January 10th, 1455

Born on January 10th, 1455

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 208,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 249 days, exactly on April 1st, 2027, people who were born on January 10th, 1455 will be 209,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 10th?

January 10th, 2007

A general strike began in Guinea as an attempt to force President Lansana Conté to resign, eventually resulting in the appointment of two new prime ministers.

January 10th, 1993

The Braer Storm, the strongest extratropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Atlantic, reached peak intensity.

January 10th, 1985

Sir Clive Sinclair launched the Sinclair C5 personal electric vehicle (pictured), "one of the great marketing bombs of postwar British industry", which later became a cult collectable despite its commercial failure.

January 10th, 1966

India and Pakistan signed the Tashkent Declaration to end the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.

January 10th, 1946

The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened in London with representatives from the original 51 member states.

January 10th, 1941

Greco-Italian War: The Greek army captured the strategically important Klisura Pass in Albania.

January 10th, 1929

Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, began serialisation.

January 10th, 1927

The science fiction film Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, was released in Germany.

January 10th, 1923

Lithuanian residents of the Klaipėda Region began a revolt, ahead of a League of Nations decision on their future which they expected to be against their interest.

January 10th, 1917

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months.

January 10th, 1901

The first great gusher of the Texas oil boom was discovered in the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont.

January 10th, 1863

Service began on the Metropolitan Railway (construction depicted) between Paddington and Farringdon Street, today the oldest segment of the London Underground.

January 10th, 1812

New Orleans (pictured), the first steamship on the Mississippi River, arrived at New Orleans to complete its maiden voyage.

January 10th, 1776

Common Sense, a pamphlet by Thomas Paine denouncing British rule in the Thirteen Colonies, was published.

January 10th, 1475

Moldavian–Ottoman Wars: Stephen the Great led Moldavian forces to defeat an Ottoman attack under Hadım Suleiman Pasha near Vaslui in present-day Romania.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 10th

Same year
Born in 1455

67

Johann Reuchlin

German humanist and scholar of Greek and Hebrew (1455–1522)

*January 29th, 1455, Pforzheim †June 30th, 1522, Stuttgart

48

Johann von Dalberg

Roman Catholic bishop

*May 14th, 1455, Oppenheim †July 27th, 1503, Heidelberg

77

Pietro Accolti

Catholic cardinal

*March 15th, 1455, Florence †December 11th, 1532, Rome

48

George the Rich, Duke of Bavaria

Last Duke of Bavaria-Landshut

*August 15th, 1455, Burghausen †December 1st, 1503, Ingolstadt

43

John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg

Elector of Brandenburg (1455–1499)

*August 2nd, 1455, Ansbach †January 9th, 1499, Arneburg

62

Giovanni Cataldo Parisio

Italian writer and politician

*January 1st, 1455, Palermo †January 1st, 1517, Lisbon

83

Andrea Gritti

Doge of Venice (1455-1539)

*April 17th, 1455, Bardolino †December 28th, 1538, Venice

28

Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham

English nobleman

*September 4th, 1455, Abergavenny †November 2nd, 1483, Salisbury

64

Andries Boelens

Dutch politician (1455-1519)

*September 3rd, 1455, Amsterdam †November 20th, 1519

80

Gabriel von Eyb

*September 29th, 1455, Arberg †December 1st, 1535

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1455 is a normal year and no leap year.

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