January 12th, 1328

Born on January 12th, 1328

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 618 days, exactly on March 13th, 2026, people who were born on January 12th, 1328 will be 255,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 12th?

January 12th, 1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Natal Native Contingent and British troops defeated Zulu forces in the Action at Sihayo's Kraal.

January 12th, 1865

The foundation stone of Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork was laid.

January 12th, 2010

Iranian physicist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi was assassinated while leaving his home for the University of Tehran, where he was a professor.

January 12th, 2007

Comet McNaught (pictured) reached perihelion, becoming the brightest comet in over 40 years, with an apparent magnitude of −5.5.

January 12th, 1964

Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah was overthrown by rebels led by John Okello, ending 200 years of Arab dominance in Zanzibar.

January 12th, 1918

An underground explosion at a coal mine in Staffordshire, England, killed 155 men and boys.

January 12th, 1916

Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann became the first German aviators to be awarded the Pour le Mérite, Germany's highest military honour.

January 12th, 1895

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded.

January 12th, 1808

John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church in Reculver from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture.

January 12th, 1777

Mission Santa Clara de Asís (pictured), a Spanish mission in California that formed the basis of both the city of Santa Clara and Santa Clara University, was established by the Franciscans.

January 12th, 1659

The fort at Allahabad was surrendered to the forces of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

January 12th, 1554

Bayinnaung, who later assembled what was probably the largest empire in the history of mainland Southeast Asia, was crowned as the king of the Burmese Toungoo dynasty.

January 12th, 0475

Basiliscus became Byzantine emperor after Zeno was forced to flee Constantinople.

January 12th, 2020

Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people.

January 12th, 2016

Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 12th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 12th?

65

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

*January 12th, 1874, Munich †June 4th, 1939, Göttingen

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

50

Marie Jonas

German physician

*January 12th, 1893, Primorsk †November 30th, 1943, extermination camp

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

75

Charles Perrault

French author (1628-1703)

*January 12th, 1628, Paris †May 16th, 1703, Paris

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

40

Jack London

American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)

*January 12th, 1876, San Francisco †November 22nd, 1916, Glen Ellen

64

Oliver Platt

Canadian-born American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

78

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

*January 12th, 1928, Portsmouth †November 17th, 2006, Las Vegas

26

Juan Foyth

Argentine association football player

*January 12th, 1998, La Plata

66

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

74

Ferenc Molnár

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

*January 12th, 1878, Budapest †April 1st, 1952, New York City

81

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer

*January 12th, 1746, Zürich †February 17th, 1827, Brugg

53

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

*January 12th, 1893, Rosenheim †October 15th, 1946, Nuremberg Court Prison

39

Swami Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

*January 12th, 1863, Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House & Cultural Centre †July 4th, 1902, Belur

63

Simon Russell Beale

British actor and music historian

*January 12th, 1961, Penang

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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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