January 23rd, 1651

Born on January 23rd, 1651

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 136,000 days old!

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What happened on January 23rd?

January 23rd, 2002

American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and later murdered by al-Qaeda agents in Karachi, Pakistan.

January 23rd, 1997

Madeleine Albright was sworn in as the first female United States Secretary of State, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government at that time.

January 23rd, 1993

The first version of Mosaic, created by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, was released, becoming the first popular web browser.

January 23rd, 1968

USS Pueblo was seized by North Korean forces, who claimed that it had violated their territorial waters while spying.

January 23rd, 1967

The English new town of Milton Keynes was founded in Buckinghamshire, incorporating four towns and fifteen villages as well as planned new developments on intervening farmland.

January 23rd, 1957

American inventor Fred Morrison sold the rights to his "flying disc" to the Wham-O toy company, who later renamed it the "Frisbee" (example pictured).

January 23rd, 1942

World War II: Japan began an invasion of the island of New Britain in the Australian Territory of New Guinea.

January 23rd, 1915

Rebels led by John Chilembwe attacked local plantation owners, beginning an uprising regarded as a key moment in the history of Malawi.

January 23rd, 1909

Two men committed an armed robbery in Tottenham, London, and led police on a two-hour chase, partially by tram, that ended in the perpetrators' suicides.

January 23rd, 1902

In the most fatal recorded mountaineering accident, 199 of the 210 members of an Imperial Japanese Army unit perished in a blizzard on the Hakkōda Mountains.

January 23rd, 1870

American Indian Wars: The United States Army massacred a friendly band of Piegan Blackfeet in the Montana Territory, resulting in about 200 deaths.

January 23rd, 1849

Elizabeth Blackwell (pictured) graduated from Geneva Medical College in New York, making her the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.

January 23rd, 1793

The Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia partitioned the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth for the second time.

January 23rd, 1789

Bishop John Carroll purchased a plot of land that would become the home of the future Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic university in the United States.

January 23rd, 1570

James Hamilton killed James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, in the first recorded assassination of a head of government using a firearm.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 23rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 23rd?

79

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

*January 23rd, 1814, London †November 28th, 1893, London

66

Johann Jakob Schalch

Swiss artist (1723–1789)

*January 23rd, 1723, Schaffhausen †August 21st, 1789, Schaffhausen

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

37

Alexander Baumjohann

German footballer

*January 23rd, 1987, Waltrop

72

Heinrich Brunn

German classical archaeologist (1822-1894)

*January 23rd, 1822, Wörlitz †July 23rd, 1894, Schliersee

33

Alyssa Lim

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1991, Milton Keynes

32

Gennadiy Natarov

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1992, Kharkiv

29

Linda Efler

German badminton player

*January 23rd, 1995, Emsdetten

27

Cheam June Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*January 23rd, 1997, Penang

30

Ou Xuanyi

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1994, Fujian

59

Stendhal

19th century French writer

*January 23rd, 1783, Grenoble †March 23rd, 1842, Paris

28

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

51

Édouard Manet

French painter (1832–1883)

*January 23rd, 1832, former 10th arrondissement of Paris †April 30th, 1883, 8th arrondissement of Paris

40

Arjen Robben

Dutch association football player

*January 23rd, 1984, Bedum

91

Chita Rivera

American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)

*January 23rd, 1933, Washington, D.C. †January 30th, 2024, New York City

72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

77

Megawati Soekarnoputri

5th president of Indonesia (2001–2004) and 8th vice-president of Indonesia (1999–2001)

*January 23rd, 1947, Yogyakarta

87

Derek Walcott

Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)

*January 23rd, 1930, Castries †March 17th, 2017, Cap Estate

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Born in 1651

79

Christoph von Steiger

Swiss politician (1651–1731)

*November 23rd, 1651, Bern †August 18th, 1731, Bern

43

Juana Inés de la Cruz

Mexican writer, philosopher, composer and poet

*November 12th, 1651, Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz †April 17th, 1695, Mexico City

80

Christian Vater

German botanist and physician (1651-1732)

*November 16th, 1651, Jüterbog †October 6th, 1732, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

65

Engelbert Kaempfer

German botanist (1651–1716)

*September 16th, 1651, Lemgo †November 2nd, 1716, Lieme

67

Georg Friedrich Meinhart

German theologian (1651-1718)

*April 4th, 1651, Ohrdruf †April 10th, 1718, Arnstadt

34

Charles II, Elector Palatine

Elector Palatine from 1680 to 1685

*March 31st, 1651, Heidelberg †May 26th, 1685, Heidelberg

71

André Dacier

French scholar (1651-1722)

*April 6th, 1651, Castres †September 18th, 1722, Paris

80

Balthasar Permoser

German sculptor (1651-1732)

*August 13th, 1651, Traunstein †February 18th, 1732, Dresden

68

Francis Daniel Pastorius

German-born American educator, lawyer, poet, and public official

*September 26th, 1651, Sommerhausen †November 30th, 1719, Germantown

63

François Fénelon

French archbishop, theologian and writer (1651–1715)

*August 6th, 1651, Sainte-Mondane †January 7th, 1715, Cambrai

21

Margaret Theresa of Spain

Holy Roman empress (1651-1673)

*July 12th, 1651, Madrid †March 12th, 1673, Vienna

67

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

French priest and Catholic saint (1651–1719)

*April 30th, 1651, Reims †April 7th, 1719, Rouen

42

Natalya Naryshkina

Russian empress (1651-1694)

*September 1st, 1651, Moscow †February 4th, 1694, Moscow Kremlin

87

Samuel Bernard

French financier

*October 29th, 1651, Sancerre †January 18th, 1739, Paris

83

Johann Krieger

German composer and organist

*December 28th, 1651, Nuremberg †July 18th, 1735, Zittau

19

William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

*June 21st, 1651, Kassel †November 21st, 1670, Paris

70

Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld

Swedish field marshal (1651-1722)

*August 6th, 1651, Stralsund †January 29th, 1722, Strängnäs

76

Procopio Cutò

Italian chef (1651-1727)

*February 9th, 1651, Palermo †February 10th, 1727, Paris

46

Silvius II Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Oels

Duke of Oels

*February 21st, 1651, Oleśnica †June 3rd, 1697, Oleśnica

38

Quirinus Kuhlmann

German poet and mystic (1651-1689)

*February 25th, 1651, Wrocław †October 4th, 1689, Moscow

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1651 is a normal year and no leap year.

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