March 17th, 1834

Born on March 17th, 1834

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

March 17th, 2011

First Libyan Civil War: The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, authorizing military intervention in Libya to protect civilians.

March 17th, 1991

In a referendum, nearly 70 percent of voters in nine Soviet republics agreed that the Soviet Union should be preserved.

March 17th, 1988

Eritrean War of Independence: Eritrean People's Liberation Front troops encircled Ethiopian forces in the Battle of Afabet, gaining a decisive victory three days later.

March 17th, 1973

Slava Veder took his Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.

March 17th, 1969

Golda Meir became the first female prime minister of Israel.

March 17th, 1968

Six thousand sheep were killed on ranches near Dugway Proving Ground in Utah as a result of the U.S. Army spraying a nerve agent.

March 17th, 1963

An eruption of Mount Agung on Bali, Indonesia, killed at least 1,100 people.

March 17th, 1957

A plane crash on the slopes of Mount Manunggal killed Philippine president Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.

March 17th, 1955

Ice hockey fans in Montreal rioted to protest the suspension of Montreal Canadiens star Maurice Richard for hitting an official.

March 17th, 1950

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced the synthesis of californium, a radioactive transuranium element.

March 17th, 1942

The Holocaust: The first mass killings of Jews began at Belzec extermination camp in occupied Poland, the first of the Operation Reinhard camps to begin operation.

March 17th, 1917

World War I: Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster led a force to rescue 92 prisoners of war from Bir Hakeim, killing the Senussi guards and their families.

March 17th, 1902

The Dorchester Heights Monument , memorializing the siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary War, was dedicated.

March 17th, 1891

The transatlantic steamship Utopia accidentally collided with the battleship HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar, sinking in less than twenty minutes and killing 562.

March 17th, 1842

The Female Relief Society of Nauvoo is formally organized with Emma Smith as president.

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

Born on March 17th, 1834

65

Gottlieb Daimler

German engineer and businessman (1834-1900)

*March 17th, 1834, Schorndorf †March 6th, 1900, Bad Cannstatt

Same year
Born in 1834

70

Hermann Usener

German classical philologist

*October 23rd, 1834, Weilburg †October 21st, 1905, Bonn

51

Amilcare Ponchielli

Italian composer (1834-1886)

*August 31st, 1834, Paderno Ponchielli †January 16th, 1886, Milan

85

Ernst Haeckel

German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician and artist (1834–1919)

*February 16th, 1834, Potsdam †August 9th, 1919, Jena

58

Ignacio Manuel Altamirano

Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician (1834-1893)

*November 13th, 1834, Tixtla de Guerrero †February 13th, 1893, Sanremo

92

Charles William Eliot

American president of Harvard (1834–1926)

*March 20th, 1834, Boston †August 22nd, 1926, Northeast Harbor

50

Próspero Fernández Oreamuno

Bueno (1834-1885)

*July 18th, 1834, San José †March 12th, 1885, Alajuela

68

Frank R. Stockton

American writer (1834-1902)

*April 5th, 1834, Philadelphia †April 20th, 1902, The Woodlands

62

William Morris

British textile artist, author, and socialist (1834–1896)

*March 24th, 1834, Walthamstow †October 3rd, 1896, London

73

George Anthony Walkem

Canadian lawyer (1834-1908)

*November 15th, 1834, Newry †January 13th, 1908, Victoria

88

John Venn

British logician and philosopher (1834-1923)

*August 4th, 1834, Kingston upon Hull †April 4th, 1923, Cambridge

70

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

French sculptor and painter (1834–1904)

*August 2nd, 1834, Colmar †October 4th, 1904, 6th arrondissement of Paris

57

Jan Neruda

Czech poet, theater reviewer, publicist, journalist and writer (1834-1891)

*July 9th, 1834, Prague †August 22nd, 1891, Prague

71

Martin Nováček

Czech conductor, violinist, music educator, composer and organist

*November 10th, 1834, Horažďovice †March 19th, 1906, Timișoara

80

August Weismann

German evolutionary biologist (1834-1914)

*January 17th, 1834, Frankfurt †November 5th, 1914, Freiburg im Breisgau

57

Charles Spurgeon

British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist

*June 19th, 1834, Kelvedon †January 31st, 1892, Menton

56

Joseph Edgar Boehm

British sculptor (1834-1890)

*July 6th, 1834, Vienna †December 12th, 1890, London

79

Lucy Lloyd

British folklorist and philologist (1834-1914)

*November 7th, 1834, Norbury †August 31st, 1914, Mowbray

68

John Wesley Powell

American geologist (1834-1902)

*March 24th, 1834, Mount Morris †September 23rd, 1902, North Haven

55

Carl Bloch

Danish painter (1834–1890)

*May 23rd, 1834, Copenhagen †February 22nd, 1890, Copenhagen

79

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath (1834-1913)

*April 30th, 1834, London †May 28th, 1913, Broadstairs

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1834 is a normal year and no leap year.

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