Born on December 20th, 1852
Weekday
Monday
December 20th, 1852 was a Monday.
Zodiac
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Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)
November 23rd, 1852 - December 21st, 1852
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 62,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 415 days, exactly on June 16th, 2025, people who were born on December 20th, 1852 will be 63,000 days old!
62,585 Days
8,940 Weeks
2,056 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
Seconds
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Hours
What happened on December 20th, 1852?
Led by George Cathcart, British troops defeated Basuto and Taung forces at the Battle of Berea in present-day Lesotho, leading to an offer of peace from King Moshoeshoe I.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_CathcartWhat else happened on December 20th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 20th
Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 20th?
82 Dora Montefiore
Suffragette, socialist, writer
*December 20th, 1851, Coulsdon †December 21st, 1933, HastingsHazel Hotchkiss Wightman
US tennis and badminton player
*December 20th, 1886, Healdsburg †December 5th, 1974, Chestnut Hill
90 Ferdinand Buisson
French academic and politician (1841-1932)
*December 20th, 1841, former 1st arrondissement of Paris †February 16th, 1932, Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine
25 Kylian Mbappé
French association football player
*December 20th, 1998, 19th arrondissement of Paris
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Charley Grapewin
American actor (1869-1956)
*December 20th, 1869, Xenia †February 2nd, 1956, Corona.jpg "Rik Van Looy")
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62 Albert Dekker
American actor and politician (1905–1968)
*December 20th, 1905, Brooklyn †May 5th, 1968, Hollywood
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Henry Kimball Hadley
American composer (1871-1937)
*December 20th, 1871, Somerville †September 6th, 1937, New York City
Same year
Born in 1852
Georg Loeschcke
German classical archaeologist (1852-1915)
*June 28th, 1852, Penig †November 26th, 1915, Baden-Baden
55 Henri Becquerel
French physicist
*December 15th, 1852, Paris †August 25th, 1908, manoir de Pen Castel
58 Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)
*August 30th, 1852, Rotterdam †March 1st, 1911, Steglitz
82 Santiago Ramón y Cajal
Spanish scientist (1852-1934)
*May 1st, 1852, Petilla de Aragón †October 17th, 1934, Madrid
80 Augusta, Lady Gregory
Irish playwright, poet, folklorist (1852-1932)
*March 15th, 1852, Loughrea †May 22nd, 1932, Coole Park
71 Henry Gage
Governor of California (1852-1924)
*December 25th, 1852, Geneva †August 28th, 1924, Los Angeles
74 Constantin Fehrenbach
German politician (1852-1926)
*January 11th, 1852, Bonndorf im Schwarzwald †March 26th, 1926, Freiburg im BreisgauVictor Adler
Foreign minister of Austria, editor (1852–1918)
*June 24th, 1852, Prague †November 11th, 1918, ViennaJoseph Deniker
Russian-French naturalist, librarian and anthropologist (1852-1918)
*March 6th, 1852, Astrakhan †March 18th, 1918, ParisEmperor Meiji
Emperor of Japan from 1867 until 1912
*November 3rd, 1852, Site of the Nakayama Residence †July 30th, 1912, Meiji PalaceHubert Ludwig
German mycologist and zoologist (1852-1913)
*March 22nd, 1852, Trier †November 17th, 1913, Bonn
84 Frank Gavan Duffy
Australian judge (1852–1936)
*February 29th, 1852, Dublin †July 29th, 1936, FitzroyÉdouard Louis Joseph, 1st Baron Empain
Engineer, entrepreneur, financier, industrialist (1852-1929)
*September 20th, 1852, Belœil †July 22nd, 1929, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre - Sint-Pieters-Woluwe
67 Terauchi Masatake
Japanese general (1852-1919)
*February 5th, 1852, Chōshū Domain †November 3rd, 1919, TokyoBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on December 20th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Earliest date for Winter solstice's eve) which are celebrated on December 20th.
Abolition of Slavery Day, also known as Fête des Cafres (Réunion, French Guiana)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CafresBo Aung Kyaw Day (Myanmar)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Aung_Kyaw_DayDecember 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_20_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Yaldā (Iran)
Earliest date for Winter solstice's eve (Northern Hemisphere), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaldā_NightInternational Human Solidarity Day (International)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Human_Solidarity_DayMacau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (Macau)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_MacauDate as a Roman numeral / digit
20.12.1852
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1852 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).