January 16th, 1605

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Born on January 16th, 1605 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 16th, 1605?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 16th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1605)

Born on January 16th, 1605

Weekday

Sunday

January 16th, 1605 was a Sunday.

Age

419

People born on January 16th, 1605 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 419 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1604 - January 20th, 1605

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 153,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 860 days, exactly on September 6th, 2026, people who were born on January 16th, 1605 will be 154,000 days old!

153,140 Days

21,877 Weeks

5,031 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on January 16th, 1605?

January 16th, 1605

The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote

What else happened on January 16th?

January 16th, 2018

In Mrauk U, Myanmar, police fired into a crowd protesting the ban of an event to mark the anniversary of the end of the Kingdom of Mrauk U, resulting in seven deaths and twelve injuries.

January 16th, 2016

After gunmen took hostages the previous night at a restaurant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, government commandos stormed the premises to bring the situation to an end.

January 16th, 1964

The musical Hello, Dolly! opened at the St. James Theatre on Broadway, and went on to win ten Tony Awards, a record that stood for 37 years.

January 16th, 1945

World War II: Adolf Hitler and his staff moved into the Führerbunker in Berlin, where he would eventually commit suicide.

January 16th, 1942

World War II: During the Battle of Bataan, U.S. Army sergeant Jose Calugas (pictured) organized a squad of volunteers to man an artillery position under heavy fire, which later earned him the Medal of Honor.

January 16th, 1905

Despite being blind in one eye, ice hockey player Frank McGee (pictured) set the record for most goals in a Stanley Cup game when he scored 14 against the Dawson City Nuggets.

January 16th, 1883

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by the U.S. Congress.

January 16th, 1862

A pumping engine at a colliery in New Hartley, England, broke and fell down the shaft, trapping miners below and resulting in 204 deaths.

January 16th, 1809

Peninsular War: French forces under Jean-de-Dieu Soult attacked the British's amphibious evacuation under Sir John Moore at Corunna in Galicia, Spain.

January 16th, 1780

American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy gained their first major naval victory over their European enemies in the war when they defeated a Spanish squadron in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.

January 1st, 1970

Gaius Octavianus was given the titles Augustus and Princeps by the Roman Senate when he became the first Roman emperor.

January 16th, 1920

The League of Nations, the first worldwide intergovernmental organization with a focus on peace and security, held its first council meeting in Paris.

January 16th, 1275

750 years ago, Edward I permits his mother Eleanor of Provence to expel the Jews from the towns Worcester, Marlborough, Cambridge and Gloucester.

January 16th, 1716

King Philip V of Spain promulgates the Nueva Planta decree of the Principality of Catalonia, abolishing the Catalan institutions and most of its legislation, being replaced by those of the Castile, thus putting an end to Catalonia as a separate political entity and becoming a province of the new French-style Kingdom of Spain.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 16th

Born on January 16th, 1605

Shahryar

Mughal prince

*January 16th, 1605, Agra †January 23rd, 1628, Lahore

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 16th?

Annari Viljoen

Badminton player

*January 16th, 1987, Bloemfontein

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Danish actress

*January 16th, 1982, Hillerød

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

Udo Lattek

German football player and coach (1935–2015)

*January 16th, 1935, Boże, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship †February 1st, 2015, Cologne

Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll

German classical philologist

*January 16th, 1819, Sechshelden †June 19th, 1890, Weilburg

Yebba

American singer

*January 16th, 1995, Arkansas

Katherine Valli

Badminton player

*January 16th, 2003, Pittsburgh

Debbie Allen

American actress, choreographer, television director, television producer, singer, and dancer

*January 16th, 1950, Houston

Lin-Manuel Miranda

American actor

*January 16th, 1980, Manhattan

Ethel Merman

American actress and singer (1908-1984)

*January 16th, 1908, Astoria †February 15th, 1984, Manhattan

Bobby Zamora

English association football player (born 1981)

*January 16th, 1981, Barking

Diana Wynyard

English actress (1906-1964)

*January 16th, 1906, London †May 13th, 1964, London

Johannes Rau

President of Germany from 1 July 1999 until 30 July 2004

*January 16th, 1931, Wuppertal †January 27th, 2006, Berlin

Conny Vandenbos

Dutch singer (1937–2002)

*January 16th, 1937, The Hague †April 7th, 2002, Amsterdam

Franz Müntefering

German politician and industrial manager

*January 16th, 1940, Neheim-Hüsten

Gregor Gysi

German lawyer and left-wing politician

*January 16th, 1948, Berlin

Norbert Kartmann

German politician

*January 16th, 1949, Nieder-Weisel

Fulgencio Batista

President of Cuba, 1940–1944; dictator, 1952-1959 (1901-1973)

*January 16th, 1901, Banes †August 6th, 1973, Marbella

Lothar Metz

East German wrestler

*January 16th, 1939, Meerane †January 23rd, 2021, Rostock

Kate Moss

English supermodel and businesswoman

*January 16th, 1974, Addiscombe

Same year
Born in 1605

Philip IV of Spain

King of Spain and Portugal (1605-1665)

*April 8th, 1605, Valladolid Royal Palace †September 17th, 1665, Cuarto bajo del Rey

