January 12th, 1531

Born on January 12th, 1531

Age in days, weeks and months
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... in seconds, minutes and hours

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

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

75

Charles Perrault

French author (1628-1703)

*January 12th, 1628, Paris †May 16th, 1703, Paris

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

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

39

Swami Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

*January 12th, 1863, Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House & Cultural Centre †July 4th, 1902, Belur

53

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

*January 12th, 1893, Rosenheim †October 15th, 1946, Nuremberg Court Prison

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 1531

59

Vespasiano I Gonzaga

Italian noble and diplomat (1531-1591)

*December 6th, 1531, Fondi †February 26th, 1591, Sabbioneta

59

Federico Cornaro

Italian cardinal

*June 9th, 1531, Venice †October 4th, 1590, Rome

76

Bernardo Buontalenti

Italian stage designer, architect, theatrical designer, military engineer and artist (1531-1608)

*December 15th, 1531, Florence †June 6th, 1608, Florence

66

Hans Fugger

German businessman (1531-1598)

*September 4th, 1531, Augsburg †April 15th, 1598, Kirchheim in Schwaben

69

Scipione Ammirato

Italian historian (1531-1601)

*October 7th, 1531, Lecce †January 11th, 1601, Florence

58

Philipp Apian

German mathematician and cartographer

*September 14th, 1531, Ingolstadt †November 15th, 1589, Tübingen

81

Johannes Letzner

Protestant priest and historian

*November 29th, 1531, Hardegsen †February 16th, 1613, Strodthagen

64

Francesco Cattani da Diacceto

(1531–1595), Bishop of Fiesole

*September 2nd, 1531, Florence †November 4th, 1595, Florence

64

Leonhard Thurneysser

Scholar and quack at the court of John George, Elector of Brandenburg

*July 22nd, 1531, Basel †July 9th, 1596, Cologne

64

António, Prior of Crato

Portuguese royal

*January 1st, 1531, Lisbon †August 26th, 1595, Paris

50

Archduchess Maria of Austria

Daughter of Emperor Ferdinand I from the House of Habsburg and Anna Jagiello

*May 15th, 1531, Prague †December 11th, 1581, Schloss Hambach

42

Antoine de Créqui Canaples

Roman Catholic cardinal

*July 17th, 1531, France †June 20th, 1574, Amiens

75

Anna of Este

Duchess consort of Nemours

*November 16th, 1531, Ferrara †May 17th, 1607, Paris

42

Catalina Thomás

Spanish religious (1531-1574)

*May 1st, 1531, Valldemossa †April 5th, 1574, Palma de Mallorca

53

Jacques, Duke of Nemours

2nd Duke of Nemours

*October 12th, 1531, Vauluisant Abbey †June 18th, 1585, Piedmont

54

Matthew Wesenbeck

Belgian jurist

*October 25th, 1531, Antwerp †June 5th, 1586, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

52

Thado Minsaw of Ava

Viceroy of Ava

*May 20th, 1531, Taungoo †May 1st, 1584, Putao Township

69

David Chytraeus

German historian and theologian

*January 1st, 1531, Ingelfingen †June 25th, 1600, Rostock

53

Johannes Schütz

German Lutheran theologian (1531-1584)

*March 20th, 1531, Halle (Saale) †July 24th, 1584, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

82

Burkhard Leemann

(1531-1613)

*February 14th, 1531, Zürich †September 12th, 1613, Zürich

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1531 is a normal year and no leap year.

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