July 17th, 1848

Born on July 17th, 1848

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

July 17th, 2014

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board.

July 17th, 2007

TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overran the runway at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 199 people.

July 17th, 1996

TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York.

July 17th, 1992

Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the Manchester Metrolink, the first modern street-running light-rail system in the United Kingdom.

July 17th, 1981

A structural failure caused a walkway at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., to collapse (damage pictured), killing 114 people and injuring 216 others.

July 17th, 1968

Led by Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party overthrew Iraqi president Abdul Rahman Arif in a bloodless coup.

July 17th, 1944

Laden with munitions for World War II, two ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, killing 320 people and injuring more than 400 others.

July 17th, 1918

Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II and his family (pictured) were murdered by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg.

July 17th, 1863

The New Zealand Wars resumed as British forces led by General Duncan Cameron began the invasion of the Waikato.

July 17th, 1850

The first astrophotograph of a star other than the Sun, a daguerreotype of Vega (pictured), was taken by William Cranch Bond and John Adams Whipple.

July 17th, 1771

Dene men, acting as guides to Samuel Hearne on his exploration of the Coppermine River in present-day Nunavut, Canada, massacred a group of about twenty Copper Inuit.

July 17th, 1453

The Battle of Castillon, the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War, ended with the English losing all holdings in France except the Pale of Calais.

July 17th, 1989

Holy See–Poland relations are restored.

July 17th, 1985

Founding of the EUREKA Network by former head of states François Mitterrand (France) and Helmut Kohl (Germany).

July 17th, 1984

The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.

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

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

69

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

88

Donald Sutherland

Canadian actor (born 1935)

*July 17th, 1935, Saint John

33

Klæmint Olsen

Faroese association football player

*July 17th, 1990, Runavík

84

Diahann Carroll

American actress, singer, model and activist (1935–2019)

*July 17th, 1935, The Bronx †October 4th, 2019, Los Angeles

27

Ulrikke Falch

Norwegian actress

*July 17th, 1996, Oslo

86

Evelyn Hartnick-Geismeier

German sculptor (1931-2017)

*July 17th, 1931, Finsterwalde †August 24th, 2017, Berlin

29

Victor Lindelöf

Swedish association football player

*July 17th, 1994, Västerås

58

Bastian Sick

German journalist

*July 17th, 1965, Lübeck

72

Lucie Arnaz

American actress

*July 17th, 1951, Hollywood

86

Andreas von Bülow

German politician

*July 17th, 1937, Dresden

76

Queen Camilla

Queen Consort of the United Kingdom since 2022

*July 17th, 1947, King's College Hospital

45

Émilie Simon

French singer, songwriter and composer

*July 17th, 1978, Montpellier

86

James Cagney

American actor and dancer (1899–1986)

*July 17th, 1899, Manhattan †March 30th, 1986, Stanford

38

Francis Banecki

German association football player

*July 17th, 1985, Berlin

72

Carlos Alberto Torres

Brazilian association football player and manager (1944-2016)

*July 17th, 1944, Rio de Janeiro †October 25th, 2016, Rio de Janeiro

63

Nancy Giles

Actress and television personality

*July 17th, 1960, New York City

95

Phyllis Diller

American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist (1917–2012)

*July 17th, 1917, Lima †August 20th, 2012, Brentwood

38

Tom Cullen

British actor

*July 17th, 1985, Aberystwyth

97

Kenan Evren

Turkish general (1917-2015)

*July 17th, 1917, Kula †May 9th, 2015, Ankara

88

Peter Schickele

American composer, musical educator, and parodist (born 1935)

*July 17th, 1935, Ames †January 16th, 2024, Bearsville

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69

Octave Mirbeau

French writer, art critic and journalist

*February 16th, 1848, Trévières †February 16th, 1917, Paris

82

Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff

German classical philologist (1848-1931)

*December 22nd, 1848, Markowice, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship †September 25th, 1931, Berlin

74

Hermann Diels

German classical scholar (1848–1922)

*May 18th, 1848, Biebrich †June 4th, 1922, Dahlem

59

Joris-Karl Huysmans

French novelist and art critic

*February 5th, 1848, Paris †May 12th, 1907, Paris

62

Fritz von Uhde

German artist (1848–1911)

*May 22nd, 1848, Limbach-Oberfrohna †February 25th, 1911, Munich

75

Raphael von Koeber

Russian-German philosopher

*January 15th, 1848, Nizhny Novgorod †June 14th, 1923, Yokohama

86

Benjamin Baillaud

French astronomer (1848-1934)

*February 14th, 1848, Chalon-sur-Saône †July 8th, 1934, Paris

76

Wilhelm von Finck

German entrepreneur and banker

*February 6th, 1848, Bad Vilbel †April 8th, 1924, Munich

76

Gottlob Frege

German philosopher, logician, and mathematician (1848–1925)

*November 8th, 1848, Wismar †July 26th, 1925, Bad Kleinen

71

Johann Desch

German entrepreneur

*April 27th, 1848, Glattbach †January 29th, 1920, Aschaffenburg

66

Hubertine Auclert

French feminist and suffragist

*April 10th, 1848, Saint-Priest-en-Murat †August 4th, 1914, 11th arrondissement of Paris

75

Vilfredo Pareto

Italian economist and sociologist (1848-1923)

*July 15th, 1848, Paris †August 19th, 1923, Céligny

81

Arthur Balfour

British Prime Minister, Conservative politician, and statesman (1848-1930)

*July 25th, 1848, Whittingehame †March 19th, 1930, Woking

54

Paul Gauguin

French painter and printmaker (1848 — 1903)

*June 7th, 1848, Paris †May 9th, 1903, Atuona

87

Hugo de Vries

Dutch botanist (1848-1935)

*February 16th, 1848, Haarlem †May 21st, 1935, Ede

48

Otto Lilienthal

German aviation pioneer (1848-1896)

*May 23rd, 1848, Anklam †August 10th, 1896, Berlin

73

Jean Aicard

French poet, dramatist and novelist (1848-1921)

*February 4th, 1848, Toulon †May 13th, 1921, 7th arrondissement of Paris

48

Édouard Joseph Dantan

French painter (1848–1897)

*August 26th, 1848, Paris †July 7th, 1897, Villerville

83

Pierre De Geyter

Belgian composer

*October 8th, 1848, Ghent †September 26th, 1932, Saint-Denis

76

Johann Palisa

Austrian astronomist

*December 6th, 1848, Opava †May 2nd, 1925, Vienna

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Public holidays on July 17th

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

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Leap year

Yes: 1848 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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