Thomas Browne

English polymath and author (1605–1682)

*October 19th, 1605, London †October 19th, 1682, Norwich

Tianqi Emperor

Emperor of the Ming Dynasty

*December 23rd, 1605, Beijing †September 30th, 1627, Beijing

George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

*March 17th, 1605, Darmstadt †June 11th, 1661, Darmstadt

Frans Banning Cocq

Dutch politician, lord of Purmerend and Ilpendam, owner/creator of the album amicorum of Frans Banninck Cocq

*February 23rd, 1605, Amsterdam †January 1st, 1655, Amsterdam

Philip Maurice, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

German noble

*August 25th, 1605, Hanau †August 3rd, 1638, Hanau

Johann Lorenz Bausch

*September 30th, 1605, Schweinfurt †November 17th, 1665, Schweinfurt

Tristram Coffin

American investor

*March 11th, 1605, Brixton †October 2nd, 1681, Nantucket

Semyon Dezhnyov

Russian explorer

*March 7th, 1605, Veliky Ustyug †January 1st, 1673, Moscow

William Dugard

English printer

*January 9th, 1605, Bromsgrove †December 3rd, 1662, London

Barthold Moller (vom Baum)

Legal academic, mayor of Hamburg

*November 19th, 1605, Hamburg †April 7th, 1667, Hamburg

Cesare Fracanzano

Italian painter (1605-1651)

*October 16th, 1605, Bisceglie †January 1st, 1651, Barletta

Valentin Heider

German councillor

*March 25th, 1605, Lindau †November 28th, 1664, Lindau

Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

English peer (1605-1675)

*August 8th, 1605, Kent †November 30th, 1675, Middlesex

Bernard of Corleone

Sicilian Franciscan

*February 6th, 1605, Corleone †January 12th, 1667, Palermo

Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier

French princess

*October 15th, 1605, Château de Gaillon †June 4th, 1627, Paris

Federico Ubaldo della Rovere, Duke of Urbino

Italian noble

*May 16th, 1605, Pesaro †June 28th, 1623, Urbino

Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy

French writer and composer

*October 16th, 1605, Paris †October 29th, 1677, Paris

Orazio Benevoli

Italian composer (1605-1672)

*April 19th, 1605, Rome †June 17th, 1672, Rome

William Dugdale

English officer of arms

*September 12th, 1605, Shustoke †February 10th, 1686, Shustoke

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 16th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVI.I.MDCV

16.1.1605

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1605 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1605

January 1605

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January 16th, 1605

Born on January 16th, 1605

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 153,000 days old!

153,140 Days

21,877 Weeks

5,031 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 16th, 1605?

The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain.

What else happened on January 16th?

In Mrauk U, Myanmar, police fired into a crowd protesting the ban of an event to mark the anniversary of the end of the Kingdom of Mrauk U, resulting in seven deaths and twelve injuries.

After gunmen took hostages the previous night at a restaurant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, government commandos stormed the premises to bring the situation to an end.

The musical Hello, Dolly! opened at the St. James Theatre on Broadway, and went on to win ten Tony Awards, a record that stood for 37 years.

World War II: Adolf Hitler and his staff moved into the Führerbunker in Berlin, where he would eventually commit suicide.

World War II: During the Battle of Bataan, U.S. Army sergeant Jose Calugas (pictured) organized a squad of volunteers to man an artillery position under heavy fire, which later earned him the Medal of Honor.

Despite being blind in one eye, ice hockey player Frank McGee (pictured) set the record for most goals in a Stanley Cup game when he scored 14 against the Dawson City Nuggets.

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by the U.S. Congress.

A pumping engine at a colliery in New Hartley, England, broke and fell down the shaft, trapping miners below and resulting in 204 deaths.

Peninsular War: French forces under Jean-de-Dieu Soult attacked the British's amphibious evacuation under Sir John Moore at Corunna in Galicia, Spain.

American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy gained their first major naval victory over their European enemies in the war when they defeated a Spanish squadron in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.

Gaius Octavianus was given the titles Augustus and Princeps by the Roman Senate when he became the first Roman emperor.

The League of Nations, the first worldwide intergovernmental organization with a focus on peace and security, held its first council meeting in Paris.

750 years ago, Edward I permits his mother Eleanor of Provence to expel the Jews from the towns Worcester, Marlborough, Cambridge and Gloucester.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 16th

Born on January 16th, 1605

Mughal prince

Same Day Who's birthday is on January 16th?

Same year Born in 1605

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 16th

Pope Benjamin (Coptic)

Berard of Carbio

Blaise (Armenian Apostolic)

Fursey

Joseph Vaz

Honoratus of Arles

Pope Marcellus I

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Coptic Church)

Titian of Oderzo

Eve of Saint Anthony observed with ritual bonfires in San Bartolomé de Pinares

January 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

National Religious Freedom Day (United States)

Teacher's Day (Myanmar)

Teachers' Day (Thailand)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

16.1.1605

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 153,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 16th

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Who's birthday is on January 16th?

Same year
Born in 1605

Calendar
January 1605

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
53						1	2
54	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
55	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
56	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
57	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
58	31