April 12th, 1601

Born on April 12th, 1601

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 419 days, exactly on August 27th, 2025, people who were born on April 12th, 1601 will be 155,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 12th?

April 12th, 2012

The Guinea-Bissau military seized control in a coup amid a presidential election, later handing power to a transitional administration under Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo.

April 12th, 1993

Bosnian War: NATO forces began Operation Deny Flight (aircraft pictured) to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered by the United Nations Security Council.

April 12th, 1983

Harold Washington was elected as the first African-American mayor of Chicago.

April 12th, 1980

Canadian athlete Terry Fox embarked on an east-to-west "Marathon of Hope" from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with a prosthetic leg to raise funds for cancer research.

April 12th, 1961

Aboard Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin performed the first human spaceflight, completing one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes.

April 12th, 1910

SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, was launched in Trieste.

April 12th, 1861

Confederate forces began a bombardment of Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, starting the American Civil War.

April 12th, 1831

The Broughton Suspension Bridge near Manchester, England, collapsed reportedly because of mechanical resonance induced by troops marching in step across it.

April 12th, 1822

Greek War of Independence: Ottoman troops began a massacre of tens of thousands of Greeks (depicted) on the island of Chios.

April 12th, 1807

The Froberg mutiny of Greek and Albanian troops in British service ended with the explosion of the gunpowder magazine at Fort Ricasoli, Malta.

April 12th, 1776

American Revolution: The North Carolina Provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves, the first official action in the American colonies calling for independence from Great Britain.

April 12th, 1204

Troops of the Fourth Crusade entered Constantinople and began a sack of the city, temporarily dissolving the Byzantine Empire.

April 12th, 2010

Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.

April 12th, 2009

Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.

April 12th, 2007

A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

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

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

24

Manuel Turizo

Venezolano singer

*April 12th, 2000, Barranquilla

26

Paulo Londra

Argentinian singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

34

Rahmat Adianto

Badminton player

*April 12th, 1990, Jakarta

24

David Hogg

American gun control activist and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 2000, Los Angeles

36

Rvssian

Jamaican record producer, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 1988, Kingston

45

Claire Danes

American actress

*April 12th, 1979, Manhattan

30

Saoirse Ronan

Irish–American actress (born 1994)

*April 12th, 1994, The Bronx

66

Tom Clancy

American author (1947–2013)

*April 12th, 1947, Baltimore †October 1st, 2013, Baltimore

45

Jennifer Morrison

American actress, model, film producer

*April 12th, 1979, Chicago

91

Jan Tinbergen

Dutch economist (1903–1994)

*April 12th, 1903, The Hague †June 9th, 1994, The Hague

56

Robert Delaunay

French painter (1885–1941)

*April 12th, 1885, Paris †October 25th, 1941, Montpellier

85

Alan Ayckbourn

English playwright

*April 12th, 1939, London

83

Raymond Barre

85th Prime Minister of France (1924-2007)

*April 12th, 1924, Saint-Denis †August 25th, 2007, 5th arrondissement of Paris

77

David Letterman

American comedian and television host

*April 12th, 1947, Indianapolis

34

Fran Halsall

British swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion

*April 12th, 1990, Southport

62

Carlos Sainz

Spanish racing driver

*April 12th, 1962, Madrid

85

James Hillman

American psychologist (1926-2011)

*April 12th, 1926, Atlantic City †October 27th, 2011, Thompson

63

Lisa Gerrard

Australian musician, singer and composer

*April 12th, 1961, Melbourne

61

Lydia Cacho

Mexican journalist

*April 12th, 1963, Mexico City

70

Christian IV of Denmark

King of Denmark and Norway (1577-1648)

*April 12th, 1577, Frederiksborg Palace †February 28th, 1648, Rosenborg Castle

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Born in 1601

63

Pierre de Fermat

French mathematician and lawyer

*August 17th, 1601, Beaumont-de-Lomagne †January 12th, 1665, Castres

41

Louis XIII of France

King of France and Navarre (1610–1643)

*September 27th, 1601, Fontainebleau †May 14th, 1643, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

66

Alonso Cano

Spanish painter, architect and sculptor (1601-1667)

*March 19th, 1601, Granada †September 3rd, 1667, Granada

64

Anne of Austria

Queen, consort of Louis XIII, King of France, lived (1601-1666)

*September 22nd, 1601, Valladolid †January 20th, 1666, Paris

64

Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne

17th-century French noblewoman

*January 17th, 1601, Turenne †May 24th, 1665, Thouars

78

Christoph Schrader

German rhetorician and librarian

*September 29th, 1601, Rethmar †April 24th, 1680, Helmstedt

53

Antonius Matthaeus

German jurist (1601-1654)

*November 15th, 1601, Herborn †December 25th, 1654, Utrecht

57

Baltasar Gracián

Aragonese Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher in Castilian language (1601-1658)

*January 8th, 1601, Belmonte de Gracián †December 6th, 1658, Tarazona

73

Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha

Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg (1601-1675)

*December 25th, 1601, Altenburg †March 26th, 1675, Gotha

68

Johann Michael Moscherosch

German writer

*March 7th, 1601, Willstätt †April 4th, 1669, Worms

53

Balthasar Gloxin

Roman jurist (1601-1654)

*January 10th, 1601, Burg auf Fehmarn †August 1st, 1654, Schleswig

59

Gerhard Coccejus

German jurist, diplomat and university professor

*July 1st, 1601, Bremen †July 27th, 1660

43

Otto Henrich Callenberg

German politician (1601-1644)

*October 20th, 1601, Wettesingen †November 23rd, 1644, Lucklum

67

Philippus Brietius

French historian

*March 6th, 1601, Abbeville †December 9th, 1668, Paris

61

Heinrich Rahn

German jurist, university lecturer and rector

*February 14th, 1601, Brunswick †April 2nd, 1662, Rostock

47

Antoine Daniel

Jesuit missionary and martyr (1601-1648)

*May 27th, 1601, Dieppe †July 4th, 1648, Springwater

54

Andreas Rivinus

German author (1601-1656)

*October 17th, 1601, Halle (Saale) †April 4th, 1656, Leipzig

65

Georges de Scudéry

French writer (1601-1667)

*August 22nd, 1601, Le Havre †May 14th, 1667, Paris

71

José Ximénez

Spanish composer and organist from baroque period (baptized 25 December 1601; died 9 August 1672)

*January 1st, 1601, Zaragoza †August 9th, 1672, Zaragoza

78

Jean Eudes

French missionary

*November 14th, 1601, Ri †August 19th, 1680, Caen

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarin) which are celebrated on April 12th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1601 is a normal year and no leap year.

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