January 23rd, 1519

Born on January 23rd, 1519

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 184,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 456 days, exactly on July 28th, 2025, people who were born on January 23rd, 1519 will be 185,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 23rd?

January 23rd, 2002

American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and later murdered by al-Qaeda agents in Karachi, Pakistan.

January 23rd, 1997

Madeleine Albright was sworn in as the first female United States Secretary of State, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government at that time.

January 23rd, 1993

The first version of Mosaic, created by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, was released, becoming the first popular web browser.

January 23rd, 1968

USS Pueblo was seized by North Korean forces, who claimed that it had violated their territorial waters while spying.

January 23rd, 1967

The English new town of Milton Keynes was founded in Buckinghamshire, incorporating four towns and fifteen villages as well as planned new developments on intervening farmland.

January 23rd, 1957

American inventor Fred Morrison sold the rights to his "flying disc" to the Wham-O toy company, who later renamed it the "Frisbee" (example pictured).

January 23rd, 1942

World War II: Japan began an invasion of the island of New Britain in the Australian Territory of New Guinea.

January 23rd, 1915

Rebels led by John Chilembwe attacked local plantation owners, beginning an uprising regarded as a key moment in the history of Malawi.

January 23rd, 1909

Two men committed an armed robbery in Tottenham, London, and led police on a two-hour chase, partially by tram, that ended in the perpetrators' suicides.

January 23rd, 1902

In the most fatal recorded mountaineering accident, 199 of the 210 members of an Imperial Japanese Army unit perished in a blizzard on the Hakkōda Mountains.

January 23rd, 1870

American Indian Wars: The United States Army massacred a friendly band of Piegan Blackfeet in the Montana Territory, resulting in about 200 deaths.

January 23rd, 1849

Elizabeth Blackwell (pictured) graduated from Geneva Medical College in New York, making her the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.

January 23rd, 1793

The Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia partitioned the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth for the second time.

January 23rd, 1789

Bishop John Carroll purchased a plot of land that would become the home of the future Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic university in the United States.

January 23rd, 1570

James Hamilton killed James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, in the first recorded assassination of a head of government using a firearm.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 23rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 23rd?

79

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

*January 23rd, 1814, London †November 28th, 1893, London

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

37

Alexander Baumjohann

German footballer

*January 23rd, 1987, Waltrop

72

Heinrich Brunn

German classical archaeologist (1822-1894)

*January 23rd, 1822, Wörlitz †July 23rd, 1894, Schliersee

33

Alyssa Lim

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1991, Milton Keynes

32

Gennadiy Natarov

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1992, Kharkiv

29

Linda Efler

German badminton player

*January 23rd, 1995, Emsdetten

27

Cheam June Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*January 23rd, 1997, Penang

30

Ou Xuanyi

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1994, Fujian

28

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

40

Arjen Robben

Dutch association football player

*January 23rd, 1984, Bedum

59

Stendhal

19th century French writer

*January 23rd, 1783, Grenoble †March 23rd, 1842, Paris

51

Édouard Manet

French painter (1832–1883)

*January 23rd, 1832, former 10th arrondissement of Paris †April 30th, 1883, 8th arrondissement of Paris

72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

91

Chita Rivera

American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)

*January 23rd, 1933, Washington, D.C. †January 30th, 2024, New York City

87

Derek Walcott

Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)

*January 23rd, 1930, Castries †March 17th, 2017, Cap Estate

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

77

Megawati Soekarnoputri

5th president of Indonesia (2001-2004) and 8th vice-president of Indonesia (1999-2001)

*January 23rd, 1947, Yogyakarta City

66

Johann Jakob Schalch

Swiss artist (1723–1789)

*January 23rd, 1723, Schaffhausen †August 21st, 1789, Schaffhausen

Same year
Born in 1519

69

Catherine de' Medici

Queen-consort and regent of France (1519-1589)

*April 13th, 1519, Florence †January 5th, 1589, Château de Blois

40

Henry II of France

1519–1559, monarch of the House of Valois

*March 31st, 1519, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †July 10th, 1559, Hôtel des Tournelles

72

Innocent IX

Pope of the Catholic Church in 1591 (1519-1591)

*July 20th, 1519, Bologna †December 30th, 1591, Rome

53

Gaspard II de Coligny

French nobleman and admiral and Huguenot leader (1519-1572)

*February 16th, 1519, Châtillon-Coligny †August 24th, 1572, Paris

25

René of Châlon

Prince of Orange

*February 5th, 1519, Breda †July 15th, 1544, Saint-Dizier

48

Johann Schneidewein

German jurist (1519-1568)

*December 20th, 1519, Stolberg †December 4th, 1568, Zerbst

81

Johann Conrad Ulmer

Swiss theologian (1519-1600)

*March 31st, 1519, Schaffhausen †October 7th, 1600, Schaffhausen

84

Nikolaus Varnbüler

German jurist

*December 12th, 1519, Lindau †August 20th, 1604, Tübingen

73

Hugolin Martelli

Bishop of Glandèves (1519-1592)

*September 21st, 1519, Florence †November 1st, 1592, Empoli

55

Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

Spanish explorer and governor (1519–1574)

*February 15th, 1519, Avilés †September 17th, 1574, Santander

54

Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Duke of Florence

*June 12th, 1519, Florence †April 21st, 1574, Villa Castello

86

Theodore Beza

French Reformed Protestant theologian, reformer and scholar (1519–1605)

*June 24th, 1519, Vézelay †October 13th, 1605, Geneva

44

Francis, Duke of Guise

French soldier and politician (1519-1563)

*February 17th, 1519, Bar-le-Duc †February 24th, 1563, Orléans

67

Rudolf Gwalther

Swiss theologian (1519-1586)

*November 9th, 1519, Zürich †December 25th, 1586, Zürich

60

Willibald Imhoff

German art collector

*November 16th, 1519, Nuremberg †January 25th, 1580, Nuremberg

75

Girolamo Mei

Italian historian

*May 27th, 1519, Florence †July 1st, 1594, Rome

52

Ulrich Mordeisen

German jurist and politician

*July 13th, 1519, Leipzig †June 5th, 1572, Dresden

47

Froben Christopher of Zimmern

Author of the Zimmern Chronicle

*February 19th, 1519, Schloss Mespelbrunn †November 27th, 1566, Messkirch

70

Johann Kittel

German theologian

*June 29th, 1519, Jüterbog †February 12th, 1590, Gdańsk

65

Johannes Crato von Krafftheim

Physician

*November 22nd, 1519, Wrocław †October 19th, 1585, Wrocław

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 23rd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1519 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1519