January 5th, 1600

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Born on January 5th, 1600 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 5th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 5th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1600)

Born on January 5th, 1600

Weekday

Wednesday

January 5th, 1600 was a Wednesday.

Age

424

People born on January 5th, 1600 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 424 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1599 - January 20th, 1600

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 154,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 35 days, exactly on May 21st, 2024, people who were born on January 5th, 1600 will be 155,000 days old!

154,965 Days

22,137 Weeks

5,091 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

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Hours

What happened on January 5th?

January 5th, 1970

An earthquake registering Mw 7.1 struck Tonghai County in southern China, killing at least 10,000 people and eventually spurring the creation of the nation's largest earthquake monitoring system.

January 5th, 1953

Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, termed the "most significant English language play of the 20th century", premiered in Paris.

January 5th, 1949

In his State of the Union speech, U.S. president Harry S. Truman (pictured) announced: "Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal."

January 5th, 1941

Second World War: Australian and British troops defeated Italian forces in Bardia, Libya, the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation took part.

January 5th, 1925

Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state.

January 5th, 1922

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton (pictured) died of a heart attack during his final expedition.

January 5th, 1919

The German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party, was founded by Anton Drexler.

January 5th, 1757

King Louis XV survived an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who later became the last person in France to be executed by drawing and quartering.

January 5th, 1675

Franco-Dutch War: French troops defeated Austrian and Brandenburg forces at the Battle of Turckheim in Alsace.

January 5th, 1869

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day siege in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 1896

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day seige in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 2009

In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.

January 5th, 2008

Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of the country.

January 5th, 2007

The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.

January 5th, 2005

The dwarf planet Eris was discovered by a team using images from the Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 5th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 5th?

Konrad Adenauer

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU

*January 5th, 1876, Cologne †April 19th, 1967, Rhöndorf

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

Santiago Ventura

Spanish tennis player

*January 5th, 1980, Castelló de la Plana

Ella Harper

American circus performer

*January 5th, 1870, Sumner County †December 19th, 1921, Nashville

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

Jacob Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)

*January 5th, 1655, Basel †August 16th, 1705, Basel

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of Germany since 2017

*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (1941-)

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

Constanze Mozart

Austrian singer

*January 5th, 1762, Zell im Wiesental †March 6th, 1842, Salzburg

Deepika Padukone

Indian actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

Robert Duvall

American actor and director

*January 5th, 1931, San Diego

Rudolf Christoph Eucken

(1846-1926) German philosopher

*January 5th, 1846, Aurich †September 15th, 1926, Jena

Ferdinand von Roemer

German geologist (1818-1891)

*January 5th, 1818, Hildesheim †December 14th, 1891, Wrocław

Ted Lange

Actor, director, screenwriter

*January 5th, 1948, Oakland

Jean-Pierre Aumont

French actor (1911–2001)

*January 5th, 1911, Paris †January 30th, 2001, Saint-Tropez

Marilyn Manson

American musician (born 1969)

*January 5th, 1969, Canton

Gerd Siese

German association football player

*January 5th, 1944, Bielefeld

Same year
Born in 1600

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)

*January 17th, 1600, Madrid †May 25th, 1681, Madrid

Charles I of England

Monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1600-1649)

*November 19th, 1600, Dunfermline Palace †January 30th, 1649, London

Clement IX

Pope from 1667, lived 1600-1669

*January 28th, 1600, Pistoia †December 9th, 1669, Rome

Nicolas Sanson

French cartographer

*December 20th, 1600, Abbeville †July 7th, 1667, Paris

Adam of Wągrowiec

Polish composer

*January 1st, 1600, Margonin †August 27th, 1629, Wągrowiec

Otto Brüggemann

*February 14th, 1600, Hamburg †May 5th, 1640, Schleswig

Prince Adolf of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

*September 15th, 1600, Gottorf Castle †September 19th, 1631, Eilenburg

Johann Schröder

German chemist

*January 1st, 1600, Bad Salzuflen †May 31st, 1664, Frankfurt

Antonio Serra

Italian economist

*January 1st, 1600, Cosenza †November 30th, 1699, Naples

Lieuwe van Aitzema

Dutch diplomat, writer, philanderer and spy (1600-1669)

*November 19th, 1600, Dokkum †February 23rd, 1669, The Hague

Johan Picardt

German-Dutch historian, physician and writer (1600-1670)

*February 5th, 1600, Bad Bentheim †May 21st, 1670, Coevorden

Manfredo Settala

Milanese collector

*March 8th, 1600, Milan †February 6th, 1680, Milan

Jan Cossiers

Flemish painter (1600-1671)

*July 15th, 1600, Antwerp †July 4th, 1671, Antwerp

Christoph Gumpp der Jüngere

Austrian architect

*May 28th, 1600, Innsbruck †March 2nd, 1672, Innsbruck

Gabriel Naudé

French librarian, 1600–1653

*February 2nd, 1600, Paris †July 10th, 1653, Abbeville

Gioacchino Assereto

Italian painter (1600-1649)

*January 1st, 1600, Genoa †June 28th, 1649, Genoa

Johann Heinrich Waser

Swiss politician, 1600 - 1669

*March 25th, 1600, Zürich †February 10th, 1669, Zürich

Johann Andreas Rosenberg

(1600-1667)

*September 7th, 1600, Sankt Andrä †January 4th, 1667, Carinthia

Alexander Keirincx

Flemish painter (1600-1652)

*January 23rd, 1600, Antwerp †October 7th, 1652, Amsterdam

George Ghica

Prince of Moldavia and Wallachia

*March 3rd, 1600, Veles †November 2nd, 1664, Constantinople

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 5th

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast day) which are celebrated on January 5th.

The Twelfth day of Christmas and the Twelfth Night of Christmas. (Western Christianity)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

V.I.MDC

5.1.1600

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1600 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

Calendar
January 1600

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