December 17th, 1833

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Born on December 17th, 1833 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on December 17th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on December 17th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (December 1833)

Born on December 17th, 1833

Weekday

Tuesday

December 17th, 1833 was a Tuesday.

Age

190

People born on December 17th, 1833 will turn 191 this year (2024), in exactly 234 days .

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

November 23rd, 1833 - December 21st, 1833

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 69,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 472 days, exactly on August 12th, 2025, people who were born on December 17th, 1833 will be 70,000 days old!

69,528 Days

9,932 Weeks

2,284 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on December 17th?

December 17th, 2010

Arab Spring: Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor, 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, leading to the eventual legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States.

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, 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, 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

Born on December 17th, 1833

Federico Delpino

Italian scientist (1833-1905)

*December 17th, 1833, Chiavari †May 14th, 1905, Naples

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

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz

Swiss-American zoologist and engineer (1835-1910)

*December 17th, 1835, Neuchâtel †March 27th, 1910, RMS Adriatic

Kungs

French DJ, record producer and musician

*December 17th, 1996, Aix-en-Provence

Carl Meyer

German architect (1855-1936)

*December 17th, 1855, Estorf †November 30th, 1935, Hanover

Armin Mueller-Stahl

German actor

*December 17th, 1930, Sovetsk

Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre

Spanish noble and politician (1810-1885)

*December 17th, 1810, Isla de León †November 26th, 1885, Madrid

Milla Jovovich

Ukrainian-American actress and model

*December 17th, 1975, Kyiv

Pope Francis

266th pope of the Catholic Church

*December 17th, 1936, Flores

Holly Humberstone

British singer-songwriter

*December 17th, 1999, Grantham

Fernando Silva

Badminton player

*December 17th, 1972, Peniche

Josef Lada

Czech illustrator, painter, caricaturist, scenographer and writer (1887-1957)

*December 17th, 1887, Hrusice †December 14th, 1957, Prague

Humphry Davy

British chemist

*December 17th, 1778, Penzance †May 29th, 1829, Geneva

Joel Berti

American actor

*December 17th, 1971, Avon

Muhammadu Buhari

Former President of Nigeria

*December 17th, 1942, Daura

Sophus Lie

Norwegian mathematician

*December 17th, 1842, Nordfjordeid †February 18th, 1899, Oslo

Jules de Goncourt

French writer

*December 17th, 1830, Paris †June 20th, 1870, Paris

Joseph Henry

American scientist and the 1st Secretary of the Smithsonian (1797-1878)

*December 17th, 1797, Albany †May 13th, 1878, Washington, D.C.

Alexander Andrae

German politician

*December 17th, 1821, Hanover †March 13th, 1903, Szczecin

Peter Snell

New Zealand athlete

*December 17th, 1938, Ōpunake †December 12th, 2019, Dallas

Gregg Araki

American film director

*December 17th, 1959, Los Angeles

Frank Lieberam

German association football player and manager

*December 17th, 1962, Halberstadt

Same year
Born in 1833

Alfred Nobel

Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)

*October 21st, 1833, Stockholm †December 10th, 1896, Sanremo

Johannes Brahms

German composer (1833–1897)

*May 7th, 1833, Hamburg †April 3rd, 1897, Vienna

Benjamin Harrison

President of the United States from 1889 to 1893

*August 20th, 1833, North Bend †March 13th, 1901, Indianapolis

Ferdinand von Richthofen

German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

*May 5th, 1833, Pokój †October 6th, 1905, Berlin

John Anderson

Scottish anatomist and zoologist who worked in India as the curator of the Indian Museum (1833-1900)

*October 4th, 1833, Edinburgh †August 15th, 1900, Buxton

Friedrich von Hassel

*October 11th, 1833, Hamm †October 14th, 1890, Hamm

Ernesto Teodoro Moneta

Italian journalist, nationalist, revolutionary soldier and later a pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

*September 20th, 1833, Milan †January 30th, 1918, Milan

Félix Bracquemond

French painter (1833-1914)

*May 22nd, 1833, Paris †October 29th, 1914, Sèvres

Zacharie Astruc

French sculptor, painter, poet, and art critic (1833-1907)

*February 23rd, 1833, Angers †May 24th, 1907, Paris

Auguste Schmidt

German activist, editor (1833-1902)

*August 3rd, 1833, Wrocław †June 10th, 1902, Leipzig

Alexander Borodin

Russian composer, doctor and chemist

*October 31st, 1833, Saint Petersburg †February 15th, 1887, Saint Petersburg

Élie Ducommun

Swiss activist (1833-1906)

*February 19th, 1833, Geneva †December 7th, 1906, Bern

August Robert Wolff

Polish publisher (1833-1910)

*January 10th, 1833, Zgierz †August 20th, 1910, Sopot

Jules Demersseman

French composer and flutist (1833-1866)

*January 9th, 1833, Hondschoote †December 1st, 1866, Paris

Émile Duployé

French clergyman and shorthand system creator

*September 10th, 1833, Liesse-Notre-Dame †May 9th, 1912, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés

Edward Burne-Jones

British Pre-Raphaelite painter (1833-1898)

*August 28th, 1833, Birmingham †June 17th, 1898, London

Robert Green Ingersoll

American lawyer, orator, and politician (1833-1899)

*August 11th, 1833, Dresden †July 21st, 1899, Dobbs Ferry

Theodor Bradsky

Czech composer

*January 17th, 1833, Rakovník †August 10th, 1881, Rakovník

Rudolf Berlin

German ophthalmologist (1833-1897)

*May 2nd, 1833, Friedland †September 12th, 1897, Linthal

Edwin Booth

19th-century American actor

*November 13th, 1833, Bel Air †June 7th, 1893, New York City

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 17th

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

Wright Brothers Day, a United States federal observance by Presidential proclamation

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Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVII.XII.MDCCCXXXIII

17.12.1833

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1833 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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December 17th, 1833

Born on December 17th, 1833

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 69,000 days old!

69,528 Days

9,932 Weeks

2,284 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 17th?

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

American gay rights activist William E. Woods brought three same-sex couples to fill out marriage licenses in Honolulu, leading to the eventual legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States.

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".

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

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.

Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming near Portsea, Victoria; his body was never recovered.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

The Aztec sun stone, 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

Born on December 17th, 1833

Italian scientist (1833-1905)

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

Same year Born in 1833

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 17th

Daniel the Prophet

Josep Manyanet i Vives

Lazarus of Bethany (local commemoration in Cuba)

O Sapientia

Olympias the Deaconess

Wivina

Sturm

December 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Accession Day (Bahrain)

International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

Kurdish Flag Day (Global Kurdish population)

National Day (Bhutan)

Pan American Aviation Day (United States)

Wright Brothers Day, a United States federal observance by Presidential proclamation

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

17.12.1833

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 69,000 days old!

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

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Born in 1833

Calendar
December 1833

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