January 31st, 1686

Born on January 31st, 1686

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 123,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 461 days, exactly on August 2nd, 2025, people who were born on January 31st, 1686 will be 124,000 days old!

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What happened on January 31st?

January 31st, 2013

A gas leak underneath the Pemex Executive Tower in Mexico City caused an explosion that killed at least 37 people and injured another 121.

January 31st, 2010

James Cameron's Avatar became the first film to earn over US$2 billion worldwide.

January 31st, 2000

Alaska Airlines Flight 261, experiencing problems with its horizontal stabilizer system, crashed in the Pacific Ocean off Anacapa Island, California, killing all 88 people on board.

January 31st, 1988

Doug Williams (pictured) became the first African-American quarterback to play in a Super Bowl, leading the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII.

January 31st, 1961

Aboard NASA's Mercury-Redstone 2, Ham the Chimp became the first hominid launched into outer space.

January 31st, 1957

A DC-7B operated by Douglas Aircraft collided in mid-air with a U.S. Air Force F-89 and crashed into a schoolyard in Pacoima, California.

January 31st, 1900

Datu Muhammad Salleh, leader of a series of major disturbances in North Borneo, was shot dead in Tambunan, but his followers did not give up for five more years.

January 31st, 1862

American astronomer Alvan Graham Clark first observed the faint white dwarf companion of Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.

January 31st, 1747

The London Lock Hospital, the first voluntary hospital specialising in the treatment of venereal diseases, opened.

January 31st, 1578

Eighty Years' War: Spain won a crushing victory at the Battle of Gembloux, threatening the States General of the Netherlands and contributing to its move from Brussels to Antwerp.

January 31st, 0314

Sylvester I (bust depicted), during whose pontificate many churches in Rome were constructed by Constantine the Great, began his reign as pope.

January 31st, 2007

Emergency officials in Boston mistakenly identified LED placards depicting characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force as IEDs, causing a panic.

January 31st, 1997

Final Fantasy VII, the first video game in the Final Fantasy franchise to use 3-D computer graphics, was released.

January 31st, 1919

Intense rioting over labour conditions broke out in Glasgow, Scotland.

January 31st, 2023

The last Boeing 747, the first wide-body airliner, is delivered.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 31st

Born on January 31st, 1686

72

Hans Egede

Missionary to Greenland, Lutheran pastor (1686-1758)

*January 31st, 1686, Harstad Municipality †November 5th, 1758, Stubbekøbing

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Who's birthday is on January 31st?

31

Franz Schubert

Austrian composer (1797–1828)

*January 31st, 1797, Himmelpfortgrund †November 19th, 1828, Vienna

32

Linnéa Claeson

Swedish handball player

*January 31st, 1992, Norrköping

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

39

Oxxxymiron

Russian rapper

*January 31st, 1985, Saint Petersburg

42

Ekaterina Ananina

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1982, Perm

49

Marianne Grunthal

German teacher

*January 31st, 1896, Zehdenick †May 2nd, 1945, Schwerin

97

Carol Channing

American actress (1921–2019)

*January 31st, 1921, Seattle †January 15th, 2019, Rancho Mirage

54

André-Jacques Garnerin

Inventor of the frameless parachute

*January 31st, 1769, Paris †August 18th, 1823, Paris

43

Justin Timberlake

American singer and actor (born 1981)

*January 31st, 1981, Memphis

50

Billy MacLellan

Canadian actor

*January 31st, 1974, Cape Breton Island

53

Gustav Hülsenberg

German politician (1812-1865)

*January 31st, 1812, Hamburg †October 19th, 1865, Hamburg

78

Meena Shah

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1937, Balrampur †March 10th, 2015

49

Preity Zinta

Indian film actress, entrepreneur

*January 31st, 1975, Shimla

65

Anthony LaPaglia

Australian actor

*January 31st, 1959, Adelaide

73

Spartaco Landini

Italian footballer (1944-2017)

*January 31st, 1944, Terranuova Bracciolini †April 16th, 2017, Genoa

77

Oskar von Hindenburg

German politician and general (1883–1960)

*January 31st, 1883, Königsberg †February 12th, 1960, Bad Harzburg

57

James Franciscus

American actor (1934-1991)

*January 31st, 1934, Clayton †July 8th, 1991, North Hollywood

88

Kenzaburō Ōe

Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate

*January 31st, 1935, Ōse †March 3rd, 2023

78

Frederick Douglass

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818 – 1895)

*January 31st, 1817, Talbot County †February 20th, 1895, Washington, D.C.

70

Louis Caravaque

French portrait painter (1684-1754)

*January 31st, 1684, Marseille †June 9th, 1754, Saint Petersburg

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Born in 1686

50

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

German-Polish physicist and engineer (1686-1736)

*May 24th, 1686, Gdańsk †September 16th, 1736, The Hague

73

Christoph Matthäus Pfaff

German theologian

*December 25th, 1686, Stuttgart †November 19th, 1760, Giessen

27

Charles of France, Duke of Berry

French noble

*August 31st, 1686, Versailles †May 4th, 1714, Marly-le-Roi

76

Giovanni Battista Somis

Italian violinist and composer (1686-1763)

*December 25th, 1686, Turin †August 14th, 1763, Turin

80

Archibald Bower

Scottish Historian

*January 17th, 1686, Dundee †September 3rd, 1766, London

71

Antoine de Jussieu

French botanist (1686-1758)

*July 6th, 1686, Lyon †April 22nd, 1758, Paris

52

Cosmas Damian Asam

German artist (1686-1739)

*September 28th, 1686, Benediktbeuern †May 10th, 1739, Munich

81

Nicola Porpora

Italian composer

*August 17th, 1686, Naples †March 3rd, 1768, Naples

64

Vasily Tatishchev

Russian historian (1686-1750)

*April 19th, 1686, Pskov †July 15th, 1750, Boldino

36

William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

*January 8th, 1686, Ansbach †January 7th, 1723, Schwabach

59

Jean-Joseph Fiocco

Belgian composer

*December 15th, 1686, Brussels metropolitan area †March 30th, 1746, Brussels metropolitan area

52

Benedetto Marcello

Italian composer, writer, advocate, magistrate, and teacher

*August 9th, 1686, Venice †July 24th, 1739, Brescia

69

Jean-Baptiste Oudry

French painter and printmaker (1686-1755)

*March 17th, 1686, Paris †April 30th, 1755, Beauvais

50

Antonina Houbraken

Dutch artist (1686-1736)

*May 30th, 1686, Dordrecht †December 12th, 1736, Amsterdam

66

Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1686-1752)

*June 7th, 1686, Neustrelitz †December 11th, 1752, Neustrelitz

87

Bernard Gates

Composer

*April 23rd, 1686, The Hague †November 15th, 1773, North Aston

71

José Manuel da Câmara de Atalaia

Portuguese cardinal of the Catholic Church

*December 25th, 1686, Lisbon †July 9th, 1758, Atalaia

43

Karl Joseph von Kuenburg

Austrian priest

*May 27th, 1686, Salzburg †December 10th, 1729, Schloss Tüßling

60

Andrey Osterman

Russian noble

*May 30th, 1686, Bochum †May 20th, 1747, Beryozovo

50

Johann Ulrich Giezendanner

(1686-1738)

*June 17th, 1686, Lichtensteig †January 1st, 1737, Orangeburg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1686 is a normal year and no leap year.

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