January 21st, 1585

Born on January 21st, 1585

Weekday

Monday

January 21st, 1585 was a Monday.

Age

441

People born on January 21st, 1585 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 441 years old this year (2026).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1585 - February 19th, 1585

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 161,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 742 days, exactly on August 6th, 2028, people who were born on January 21st, 1585 will be 162,000 days old!

161,258 Days

23,036 Weeks

5,298 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on January 21st?

January 21st, 1789

The Power of Sympathy by William Hill Brown, widely considered to be the first American novel, was published.

January 21st, 0763

The Abbasid Caliphate crushed the Alid revolt when a rebel leader was mortally wounded in battle near Basra in present-day Iraq.

January 21st, 1757

French and Indian War: French regulars, Canadien militia and Indigenous forces ambushed Rogers' Rangers forces in the Battle on Snowshoes.

January 21st, 2025

A fire at a hotel at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Turkey's Bolu Province results in 78 people killed.

January 21st, 2003

The Spire of Dublin was completed.

January 21st, 1951

Mount Lamington, a volcano in Papua New Guinea, erupted (pictured) and killed more than 2,900 people.

January 21st, 1793

French Revolution: After being found guilty of high treason by the National Convention, Louis XVI was guillotined in Paris.

January 21st, 1931

Isaac Isaacs (pictured) became the first Australian-born governor-general of Australia.

January 21st, 1326

King Edward II of England issued a royal charter confirming Adam de Brome's foundation of Oriel College, Oxford.

January 21st, 2017

Millions of people participated in the Women's March in Washington, D.C., and around the world to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.

January 21st, 2011

Demonstrations against alleged corruption in the Albanian government led to the killings of four protesters in Tirana by the Republican Guard.

January 21st, 1997

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.

January 21st, 1976

Concorde, an Anglo-French supersonic airliner, began scheduled commercial flights to London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro.

January 21st, 1972

Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India.

January 21st, 1968

Vietnam War: The People's Army of Vietnam attacked Khe Sanh Combat Base, a U.S. Marines outpost in Quảng Trị province, South Vietnam, starting the Battle of Khe Sanh.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 21st

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

Hendrick Avercamp

Dutch painter (1585-1634)

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

Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony

Elector of Saxony

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

Krzysztof Radziwiłł

Lithuanian noble and politician

*March 22nd, 1585, Biržai †September 19th, 1640, Svėdasai

Johann Heermann

German poet hymn-writer (1585-1647)

*October 11th, 1585, Rudna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship †February 17th, 1647, Leszno

Johannes Ardüser

Swiss mathematician (1585-1665)

*February 25th, 1585, Parpan †March 26th, 1665, Zürich

Adam von Herberstorff

Politician (1585-1629)

*April 15th, 1585, Schloss Kalsdorf †September 11th, 1629, Schloss Ort

Francesco Cornaro

Doge of Venice (1585-1656)

*March 6th, 1585, Venice †June 5th, 1656, Venice

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