Born on December 20th, 1861
Weekday
Friday
December 20th, 1861 was a Friday.
Zodiac
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Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)
November 23rd, 1861 - December 21st, 1861
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 702 days, exactly on March 30th, 2026, people who were born on December 20th, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!
59,298 Days
8,471 Weeks
1,948 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on December 20th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 20th
Born on December 20th, 1861
66 Emil Ritterling
German military historian and archaeologist
*December 20th, 1861, Leipzig †February 7th, 1928, WiesbadenFerdinand Bonn
German actor (1861-1933)
*December 20th, 1861, Donauwörth †September 24th, 1933, BerlinIvana Kobilca
Slovenian realist painter (1861-1926)
*December 20th, 1861, Ljubljana †December 4th, 1926, LjubljanaLudwig Sauer
German composer
*December 20th, 1861, Kronberg im Taunus †March 25th, 1940, Kronberg im TaunusSame Day
Who's birthday is on December 20th?
Hazel 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
82 Dora Montefiore
Suffragette, socialist, writer
*December 20th, 1851, Coulsdon †December 21st, 1933, HastingsCharley Grapewin
American actor (1869-1956)
*December 20th, 1869, Xenia †February 2nd, 1956, Corona.jpg "Gigliola Cinquetti")
43 Dan Leno
British music hall singer and comedian (1860-1904)
*December 20th, 1860, London †October 31st, 1904, London
69 Domingo Cabred
Argentinian physician (1859-1929)
*December 20th, 1859, Paso de los Libres †November 22nd, 1929, Buenos AiresHenry Kimball Hadley
American composer (1871-1937)
*December 20th, 1871, Somerville †September 6th, 1937, New York City.jpg "Rik Van Looy")
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81 Arturo Alessandri
Chilean politician and President
*December 20th, 1868, Longaví †August 24th, 1950, Santiago.jpg "Albert Dekker")
62 Albert Dekker
American actor and politician (1905–1968)
*December 20th, 1905, Brooklyn †May 5th, 1968, Hollywood
84 Elsie de Wolfe
American actress and interior decorator (1865-1950)
*December 20th, 1865, New York City †July 12th, 1950, Versailles
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Same year
Born in 1861
80 Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata
68 Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)
*October 10th, 1861, Vestre Aker †May 13th, 1930, Polhøgda
Friedrich Simon Archenhold
German astronomer
*October 2nd, 1861, Lichtenau †October 14th, 1939, Berlin
76 Georges Méliès
French film maker and illusionist (1861–1938)
*December 8th, 1861, Paris †January 21st, 1938, ParisMaximilian von Spee
German admiral
*June 22nd, 1861, Copenhagen †December 8th, 1914, South Atlantic Ocean
Marie von Miller
German painter (1861–1933)
*February 22nd, 1861, Munich †August 18th, 1933, Starnberg
65 Mehmed VI
Last sultan of the Ottoman Empire
*January 14th, 1861, Istanbul †May 16th, 1926, SanremoFranz Xaver Engelhart
German composer, priest and choir director
*March 4th, 1861, Geiselhöring †July 14th, 1924, Regensburg
70 Frederick Jackson Turner
American historian (1861-1932)
*November 14th, 1861, Portage †March 14th, 1932, San Marino.jpg "Victor Horta")
86 Victor Horta
Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau
*January 6th, 1861, Ghent †September 8th, 1947, City of Brussels
64 Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
*February 25th, 1861, Donji Kraljevec †March 30th, 1925, Dornach
75 Lou Andreas-Salomé
German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author
*February 12th, 1861, Saint Petersburg †February 5th, 1937, GöttingenCharles Édouard Guillaume
Swiss physicist (1861-1938)
*February 15th, 1861, Fleurier †June 13th, 1938, SèvresPauline Johnson
Canadian poet and performer
*March 10th, 1861, Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation †March 7th, 1913, VancouverLuigi Facta
Italian politician (1861-1930)
*September 13th, 1861, Pinerolo †November 5th, 1930, PineroloJosé Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
*June 19th, 1861, Calamba †December 30th, 1896, ManilaBirthdays 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
20.12.1861
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1861 is a normal year and no leap year.