January 12th, 1494

Born on January 12th, 1494

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 315 days, exactly on March 9th, 2025, people who were born on January 12th, 1494 will be 194,000 days old!

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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

Charles Perrault

French author (1628-1703)

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

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

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

66

Nityananda

Hindu saint

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

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

66

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

55

Henry III of Nassau-Breda

Baron of Breda

*January 12th, 1483, Siegen †September 14th, 1538, Breda

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

53

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

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

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71

Suleiman the Magnificent

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and caliph (1520–1566)

*November 6th, 1494, Trabzon †September 7th, 1566, Szigetvár

72

Johannes Agricola

Reformer, humanist

*April 20th, 1494, Lutherstadt Eisleben †September 22nd, 1566, Berlin

61

Georgius Agricola

German mineralogist

*March 24th, 1494, Glauchau †November 21st, 1555, Chemnitz

52

Francis I of France

King of France (1494-1547)

*September 12th, 1494, Cognac †March 31st, 1547, Rambouillet

63

Bona Sforza

Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania

*February 2nd, 1494, Vigevano †November 19th, 1557, Castello Normanno-Svevo

59

Ambrosius Moibanus

German theologian

*April 4th, 1494, Wrocław †January 16th, 1554, Wrocław

88

Antoinette de Bourbon

Duchess consort of Guise

*December 25th, 1494, Ham †January 22nd, 1583, Joinville

81

Hans Sachs

German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker

*November 5th, 1494, Nuremberg †January 19th, 1576, Nuremberg

62

Pontormo

Florentine Mannerist painter

*May 24th, 1494, Empoli †December 31st, 1556, Florence

46

Rosso Fiorentino

Italian painter

*March 8th, 1494, Florence †November 14th, 1540, Paris

81

Francesco da Sangallo

Italian artist (1494-1576)

*March 1st, 1494, Florence †February 17th, 1576, Florence

80

Francesco Maurolico

Greek mathematician and astronomer (*1494 – †1575)

*September 16th, 1494, Messina †July 22nd, 1575, Messina

63

Francesco Bacchiacca

Italian Renaissance painter (1494-1557)

*March 1st, 1494, Florence †October 5th, 1557, Florence

60

Oronce Finé

French mathematician and cartographer (*1494 – †1555)

*December 20th, 1494, Briançon †August 8th, 1555, Paris

63

Wolfgang of the Palatinate

Count Palatine of Neumarkt, governor of the Upper Palatinate

*October 31st, 1494, Heidelberg †April 2nd, 1558, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

76

Johannes Scheubel

German mathematician

*January 1st, 1494, Kirchheim unter Teck †January 1st, 1570, Tübingen

26

Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen

Princess of Anhalt by birth, by marriage Duchess of Saxony

*November 12th, 1494, Köthen †October 7th, 1521, Weimar

24

Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach

Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach by birth and Margravine of Baden by marriage

*March 25th, 1494, Ansbach †May 31st, 1518, Pforzheim

74

Jean Parisot de la Valette

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

*January 1st, 1494, La Valette-du-Var †August 21st, 1568, Malta

77

Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders

Duchess consort of Guelders

*September 11th, 1494, Celle †April 2nd, 1572, Geldern

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1494 is a normal year and no leap year.

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