destroyed Kaunas Castle (reconstruction pictured), which was defended by troops of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

April 17th, 1080

Canute IV became King of Denmark upon the death of his brother Harald III.

April 17th, 2021

The funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, takes place at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

April 17th, 2014

NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

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

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

63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

57

Timothy Gibbs

American actor

*April 17th, 1967, Calabasas

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

74

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

German botanist (1794-1868)

*April 17th, 1794, Erlangen †December 13th, 1868, Munich

65

Sean Bean

English actor

*April 17th, 1959, Handsworth

67

Nick Hornby

English novelist

*April 17th, 1957, Redhill

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

*April 17th, 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine †December 9th, 1996, Paris

61

Roddy Piper

Canadian professional wrestler (1954-2015)

*April 17th, 1954, Saskatoon †July 31st, 2015, Hollywood

82

David Bradley

British actor

*April 17th, 1942, York

75

J. P. Morgan

American financier, banker, and art collector (1837–1913)

*April 17th, 1837, Hartford †March 31st, 1913, Rome

37

Medhi Benatia

Moroccan and French footballer

*April 17th, 1987, Courcouronnes

52

Jennifer Garner

American actress

*April 17th, 1972, Houston

71

George Edmund Badger

American Secretary of the Navy and senator for North Carolina (1795-1866)

*April 17th, 1795, New Bern †May 11th, 1866, Raleigh

50

Victoria Beckham

English businesswoman, fashion designer and singer

*April 17th, 1974, Harlow

32

Jasper Stuyven

Belgian cyclist

*April 17th, 1992, Leuven

62

Alexander II of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1818–1881)

*April 17th, 1818, Small Nicholas Palace †March 1st, 1881, Winter Palace

78

Thornton Wilder

American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)

*April 17th, 1897, Madison †December 7th, 1975, Hamden

59

Eliza Acton

British food writer and poet

*April 17th, 1799, Battle †February 13th, 1859, Hampstead

43

Chris Thompson

British long-distance runner

*April 17th, 1981, Barrow-in-Furness

84

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) from 1960–65, 1970–77, 1994–2000

*April 17th, 1916, Baḷangoḍa †October 10th, 2000, Colombo

Same year
Born in 1800

74

Millard Fillmore

President of the United States from 1850 to 1853

*January 7th, 1800, Summerhill †March 8th, 1874, Buffalo

63

Jean-Jacques Ampère

French philologist

*August 12th, 1800, Lyon †March 27th, 1864, Pau

73

Claude Gay

French botanist, naturalist and illustrator (1800-1873)

*March 18th, 1800, Draguignan †November 29th, 1873, Flayosc

59

John Brown

American abolitionist (1800–1859)

*May 9th, 1800, Torrington †December 2nd, 1859, Charles Town

75

John Edward Gray

British zoologist and philatelist (1800–1875)

*February 12th, 1800, Walsall †March 7th, 1875, London

82

Friedrich Wöhler

German chemist

*July 31st, 1800, Frankfurt †September 23rd, 1882, Göttingen

59

Charles Goodyear

American inventor

*December 29th, 1800, New Haven †July 1st, 1860, New York City

59

Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay

British historian and politician (1800–1859)

*October 25th, 1800, Rothley Court †December 28th, 1859, London

90

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

German Field Marshal (1800–1891)

*October 26th, 1800, Parchim †April 24th, 1891, Berlin

67

William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse

Anglo-Irish astronomer (1800-1867)

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

80

Roman Sanguszko

Russian general

*May 6th, 1800, Antoniny †March 26th, 1881, Slavuta

48

France Prešeren

Slovene national poet, a Carniolan Romantic poet of Slovene descent (1800-1849)

*December 3rd, 1800, Vrba †February 8th, 1849, Kranj

223

Konan Big

Mexican professional wrestler

*July 13th, 1800, Monterrey

223

Amile-Ursule Guillebaud

Swiss painter

*November 4th, 1800, Geneva

73

John Phillips

English geologist (1800-1874)

*December 25th, 1800, Wiltshire †April 24th, 1874, Oxford

55

Emil Aarestrup

Danish poet and physician

*December 4th, 1800, Copenhagen †July 21st, 1856, Odense

82

Moritz Daniel Oppenheim

German artist

*January 7th, 1800, Hanau †February 26th, 1882, Frankfurt

33

Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach

German mathematician

*May 30th, 1800, Jena †March 12th, 1834, Erlangen

75

Georg Friedrich Daumer

German philosopher and poet (1800-1875)

*March 5th, 1800, Nuremberg †December 13th, 1875, Würzburg

78

Caleb Cushing

American politician (1800-1879)

*January 17th, 1800, Salisbury †January 2nd, 1879, Newburyport

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1800 is a normal year and no leap year.

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