January 15th, 1652

Born on January 15th, 1652

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 135,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 27 days, exactly on May 24th, 2024, people who were born on January 15th, 1652 will be 136,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 15th?

January 15th, 1970

The Republic of Biafra surrendered following a failed attempt at secession from Nigeria, ending the Nigerian Civil War.

January 15th, 2009

US Airways Flight 1549 struck a flock of Canada geese during its climb out from New York City and made an emergency landing in the Hudson River (featured).

January 15th, 1975

Portugal and the nationalist factions UNITA, the MPLA and the FNLA signed the Alvor Agreement, ending the Angolan War of Independence.

January 15th, 1974

American serial killer Dennis Rader, also known as the "BTK killer", murdered his first four victims.

January 15th, 1967

The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the American football championship game now known as Super Bowl I.

January 15th, 1962

The Derveni papyrus (fragment pictured), the oldest surviving manuscript in Europe, was discovered in Macedonia in northern Greece.

January 15th, 1951

Ilse Koch, the wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald and Majdanek concentration camps, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a West German court.

January 15th, 1947

The mutilated corpse of the Black Dahlia, a 22-year-old woman whose murder is one of the most famous unsolved crimes in the United States, was found in Leimert Park, Los Angeles.

January 15th, 1943

The highest-capacity office building in the world, the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense known as the Pentagon, was dedicated.

January 15th, 1937

Spanish Civil War: Nationalist and Republican forces both withdrew after suffering heavy losses at the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.

January 15th, 1934

At least 10,700 people died when an earthquake registering 8.0 Mw struck Nepal and the Indian state of Bihar.

January 15th, 1933

A teenage girl in Banneux, Belgium, reported the first of several Marian apparitions, now known as Our Lady of Banneux.

January 15th, 1919

A large molasses tank in Boston, Massachusetts, burst and a wave of molasses rushed through the streets , killing 21 people and injuring 150 others.

January 15th, 1910

Construction on the Buffalo Bill Dam on the Shoshone River in the U.S. state of Wyoming, then the tallest dam in the world, was completed.

January 15th, 1885

Wilson Bentley took the first known photograph of a snowflake by attaching a bellows camera to a microscope.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 15th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 15th?

28

Dove Cameron

American actress and singer

*January 15th, 1996, Bainbridge Island

51

Molière

French playwright and actor (1622–1673)

*January 15th, 1622, Paris †February 17th, 1673, Paris

39

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

*January 15th, 1929, Atlanta †April 4th, 1968, Memphis

30

Myke Towers

Puerto Rican rapper

*January 15th, 1994, Río Piedras

39

Thilini Jayasinghe

Badminton player

*January 15th, 1985, Peradeniya

28

Huang Kaixiang

Chinese badminton player

*January 15th, 1996, Nanping

24

Ikhsan Rumbay

Badminton player

*January 15th, 2000, Tomohon City

47

Giorgia Meloni

Prime Minister of Italy since 2022

*January 15th, 1977, Rome

89

Günther Schellong

German university teacher

*January 15th, 1926, Kiel †October 10th, 2015, Münster

77

Andrea Martin

American-Canadian actress, singer and comedian

*January 15th, 1947, Portland

52

Gamal Abdel Nasser

President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970

*January 15th, 1918, Alexandria †September 28th, 1970, Cairo

59

James Nesbitt

Northern Irish actor

*January 15th, 1965, Ballymena

30

Eric Dier

English association football player

*January 15th, 1994, Cheltenham

65

Josip Juratovic

German politician

*January 15th, 1959, Koprivnica

36

Sebastian Langkamp

German footballer

*January 15th, 1988, Speyer

84

Marcell Restle

German art historian of byzantine era (1932-2016)

*January 15th, 1932, Bad Waldsee †January 25th, 2016, Bad Waldsee

42

Benjamin Agosto

American ice dancer

*January 15th, 1982, Chicago

67

Mario Van Peebles

American actor

*January 15th, 1957, Mexico City

56

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809–1865)

*January 15th, 1809, Besançon †January 19th, 1865, Passy

75

Raphael von Koeber

Russian-German philosopher

*January 15th, 1848, Nizhny Novgorod †June 14th, 1923, Yokohama

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33

Thomas Otway

English writer and dramatist (1652-1685)

*March 3rd, 1652, Trotton with Chithurst †April 14th, 1685, London

87

Clement XII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740

*April 7th, 1652, Florence †February 6th, 1740, Rome

77

Samuel Sewall

Salem witch trial judge; early abolitionist; chief justice of Massachusetts

*March 28th, 1652, Hampshire †January 1st, 1730, Boston

77

Johann Heinrich Ernesti

Philosopher and theologian

*March 12th, 1652, Königsfeld †October 16th, 1729, Leipzig

71

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus

German physician and botanist (1652-1723)

*December 9th, 1652, Leipzig †December 20th, 1723, Leipzig

55

Karolina of Legnica-Brieg

Silesian noblewoman

*December 2nd, 1652, Brzeg †December 24th, 1707, Wrocław

76

Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard

Marshal of France (1652-1728)

*February 14th, 1652, Dauphiné †March 20th, 1728, Paris

63

Andreas Wolff

German painter (1652-1716)

*December 11th, 1652, Munich †April 9th, 1716, Munich

69

Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine

German princess; wife of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

*May 27th, 1652, Heidelberg †December 8th, 1721, Saint-Cloud

67

Michel Rolle

French mathematician

*April 21st, 1652, Ambert †November 8th, 1719, Paris

79

Johann Ernst Kregel

German jurist

*August 13th, 1652, Magdeburg †December 26th, 1731, Leipzig

60

Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt

Regent of the Duchy of Württemberg and hymn lyricist (1652-1712)

*April 28th, 1652, Darmstadt †August 11th, 1712, Kirchheim unter Teck

60

Archibald Pitcairne

Scottish physician

*December 25th, 1652, Edinburgh †October 20th, 1713, Edinburgh

51

Johann Philipp d'Arco

Austrian army commander (1652-1704)

*May 11th, 1652, Arco †February 18th, 1704, Bregenz

78

Benedicta Henrietta of the Palatinate

German princess

*March 14th, 1652, Paris †August 12th, 1730, Asnières-sur-Seine

74

Anton Domenico Gabbiani

Italian painter (1652-1726)

*February 13th, 1652, Florence †November 22nd, 1726, Florence

61

Livio Odescalchi

Italian noble

*March 10th, 1652, Rome †September 8th, 1713, Rome

51

Christian Ulrich I, Duke of Württemberg-Oels

Duke of Württemberg-Bernstadt and Duke of Württemberg-Oels

*April 9th, 1652, Oleśnica †April 5th, 1704, Oleśnica

66

Karl, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1652-1718)

*October 16th, 1652, Zerbst †November 3rd, 1718, Zerbst

45

Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental

Regent of Württemberg

*September 12th, 1652, Stuttgart †December 20th, 1697, Stuttgart

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Public holidays on January 15th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, The second day of the sidereal winter solstice festivals in India) which are celebrated on January 15th.

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Leap year

Yes: 1652 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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