August 12th, 1377

Born on August 12th, 1377

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 236,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 789 days, exactly on July 1st, 2026, people who were born on August 12th, 1377 will be 237,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 12th?

August 12th, 2016

The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the first beer festival in North Korea.

August 12th, 2000

Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine of the Russian Navy, suffered an on-board explosion and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise with 118 lives lost.

August 12th, 1990

Near Faith, South Dakota, American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed Sue (pictured).

August 12th, 1985

Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, killing 520 of 524 people on board in the world's worst single-aircraft aviation disaster.

August 12th, 1969

The Troubles: Riots erupted in the neighbourhood of Bogside in Derry, and spread across much of Northern Ireland.

August 12th, 1952

Thirteen Jewish poets were executed in Moscow for espionage based on false confessions.

August 12th, 1945

An official administrative history of the Manhattan Project, written by American physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth, was released to the public days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

August 12th, 1944

World War II: In Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy, the Waffen-SS and the Brigate Nere murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees and burned their bodies.

August 12th, 1914

World War I: Belgian troops won a victory at the Battle of Halen, but were ultimately unable to stop the German invasion of the country.

August 12th, 1883

The last known quagga (colourised example pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam.

August 12th, 1881

Franco-American children as young as seven years old commenced a strike against Cabot Mill of Brunswick, Maine. The Mill had to shut down operations for three days.

August 12th, 1099

Crusades: Fatimid forces under al-Afdal Shahanshah began retreating to Egypt after the Battle of Ascalon, concluding the First Crusade.

August 12th, 1323

The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.

August 12th, 1164

Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.

August 12th, 1121

Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.

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

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

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

28

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

73

Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna

31

Toby Penty

English badminton player

*August 12th, 1992, Walton-on-Thames

51

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

32

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

46

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

78

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

93

George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

82

Dana Ivey

American actress

*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

33

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

54

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

52

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

*August 12th, 1971, Washington, D.C.

47

Klara Hitler

Mother of Adolf Hitler

*August 12th, 1860, Weitra †December 21st, 1907, Urfahr

24

Matthijs de Ligt

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1999, Leiderdorp

63

Jean-Jacques Ampère

French philologist

*August 12th, 1800, Lyon †March 27th, 1864, Pau

87

Jacinto Benavente

Spanish writer (1866-1954)

*August 12th, 1866, Murcia †July 14th, 1954, Málaga

52

Rebecca Gayheart

American actress

*August 12th, 1971, Hazard

33

Mario Balotelli

Italian association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Palermo

Same year
Born in 1377

24

Jianwen Emperor

Zhu Yunwen, Emperor of China

*December 5th, 1377, Nanjing †July 13th, 1402, Nanjing

37

Ladislaus of Naples

King of Naples (1377-1414)

*February 15th, 1377, Naples †August 6th, 1414, Naples

26

Albert IV, Duke of Austria

Austrian duke

*September 19th, 1377, Vienna †September 14th, 1404, Klosterneuburg

79

Đurađ Branković

Despot of the Serbian Kingdom of Rascia (1377-1456) (ruled 1427-1456)

*January 31st, 1377, Prishtina †January 2nd, 1457, Smederevo Fortress

69

Shahrukh

Timurid ruler

*August 20th, 1377, Samarkand †March 13th, 1447, Ray

39

Louis II of Naples

King of Naples

*October 5th, 1377, Toulouse †April 29th, 1417, Angers

26

Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford

English Earl

*March 2nd, 1377, Staffordshire †July 21st, 1403, Shrewsbury

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1377 is a normal year and no leap year.

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