January 12th, 1554

Born on January 12th, 1554

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 171,000 days old!

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What happened on January 12th, 1554?

January 12th, 1554

Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayinnaung

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayinnaung

What else 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, 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.

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

75

Charles Perrault

French author (1628-1703)

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

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

65

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

*January 12th, 1874, Munich †June 4th, 1939, Göttingen

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

63

Johannes Wanckel

German historians

*January 12th, 1553, Kemberg †June 11th, 1616, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

81

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer

*January 12th, 1746, Zürich †February 17th, 1827, Brugg

40

Jack London

American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)

*January 12th, 1876, San Francisco †November 22nd, 1916, Glen Ellen

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

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69

Gregory XV

Pope from 1621 to 1623

*January 9th, 1554, Bologna †July 8th, 1623, Rome

31

Philip Sidney

English poet, courtier, diplomat (1554-1586)

*November 30th, 1554, Kent †October 17th, 1586, Arnhem

73

Giovanni Battista Paggi

Italian painter (1554-1627)

*February 27th, 1554, Genoa †March 12th, 1627, Genoa

37

Elisabeth of Austria

Queen consort of France (1554–1592)

*July 5th, 1554, Vienna †January 22nd, 1592, Vienna

75

Carlo Antonio Procaccini

Italian painter (1571-1630)

*November 30th, 1554, Bologna †January 1st, 1630, Milan

80

William Paddy

English politician

*January 1st, 1554, London †December 22nd, 1634

24

Sebastian of Portugal

King of Portugal (1554-1578)

*January 20th, 1554, Ribeira Palace †August 4th, 1578, Ksar el-Kebir

46

Richard Hooker

English bishop and Anglican Divine

*February 28th, 1554, Heavitree †November 3rd, 1600, Bishopsbourne

77

Catherine de Parthenay

French noblewoman (1554–1631)

*March 22nd, 1554, Mouchamps †October 26th, 1631, Mouchamps

73

Everard van Bronkhorst

Dutch jurist

*March 27th, 1554, Deventer †May 27th, 1627, Leiden

56

Georg Limnäus

Mag. phil. Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena 1581

*October 23rd, 1554, Jena †September 15th, 1611, Jena

34

Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg

Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1578-1588)

*March 18th, 1554, Eisenberg castle ruins †August 6th, 1588, Eisenberg castle ruins

64

Prospero Farinacci

Italian jurist (1554-1618)

*November 1st, 1554, Rome †December 31st, 1618, Rome

68

Leonardus Lessius

Lenaert Leys, Flemish moral theologian from the Jesuit order (1554-1623)

*October 1st, 1554, Brecht †January 15th, 1623, Leuven

57

Charles of Lorraine, duke of Mayenne

French noble (1554-1611)

*March 26th, 1554, Alençon †October 3rd, 1611, Soissons

51

Arnold III, Count of Bentheim-Steinfurt-Tecklenburg-Limburg

Count of Bentheim, Tecklenburg, Steinfurt and Limburg, Lord of Rheda (1554-1606)

*October 11th, 1554, Neuenhaus †January 11th, 1606, Tecklenburg

55

Ascanio Persio

Italian linguist (1554-1610)

*March 9th, 1554, Matera †February 1st, 1610, Bologna

73

Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

English politician (1554-1628)

*October 3rd, 1554, Alcester †September 30th, 1628, Warwick

39

Louis III, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg

*January 1st, 1554, Stuttgart †August 28th, 1593, Stuttgart

63

Philip William, Prince of Orange

Prince of Orange (1554–1618)

*December 19th, 1554, Buren †February 20th, 1618, City of Brussels

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1554 is a normal year and no leap year.

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