January 5th, 1695

Born on January 5th, 1695

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 120,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 720 days, exactly on April 20th, 2026, people who were born on January 5th, 1695 will be 121,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 5th?

January 5th, 1970

An earthquake registering Mw 7.1 struck Tonghai County in southern China, killing at least 10,000 people and eventually spurring the creation of the nation's largest earthquake monitoring system.

January 5th, 1953

Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, termed the "most significant English language play of the 20th century", premiered in Paris.

January 5th, 1949

In his State of the Union speech, U.S. president Harry S. Truman (pictured) announced: "Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal."

January 5th, 1941

Second World War: Australian and British troops defeated Italian forces in Bardia, Libya, the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation took part.

January 5th, 1925

Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state.

January 5th, 1922

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton (pictured) died of a heart attack during his final expedition.

January 5th, 1919

The German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party, was founded by Anton Drexler.

January 5th, 1757

King Louis XV survived an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who later became the last person in France to be executed by drawing and quartering.

January 5th, 1675

Franco-Dutch War: French troops defeated Austrian and Brandenburg forces at the Battle of Turckheim in Alsace.

January 5th, 1869

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day siege in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 1896

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day seige in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 2009

In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.

January 5th, 2008

Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of the country.

January 5th, 2007

The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.

January 5th, 2005

The dwarf planet Eris was discovered by a team using images from the Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 5th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 5th?

91

Konrad Adenauer

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU

*January 5th, 1876, Cologne †April 19th, 1967, Rhöndorf

49

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

51

Ella Harper

American circus performer

*January 5th, 1870, Sumner County †December 19th, 1921, Nashville

44

Santiago Ventura

Spanish tennis player

*January 5th, 1980, Castelló de la Plana

24

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

50

Jacob Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)

*January 5th, 1655, Basel †August 16th, 1705, Basel

80

Constanze Mozart

Austrian singer

*January 5th, 1762, Zell im Wiesental †March 6th, 1842, Salzburg

84

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

68

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of Germany since 2017

*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

83

Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (1941-)

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

86

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

38

Deepika Padukone

Indian Actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

80

Rudolf Christoph Eucken

(1846-1926) German philosopher

*January 5th, 1846, Aurich †September 15th, 1926, Jena

61

Giuseppe Galli da Bibbiena

Italian artist (1696-1757)

*January 5th, 1696, Parma †March 12th, 1757, Berlin

73

Ferdinand von Roemer

German geologist (1818-1891)

*January 5th, 1818, Hildesheim †December 14th, 1891, Wrocław

61

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

93

Robert Duvall

American actor and director

*January 5th, 1931, San Diego

76

Ted Lange

Actor, director, screenwriter

*January 5th, 1948, Oakland

90

Jean-Pierre Aumont

French actor (1911–2001)

*January 5th, 1911, Paris †January 30th, 2001, Saint-Tropez

65

Jean-Baptiste Say

French economist and businessman (1767–1832)

*January 5th, 1767, Lyon †November 14th, 1832, former 2nd arrondissement of Paris

Same year
Born in 1695

78

Johann Conrad Schlaun

German architect

*June 5th, 1695, Nörde †October 21st, 1773, Münster

44

Georg Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels

German noble, Count of Barby (1695-1739)

*April 19th, 1695, Dessau †June 12th, 1739, Barby

73

Christian Seybold

German painter (1695-1768)

*March 19th, 1695, Neuenhain †September 28th, 1768, Vienna

68

Pietro Locatelli

Italian Baroque composer and violinist (1695-1764)

*September 3rd, 1695, Bergamo †March 30th, 1764, Amsterdam

77

Martin Sarmiento

Spanish writer

*March 9th, 1695, Villafranca del Bierzo †December 7th, 1772, Madrid

78

Johann Lorenz Bach

German composer (1695-1773)

*September 10th, 1695, Schweinfurt †December 14th, 1773, Itzgrund

73

François de Chevert

French general

*February 2nd, 1695, Verdun †January 24th, 1769, Paris

27

Johann Christian Günther

German poet (1695-1723)

*April 8th, 1695, Strzegom †March 15th, 1723, Jena

77

William Borlase

English antiquarian, geologist and naturalist

*February 2nd, 1695, Cornwall †August 31st, 1772, Cornwall

69

José Quer y Martínez

Spanish botanist (1695-1764)

*January 26th, 1695, Perpignan †March 19th, 1764, Madrid

55

Benigna Marie of Reuss-Ebersdorf

German noblewoman and author of hymns (1695-1751)

*December 15th, 1695, Saalburg-Ebersdorf †July 31st, 1751, Pottiga

56

Francis Scott

2nd Duke of Buccleuch (1695-1751)

*January 11th, 1695, London †April 22nd, 1751, London

62

Michelangelo Unterberger

Austrian painter (1695-1758)

*August 11th, 1695, Cavalese †June 27th, 1758, Vienna

62

Johann Konrad Brandenstein

Organ builder

*August 1st, 1695, Kitzingen †November 21st, 1757, Stadtamhof

87

Daniel Wilhelm Triller

German writer

*February 10th, 1695, Erfurt †May 22nd, 1782, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

63

Melchior Buchner

German plasterer and painter (1695-1758)

*January 6th, 1695, Schongau †September 12th, 1758, Ingolstadt

60

Johannes Jakob Zimmermann

(1695-1756)

*December 10th, 1695, Zürich †November 30th, 1756, Zürich

58

Marie Huber

Genevan writer and theologian

*March 4th, 1695, Geneva †June 13th, 1753, Lyon

71

Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim

Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg

*July 17th, 1695, Schloss Broich †November 17th, 1766, Colgenstein-Heidesheim

31

Nicolaus II Bernoulli

Russian mathematician (1695-1726)

*February 6th, 1695, Basel †July 31st, 1726, Saint Petersburg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1695 is a normal year and no leap year.

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