January 31st, 1627

Born on January 31st, 1627

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 145,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 915 days, exactly on October 26th, 2026, people who were born on January 31st, 1627 will be 146,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 31st?

January 31st, 2013

A gas leak underneath the Pemex Executive Tower in Mexico City caused an explosion that killed at least 37 people and injured another 121.

January 31st, 2010

James Cameron's Avatar became the first film to earn over US$2 billion worldwide.

January 31st, 2000

Alaska Airlines Flight 261, experiencing problems with its horizontal stabilizer system, crashed in the Pacific Ocean off Anacapa Island, California, killing all 88 people on board.

January 31st, 1988

Doug Williams (pictured) became the first African-American quarterback to play in a Super Bowl, leading the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII.

January 31st, 1961

Aboard NASA's Mercury-Redstone 2, Ham the Chimp became the first hominid launched into outer space.

January 31st, 1957

A DC-7B operated by Douglas Aircraft collided in mid-air with a U.S. Air Force F-89 and crashed into a schoolyard in Pacoima, California.

January 31st, 1900

Datu Muhammad Salleh, leader of a series of major disturbances in North Borneo, was shot dead in Tambunan, but his followers did not give up for five more years.

January 31st, 1862

American astronomer Alvan Graham Clark first observed the faint white dwarf companion of Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.

January 31st, 1747

The London Lock Hospital, the first voluntary hospital specialising in the treatment of venereal diseases, opened.

January 31st, 1578

Eighty Years' War: Spain won a crushing victory at the Battle of Gembloux, threatening the States General of the Netherlands and contributing to its move from Brussels to Antwerp.

January 31st, 0314

Sylvester I (bust depicted), during whose pontificate many churches in Rome were constructed by Constantine the Great, began his reign as pope.

January 31st, 2007

Emergency officials in Boston mistakenly identified LED placards depicting characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force as IEDs, causing a panic.

January 31st, 1997

Final Fantasy VII, the first video game in the Final Fantasy franchise to use 3-D computer graphics, was released.

January 31st, 1919

Intense rioting over labour conditions broke out in Glasgow, Scotland.

January 31st, 2023

The last Boeing 747, the first wide-body airliner, is delivered.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 31st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 31st?

32

Linnéa Claeson

Swedish handball player

*January 31st, 1992, Norrköping

39

Oxxxymiron

Russian rapper

*January 31st, 1985, Saint Petersburg

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

31

Franz Schubert

Austrian composer (1797–1828)

*January 31st, 1797, Himmelpfortgrund †November 19th, 1828, Vienna

42

Ekaterina Ananina

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1982, Perm

49

Marianne Grunthal

German teacher

*January 31st, 1896, Zehdenick †May 2nd, 1945, Schwerin

97

Carol Channing

American actress (1921–2019)

*January 31st, 1921, Seattle †January 15th, 2019, Rancho Mirage

43

Justin Timberlake

American singer and actor (born 1981)

*January 31st, 1981, Memphis

50

Billy MacLellan

Canadian actor

*January 31st, 1974, Cape Breton Island

54

André-Jacques Garnerin

Inventor of the frameless parachute

*January 31st, 1769, Paris †August 18th, 1823, Paris

78

Meena Shah

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1937, Balrampur †March 10th, 2015

53

Gustav Hülsenberg

German politician (1812-1865)

*January 31st, 1812, Hamburg †October 19th, 1865, Hamburg

49

Preity Zinta

Indian film actress, entrepreneur

*January 31st, 1975, Shimla

65

Anthony LaPaglia

Australian actor

*January 31st, 1959, Adelaide

73

Spartaco Landini

Italian footballer (1944-2017)

*January 31st, 1944, Terranuova Bracciolini †April 16th, 2017, Genoa

77

Oskar von Hindenburg

German politician and general (1883–1960)

*January 31st, 1883, Königsberg †February 12th, 1960, Bad Harzburg

57

James Franciscus

American actor (1934-1991)

*January 31st, 1934, Clayton †July 8th, 1991, North Hollywood

88

Kenzaburō Ōe

Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate

*January 31st, 1935, Ōse †March 3rd, 2023

87

Philip Glass

American composer (born 1937)

*January 31st, 1937, Baltimore

78

Frederick Douglass

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818 – 1895)

*January 31st, 1817, Talbot County †February 20th, 1895, Washington, D.C.

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64

Robert Boyle

Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor

*January 25th, 1627, Lismore †December 31st, 1691, London

77

John Ray

British botanist (1627–1705)

*November 29th, 1627, Black Notley †January 17th, 1705, Black Notley

76

Jacques Bénigne Bossuet

French bishop and theologian (1627-1704)

*September 27th, 1627, Dijon †April 12th, 1704, Paris

53

Shivaji Maharaj

Indian king and founder of the Maratha Empire

*February 19th, 1627, Shivneri Fort †April 3rd, 1680, Raigad Fort

65

Johann Kaspar Kerll

German composer and organist

*April 9th, 1627, Adorf/Vogtl. †February 13th, 1693, Munich

65

John George II

Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

*November 17th, 1627, Dessau †August 7th, 1693, Berlin

42

Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

Consort of Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

*July 1st, 1627, Schwerin †December 11th, 1669, Halle (Saale)

76

Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford

Royalist during the English Civil War

*February 28th, 1627, Cambridge †March 12th, 1703, London

44

Diego Luis de San Vitores

Spanish missionary

*November 12th, 1627, Burgos †April 2nd, 1672, Tumon

51

Samuel van Hoogstraten

Painter and writer from the Northern Netherlands (1627-1678)

*August 2nd, 1627, Dordrecht †October 19th, 1678, Dordrecht

47

Christian zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Bartenstein

German aristocrat

*August 31st, 1627, Schillingsfürst †June 13th, 1675, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

55

John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1627-1683)

*September 11th, 1627, Weimar †May 15th, 1683, Weimar

65

Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans

Duchess of Montpensier (1627-1693)

*May 29th, 1627, Louvre Palace †April 5th, 1693, Luxembourg Palace

50

Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk

English noble (1627-1677)

*March 9th, 1627, London †December 13th, 1677, Padua

37

Jan Zamoyski

Polish noble

*April 9th, 1627, Zamość †April 7th, 1665, Zamość

69

Miguel de Molinos

Spanish priest, apostle of Quietism

*November 30th, 1627, Muniesa †December 28th, 1696, Rome

51

Willem van Aelst

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1627–1683)

*May 16th, 1627, Delft †January 1st, 1679, Amsterdam

68

Élisabeth-Angélique de Montmorency-Bouteville

French aristocrat

*January 1st, 1627, Paris †January 1st, 1695, Paris

23

Philip Frederick of the Palatinate

German noble

*September 16th, 1627, The Hague †December 16th, 1650, Rethel

69

Alessandro Rosi

Italian painter (1627-1697)

*December 28th, 1627, Florence †January 1st, 1697, Florence

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1627 is a normal year and no leap year.

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