January 21st, 1605

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Born on January 21st, 1605 – 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 1605)

Born on January 21st, 1605

Weekday

Friday

January 21st, 1605 was a Friday.

Age

419

People born on January 21st, 1605 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 419 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1605 - February 19th, 1605

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 865 days, exactly on September 11th, 2026, people who were born on January 21st, 1605 will be 154,000 days old!

153,135 Days

21,876 Weeks

5,031 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

Radley Metzger

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

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

Angel Mena Pedroza

Ecuadorian Footballer

*January 21st, 1988, Guayaquil

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

Arturo Labriola

Revolutionary syndicalist politician and journalist

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

Amin Affane

Swedish footballer

*January 21st, 1994, Gothenburg

Adrian Sellevoll

Norwegian artist

*January 21st, 1998, Bergen

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 21st

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXI.I.MDCV

21.1.1605

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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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

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

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

January 21st, 1605

Born on January 21st, 1605

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

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

153,135 Days

21,876 Weeks

5,031 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 1605

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)