January 5th, 1477

Born on January 5th, 1477

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 199,000 days old!

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What happened on January 5th, 1477?

January 5th, 1477

Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nancy

What else 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.

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

Born on January 5th, 1477

55

Girolamo del Pacchia

Italian painter (1477-1533)

*January 5th, 1477, Siena †January 1st, 1533, Siena

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

51

Ella Harper

American circus performer

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

24

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

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

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

38

Deepika Padukone

Indian actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

50

Jacob Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)

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

80

Constanze Mozart

Austrian singer

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

61

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

93

Robert Duvall

American actor and director

*January 5th, 1931, San Diego

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

73

Ferdinand von Roemer

German geologist (1818-1891)

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

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

80

Gerd Siese

German association football player

*January 5th, 1944, Bielefeld

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Born in 1477

56

Johannes Aventinus

Bavarian Renaissance humanist historian and philologist (1477-1534)

*July 4th, 1477, Abensberg †January 9th, 1534, Regensburg

75

Hermann of Wied

Roman Catholic archbishop (1477–1552)

*January 14th, 1477, Altwied Castle †August 15th, 1552

36

Anne of Brittany

Duchess of Brittany and twice Queen of France (1477-1514)

*January 25th, 1477, Château des ducs de Bretagne †January 9th, 1514, Blois

71

Il Sodoma

Italian Renaissance painter (1477-1549)

*January 1st, 1477, Vercelli †November 30th, 1548, Siena

70

Johannes Schöner

German astronomer

*January 25th, 1477, Karlstadt am Main †January 26th, 1547, Free Imperial City of Nuremberg

50

Jerome Emser

German theologian

*March 20th, 1477, Weidenstetten †November 8th, 1527, Dresden

62

Ferrante d'Este

Ferrarese nobleman

*September 19th, 1477, Naples †January 31st, 1540, Ferrara

70

Jacopo Sadoleto

Catholic cardinal

*July 12th, 1477, Modena †October 18th, 1547, Rome

10

Luisa de' Medici

Italian noble

*January 25th, 1477, Florence †January 1st, 1488, Florence

69

Lorenz Zoch

German jurist

*August 9th, 1477, Halle (Saale) †February 27th, 1547, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

71

Matthäus Zell

German Lutheran pastor

*January 1st, 1477, Kaysersberg †January 1st, 1548, Strasbourg

47

Bartolomeo Fanfulla

Italian mercenary

*September 1st, 1477, Basiasco †February 24th, 1525, Terracina

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1477 is a normal year and no leap year.

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