January 10th, 1689

Born on January 10th, 1689

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 10th?

January 10th, 2007

A general strike began in Guinea as an attempt to force President Lansana Conté to resign, eventually resulting in the appointment of two new prime ministers.

January 10th, 1993

The Braer Storm, the strongest extratropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Atlantic, reached peak intensity.

January 10th, 1985

Sir Clive Sinclair launched the Sinclair C5 personal electric vehicle (pictured), "one of the great marketing bombs of postwar British industry", which later became a cult collectable despite its commercial failure.

January 10th, 1966

India and Pakistan signed the Tashkent Declaration to end the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.

January 10th, 1946

The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened in London with representatives from the original 51 member states.

January 10th, 1941

Greco-Italian War: The Greek army captured the strategically important Klisura Pass in Albania.

January 10th, 1929

Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, began serialisation.

January 10th, 1927

The science fiction film Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, was released in Germany.

January 10th, 1923

Lithuanian residents of the Klaipėda Region began a revolt, ahead of a League of Nations decision on their future which they expected to be against their interest.

January 10th, 1917

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months.

January 10th, 1901

The first great gusher of the Texas oil boom was discovered in the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont.

January 10th, 1863

Service began on the Metropolitan Railway (construction depicted) between Paddington and Farringdon Street, today the oldest segment of the London Underground.

January 10th, 1812

New Orleans (pictured), the first steamship on the Mississippi River, arrived at New Orleans to complete its maiden voyage.

January 10th, 1776

Common Sense, a pamphlet by Thomas Paine denouncing British rule in the Thirteen Colonies, was published.

January 10th, 1475

Moldavian–Ottoman Wars: Stephen the Great led Moldavian forces to defeat an Ottoman attack under Hadım Suleiman Pasha near Vaslui in present-day Romania.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 10th

Same year
Born in 1689

66

Montesquieu

French philosopher

*January 18th, 1689, Château de la Brède †February 10th, 1755, Paris

54

Nicolas Lancret

French painter (1690-1743)

*January 22nd, 1689, Paris †September 14th, 1743, Paris

71

Samuel Richardson

English writer and printer (1689–1761)

*August 19th, 1689, Derbyshire †July 4th, 1761, London

60

John V of Portugal

Portuguese king (1689-1750)

*October 22nd, 1689, Lisbon †July 31st, 1750, Lisbon

61

Johann Christoph Richter

German merchant and naturalist (1689-1751)

*October 29th, 1689, Leipzig †February 27th, 1751, Leipzig

78

Gaspare Diziani

Italian painter (1689-1767)

*January 24th, 1689, Belluno †August 17th, 1767, Venice

30

Marie Anne de Bourbon

French noble

*April 18th, 1689, Versailles †March 21st, 1720, Paris

64

Johann Christian Adami

German theologian (1689-1753)

*March 17th, 1689, Lübben †December 1st, 1753, Luckau

66

Gebhard Christian Bastineller

German civil law notary

*May 15th, 1689, Halle (Saale) †October 19th, 1755, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

73

Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg

Politician

*March 3rd, 1689, Stockholm †January 13th, 1763, Äs

52

Jan Josef Ignác Brentner

Czech composer

*November 3rd, 1689, Dobřany †June 28th, 1742, Dobřany

11

Prince William, Duke of Gloucester

Son of Queen Anne

*July 24th, 1689, Hampton Court Palace †July 30th, 1700, Windsor Castle

82

Jan Klemens Branicki

Polish noble (1689-1771)

*September 21st, 1689, Białystok †October 9th, 1771, Białystok

61

Jacques I, Prince of Monaco

Prince consort of Monaco

*November 21st, 1689, Torigni-sur-Vire †April 23rd, 1751, Hôtel Matignon

54

Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria

Austrian Royal

*March 26th, 1689, Vienna †May 1st, 1743, Vienna

73

Mary Wortley Montagu

Noblewoman; writer and poet from England, editor (1689-1762)

*May 15th, 1689, Nottingham †August 21st, 1762, Nottingham

81

Pierre-Joseph Alary

French ecclesiastic and writer

*March 19th, 1689, Paris †December 15th, 1770

52

Blas de Lezo

Spanish admiral (1689-1741)

*February 3rd, 1689, birth house of Blas de Lezo †September 7th, 1741, Cartagena de Indias

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1689 is a normal year and no leap year.

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