January 5th, 1328

Born on January 5th, 1328

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 254,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 661 days, exactly on March 6th, 2026, people who were born on January 5th, 1328 will be 255,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 5th?

January 5th, 1970

An earthquake registering Mw 7.1 struck Tonghai County in southern China, killing at least 10,000 people and eventually spurring the creation of the nation's largest earthquake monitoring system.

January 5th, 1953

Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, termed the "most significant English language play of the 20th century", premiered in Paris.

January 5th, 1949

In his State of the Union speech, U.S. president Harry S. Truman (pictured) announced: "Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal."

January 5th, 1941

Second World War: Australian and British troops defeated Italian forces in Bardia, Libya, the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation took part.

January 5th, 1925

Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state.

January 5th, 1922

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton (pictured) died of a heart attack during his final expedition.

January 5th, 1919

The German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party, was founded by Anton Drexler.

January 5th, 1757

King Louis XV survived an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who later became the last person in France to be executed by drawing and quartering.

January 5th, 1675

Franco-Dutch War: French troops defeated Austrian and Brandenburg forces at the Battle of Turckheim in Alsace.

January 5th, 1869

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day siege in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 1896

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day seige in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 2009

In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.

January 5th, 2008

Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of the country.

January 5th, 2007

The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.

January 5th, 2005

The dwarf planet Eris was discovered by a team using images from the Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 5th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 5th?

91

Konrad Adenauer

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU

*January 5th, 1876, Cologne †April 19th, 1967, Rhöndorf

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

44

Santiago Ventura

Spanish tennis player

*January 5th, 1980, Castelló de la Plana

24

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

51

Ella Harper

American circus performer

*January 5th, 1870, Sumner County †December 19th, 1921, Nashville

84

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

68

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of Germany since 2017

*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

83

Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (1941-)

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

38

Deepika Padukone

Indian Actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

61

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

80

Constanze Mozart

Austrian singer

*January 5th, 1762, Zell im Wiesental †March 6th, 1842, Salzburg

93

Robert Duvall

American actor and director

*January 5th, 1931, San Diego

50

Jacob Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)

*January 5th, 1655, Basel †August 16th, 1705, Basel

80

Rudolf Christoph Eucken

(1846-1926) German philosopher

*January 5th, 1846, Aurich †September 15th, 1926, Jena

76

Ted Lange

Actor, director, screenwriter

*January 5th, 1948, Oakland

90

Jean-Pierre Aumont

French actor (1911–2001)

*January 5th, 1911, Paris †January 30th, 2001, Saint-Tropez

55

Marilyn Manson

American musician (born 1969)

*January 5th, 1969, Canton

73

Ferdinand von Roemer

German geologist (1818-1891)

*January 5th, 1818, Hildesheim †December 14th, 1891, Wrocław

80

Gerd Siese

German association football player

*January 5th, 1944, Bielefeld

Same year
Born in 1328

69

Hongwu Emperor

Founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398

*October 29th, 1328, Fengyang County †June 24th, 1398, Nanjing

56

Joan of Kent

English noblewoman (1328-1385)

*September 29th, 1328, Woodstock Palace †August 7th, 1385, Wallingford

64

Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans

French princess

*April 1st, 1328, Châteauneuf-sur-Loire †February 8th, 1393, Vincennes

94

Benedict XIII of Avignon

Cardinal, antipope from 1394 to 1423 (1328-1423)

*November 25th, 1328, Papa Luna palace †May 23rd, 1423, Peniscola Castle

31

Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March

English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War (1328-1360)

*November 11th, 1328, Ludlow †February 26th, 1360, Rouvray

40

Peter I of Cyprus

King of Cyprus and King of Armenia

*October 9th, 1328, Nicosia †January 17th, 1369, Nicosia

37

Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg

Duke of Bavaria

*May 7th, 1328, Rome †May 17th, 1365, Berlin

68

William de Montacute, 2nd Earl of Salisbury

Military commander

*June 25th, 1328, Donyatt †June 3rd, 1397

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Leap year

Yes: 1328 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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