About February 17

February 17, 2022 is the 48th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 317 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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Aquarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 339 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On February 17

  • 1500 –
    Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
  • 1600 –
    The philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome for heresy.
  • 1753 –
    In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
  • 1801 –
    An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.
  • 1809 –
    Miami University is chartered by the State of Ohio.
  • 1819 –
    The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise for the first time.
  • 1854 –
    The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.
  • 1865 –
    American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.
  • 1904 –
    Madama Butterfly receives its première at La Scala in Milan.
  • 1924 –
    In Miami, Florida, Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100 meters freestyle swimming competition with a time of 57.4 seconds.
  • 1933 –
    Newsweek magazine is published for the first time.
  • 1933 –
    The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.
  • 1959 –
    Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 – The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
  • 1964 –
    In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
  • 1969 –
    New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
  • 1979 –
    The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
  • 1995 –
    The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN.
  • 1998 –
    Nagorno-Karabakh War: Armenian troops kill 70–90 Azerbaijani civilians in the village of Qaradağlı.
  • 2003 –
    The London Congestion Charge scheme begins.
  • 2008 –
    Kosovo declares independence.

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