January 23rd, 1520

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Born on January 23rd, 1520 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 23rd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 23rd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1520)

Born on January 23rd, 1520

Weekday

Friday

January 23rd, 1520 was a Friday.

Age

504

People born on January 23rd, 1520 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 504 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1520 - February 19th, 1520

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 833 days, exactly on July 28th, 2026, people who were born on January 23rd, 1520 will be 185,000 days old!

184,167 Days

26,309 Weeks

6,050 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

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?

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

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

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

Alexander Baumjohann

German footballer

*January 23rd, 1987, Waltrop

Heinrich Brunn

German classical archaeologist (1822-1894)

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

Alyssa Lim

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1991, Milton Keynes

Gennadiy Natarov

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1992, Kharkiv

Linda Efler

German badminton player

*January 23rd, 1995, Emsdetten

Cheam June Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*January 23rd, 1997, Penang

Ou Xuanyi

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1994, Fujian

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

Stendhal

19th century French writer

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

Arjen Robben

Dutch association football player

*January 23rd, 1984, Bedum

Édouard Manet

French painter (1832–1883)

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

Chita Rivera

American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)

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

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

Derek Walcott

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

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

Lou Antonio

American actor (b. 1934)

*January 23rd, 1934, Oklahoma City

Julia Jones

American actress

*January 23rd, 1981, Boston

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 23rd

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIII.I.MDXX

23.1.1520

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 23rd, 1520

Born on January 23rd, 1520

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

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

184,167 Days

26,309 Weeks

6,050 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 23rd?

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

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.

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

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

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.

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).

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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?

Same year Born in 1520

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 23rd

Bounty Day (Pitcairn Islands)

Abakuh

Marianne of Molokai

Emerentiana

Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Ildefonsus of Toledo

Phillips Brooks (Episcopal Church (USA))

January 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti (Orissa, Tripura, and West Bengal, India)

World Freedom Day (Taiwan and South Korea)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

23.1.1520

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