January 28th, 1525

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Born on January 28th, 1525 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 28th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 28th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1525)

Born on January 28th, 1525

Weekday

Wednesday

January 28th, 1525 was a Wednesday.

Age

499

People born on January 28th, 1525 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 499 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1525 - February 19th, 1525

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 182,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 663 days, exactly on February 10th, 2026, people who were born on January 28th, 1525 will be 183,000 days old!

182,337 Days

26,048 Weeks

5,990 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 28th?

January 28th, 0661

Ali, the fourth Islamic caliph, was assassinated, effectively ending the Rashidun Caliphate.

January 28th, 1986

The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its tenth mission, killing all seven crew members.

January 28th, 1984

Tropical Storm Domoina made landfall in southern Mozambique, causing some of the most severe flooding recorded in the region.

January 28th, 1964

Three U.S. Air Force pilots aboard an unarmed T-39 Sabreliner were killed when the aircraft was shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.

January 28th, 1958

The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, filed a patent in Denmark for the design of Lego bricks (pictured).

January 28th, 1941

The Uline Arena in Washington, D.C., opened to host the Ice Capades.

January 28th, 1933

Choudhry Rahmat Ali published a pamphlet in which he called for the creation of a Muslim state in north-western India that he termed "Pakstan".

January 28th, 1922

The largest recorded snowstorm in the history of Washington, D.C., collapsed the Knickerbocker Theatre, killing 98 people.

January 28th, 1813

English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.

January 28th, 1754

The word serendipity, derived from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, was coined by Horace Walpole (pictured) in a letter to a friend.

January 28th, 1547

Nine-year-old Edward VI, the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant, became king.

January 28th, 1393

King Charles VI of France was nearly killed when several dancers' costumes caught fire during a masquerade ball.

January 28th, 1142

Despite having saved the southern Song dynasty from attempts by the northern Jin dynasty to conquer it, Chinese general Yue Fei was executed by the Song government.

January 28th, 2023

Protests begin after police beat and kill Tyre Nichols.

January 28th, 2006

The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Poland collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 28th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 28th?

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

Jacco Arends

Badminton player

*January 28th, 1991, Haarlem

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

Alan Alda

American actor, director, and writer

*January 28th, 1936, Manhattan

Arthur Rubinstein

Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)

*January 28th, 1887, Łódź †December 20th, 1982, Geneva

Amy Coney Barrett

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2020

*January 28th, 1972, New Orleans

Anna I of Russia

Empress of Russia (1693–1740)

*January 28th, 1693, Moscow †October 17th, 1740, Saint Petersburg

Mike Moore

Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1990

*January 28th, 1949, Whakatāne †February 2nd, 2020, Auckland

Johannes Hevelius

Astronomer

*January 28th, 1611, Gdańsk †January 28th, 1687, Gdańsk

Jackson Pollock

American painter (1912–1956)

*January 28th, 1912, Cody †August 11th, 1956, East Hampton

Lewis Wilson

American actor (1920–2000)

*January 28th, 1920, New York City †August 9th, 2000, San Francisco

Carlos Slim

Mexican business magnate and investor

*January 28th, 1940, Mexico City

Bennie Thompson

American politician (born 1948)

*January 28th, 1948, Bolton

Elijah Wood

American actor

*January 28th, 1981, Cedar Rapids

Henry Morton Stanley

British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)

*January 28th, 1841, Denbigh †May 10th, 1904, London

Paul Dummerich

*January 28th, 1527, Halle (Saale) †July 19th, 1583, Erfurt

José Martí

Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)

*January 28th, 1853, Havana †May 19th, 1895, Oriente Province

Charles Marie de La Condamine

French explorer, geographer, and mathematician (1701-1774)

*January 28th, 1701, Paris †February 4th, 1774, Paris

Same year
Born in 1525

Lelio Sozzini

Italian theologian

*January 29th, 1525, Siena †May 4th, 1562, Zürich

Carolus Clusius

Flemish doctor and botanist (1526–1609)

