January 23rd, 1569

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Born on January 23rd, 1569 – 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 1569)

Born on January 23rd, 1569

Weekday

Thursday

January 23rd, 1569 was a Thursday.

Age

455

People born on January 23rd, 1569 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 455 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1569 - February 19th, 1569

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 723 days, exactly on April 17th, 2026, people who were born on January 23rd, 1569 will be 167,000 days old!

166,277 Days

23,753 Weeks

5,463 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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

François Mansart

French architect (1598-1666)

*January 23rd, 1598, Paris †September 23rd, 1666, Paris

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

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

Chita Rivera

American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)

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

Derek Walcott

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

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

Johann Jakob Schalch

Swiss artist (1723–1789)

*January 23rd, 1723, Schaffhausen †August 21st, 1789, Schaffhausen

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

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 23rd

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIII.I.MDLXIX

23.1.1569

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

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

January 23rd, 1569

Born on January 23rd, 1569

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

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

166,277 Days

23,753 Weeks

5,463 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

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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

23.1.1569

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