January 18th, 1621

Born on January 18th, 1621

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 147,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 702 days, exactly on April 5th, 2026, people who were born on January 18th, 1621 will be 148,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 18th?

January 18th, 1990

In a sting operation conducted by the FBI, Marion Barry (pictured), the mayor of Washington, D.C., was arrested for possession of crack cocaine.

January 18th, 1983

Thirty years after his death, the International Olympic Committee presented commemorative medals to the family of American athlete Jim Thorpe, who had been stripped of his gold medals for playing semi-professional baseball before the 1912 Summer Olympics.

January 18th, 1977

The CDC announced that the lung infection Legionnaires' disease is caused by a previously unknown bacterium now known as Legionella.

January 18th, 1969

Thousands of Japanese police stormed the University of Tokyo after six months of nationwide leftist university student protests and occupation.

January 18th, 1958

Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins played his first game in the National Hockey League, becoming the first black Canadian to compete in the NHL.

January 18th, 1956

Navvab Safavi, an Iranian Shia cleric and the founder of the fundamentalist group Fada'iyan-e Islam, was executed with three of his followers for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Hossein Ala'.

January 18th, 1951

Construction began on the United Nations Military Cemetery (pictured), the only United Nations cemetery in the world, in Busan, South Korea.

January 18th, 1943

World War II: In Operation Iskra, the Red Army established a narrow land corridor to Leningrad, partially easing the protracted German siege.

January 18th, 1915

Japanese prime minister Ōkuma Shigenobu issued the Twenty-One Demands to China in a bid to increase Japan's power in East Asia.

January 18th, 1871

A number of previously independent states united to form the German Empire, with Wilhelm I as emperor.

January 18th, 1788

The armed tender HMS Supply, the first ship of the First Fleet, arrived at Botany Bay, Australia.

January 18th, 1535

Francisco Pizarro founded Ciudad de los Reyes (present-day Lima, Peru) as the capital of the lands he conquered for the Spanish crown.

January 18th, 1486

Elizabeth of York married King Henry VII, becoming queen consort of England.

January 18th, 0474

The young child Leo II became the sole Byzantine emperor upon the death of his grandfather Leo I.

January 18th, 2023

A helicopter crash in Ukraine leaves 14 people dead, including the country's Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrsky.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 18th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 18th?

35

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1989, Shashi District

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

29

Wang Chi-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 18th, 1995, Taipei

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

68

Werner Liebrich

German footballer (1927–1995)

*January 18th, 1927, Kaiserslautern †March 20th, 1995, Kaiserslautern

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

53

Pep Guardiola

Spanish association football manager (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, Santpedor

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

69

Kevin Costner

American actor and filmmaker

*January 18th, 1955, Lynwood

48

Lars Paaske

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1976, Hørsholm

34

Linda Weni Fanetri

Indonesian badminton player

*January 18th, 1990, Jakarta

32

Denis Grachev

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1992, Vladivostok

29

Gloria Groove

Brazilian singer, rapper, songwriter, actor, voice actor and drag queen

*January 18th, 1995, São Paulo

27

Rubén Castellanos

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1997, Morales

71

Johann David Köhler

German historian (1684–1755)

*January 18th, 1684, Colditz †March 10th, 1755, Göttingen

41

Li Yujia

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1983, Hubei

42

Elin Bergblom

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1982, Knivsta

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Born in 1621

73

Jean de La Fontaine

French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)

*July 8th, 1621, Château-Thierry †April 13th, 1695, Paris

60

Hildebrand Christoph von Hardenberg

German aristocrat (1621–1682)

*March 14th, 1621, Nörten-Hardenberg †March 2nd, 1682, Nörten-Hardenberg

65

Louis, Grand Condé

Prince of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon, French general and famous military leader

*September 8th, 1621, Paris †December 11th, 1686, Fontainebleau

54

Jacques Courtois

French painter (1621-1676)

*February 12th, 1621, Saint-Hippolyte †January 1st, 1676, Rome

55

Ernst Friedrich Schröter

Germman law academic

*January 1st, 1621, Jena †January 1st, 1676, Jena

68

Caspar Ziegler

German jurist, poet and composer (1621-1690)

*September 15th, 1621, Leipzig †April 17th, 1690, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

49

William Penn

English admiral and politician (1621-1670)

*April 23rd, 1621, Bristol †September 16th, 1670, Walthamstow

66

Bohuslav Balbín

Czech baroque writer, philosopher, historian, linguist, religion writer, educator, writer, science writer and roman catholic priest

*December 3rd, 1621, Hradec Králové †November 28th, 1688, Prague

56

Daniel Lüdemann

German theologian

*April 10th, 1621, Pasewalk †September 20th, 1677, Stade

35

David Beck

Dutch portrait painter (1621-1656)

*May 25th, 1621, Delft †December 6th, 1656, The Hague

60

Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham

English politician

*December 23rd, 1621, Eastwell †December 18th, 1682, London

66

Maximilian Henry of Bavaria

Roman Catholic bishop (1621-1688)

*December 8th, 1621, Munich †June 5th, 1688, Bonn

57

Andrew Marvell

English poet and politician (1621–1678)

*March 31st, 1621, Winestead †August 16th, 1678, London

56

Edmund Berry Godfrey

English magistrate

*December 23rd, 1621, Sellindge †October 12th, 1678

80

Antonio Petrini

Italian architect

*January 1st, 1621, Calavino †April 8th, 1701, Würzburg

54

Thomas Willis

English physician (1621-1675)

*January 27th, 1621, Great Bedwyn †November 11th, 1675, London

61

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem

Dutch painter (1622–1683)

*November 30th, 1621, Haarlem †February 18th, 1683, Amsterdam

56

Christian Albert, Burgrave and Count of Dohna

German nobleman and general in the army of Brandenburg (1621-1677)

*December 10th, 1621, Kostrzyn nad Odrą †December 14th, 1677, Gartz

46

John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

*March 24th, 1621, Zerbst †July 4th, 1667, Zerbst

61

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

English politician and founder of the Whig party (1621-1683)

*July 22nd, 1621, Dorset †January 21st, 1683, Amsterdam

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1621 is a normal year and no leap year.

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