*February 19th, 1525, Arras †April 4th, 1609, Leiden

Rafael Bombelli

Italian mathematician

*November 30th, 1525, Borgo Panigale †November 30th, 1572, Rome

Afife Nurbanu Sultan

Haseki Sultan and legal wife of Selim II, mother of Murad III

*January 1st, 1525, Paros †December 7th, 1583, Istanbul

Caspar Peucer

German physician (1525-1602)

*January 6th, 1525, Bautzen †September 25th, 1602, Dessau

Juraj Drašković

Catholic cardinal

*February 5th, 1525, Bilina, Croatia †January 31st, 1587, Vienna

Giuliano Gosellini

Italian poet (1525-1587)

*March 12th, 1525, Rome †February 13th, 1587, Milan

Rocco Guerrini

Italian architect and military engineer (1525-1596)

*December 24th, 1525, Marradi †December 22nd, 1596, Spandau

Ulrich Sitzinger

German jurist

*April 11th, 1525, Worms †October 31st, 1574, Sulzbach-Rosenberg

Caspar Cruciger the Younger

German theologian

*March 19th, 1525, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †April 16th, 1597, Kassel

Steven Borough

English navigator

*September 25th, 1525, Devon †July 12th, 1584, Chatham

John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg

Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Mecklenburg-Schwerin

*December 23rd, 1525, Güstrow †February 12th, 1576, Schwerin

Tilemann Stella

German librarian, mathematician, cartographer, astronomer and geodesist

*April 15th, 1525, Siegen †February 18th, 1589, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Ulrich Fugger

(1526-1584)

*November 30th, 1525, Augsburg †November 30th, 1583, Heidelberg

Jacques Goyon de Matignon

French politician

*September 26th, 1525, Lonrai †July 27th, 1598, Lesparre-Médoc

Peter Agricola

German Renaissance humanist, educator, classical scholar and theologian, diplomat and statesman

*June 29th, 1525, Holzheim †July 22nd, 1585, Randersacker

Justus Jonas der Jüngere

German jurist, politician and diplomat (1525-1567)

*December 3rd, 1525, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †June 28th, 1567, Copenhagen

Tadeáš Hájek

Czech astronomist and mathematician

*December 1st, 1525, Prague †September 1st, 1600, Prague

Georg Cracow

German lawyer and politician (1525-1575)

*November 7th, 1525, Szczecin †March 17th, 1575, Leipzig

Urban of Trennbach

Austrian prince-bishop

*May 10th, 1525, Sankt Martin im Innkreis †August 9th, 1598, Passau

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.I.MDXXV

28.1.1525

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1525 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1525

January 1525

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

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Born on January 28th, 1525

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

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Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 182,000 days old!

182,337 Days

26,048 Weeks

5,990 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 28th?

Ali, the fourth Islamic caliph, was assassinated, effectively ending the Rashidun Caliphate.

The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its tenth mission, killing all seven crew members.

Tropical Storm Domoina made landfall in southern Mozambique, causing some of the most severe flooding recorded in the region.

Three U.S. Air Force pilots aboard an unarmed T-39 Sabreliner were killed when the aircraft was shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.

The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, filed a patent in Denmark for the design of Lego bricks (pictured).

The Uline Arena in Washington, D.C., opened to host the Ice Capades.

Choudhry Rahmat Ali published a pamphlet in which he called for the creation of a Muslim state in north-western India that he termed "Pakstan".

The largest recorded snowstorm in the history of Washington, D.C., collapsed the Knickerbocker Theatre, killing 98 people.

English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.

The word serendipity, derived from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, was coined by Horace Walpole (pictured) in a letter to a friend.

Nine-year-old Edward VI, the first English monarch to be raised as a Protestant, became king.

King Charles VI of France was nearly killed when several dancers' costumes caught fire during a masquerade ball.

Despite having saved the southern Song dynasty from attempts by the northern Jin dynasty to conquer it, Chinese general Yue Fei was executed by the Song government.

Protests begin after police beat and kill Tyre Nichols.

The roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair in Poland collapses due to the weight of snow, killing 65 and injuring more than 170 others.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 28th

Same Day Who's birthday is on January 28th?

Same year Born in 1525

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 28th

Joseph Freinademetz

Julian of Cuenca

Thomas Aquinas

January 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Army Day (Armenia)

Data Privacy Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

28.1.1525

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