January 12th, 1517

Born on January 12th, 1517

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 716 days, exactly on April 13th, 2026, people who were born on January 12th, 1517 will be 186,000 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

Born on January 12th, 1517

51

Louis Casimir, Count of Hohenlohe

(1517-1568)

*January 12th, 1517, Öhringen †August 24th, 1568, Neuenstein

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

81

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer

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

64

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

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

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

26

Juan Foyth

Argentine association football player

*January 12th, 1998, La Plata

63

Simon Russell Beale

British actor and music historian

*January 12th, 1961, Penang

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Born in 1517

50

Svante Stensson Sture

Swedish count (1517–1567)

*May 1st, 1517, Stockholm †May 24th, 1567, Uppsala

89

Matthäus Luidke

German theologian

*September 21st, 1517, Bad Wilsnack †November 12th, 1606, Havelberg

53

Odet de Coligny

Catholic cardinal

*July 10th, 1517, Châtillon-Coligny †February 14th, 1571, Canterbury

63

Antonio Scandello

Italian composer (1517-1580)

*January 17th, 1517, Bergamo †January 18th, 1580, Dresden

73

Gioseffo Zarlino

Italian composer

*January 31st, 1517, Chioggia †February 4th, 1590, Venice

75

Li Shizhen

Chinese polymath and scientist (1517-1593)

*July 3rd, 1517, Qizhou †January 1st, 1593

51

Georg Aemilius

German theologian and botanist (1517-1569)

*June 25th, 1517, Mansfeld †May 22nd, 1569, Stolberg

69

Antonio Agustín y Albanell

Canon law historian (1517-1586)

*February 26th, 1517, Zaragoza †May 31st, 1586, Tarragona

86

Peter Ernest I of Mansfeld-Vorderort

Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (1517-1604)

*August 12th, 1517, Heldrungen †May 25th, 1604, Luxembourg

69

Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle

Burgundian advisor to Margaret of Parma, later cardinal, and minister of the Spanish Habsburgs

*August 20th, 1517, Besançon †September 21st, 1586, Madrid

43

Carlo Carafa

Italian cardinal

*April 8th, 1517, Naples †March 14th, 1561, Rome

68

Amalia of Cleves

Sister to Anne of Cleves

*October 17th, 1517, Düsseldorf †March 1st, 1586, Düsseldorf

70

Gotthard Kettler

Duke of Courland and Semigallia (1517-1587)

*February 2nd, 1517, Eggeringhausen Castle †May 17th, 1587, Jelgava

51

Johannes Aurifaber

German theologian

*January 30th, 1517, Wrocław †October 19th, 1568, Wrocław

42

Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk

English duchess

*July 16th, 1517, Hertfordshire †November 30th, 1559, Surrey

27

Francis I, Duke of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine and Bar (1517-1545)

*August 23rd, 1517, Nancy †June 12th, 1545, Remiremont

84

Johannes Streitberger

German theologian

*November 5th, 1517, Hof †April 20th, 1602, Kulmbach

66

Jacques Pelletier du Mans

Humanist, Poet, Mathematician

*July 25th, 1517, Le Mans †September 28th, 1583, France

67

Rembert Dodoens

Flemish physician and botanist (1517–1585)

*June 29th, 1517, Mechelen †March 10th, 1585, Leiden

66

Francisco de Holanda

Portuguese artist (1517-1584)

*September 6th, 1517, Lisbon †June 19th, 1584, Lisbon

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1517 is a normal year and no leap year.

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