January 10th, 1520

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Born on January 10th, 1520 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 10th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 10th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1520)

Born on January 10th, 1520

Weekday

Saturday

January 10th, 1520 was a Saturday.

Age

504

People born on January 10th, 1520 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 504 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1519 - January 20th, 1520

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 809 days, exactly on July 15th, 2026, people who were born on January 10th, 1520 will be 185,000 days old!

184,191 Days

26,313 Weeks

6,051 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 10th?

January 10th, 2007

A general strike began in Guinea as an attempt to force President Lansana Conté to resign, eventually resulting in the appointment of two new prime ministers.

January 10th, 1993

The Braer Storm, the strongest extratropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Atlantic, reached peak intensity.

January 10th, 1985

Sir Clive Sinclair launched the Sinclair C5 personal electric vehicle, "one of the great marketing bombs of postwar British industry", which later became a cult collectable despite its commercial failure.

January 10th, 1966

India and Pakistan signed the Tashkent Declaration to end the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.

January 10th, 1946

The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at the Methodist Central Hall in London with representatives from 51 member states.

January 10th, 1941

Greco-Italian War: The Greek army captured the strategically important Klisura Pass in Albania.

January 10th, 1929

Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, began serialisation.

January 10th, 1927

The science fiction film Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, was released in Germany.

January 10th, 1923

Lithuanian residents of the Klaipėda Region began a revolt, ahead of a League of Nations decision on their future which they expected to be against their interest.

January 10th, 1917

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months.

January 10th, 1901

The first great gusher of the Texas oil boom was discovered in the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont.

January 10th, 1863

Service began on the Metropolitan Railway (construction depicted) between Paddington and Farringdon Street, today the oldest segment of the London Underground.

January 10th, 1812

New Orleans (pictured), the first steamship on the Mississippi River, arrived at New Orleans to complete its maiden voyage.

January 10th, 1776

Common Sense, a pamphlet by Thomas Paine denouncing British rule in the Thirteen Colonies, was published.

January 10th, 1475

Moldavian–Ottoman Wars: Stephen the Great led Moldavian forces to defeat an Ottoman attack under Hadım Suleiman Pasha near Vaslui in present-day Romania.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 10th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 10th?

Angelina Jordan

Norwegian singer

*January 10th, 2006, Oslo

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

German composer and writer

*January 10th, 1797, Burg Hülshoff †May 24th, 1848, Meersburg Castle

Fritz Schachermeyr

Austrian classical scholar and archaeologist

*January 10th, 1895, Urfahr †December 26th, 1987, Eisenstadt

Rauw Alejandro

Puerto Rican singer and songwriter

*January 10th, 1993, San Juan

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

*January 10th, 1898, Riga †February 11th, 1948, Moscow

Reid Carolin

American film producer, director and screenwriter

*January 10th, 1982, Lake Forest

Tim Ricke

German actor

*January 10th, 1977, Duisburg

Fran Walsh

New Zealand screenwriter and producer

*January 10th, 1959, Wellington

Marvin Martin

French association football player

*January 10th, 1988, Paris

Andreas Reinke

German association football player and manager (born 1969)

*January 10th, 1969, Krakow am See

Robert Wilson

American astronomer

*January 10th, 1936, Houston

Andreas von der Meden

German actor and voice actor

*January 10th, 1943, Hamburg †April 26th, 2017, Hamburg

Simon Marius

German astronomer

*January 10th, 1573, Gunzenhausen †December 26th, 1624, Ansbach

Rod Stewart

English singer and songwriter (born 1945)

*January 10th, 1945, London

James Lapine

American stage director and librettist.

*January 10th, 1949, Mansfield

Marthe Hanau

French fraudster

*January 10th, 1886, Paris †July 14th, 1935, Fresnes

Hrithik Roshan

Indian film actor

*January 10th, 1974, Mumbai

Ronnie Hawkins

American musician

*January 10th, 1935, Huntsville †May 29th, 2022, Peterborough

Peer Steinbrück

German politician

*January 10th, 1947, Hamburg

Same year
Born in 1520

Sixtus V

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1585 to 1590

*December 13th, 1520, Grottammare †August 27th, 1590, Rome

Martha Leijonhufvud

Swedish noblewoman

*December 24th, 1520, Ekeberg †January 15th, 1584, Stegeholm

Alessandro Farnese

Italian cardinal and diplomat (1520–1589)

