February 17th, 1854

Born on February 17th, 1854

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What happened on February 17th, 1854?

February 17th, 1854

The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Free_State

What else happened on February 17th?

February 17th, 2011

Arab Spring: Bahraini security forces killed four protesters in a pre-dawn raid at the Pearl Roundabout in Manama, while the "Day of Rage" took place in Libya with nationwide protests against Muammar Gaddafi's government.

February 17th, 1978

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army carried out a bombing of a restaurant near Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing twelve people and injuring thirty others.

February 17th, 1974

A U.S. Army soldier stole a Bell UH-1 helicopter (pictured) and landed it on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C.

February 17th, 1964

Gabonese military officers overthrew President Léon M'ba, but French forces, honouring a 1960 treaty, forcibly reinstated him two days later.

February 17th, 1959

Vanguard 2 (model pictured), the first weather satellite, was launched to measure cloud cover distribution.

February 17th, 1944

World War II: The U.S. Navy began Operation Hailstone, a massive naval air and surface attack against the Japanese naval and air base at Chuuk Lagoon in the Caroline Islands.

February 17th, 1913

The Armory Show (commemorative button pictured), the first large modern-art exhibition in the United States, opened at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York City.

February 17th, 1904

Italian composer Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly premiered at La Scala in Milan to poor reviews, forcing him to revise the opera.

February 17th, 1894

Rudolf Diesel's first working diesel engine ran for one minute.

February 17th, 1859

Cochinchina campaign: French Navy forces captured the Citadel of Saigon, defended by 1,000 Vietnamese soldiers of the Nguyễn dynasty.

February 17th, 1838

Great Trek: Zulu impis massacred about 532 Voortrekkers, Khoekhoe, and Basuto near present-day Weenen, South Africa.

February 17th, 1815

The United States ratifies the Treaty of Ghent – signed in late 1814 – formally ending the War of 1812.

February 17th, 1621

Myles Standish was elected the first commander of the militia of Plymouth Colony.

February 17th, 1966

Aeroflot Flight 065 crashes during take-off from Sheremetyevo International Airport, killing 21.

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

Born on February 17th, 1854

72

Najaf bey Vazirov

Azerbaijani writer (1854-1926)

*February 17th, 1854, Shusha †July 9th, 1926, Baku

Same year
Born in 1854

82

Adolf Erman

German Egyptologist and lexicographer (1854-1937)

*October 31st, 1854, Berlin †June 26th, 1937, Berlin

61

Paul Ehrlich

Jewish-German physician and scientist

*March 14th, 1854, Strzelin †August 20th, 1915, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

46

Oscar Wilde

Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)

*October 16th, 1854, Dublin †November 30th, 1900, Paris

58

Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

*April 29th, 1854, Nancy †July 17th, 1912, Paris

86

Paul Sabatier

French chemist

*November 5th, 1854, Carcassonne †August 14th, 1941, Toulouse

67

Benedict XV

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922

*November 21st, 1854, Pegli †January 22nd, 1922, Apostolic Palace

83

William C. White

American Seventh-day Adventist minister (1854–1937)

*August 29th, 1854, Rochester †September 1st, 1937, St. Helena

63

Emil von Behring

German physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin

*March 15th, 1854, Ławice †March 31st, 1917, Marburg

86

Louis Marie Cordonnier

French architect (1854–1940)

*July 7th, 1854, Haubourdin †November 20th, 1940, Peyrillac-et-Millac

84

Karl Kautsky

Czech-Austrian Marxist theorist (1854–1938)

*October 16th, 1854, Prague †October 17th, 1938, Amsterdam

78

Helen Nicol

Suffragist, temperance campaigner

*May 29th, 1854, Edinburgh †November 22nd, 1932, Dunedin

87

David Emmanuel

Romanian mathematician

*January 31st, 1854, Bucharest †February 4th, 1941, Bucharest

75

Aletta Jacobs

Dutch physician and feminist, editor (1854–1929)

*February 9th, 1854, Sappemeer †August 10th, 1929, Baarn

76

Charles Algernon Parsons

Inventor of the steam turbine (1854-1931)

*June 13th, 1854, London †February 11th, 1931, Kingston

69

Hertha Ayrton

English engineer, mathematician and inventor (1854-1923)

*April 28th, 1854, Portsea Island †August 23rd, 1923, Lancing

51

Alphonse Allais

French writer and humorist

*October 20th, 1854, Honfleur †October 28th, 1905, Paris

52

Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom

Dutch chemist

*October 24th, 1854, Alkmaar †February 2nd, 1907, Amsterdam

24

Pedro Videla

Chilean surgeon (1854-1879)

*August 14th, 1854, Andacollo †May 21st, 1879, Iquique

78

Juan Gualberto Gómez

Afro-Cuban revolutionary leader in the Cuban War of Independence (1854-1933)

*July 12th, 1854, Matanzas Province †March 5th, 1933, Havana

67

Engelbert Humperdinck

German composer (1854–1921)

*September 1st, 1854, Siegburg †September 27th, 1921, Neustrelitz

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1854 is a normal year and no leap year.

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