January 18th, 1585

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Born on January 18th, 1585 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 18th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 18th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1585)

Born on January 18th, 1585

Weekday

Friday

January 18th, 1585 was a Friday.

Age

439

People born on January 18th, 1585 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 439 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1584 - January 20th, 1585

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 160,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 561 days, exactly on November 7th, 2025, people who were born on January 18th, 1585 will be 161,000 days old!

160,439 Days

22,919 Weeks

5,271 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on January 18th?

January 18th, 1990

In a sting operation conducted by the FBI, Marion Barry (pictured), the mayor of Washington, D.C., was arrested for possession of crack cocaine.

January 18th, 1983

Thirty years after his death, the International Olympic Committee presented commemorative medals to the family of American athlete Jim Thorpe, who had been stripped of his gold medals for playing semi-professional baseball before the 1912 Summer Olympics.

January 18th, 1977

The CDC announced that the lung infection Legionnaires' disease is caused by a previously unknown bacterium now known as Legionella.

January 18th, 1969

Thousands of Japanese police stormed the University of Tokyo after six months of nationwide leftist university student protests and occupation.

January 18th, 1958

Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins played his first game in the National Hockey League, becoming the first black Canadian to compete in the NHL.

January 18th, 1956

Navvab Safavi, an Iranian Shia cleric and the founder of the fundamentalist group Fada'iyan-e Islam, was executed with three of his followers for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Hossein Ala'.

January 18th, 1951

Construction began on the United Nations Military Cemetery (pictured), the only United Nations cemetery in the world, in Busan, South Korea.

January 18th, 1943

World War II: In Operation Iskra, the Red Army established a narrow land corridor to Leningrad, partially easing the protracted German siege.

January 18th, 1915

Japanese prime minister Ōkuma Shigenobu issued the Twenty-One Demands to China in a bid to increase Japan's power in East Asia.

January 18th, 1871

A number of previously independent states united to form the German Empire, with Wilhelm I as emperor.

January 18th, 1788

The armed tender HMS Supply, the first ship of the First Fleet, arrived at Botany Bay, Australia.

January 18th, 1535

Francisco Pizarro founded Ciudad de los Reyes (present-day Lima, Peru) as the capital of the lands he conquered for the Spanish crown.

January 18th, 1486

Elizabeth of York married King Henry VII, becoming queen consort of England.

January 18th, 0474

The young child Leo II became the sole Byzantine emperor upon the death of his grandfather Leo I.

January 18th, 2023

A helicopter crash in Ukraine leaves 14 people dead, including the country's Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrsky.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 18th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 18th?

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1989, Shashi District

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

Wang Chi-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 18th, 1995, Taipei

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

Werner Liebrich

German footballer (1927–1995)

*January 18th, 1927, Kaiserslautern †March 20th, 1995, Kaiserslautern

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

Pep Guardiola

Spanish association football manager (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, Santpedor

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

Lars Paaske

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1976, Hørsholm

Kevin Costner

American actor and filmmaker

*January 18th, 1955, Lynwood

Linda Weni Fanetri

Indonesian badminton player

*January 18th, 1990, Jakarta

Denis Grachev

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1992, Vladivostok

Gloria Groove

Brazilian singer, rapper, songwriter, actor, voice actor and drag queen

*January 18th, 1995, São Paulo

Rubén Castellanos

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1997, Morales

Li Yujia

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1983, Hubei

Elin Bergblom

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1982, Knivsta

Shi Longfei

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1994, Shanghai

Same year
Born in 1585

Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu

French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)

*September 9th, 1585, Paris †December 4th, 1642, Paris

Heinrich Schütz

German composer and organist (1585–1672)

*October 18th, 1585, Bad Köstritz †November 6th, 1672, Dresden

Cornelius Jansen

Bishop and theologian (1585-1638)

*October 28th, 1585, Acquoy †May 6th, 1638, Ypres

Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony

German noble (1585–1656)

*March 5th, 1585, Dresden †October 8th, 1656, Dresden

Mary Ward

English Venerated Catholic (1585-1645)

*January 23rd, 1585, Newby with Mulwith †January 30th, 1645, Heworth

Claude Favre de Vaugelas

Savoyard grammarian and man of letters (1585-1650)

