January 21st, 1591

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Born on January 21st, 1591 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 21st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 21st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1591)

Born on January 21st, 1591

Weekday

Monday

January 21st, 1591 was a Monday.

Age

433

People born on January 21st, 1591 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 433 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1591 - February 19th, 1591

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 158,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 749 days, exactly on May 20th, 2026, people who were born on January 21st, 1591 will be 159,000 days old!

158,251 Days

22,607 Weeks

5,199 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

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, 2017

Millions of people participated in the worldwide Women's March, to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.

January 21st, 2011

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

January 21st, 1997

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

January 21st, 1976

The Concorde supersonic transports 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

A B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed onto sea ice near Thule Air Base, Greenland, causing localized radioactive contamination.

January 21st, 2023

Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008 Covina massacre.

January 21st, 2017

Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.

January 21st, 2014

Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.

January 21st, 2011

Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people died from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.

January 21st, 2009

Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.

January 21st, 2005

In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 21st?

Wincent Weiss

German pop singer

*January 21st, 1993, Bad Oldesloe

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

Em Beihold

Irani-American singer-songwriter and TikToker

*January 21st, 1999, Glendale

Heinz Kähler

German classical archaeologist

*January 21st, 1905, Tetenbüll †January 9th, 1974, Cologne

Paul Scofield

English actor (1922–2008)

*January 21st, 1922, West Sussex †March 19th, 2008, Sussex

Cat Power

American singer-songwriter

*January 21st, 1972, Atlanta

Matsudaira Tadamasa

[松平忠昌] daimyo of the early Edo period; 3rd lord of Fukui

*January 21st, 1598, Osaka †September 20th, 1645, Edo

Paul Allen

American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)

*January 21st, 1953, Seattle †October 15th, 2018, Seattle

Isabelle Nanty

French actress, film director, theatre director and screenwriter

*January 21st, 1962, Verdun

Angel Mena Pedroza

Ecuadorian Footballer

*January 21st, 1988, Guayaquil

Radley Metzger

American film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor and film distributor

*January 21st, 1929, The Bronx †March 31st, 2017, New York City

Audrey Dalton

Actress

*January 21st, 1934, Dublin

Plácido Domingo

Spanish tenor and conductor

*January 21st, 1941, Madrid

Rainer Laupichler

German actor

*January 21st, 1957, Daun

IShowSpeed

American YouTuber from Ohio (born. 2005)

*January 21st, 2005, Cincinnati

Amin Affane

Swedish footballer

*January 21st, 1994, Gothenburg

Adrian Sellevoll

Norwegian artist

*January 21st, 1998, Bergen

Arturo Labriola

Revolutionary syndicalist politician and journalist

*January 21st, 1873, Naples †June 23rd, 1959, Naples

Same year
Born in 1591

Mustafa I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1617 to 1618 and from 1622 to 1623

*June 24th, 1591, Constantinople †January 20th, 1639, Istanbul

Jusepe de Ribera

Spanish painter (1591–1652)

*January 12th, 1591, Xàtiva †September 3rd, 1652, Naples

Robert Herrick

English poet and cleric (1591–1674)

*August 24th, 1591, London †September 30th, 1674, Devon

Marie Angélique Arnauld

French Cistercian abbess (1591-1661)

*September 8th, 1591, Paris †August 6th, 1661, Magny-les-Hameaux

Louise de Marillac

Co-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity (1591-1660)

*August 8th, 1591, Paris †March 15th, 1660, Paris

Gerard Seghers

Flemish painter (1591-1651)

*March 17th, 1591, Antwerp †March 18th, 1651, Antwerp

Dirck Hals

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1591-1656)

*March 19th, 1591, Haarlem †May 17th, 1656, Haarlem

Guercino

Painter of the Italian 17th century (1591-1666)

*February 8th, 1591, Cento †December 22nd, 1666, Bologna

Gérard Desargues

French mathematician and engineer

*February 21st, 1591, Lyon †October 9th, 1661, Lyon

Dietrich von Velen

*June 30th, 1591, Meppen †September 10th, 1657

Anne Hutchinson

Participant in the Antinomian Controversy

*January 1st, 1591, Alford †January 1st, 1643, New Netherland

Friedrich Spee

Jesuit, author of Cautio Criminalis

*February 25th, 1591, Düsseldorf †August 9th, 1635, Trier

Paul Ferry

Pastor (1591–1669)

*February 24th, 1591, Metz †December 28th, 1669, Metz

Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena

Italian noble (1591-1644)

*October 22nd, 1591, Ferrara †May 24th, 1644, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana

Reinier Pauw

Dutch politician (1591-1676)

*September 3rd, 1591, Amsterdam †January 20th, 1676, The Hague

Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg

Princess

*January 7th, 1591, Dresden †November 17th, 1617, Dresden

Tommaso Tamburini

Italian theologian

*March 6th, 1591, Caltanissetta †October 10th, 1675, Palermo

Johannes Georg von Herberstein

Roman-Catholic clergyman (1591-1663)

*August 19th, 1591, Salzburg †June 12th, 1663, Regensburg

Franciscus Junius

Philologist

*January 29th, 1591, Heidelberg †November 19th, 1677, Windsor

August Buchner

German author

*November 2nd, 1591, Dresden †February 12th, 1661, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXI.I.MDXCI

21.1.1591

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XC = 90

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1591 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1591

January 1591

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 21st, 1591

Born on January 21st, 1591

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 158,000 days old!

158,251 Days

22,607 Weeks

5,199 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 21st?

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

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

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

Millions of people participated in the worldwide Women's March, to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.

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

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

The Concorde supersonic transports began scheduled commercial flights to London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro.

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

A B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed onto sea ice near Thule Air Base, Greenland, causing localized radioactive contamination.

Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008 Covina massacre.

Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.

Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.

Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people died from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.

Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.

In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.

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

Same Day Who's birthday is on January 21st?

Same year Born in 1591

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 21st

Babinden (Bulgaria, Serbia)

Agnes

Demiana (Coptic Church)

Fructuosus

John Yi Yun-il (one of The Korean Martyrs)

Meinrad of Einsiedeln

January 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Errol Barrow Day (Barbados)

Flag Day (Quebec)

Grandmother's Day (Poland)

Lady of Altagracia Day (Dominican Republic)

Lincoln Alexander Day (Canada)

National Hugging Day (United States)