January 12th, 1594

Born on January 12th, 1594

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 837 days, exactly on August 15th, 2026, people who were born on January 12th, 1594 will be 158,000 days old!

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What happened on January 12th?

January 12th, 1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Natal Native Contingent and British troops defeated Zulu forces in the Action at Sihayo's Kraal.

January 12th, 1865

The foundation stone of Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork was laid.

January 12th, 2010

Iranian physicist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi was assassinated while leaving his home for the University of Tehran, where he was a professor.

January 12th, 2007

Comet McNaught (pictured) reached perihelion, becoming the brightest comet in over 40 years, with an apparent magnitude of −5.5.

January 12th, 1964

Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah was overthrown by rebels led by John Okello, ending 200 years of Arab dominance in Zanzibar.

January 12th, 1918

An underground explosion at a coal mine in Staffordshire, England, killed 155 men and boys.

January 12th, 1916

Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann became the first German aviators to be awarded the Pour le Mérite, Germany's highest military honour.

January 12th, 1895

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded.

January 12th, 1808

John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church in Reculver from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture.

January 12th, 1777

Mission Santa Clara de Asís (pictured), a Spanish mission in California that formed the basis of both the city of Santa Clara and Santa Clara University, was established by the Franciscans.

January 12th, 1659

The fort at Allahabad was surrendered to the forces of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

January 12th, 1554

Bayinnaung, who later assembled what was probably the largest empire in the history of mainland Southeast Asia, was crowned as the king of the Burmese Toungoo dynasty.

January 12th, 0475

Basiliscus became Byzantine emperor after Zeno was forced to flee Constantinople.

January 12th, 2020

Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people.

January 12th, 2016

Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 12th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 12th?

75

Charles Perrault

French author (1628-1703)

*January 12th, 1628, Paris †May 16th, 1703, Paris

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

25

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

61

Jusepe de Ribera

Spanish painter (1591–1652)

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

65

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

*January 12th, 1874, Munich †June 4th, 1939, Göttingen

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

81

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer

*January 12th, 1746, Zürich †February 17th, 1827, Brugg

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

40

Jack London

American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)

*January 12th, 1876, San Francisco †November 22nd, 1916, Glen Ellen

64

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

74

Ferenc Molnár

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

*January 12th, 1878, Budapest †April 1st, 1952, New York City

78

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

*January 12th, 1928, Portsmouth †November 17th, 2006, Las Vegas

66

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

39

Swami Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

*January 12th, 1863, Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House & Cultural Centre †July 4th, 1902, Belur

62

Pierre Daru

French writer, academic and statesman (1767-1829)

*January 12th, 1767, Montpellier †September 5th, 1829, Meulan-en-Yvelines

53

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

*January 12th, 1893, Rosenheim †October 15th, 1946, Nuremberg Court Prison

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Born in 1594

71

Nicolas Poussin

French painter (1594-1665)

*May 31st, 1594, Les Andelys †November 19th, 1665, Rome

37

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

Swedish king (1594–1632; regent 1611–32)

*December 9th, 1594, Stockholm Palace †November 6th, 1632, Lützen

62

Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Ukrainian military, political and statesman, Hetman of the Zaporizhzhya Army, head of Ukraine (1648–1657) during the Hetmanship

*November 30th, 1594, Zhovkva †July 27th, 1657, Chyhyryn

68

Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg

Military leader in the Thirty Years' War and Count, later Prince, of Nassau-Dillenburg

*January 1st, 1594, Saarbrücken †January 1st, 1662, Dillenburg

32

John Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

German duke

*February 21st, 1594, Altenburg †December 6th, 1626, Markt Sankt Martin

38

Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim

Austrian field marshal

*May 29th, 1594, Treuchtlingen †November 17th, 1632, Leipzig

66

Ove Gjedde

Danish admiral (1594-1660)

*December 17th, 1594, Tomarps Kungsgård Castle †December 19th, 1660, Copenhagen

74

Ernestine Yolande de Ligne d'Amblise

(1594-1668)

*January 2nd, 1594, Ronse †June 4th, 1668, Ronse

71

César, Duke of Vendôme

French nobleman

*June 3rd, 1594, Château de Coucy †October 22nd, 1665, Paris

57

Sophie of Solms-Laubach

Wife of Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1594-1651)

*May 15th, 1594, Laubach †May 16th, 1651, Plötzkau

59

Daniel Beckher

German university teacher and writer (1594-1653)

*September 13th, 1594, Gdańsk †October 14th, 1653, Königsberg

59

Montdory

French actor

*March 13th, 1594, Thiers †November 10th, 1653, Thiers

48

Aegidius Hunnius

German theologian and university teacher (1594-1642)

*March 19th, 1594, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †April 29th, 1642, Altenburg

65

Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach

Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1594-1659)

*July 6th, 1594, Sulzburg †September 8th, 1659, Karlsburg Castle

22

Otto, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Hereditary Prince of Hesse-Kassel, Administrator of Hersfeld Abbey

*December 24th, 1594, Kassel †August 7th, 1617, Bad Hersfeld

58

John Haynes

English colonial magistrate and co-founder of Connecticut Colony

*May 1st, 1594, Essex †January 9th, 1653, Hartford

63

Olimpia Maidalchini

Italian noble (1594-1657)

*May 26th, 1594, Viterbo †September 26th, 1657, San Martino al Cimino

59

Juliana Morell

Spanish nun and intellectual child prodigy (1594-1653)

*February 16th, 1594, El Raval †June 26th, 1653, Avignon

40

Georg Friedrich II Graf zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst

Peerage person ID=2997

*November 30th, 1594, Waldenburg †November 30th, 1634, Frankfurt

69

Biagio Marini

Italian violinist and composer

*February 5th, 1594, Brescia †March 20th, 1663, Venice

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1594 is a normal year and no leap year.

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