January 5th, 1569

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Born on January 5th, 1569 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 5th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 5th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1569)

Born on January 5th, 1569

Weekday

Sunday

January 5th, 1569 was a Sunday.

Age

455

People born on January 5th, 1569 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 455 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1568 - January 20th, 1569

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 166,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 700 days, exactly on March 30th, 2026, people who were born on January 5th, 1569 will be 167,000 days old!

166,300 Days

23,757 Weeks

5,463 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on January 5th?

January 5th, 1970

An earthquake registering Mw 7.1 struck Tonghai County in southern China, killing at least 10,000 people and eventually spurring the creation of the nation's largest earthquake monitoring system.

January 5th, 1953

Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, termed the "most significant English language play of the 20th century", premiered in Paris.

January 5th, 1949

In his State of the Union speech, U.S. president Harry S. Truman (pictured) announced: "Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal."

January 5th, 1941

Second World War: Australian and British troops defeated Italian forces in Bardia, Libya, the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation took part.

January 5th, 1925

Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state.

January 5th, 1922

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton (pictured) died of a heart attack during his final expedition.

January 5th, 1919

The German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party, was founded by Anton Drexler.

January 5th, 1757

King Louis XV survived an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who later became the last person in France to be executed by drawing and quartering.

January 5th, 1675

Franco-Dutch War: French troops defeated Austrian and Brandenburg forces at the Battle of Turckheim in Alsace.

January 5th, 1869

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day siege in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 1896

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day seige in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 2009

In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.

January 5th, 2008

Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of the country.

January 5th, 2007

The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.

January 5th, 2005

The dwarf planet Eris was discovered by a team using images from the Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 5th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 5th?

Konrad Adenauer

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU

*January 5th, 1876, Cologne †April 19th, 1967, Rhöndorf

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

Santiago Ventura

Spanish tennis player

*January 5th, 1980, Castelló de la Plana

Ella Harper

American circus performer

*January 5th, 1870, Sumner County †December 19th, 1921, Nashville

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of Germany since 2017

*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

Jacob Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)

*January 5th, 1655, Basel †August 16th, 1705, Basel

Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (1941-)

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

Deepika Padukone

Indian Actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

Constanze Mozart

Austrian singer

*January 5th, 1762, Zell im Wiesental †March 6th, 1842, Salzburg

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

Robert Duvall

American actor and director

*January 5th, 1931, San Diego

Rudolf Christoph Eucken

(1846-1926) German philosopher

*January 5th, 1846, Aurich †September 15th, 1926, Jena

Ferdinand von Roemer

German geologist (1818-1891)

*January 5th, 1818, Hildesheim †December 14th, 1891, Wrocław

Ted Lange

Actor, director, screenwriter

*January 5th, 1948, Oakland

Jean-Pierre Aumont

French actor (1911–2001)

*January 5th, 1911, Paris †January 30th, 2001, Saint-Tropez

Marilyn Manson

American musician (born 1969)

*January 5th, 1969, Canton

Gerd Siese

German association football player

*January 5th, 1944, Bielefeld

Same year
Born in 1569

Jahangir I

The fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled from 1605 until his death in 1627

*August 30th, 1569, Fatehpur Sikri †October 28th, 1627, Rajauri

Conrad Vorstius

Dutch theologian

*July 19th, 1569, Cologne †September 29th, 1622, Tönning

Eusebius Schenck

*April 11th, 1569, Chroboly †October 28th, 1628, Jena

Guillén de Castro y Bellvis

Spanish dramatist

*November 14th, 1569, Valencia †July 28th, 1631, Madrid

Giambattista Marino

Italian poet

*October 14th, 1569, Naples †March 25th, 1625, Naples

Étienne Martellange

Architect (1569-1641)

*December 22nd, 1569, Lyon †October 3rd, 1641, Paris

Salamone Rossi

Italian composer

*November 30th, 1569, Mantua †January 1st, 1630, Mantua

Georg Friedrich of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim

Czech nobleman, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersdorf, Bohemian nobleman, officer and occasional poet

*September 5th, 1569, Neuenstein †July 7th, 1645, Langenburg

John Davies

English poet, lawyer, and politician, born 1569

*April 16th, 1569, England †December 8th, 1626, London

Paul Sartorius

German composer

*November 16th, 1569, Nuremberg †February 28th, 1609, Innsbruck

Georgius Carolides

Czech poet

*April 11th, 1569, Prague †October 21st, 1612, Prague

Daniel Angelocrator

German Reformed minister (1569-1635)

*October 19th, 1569, Korbach †July 30th, 1635, Köthen

Heribert Rosweyde

Jesuit hagiographer

*January 20th, 1569, Utrecht †October 4th, 1629, Antwerp

John Reinhard I, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

*February 13th, 1569, Bitche †November 19th, 1625, Lichtenberg

Ranuccio I Farnese

Duke of Parma

*March 28th, 1569, Parma †March 5th, 1622, Parma

Ernst of Schaumburg

Count of Holstein-Pinneberg and Schaumburg

*September 24th, 1569, Bückeburg †January 17th, 1622, Bückeburg

Friedrich Kettler

Aristocrat from Latvia

*November 25th, 1569, Jelgava †August 17th, 1642, Jelgava

Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp

Regent of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

*June 1st, 1569, Gottorf Castle †November 14th, 1634, Schwerin

Nils Turesson Bielke

Swedish politician

*November 5th, 1569, Hörningsholm Castle †December 17th, 1639, Salsta

Joachim Andreas von Schlick

Czech nobleman (1569-1621)

*September 9th, 1569, Ostrov †June 21st, 1621, Old Town Square

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 5th

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast day) which are celebrated on January 5th.

The Twelfth day of Christmas and the Twelfth Night of Christmas. (Western Christianity)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

V.I.MDLXIX

5.1.1569

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1569 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1569

January 1569

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