*January 6th, 1585, Meximieux †February 26th, 1650, Paris

William Drummond of Hawthornden

British writer 1585–1649

*December 13th, 1585, Midlothian †December 4th, 1649, Hawthornden Castle

Livia della Rovere

Italian noble (1585-1641)

*December 16th, 1585, Pesaro †July 6th, 1641, Castelleone di Suasa

Johann Jakob Wolff von Todenwarth

*January 1st, 1585, Speyer †January 1st, 1657, Regensburg

John Cotton

English minister, theologian, immigrant to Massachusetts (1585-1652)

*December 4th, 1585, Derby †December 23rd, 1652, Boston

Hendrick Avercamp

Dutch painter (1585-1634)

*January 27th, 1585, Amsterdam †May 15th, 1634, Kampen

Alexandre I de Bournonville

(1585-1656)

*September 14th, 1585, City of Brussels †March 12th, 1656, Lyon

Niklaus Geisler

German architect and sculptor

*April 7th, 1585, Schweinfurt †January 1st, 1665, Lucerne

Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel

English diplomat (1585-1646)

*July 7th, 1585, Finchingfield †October 4th, 1646, Padua

Giovanni Biliverti

Florentine painter (1585-1644)

*August 25th, 1585, Florence †July 16th, 1644, Florence

Herman op den Graeff

"Mennonite lord bishop" of Krefeld, in 1632 delegate to the Krefeld Mennonite Church Delegation and signer of the Dordrecht Confession of Faith that year

*November 26th, 1585, Kerken †December 27th, 1642, Krefeld

Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc

Governor of St. Christopher

*February 28th, 1585, Allouville-Bellefosse †November 30th, 1636, Saint Kitts

Jean Caylar d'Anduze de Saint-Bonnet

Marshal of France

*March 1st, 1585, Saint-Jean-du-Gard †June 14th, 1636, Fontaneto d'Agogna

Christian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

*November 30th, 1585, Eisenberg castle ruins †December 31st, 1637, Schloss Waldeck

Gregor Francke

German theologian

*December 10th, 1585, Taucha †January 2nd, 1651, Frankfurt (Oder)

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 18th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 18th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVIII.I.MDLXXXV

18.1.1585

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1585 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1585

January 1585

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

January 18th, 1585

Born on January 18th, 1585

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 160,000 days old!

160,439 Days

22,919 Weeks

5,271 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 18th?

In a sting operation conducted by the FBI, Marion Barry (pictured), the mayor of Washington, D.C., was arrested for possession of crack cocaine.

Thirty years after his death, the International Olympic Committee presented commemorative medals to the family of American athlete Jim Thorpe, who had been stripped of his gold medals for playing semi-professional baseball before the 1912 Summer Olympics.

The CDC announced that the lung infection Legionnaires' disease is caused by a previously unknown bacterium now known as Legionella.

Thousands of Japanese police stormed the University of Tokyo after six months of nationwide leftist university student protests and occupation.

Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins played his first game in the National Hockey League, becoming the first black Canadian to compete in the NHL.

Navvab Safavi, an Iranian Shia cleric and the founder of the fundamentalist group Fada'iyan-e Islam, was executed with three of his followers for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Hossein Ala'.

Construction began on the United Nations Military Cemetery (pictured), the only United Nations cemetery in the world, in Busan, South Korea.

World War II: In Operation Iskra, the Red Army established a narrow land corridor to Leningrad, partially easing the protracted German siege.

Japanese prime minister Ōkuma Shigenobu issued the Twenty-One Demands to China in a bid to increase Japan's power in East Asia.

A number of previously independent states united to form the German Empire, with Wilhelm I as emperor.

The armed tender HMS Supply, the first ship of the First Fleet, arrived at Botany Bay, Australia.

Francisco Pizarro founded Ciudad de los Reyes (present-day Lima, Peru) as the capital of the lands he conquered for the Spanish crown.

Elizabeth of York married King Henry VII, becoming queen consort of England.

The young child Leo II became the sole Byzantine emperor upon the death of his grandfather Leo I.

A helicopter crash in Ukraine leaves 14 people dead, including the country's Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrsky.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 18th

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 18th

Amy Carmichael (Church of England)

Athanasius of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Confession of Peter (Eastern Orthodox, some Anglican and Lutheran Churches)

Cyril of Alexandria

Deicolus

Margaret of Hungary

Prisca

Volusianus of Tours

January 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Royal Thai Armed Forces Day (Thailand)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

18.1.1585

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