January 26th, 1229

Born on January 26th, 1229

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 290,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 477 days, exactly on October 20th, 2025, people who were born on January 26th, 1229 will be 291,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 26th?

January 26th, 1974

Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashed while taking off from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, killing 67 people.

January 26th, 2020

A Sikorsky S-76B helicopter crashed in Calabasas, California, killing all nine people on board, including former basketball player Kobe Bryant.

January 26th, 1545

The Council of Trent officially separates Roman Catholicism and Protestantism

January 26th, 2009

Rioting broke out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that led to the deposal of President Marc Ravalomanana.

January 26th, 2001

An earthquake in the Indian state of Gujarat killed at least 13,000 people, injured 167,000 others and destroyed nearly 400,000 homes.

January 26th, 1998

In a nationally televised press conference, U.S. president Bill Clinton denied having "sexual relations" with intern Monica Lewinsky.

January 26th, 1972

JAT Flight 367 exploded in mid-air over Czechoslovakia; the only survivor of the 28 on board, flight attendant Vesna Vulović, fell 10,160 m (33,330 ft), setting the record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute.

January 26th, 1966

The three Beaumont children disappeared from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.

January 26th, 1952

Spontaneous anti-British riots erupted in Cairo following the killings of 50 Egyptian auxiliary police officers the previous day.

January 26th, 1950

Indian independence movement: India became a republic under a new constitution, with Rajendra Prasad as president and Jawaharlal Nehru as prime minister.

January 26th, 1949

The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory (pictured) in California, the largest aperture optical telescope in the world for 28 years, saw first light.

January 26th, 1945

Audie Murphy engaged in action at the Colmar Pocket that won him a Medal of Honor and made him one of the most famous and decorated U.S. soldiers of World War II.

January 26th, 1918

A group of Red Guards hung a red lantern atop the tower of the Helsinki Workers' House, symbolically marking the start of the Finnish Civil War.

January 26th, 1905

The 3,106-carat (621 g) Cullinan Diamond (pictured), the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, was discovered at the Premier Mine in Gauteng, South Africa.

January 26th, 1841

Commodore Gordon Bremer took formal possession of Hong Kong Island for the United Kingdom at Possession Point.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 26th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 26th?

41

Lee Jae-jin

South Korean badminton player

*January 26th, 1983, Miryang

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

36

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

40

Silvi Antarini

Indonesian badminton player

*January 26th, 1984, Jakarta

97

Heinz Kessler

German military officer, Armeegeneral in the former National People's Army of East Germany (1920-2017)

*January 26th, 1920, Lubań †May 2nd, 2017, Berlin

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

32

Marvin Plattenhardt

German association football player

*January 26th, 1992, Filderstadt

39

Adam Cwalina

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1985, Częstochowa

31

Yang Li Lian

Malaysian badminton player

*January 26th, 1993, Selangor

30

Rhys Walker

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1994, Nuneaton

45

Huang Chia-Chi

Australian badminton player, former Taiwanese badminton player

*January 26th, 1979, Taipei

27

Evelyn Siamupangila

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1997, Kabwe

19

Alex Lanier

Badminton player

*January 26th, 2005, Caen

28

Tedi Supriadi

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1996, Bandung City

83

Paul Newman

American actor and film director (1925–2008)

*January 26th, 1925, Shaker Heights †September 26th, 2008, Westport

56

Matt Rippy

American actor

*January 26th, 1968, Houston

71

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Romanian communist leader from 1965 to 1989

*January 26th, 1918, Scornicești †December 25th, 1989, Târgoviște

66

Ellen DeGeneres

American television hoste

*January 26th, 1958, Metairie

31

Florian Thauvin

French association football player

*January 26th, 1993, Orléans

79

Jeremy Rifkin

American economist

*January 26th, 1945, Denver

43

Gustavo Dudamel

Venezuelan conductor and violinist

*January 26th, 1981, Barquisimeto

71

Klaus Müller

German footballer (1953–)

*January 26th, 1953, Dresden

69

Lucía Méndez

Mexican recording artist, actress and singer

*January 26th, 1955, León Municipality

57

Jean-Paul Rouve

French actor, film director and screenwriter

*January 26th, 1967, Dunkirk

93

Armand Gatti

French writer and filmmaker

*January 26th, 1924, Monaco †April 6th, 2017, Bégin Military Teaching Hospital

34

Peter Sagan

Slovak cycling champion

*January 26th, 1990, Žilina

84

Douglas MacArthur

United States Army general in WWI, WWII and Korea (1880–1964)

*January 26th, 1880, Little Rock †April 5th, 1964, Washington, D.C.

37

Rigoberto Urán

Road bicycle racer

*January 26th, 1987, Urrao

78

Bernard Tapie

French businessman and politician

*January 26th, 1943, 20th arrondissement of Paris †October 3rd, 2021, hôtel de Cavoye

29

Kim Peyton

American swimmer

*January 26th, 1957, Hood River †December 13th, 1986, Stanford

82

Jill Esmond

British actress (1908–1990)

*January 26th, 1908, London †July 28th, 1990, Wimbledon

35

Emily Hughes

Figure skater

*January 26th, 1989, Great Neck

87

Samuel Hopkins Adams

American investigative journalist

*January 26th, 1871, Dunkirk †November 15th, 1958, Beaufort

61

José Mourinho

Portuguese association football manager and former player

*January 26th, 1963, Setúbal

82

Frank Mills

American actor (1891-1973)

*January 26th, 1891, Kalamazoo †August 18th, 1973, Los Angeles

39

Heather Stanning

British rower

*January 26th, 1985, Yeovil

76

Corky Laing

Canadian musician

*January 26th, 1948, Montreal

89

Ercole Baldini

Italian professional road racing cyclist

*January 26th, 1933, Forlì †December 1st, 2022, Forlì

35

Hannah Arterton

British actress and singer

*January 26th, 1989, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1229 is a normal year and no leap year.

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