January 12th, 1658

Born on January 12th, 1658

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

40

Jack London

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

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

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

76

Anton Maria Salvini

Italian naturalist and classicist

*January 12th, 1653, Florence †May 17th, 1729, Florence

62

Pierre Daru

French writer, academic and statesman (1767-1829)

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

74

Ferenc Molnár

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

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

64

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

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

53

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

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

66

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

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50

Giuseppe Torelli

Italian violist, violinist, teacher and composer (1658–1709)

*April 22nd, 1658, Verona †February 8th, 1709, Bologna

59

Mary of Modena

English royal consort

*September 25th, 1658, Ducal Palace of Modena †April 26th, 1718, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

79

Paul Zeiller

Austrian painter (1658-1738)

*August 21st, 1658, Reutte †August 19th, 1738, Reutte

66

Samson Wertheimer

European rabbi (1658-1724)

*January 17th, 1658, Worms †August 6th, 1724, Vienna

66

Johann Gottfried Roesner

Prussian burgomaster (1658-1724)

*November 21st, 1658, Sulechów †December 7th, 1724, Toruń

84

Lancelot Blackburne

English clergyman

*December 10th, 1658, London †March 23rd, 1743, Downing Street

72

Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac

French explorer

*March 5th, 1658, Saint-Nicolas-de-la-Grave †October 16th, 1730, Castelsarrasin

67

Lüder Mencke

German judge

*December 14th, 1658, Oldenburg †June 26th, 1726, Leipzig

75

John Dennis

English dramatist (1658–1734)

*September 16th, 1658, London †January 6th, 1734

71

Juan de Cabrera

Spanish author

*December 31st, 1658, Villarrobledo †November 12th, 1730, Villarrobledo

70

Camillo Rusconi

Italian sculptor (1658-1728)

*July 14th, 1658, Milan †December 8th, 1728, Rome

76

Georg Christian Joannis

German historian

*December 9th, 1658, Marktbreit †February 22nd, 1735, Zweibrücken

49

Duke Adolf Friedrich II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

First Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

*October 19th, 1658, Grabow †May 12th, 1708, Neustrelitz

68

Luka Mislej

Carniolan artist (1658-1727)

*October 16th, 1658, Vipava †February 5th, 1727, Škofja Loka

72

Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli

Italian scholar and natural scientist (1658-1730)

*July 10th, 1658, Bologna †November 1st, 1730, Bologna

70

John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

*August 22nd, 1658, Gotha †February 17th, 1729, Saalfeld

75

Nicolas Coustou

Sculptor from France (1658-1733)

*January 9th, 1658, Lyon †May 1st, 1733, Paris

20

Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Ruling Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt for 130 days in 1678

*June 22nd, 1658, Darmstadt †August 31st, 1678, Gotha

85

Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre

French author

*February 13th, 1658, Saint-Pierre-Église †April 29th, 1743, Paris

33

Daniel Christoph Beckher

German university teacher and writer (1658-1691)

*February 10th, 1658, Königsberg †April 12th, 1691, Königsberg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1658 is a normal year and no leap year.

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