January 12th, 1634

Born on January 12th, 1634

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What happened on January 12th?

January 12th, 1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Natal Native Contingent and British troops defeated Zulu forces in the Action at Sihayo's Kraal.

January 12th, 1865

The foundation stone of Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork was laid.

January 12th, 2010

An earthquake registering 7.0 Mw struck Haiti, killing more than 100,000 people.

January 12th, 2007

Comet McNaught (pictured) reached perihelion, becoming the brightest comet in over 40 years, with an apparent magnitude of −5.5.

January 12th, 1964

Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah was overthrown by rebels led by John Okello, ending 200 years of Arab dominance in Zanzibar.

January 12th, 1918

An underground explosion at a coal mine in Staffordshire, England, killed 155 men and boys.

January 12th, 1916

Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann became the first German aviators to be awarded the Pour le Mérite, Germany's highest military honour.

January 12th, 1895

The National Trust, a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded.

January 12th, 1808

John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church (pictured) in Reculver from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture.

January 12th, 1777

Mission Santa Clara de Asís (pictured), a Spanish mission in California that formed the basis of both the city of Santa Clara and Santa Clara University, was established by the Franciscans.

January 12th, 1659

The fort at Allahabad was surrendered to the forces of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

January 12th, 1554

Bayinnaung, who later assembled what was probably the largest empire in the history of mainland Southeast Asia, was crowned as the king of the Burmese Toungoo dynasty.

January 12th, 0475

Basiliscus became Byzantine emperor after Zeno was forced to flee Constantinople.

January 12th, 2020

Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people.

January 12th, 2016

Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

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

Same year
Born in 1634

61

Mariana of Austria

Queen consort of Spain (1634-1696)

*December 24th, 1634, Vienna †May 16th, 1696, Madrid

60

Louis Parrocel

French painter (1634-1694)

*February 18th, 1634, Brignoles †December 1st, 1694, Avignon

39

Kurt Christoph von Königsmarck

Dutch politician (1634-1673)

*March 24th, 1634, Hanover †October 31st, 1673, Bonn

79

François VII de La Rochefoucauld

(1634-1714)

*June 15th, 1634, Paris †January 11th, 1714, Versailles

47

Cornelis Kick

Dutch painter (1634-1681)

*March 12th, 1634, Amsterdam †June 18th, 1681, Amsterdam

27

Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena

Italian noble

*October 14th, 1634, Modena †July 16th, 1662, Modena

85

Pasquier Quesnel

French theologian

*July 14th, 1634, Paris †December 2nd, 1719, Amsterdam

55

Kazimierz Łyszczyński

Polish philosopher

*March 4th, 1634, Lyščycy †March 30th, 1689, Warsaw

82

Dorothe Engelbretsdatter

Norwegian writer

*January 16th, 1634, Bergen †February 19th, 1716, Bergen

61

Johannes Camphuys

Dutch colonial governor (1634-1695)

*July 18th, 1634, Haarlem †July 18th, 1695, Jakarta

80

Paolo Amato

Italian architect

*January 24th, 1634, Ciminna †July 3rd, 1714, Palermo

60

Anselm Franz von Ingelheim

Archbishop of Mainz

*September 16th, 1634, Cologne †March 30th, 1695, Aschaffenburg

89

René Boudier

French historian, poet and translator

*January 1st, 1634, Alençon †November 16th, 1723, Mantes-la-Jolie

54

Gaspar Fagel

Grand Pensionary of Holland (1634-1688)

*January 25th, 1634, The Hague †December 15th, 1688, The Hague

40

Charles Emmanuel II of Savoy

Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675

*June 20th, 1634, Turin †June 12th, 1675, Turin

32

Adam Krieger

German composer (1634-1666)

*January 7th, 1634, Drezdenko †June 30th, 1666, Dresden

60

Burchard von Ahlefeldt

(1634-1695)

*October 4th, 1634, Flensburg †September 9th, 1695

64

Pierre Thomas

French writer

*August 6th, 1634, Rouen †November 4th, 1698

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1634 is a normal year and no leap year.

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