August 17th, 1827

Born on August 17th, 1827

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 71,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 158 days, exactly on October 2nd, 2024, people who were born on August 17th, 1827 will be 72,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 17th, 1827?

August 17th, 1827

Dutch King William I and Pope Leo XII sign concord.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_the_Netherlands

What else happened on August 17th?

August 17th, 2009

A hydroelectric turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia catastrophically failed, flooding the turbine hall, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages.

August 17th, 2008

Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Beijing Summer Olympics, the most golds by any person at a single games.

August 17th, 1969

Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing $1.42 billion in damage..

August 17th, 1959

American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.

August 17th, 1950

Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.

August 17th, 1945

Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism, was first published.

August 17th, 1943

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in a highly secret military conference (pictured) held in Quebec City.

August 17th, 1916

World War I: Romania signed a secret treaty with the Entente Powers, agreeing to enter the war in return for promised territory in Austria-Hungary.

August 17th, 1915

A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas, leaving at least 275 people dead and causing $50 million in damage.

August 17th, 1914

World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.

August 17th, 1907

Pike Place Market , one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in Seattle, Washington.

August 17th, 1676

Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.

August 17th, 1424

Hundred Years' War: Allied English and Burgundian forces gained a strategically important victory at the bloody Battle of Verneuil in Normandy, France.

August 17th, 0986

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: The Bulgarians defeated Byzantine forces at the Battle of the Gates of Trajan near present-day Ihtiman, with Emperor Basil II barely escaping.

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

Born on August 17th, 1827

65

Camille Raspail

French politician

*August 17th, 1827, Paris †May 26th, 1893, Paris

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

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

20

The Kid Laroi

Australian rapper and singer (born 2003)

*August 17th, 2003, Waterloo

54

Markus Gisdol

German association football player and manager

*August 17th, 1969, Geislingen an der Steige

89

Jean-Jacques Sempé

French cartoon artist

*August 17th, 1932, Bordeaux †August 11th, 2022, Ampus

85

Carl Ausfeld

German judge (1814–1900)

*August 17th, 1814, Schnepfenthal †January 22nd, 1900, Siebleben

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

76

Robert von Mohl

German legal scholar and politician (1799–1875)

*August 17th, 1799, Stuttgart †November 4th, 1875, Berlin

36

Bendik Brænne

Norwegian musician

*August 17th, 1987, Bærum Municipality

87

Mona Andersson

Swedish actress

*August 17th, 1936, Örgryte församling

76

Anders Hatlo

Norwegian actor and film director

*August 17th, 1947, Larvik

37

Marcus Berg

Swedish association football player

*August 17th, 1986, Torsby

61

Gene Stratton-Porter

American writer and naturalist (1863–1924)

*August 17th, 1863, Lagro †December 6th, 1924, Los Angeles

46

Natasza Urbańska

Polish actress and singer

*August 17th, 1977, Warsaw

96

Jiang Zemin

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1989 to 2002

*August 17th, 1926, Yangzhou †November 30th, 2022, Shanghai

70

Herta Müller

German-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist

*August 17th, 1953, Nițchidorf

69

Ingrid Daubechies

Belgian physicist and mathematician

*August 17th, 1954, Houthalen-Helchteren

45

Mehdi Baala

French middle-distance runner

*August 17th, 1978, Strasbourg

74

Julian Fellowes

English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter

*August 17th, 1949, Cairo

63

Sean Penn

American actor and filmmaker (born 1960)

*August 17th, 1960, Santa Monica

Same year
Born in 1827

74

Johanna Spyri

Swiss writer

*June 12th, 1827, Hirzel †July 7th, 1901, Zürich

63

Henry Edwards

English-born stage actor, writer and entomologist (1827-1891)

*August 27th, 1827, Ross-on-Wye †June 9th, 1891, New York City

73

Arnold Böcklin

Swiss painter, draftsman, graphic artist and sculptor (1827-1901)

*October 16th, 1827, Basel †January 16th, 1901, convent of San Domenico

64

Paul de Lagarde

German polymath, biblical scholar and orientalist (1827-1891)

*November 2nd, 1827, Berlin †December 22nd, 1891, Göttingen

76

Alexander Büchner

French writer of German origins

*October 25th, 1827, Darmstadt †March 7th, 1904, Hanover

37

John Hanning Speke

British military officer and explorer

*May 4th, 1827, Bideford †September 15th, 1864, Corsham

71

Elisha Baxter

Union Army officer (1827-1899)

*September 1st, 1827, Rutherford County †May 31st, 1899, Batesville

79

Marcellin Berthelot

French chemist and politician (1827-1907)

*October 25th, 1827, Paris †March 18th, 1907, Paris

50

Charles Deulin

French writer, journalist, collector of folk tales

*January 5th, 1827, Condé-sur-l'Escaut †September 29th, 1877, Condé-sur-l'Escaut

84

Joseph Lister

British surgeon and antiseptic pioneer (1827–1912)

*April 5th, 1827, Upton House, Newham †February 10th, 1912, Walmer

56

Quintino Sella

Italian statesman and financier (1827-1884)

*July 7th, 1827, Valdilana †March 14th, 1884, Biella

87

Ellen G. White

American author, co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (1827–1915)

*November 26th, 1827, Gorham †July 16th, 1915, Elmshaven

88

Sandford Fleming

Scottish-born Canadian engineer and inventor (1827-1915)

*January 7th, 1827, Kirkcaldy †July 22nd, 1915, Halifax

42

Josef Strauss

Austrian composer

*August 20th, 1827, Mariahilf †July 22nd, 1870, Vienna

65

Deodoro da Fonseca

President of Brazil (1827-1892)

*August 5th, 1827, Marechal Deodoro †August 23rd, 1892, Barra Mansa

39

Maria Susanna Cummins

American novelist

*April 9th, 1827, Salem †October 1st, 1866, Dorchester

48

Alexander Keith

Criminal and Confederate States of America agent from Halifax, Canada

*November 13th, 1827, Halkirk †December 16th, 1875, Bremerhaven

29

Mangal Pandey

India's First Freedom Fighter

*July 19th, 1827, Ballia †April 7th, 1857, Barrackpore

34

Henry Gray

British anatomist

*January 1st, 1827, London †June 13th, 1861, London

67

William Dwight Whitney

American orientalist, linguist and lexicographer

*February 9th, 1827, Northampton †June 7th, 1894, New Haven

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 17th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 17th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1827 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1827