January 27th, 1079

Born on January 27th, 1079

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 345,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 733 days, exactly on May 22nd, 2026, people who were born on January 27th, 1079 will be 346,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 27th?

January 27th, 1799

French Revolutionary Wars: In the Macau Incident, French and Spanish warships encountered a British Royal Navy escort squadron in the Wanshan Archipelago; subsequent events, including which side retreated, were disputed by the commanders present.

January 27th, 2010

Porfirio Lobo Sosa became the new president of Honduras, ending a constitutional crisis that had begun in 2009 when Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed from office.

January 27th, 2003

The first selections for the United States National Recording Registry were announced by the Library of Congress.

January 27th, 1996

Mahamane Ousmane (pictured), the first democratically elected president of Niger, was deposed by Colonel Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara in a military coup d'état.

January 27th, 1980

Six American diplomats who had evaded capture in the Iran hostage crisis escaped with the help of Canadian government officials to Zürich, Switzerland.

January 27th, 1974

Brisbane, Australia, was flooded when the Brisbane River broke its banks.

January 27th, 1967

A fire during a launch simulation for the Apollo 1 mission at Cape Kennedy killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.

January 27th, 1965

South Vietnamese prime minister Trần Văn Hương was removed by the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh.

January 27th, 1945

The Soviet Red Army liberated about 7,000 prisoners left behind by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp (entrance pictured).

January 27th, 1927

A contaminated diphtheria vaccine was used in an Australian immunisation program, leading to the deaths of twelve children and the suspension of immunisation programs in several countries.

January 27th, 1820

A Russian expedition led by the naval officers Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev made the first sighting of the coast of Antarctica.

January 27th, 1785

The University of Georgia, one of the oldest public universities in the United States, was founded.

January 27th, 1343

Clement VI issued the papal bull Unigenitus, justifying the power of the pope and the use of indulgences.

January 27th, 0945

The brothers Stephen and Constantine Lekapenos, having deposed their father as Byzantine emperor a few weeks earlier, were themselves overthrown by Constantine VII, their co-emperor.

January 27th, 2023

A shooting at a synagogue in Neve Yaakov, East Jerusalem, kills seven people and injures three others.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 27th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 27th?

41

John Lundvik

Swedish singer, songwriter, and former sprinter

*January 27th, 1983, London

79

Juan de Arespacochaga

Spanish diplomat

*January 27th, 1920, Madrid †October 1st, 1999, Madrid

35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)

*January 27th, 1756, Salzburg †December 5th, 1791, Vienna

53

Ricky Subagja

Badminton player

*January 27th, 1971, Bandung

69

Martin Jehne

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 27th, 1955, Hamburg

45

Rosamund Pike

English actress

*January 27th, 1979, Hammersmith

19

Manisha Ramadass

Badminton player

*January 27th, 2005, Chennai

87

Rauf Denktaş

Leader of Turkish Cypriots and founding President of TRNC (1924-2012)

*January 27th, 1924, Paphos †January 13th, 2012, North Nicosia

59

Alan Cumming

Scottish actor

*January 27th, 1965, Aberfeldy

82

Wilhelm II

German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 to 1918

*January 27th, 1859, Kronprinzenpalais †June 4th, 1941, Huis Doorn

50

Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier

*January 27th, 1974, Drammen Municipality

62

Edward Smith

Captain of the RMS Titanic (1850–1912)

*January 27th, 1850, Hanley †April 15th, 1912, North Atlantic Ocean

88

Barry C. Barish

American physicist

*January 27th, 1936, Omaha

30

Rani Khedira

German footballer

*January 27th, 1994, Stuttgart

30

Matthias Auckenthaler

Austrian mountaineer

*January 27th, 1906, Mutters †June 21st, 1936, Leutasch

60

Bridget Fonda

Actress

*January 27th, 1964, Los Angeles

55

Patton Oswalt

American actor and comedian

*January 27th, 1969, Portsmouth

44

Marat Safin

Russian tennis player

*January 27th, 1980, Moscow

65

Lewis Carroll

British author and scholar (1832–1898)

*January 27th, 1832, Daresbury †January 14th, 1898, Guildford

72

George Relph

British stage and film actor (1888-1960)

*January 27th, 1888, Cullercoats †April 24th, 1960, London

76

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Latvian-American dancer, choreographer and actor

*January 27th, 1948, Riga

21

Paulina Ramanauskaitė

Lithuanian figure skater

*January 27th, 2003, Kaunas

67

Frank Miller

American writer, artist, film director (born 1957)

*January 27th, 1957, Olney

38

Johan Petro

French professional basketball player

*January 27th, 1986, Paris

72

G. E. Smith

American musician

*January 27th, 1952, Stroudsburg

69

John Roberts

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2005

*January 27th, 1955, Buffalo

57

Abbas the Great

Shah of Safavid Iran (1571-1629)

*January 27th, 1571, Herat †January 19th, 1629, Mazandaran Province

80

Nick Mason

English drummer, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1944)

*January 27th, 1944, Birmingham

55

Bobby Deol

Indian actor

*January 27th, 1969, Mumbai

60

Jerome Kern

American composer of musical theater and popular music (1885-1945)

*January 27th, 1885, Manhattan †November 11th, 1945, New York City

40

Beatrice Tinsley

New Zealand astronomer (1941-1981)

*January 27th, 1941, Chester †March 23rd, 1981, New Haven

49

Caroline Vigneaux

French actress

*January 27th, 1975, Nantes

48

Renaud Capuçon

French violinist

*January 27th, 1976, Chambéry

83

Karl Diller

German politician

*January 27th, 1941, Kaiserslautern

74

Per Røntved

Danish association football player (1949-2023)

*January 27th, 1949, Frederiksberg †May 15th, 2023

68

Susanne Blakeslee

American voice, stage and musical theatre actress

*January 27th, 1956, Los Angeles

24

Aurélien Tchouaméni

Cameroonian and French association football player

*January 27th, 2000, Rouen

94

John Eccles

Australian neurophysiologist (1903–1997)

*January 27th, 1903, Melbourne †May 2nd, 1997, Tenero-Contra

84

James Cromwell

American actor and activist (born 1940)

*January 27th, 1940, Los Angeles

82

Tasuku Honjo

Japanese professor of immunology and genomic medicine (1942–)

*January 27th, 1942, Kyoto

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 27th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz-related observances) which are celebrated on January 27th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1079 is a normal year and no leap year.

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