January 12th, 1635

Born on January 12th, 1635

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 142,000 days old!

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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

Iranian physicist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi was assassinated while leaving his home for the University of Tehran, where he was a professor.

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 for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded.

January 12th, 1808

John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church 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 Day
Who's birthday is on January 12th?

75

Charles Perrault

French author (1628-1703)

*January 12th, 1628, Paris †May 16th, 1703, Paris

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

25

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

65

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

*January 12th, 1874, Munich †June 4th, 1939, Göttingen

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

81

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer

*January 12th, 1746, Zürich †February 17th, 1827, Brugg

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

40

Jack London

American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)

*January 12th, 1876, San Francisco †November 22nd, 1916, Glen Ellen

64

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

74

Ferenc Molnár

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

*January 12th, 1878, Budapest †April 1st, 1952, New York City

62

Pierre Daru

French writer, academic and statesman (1767-1829)

*January 12th, 1767, Montpellier †September 5th, 1829, Meulan-en-Yvelines

39

Swami Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

*January 12th, 1863, Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House & Cultural Centre †July 4th, 1902, Belur

78

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

*January 12th, 1928, Portsmouth †November 17th, 2006, Las Vegas

66

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

53

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

*January 12th, 1893, Rosenheim †October 15th, 1946, Nuremberg Court Prison

26

Juan Foyth

Argentine association football player

*January 12th, 1998, La Plata

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67

Robert Hooke

English natural philosopher, architect and polymath

*July 18th, 1635, Freshwater †March 3rd, 1703, London

74

Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero

Catholic cardinal (1635-1709)

*January 8th, 1635, Palma del Río †September 14th, 1709, Madrid

79

Samuel Reyher

German mathematician and astronomer (1635-1714)

*April 19th, 1635, Schleusingen †November 22nd, 1714, Kiel

63

Edward Stillingfleet

British bishop (1635-1699)

*April 17th, 1635, Cranborne †March 27th, 1699, Westminster

83

Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon

Mistress and later secret wife of King Louis XIV of France (1635-1719)

*November 27th, 1635, Niort †April 15th, 1719, Palace of Versailles

65

Miguel de Barrios

Jewish poet

*November 3rd, 1635, Montilla †October 6th, 1701, Amsterdam

71

Christian Louis, Count of Waldeck

Count of Waldeck-Wildungen and Count of Waldeck and Pyrmont

*July 29th, 1635, Waldeck †December 12th, 1706, Landau

70

Philipp Jakob Spener

German lutheran theologian, founder of pietism (1635-1705)

*January 13th, 1635, Ribeauvillé †February 5th, 1705, Berlin

45

Frans van Mieris the Elder

Dutch painter (1635–1681)

*April 16th, 1635, Leiden †March 12th, 1681, Leiden

70

Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Ponce de León

Spanish politician and military personnel (1635-1705)

*February 27th, 1635, Madrid †June 9th, 1705, Madrid

73

Michael Strauch

German mathematician and author

*August 27th, 1635, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †January 6th, 1709, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

54

Marquard Gude

German archaeologist

*February 1st, 1635, Rendsburg †November 26th, 1689, Glückstadt

14

Princess Elizabeth of England

English Royal

*December 28th, 1635, St James's Palace †September 8th, 1650, Carisbrooke Castle

64

Patrick Gordon

Russian general and rear admiral (1635-1699)

*March 31st, 1635, Aberdeenshire †November 19th, 1699, Moscow

50

Andreas Gottfried Ammon

German theologian

*November 22nd, 1635, Göttingen †January 1st, 1686, Wunstorf

69

Anthonius Lucius

German university teacher (1635-1704)

*January 1st, 1635, Rinteln †September 4th, 1704, Hanover

76

Wilhelmus à Brakel

Dutch theologian (1635-1711)

*January 2nd, 1635, Leeuwarden †October 30th, 1711, Rotterdam

38

Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons

Italian noble

*March 2nd, 1635, Chambéry †June 6th, 1673, Unna

68

Johann Sturm

German philosopher (1635-1703)

*November 3rd, 1635, Hilpoltstein †December 26th, 1703, Altdorf bei Nürnberg

73

Roger de Piles

French painter (1635-1709)

*October 7th, 1635, Clamecy †April 5th, 1709, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1635 is a normal year and no leap year.

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