December 17th, 1822

Born on December 17th, 1822

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 17th?

December 17th, 2010

Arab Spring: Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Sidi Bouzid, set himself on fire in protest against police harassment, triggering the Tunisian revolution.

December 17th, 1990

American gay rights activist William E. Woods brought three same-sex couples to fill out marriage licenses in Honolulu.

December 17th, 1989

The Simpsons, the longest running American prime-time entertainment series, made its debut on the Fox television network with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".

December 17th, 1983

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a car bomb outside Harrods in London, killing six people and injuring about 90 others.

December 17th, 1970

Polish soldiers fired at workers (memorial pictured) emerging from trains in Gdynia, beginning the government's crackdown on mass anti-communist protests across the country.

December 17th, 1967

Harold Holt, the prime minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming near Portsea, Victoria; his body was never recovered.

December 17th, 1948

The Finnish Security Police was established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.

December 17th, 1945

The modern flag of Kurdistan was raised for the first time in Mahabad, Iran.

December 17th, 1944

Nazi troops under Joachim Peiper killed unarmed prisoners of war, captured during the Battle of the Bulge, with machine guns near Malmedy, Belgium.

December 17th, 1939

World War II: After sustaining moderate damage in the Battle of the River Plate two days earlier, the German cruiser Graf Spee was scuttled by its commander, Hans Langsdorff, to avoid its internment by Uruguay.

December 17th, 1926

A coup d'état by the Lithuanian military replaced the democratically elected President Kazys Grinius with Antanas Smetona.

December 17th, 1918

About 1,000 demonstrators marched (pictured) on Government House in Darwin, Australia, where they burned an effigy of Administrator John Gilruth and demanded his resignation.

December 17th, 1903

Aboard the Wright Flyer (pictured) in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright conducted the first successful flights of a powered fixed-wing aircraft.

December 17th, 1862

American Civil War: Union General Ulysses S. Grant issued General Order No. 11, expelling Jews from Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky.

December 17th, 1790

The Aztec sun stone (pictured), now a modern symbol of Mexican culture, was excavated in the Zócalo, the main square of Mexico City.

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

Same year
Born in 1822

68

Heinrich Schliemann

German businessman and archaeologist (1822–1890)

*January 6th, 1822, Neubukow †December 26th, 1890, Naples

72

Heinrich Brunn

German classical archaeologist (1822-1894)

*January 23rd, 1822, Wörlitz †July 23rd, 1894, Schliersee

72

Louis Pasteur

French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)

*December 27th, 1822, Dole †September 28th, 1895, Saint-Cloud

63

Ulysses S. Grant

President of the United States from 1869 to 1877

*April 27th, 1822, Point Pleasant †July 23rd, 1885, Wilton

70

Rutherford B. Hayes

President of the United States from 1877 to 1881

*October 4th, 1822, Delaware †January 17th, 1893, Fremont

61

Gregor Mendel

Silesian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)

*July 20th, 1822, Hynčice †January 6th, 1884, Brno

67

César Franck

Belgian-French composer and organist (1822–1890)

*December 10th, 1822, Liège †November 8th, 1890, Paris

75

Fritz Müller

German-Brazilian biologist (1822–1897)

*March 31st, 1822, Windischholzhausen †May 21st, 1897, Blumenau

62

Victor Massé

French composer

*March 7th, 1822, Lorient †July 5th, 1884, Paris

88

Francis Galton

British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911)

*February 16th, 1822, Birmingham †January 17th, 1911, Haslemere

73

Gabriel Milin

French politician (1822-1895)

*September 3rd, 1822, Saint-Pol-de-Léon †December 27th, 1895, Île-de-Batz

66

Rudolf Clausius

German mathematical physicist and professor (1822-1888)

*January 2nd, 1822, Koszalin †August 24th, 1888, Bonn

63

Philibert Bellemain

French architect (1822-1886)

*June 29th, 1822, Lyon †February 1st, 1886, 1st arrondissement of Lyon

78

Charles Hermite

French mathematician (1822-1901)

*December 24th, 1822, Dieuze †January 14th, 1901, Paris

52

Heinrich Louis d'Arrest

German astronomer

*July 13th, 1822, Berlin †June 14th, 1875, Copenhagen

65

Matthew Arnold

British poet and cultural critic (1822–1888)

*December 24th, 1822, Laleham †April 15th, 1888, Liverpool

74

Carol Benesch

Romanian architect

*January 9th, 1822, Krnov †October 30th, 1896, Bucharest

70

Alexander Mackenzie

2nd Prime Minister of Canada (1822-1892)

*January 28th, 1822, Logierait †April 17th, 1892, Toronto

67

Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies

Princess of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and Empress of the Empire of Brazil (1822-1889)

*March 14th, 1822, Naples †December 28th, 1889, Porto

89

Jakob Amsler-Laffon

Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1823–1912)

*November 30th, 1822, Unterbözberg †November 30th, 1911, Schaffhausen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1822 is a normal year and no leap year.

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