*October 7th, 1520, Valentano †March 2nd, 1589, Rome

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

English statesman and chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I (1520-1598)

*September 13th, 1520, Bourne †August 4th, 1598, Westminster

Matthias Flacius

Croatian theologian (1520–1575)

*March 3rd, 1520, Labin †March 11th, 1575, Frankfurt

Sigismund II Augustus

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania

*August 1st, 1520, Kraków †July 7th, 1572, Knyszyn

Francesco Piccolomini

Italian philosopher (1520-1604)

*January 25th, 1520, Siena †November 30th, 1603, Siena

Elisabeth von Pfalz-Simmern

German aristocrat

*February 13th, 1520, Simmern †February 18th, 1564, Fürstenau

Thoinot Arbeau

French dance manual author and priest (1520-1595)

*March 17th, 1520, Dijon †July 23rd, 1595, Langres

Barbara Radziwiłł

(1520-1551) queen-consort of Poland, Grand Duchess of Lithuania

*December 16th, 1520, Vilnius †May 8th, 1551, Kraków

Madeleine of Valois

Scottish royal consort

*August 10th, 1520, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †July 7th, 1537, Edinburgh

Heinrich Sudermann

German politician (1520-1591)

*August 31st, 1520, Cologne †September 7th, 1591, Lübeck

Hermann tom Ring

German renaissance painter (1521-1596)

*November 30th, 1520, Münster †October 18th, 1596, Münster

Moses Isserles

Polish rabbi

*February 22nd, 1520, Kraków †May 11th, 1572, Kraków

Jacques Gohory

French translator

*January 1st, 1520, Paris †January 1st, 1576, Paris

Bartholomäus Sastrow

German politician (1520–1603)

*August 21st, 1520, Greifswald †February 7th, 1603, Stralsund

Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine

Electress Palatine (1520-1580)

*November 10th, 1520, Copenhagen †May 31st, 1580, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

Christoph Lersner

*January 1st, 1520, Marburg †January 1st, 1603, Friedberg

Lorenz Lindemann

*January 1st, 1520, Leipzig †January 1st, 1585, Großsedlitz

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 10th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 10th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

X.I.MDXX

10.1.1520

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1520 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

Calendar
January 1520

January 1520

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
1				1	2	3	4
2	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
3	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
4	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
5	26	27	28	29	30	31

January 10th, 1520

Born on January 10th, 1520

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

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

184,191 Days

26,313 Weeks

6,051 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 10th?

A general strike began in Guinea as an attempt to force President Lansana Conté to resign, eventually resulting in the appointment of two new prime ministers.

The Braer Storm, the strongest extratropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Atlantic, reached peak intensity.

Sir Clive Sinclair launched the Sinclair C5 personal electric vehicle, "one of the great marketing bombs of postwar British industry", which later became a cult collectable despite its commercial failure.

India and Pakistan signed the Tashkent Declaration to end the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.

The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at the Methodist Central Hall in London with representatives from 51 member states.

Greco-Italian War: The Greek army captured the strategically important Klisura Pass in Albania.

Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, began serialisation.

The science fiction film Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, was released in Germany.

Lithuanian residents of the Klaipėda Region began a revolt, ahead of a League of Nations decision on their future which they expected to be against their interest.

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months.

The first great gusher of the Texas oil boom was discovered in the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont.

Service began on the Metropolitan Railway (construction depicted) between Paddington and Farringdon Street, today the oldest segment of the London Underground.

New Orleans (pictured), the first steamship on the Mississippi River, arrived at New Orleans to complete its maiden voyage.

Common Sense, a pamphlet by Thomas Paine denouncing British rule in the Thirteen Colonies, was published.

Moldavian–Ottoman Wars: Stephen the Great led Moldavian forces to defeat an Ottoman attack under Hadım Suleiman Pasha near Vaslui in present-day Romania.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 10th

Same Day Who's birthday is on January 10th?

Same year Born in 1520

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 10th

Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Armenian Apostolic Church)

Gregory of Nyssa

Leonie Aviat

Obadiah (Coptic Church)

Peter Orseolo

Pope Agatho (Roman Catholic)

William Laud (Anglican Communion)

William of Donjeon

January 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Fête du Vodoun (Benin)

Margaret Thatcher Day (Falkland Islands)

Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)