January 12th, 1461

Born on January 12th, 1461

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 205,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 258 days, exactly on January 15th, 2025, people who were born on January 12th, 1461 will be 206,000 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?

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

25

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

65

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

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

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

66

Nityananda

Hindu saint

*January 12th, 1473, India †November 30th, 1539, India

75

Charles Perrault

French author (1628-1703)

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

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

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

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

81

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer

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

74

Ferenc Molnár

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

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

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

78

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

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

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

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Born in 1461

62

Domenico Grimani

Catholic cardinal

*February 19th, 1461, Venice †August 27th, 1523, Rome

60

Raffaele Riario

Catholic cardinal

*May 3rd, 1461, Savona †July 9th, 1521, Naples

45

Alexander Jagiellon

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania

*August 5th, 1461, Kraków †August 19th, 1506, Vilnius

19

Amalie of Brandenburg

Countess Palatine and Duchess of Zweibruecken and Veldenz

*October 1st, 1461, Plassenburg †September 3rd, 1481, Baden-Baden

59

Christina of Saxony

Saxon princess who became Queen consort of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

*December 25th, 1461, Torgau †December 8th, 1521, Odense

58

Zanobi Acciaioli

Librarian, translator

*May 25th, 1461, Florence †July 27th, 1519, Rome

41

Louise of Savoy

Nun

*December 12th, 1461, Savoy †July 24th, 1503, Orbe

45

Rupert, Count Palatine of Simmern

Bishop of Regensburg

*October 16th, 1461, Simmern †April 19th, 1507, Wörth an der Donau

71

Jacopo Salviati

Politician (1461-1533)

*September 15th, 1461, Florence †September 6th, 1533

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1461 is a normal year and no leap year.

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