January 8th, 1702

Born on January 8th, 1702

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 118,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 514 days, exactly on October 31st, 2027, people who were born on January 8th, 1702 will be 119,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 8th?

January 8th, 2011

Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a public meeting held by U.S. representative Gabby Giffords in Tucson, Arizona, killing six people and injuring twelve others.

January 8th, 2010

Gunmen from an offshoot of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda attacked the bus transporting the Togo national football team to the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, killing three people.

January 8th, 1991

Jeremy Wade Delle committed suicide in his high-school class in Richardson, Texas, an event that inspired the Pearl Jam song "Jeremy".

January 8th, 1981

In Trans-en-Provence, France, a local farmer reported a UFO sighting claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".

January 8th, 1977

Three bombs attributed to Armenian nationalists exploded across Moscow, killing seven people and injuring 37 people.

January 8th, 1972

Following Pakistan's defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto released Bangladeshi politician Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (pictured) from prison in response to international pressure.

January 8th, 1964

During his State of the Union address, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a "war on poverty".

January 8th, 1936

Reza Shah issued the Kashf-e hijab decree, ordering Iranian police to remove hijabs from any women in public.

January 8th, 1918

U.S. president Woodrow Wilson announced his Fourteen Points for a moral cause and for post–World War I peace in Europe.

January 8th, 1904

Blackstone Library (pictured), the first branch of the Chicago Public Library system, was dedicated.

January 8th, 1889

American statistician Herman Hollerith received a patent for his electromechanical tabulating machine for punched-card data.

January 8th, 1790

George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address in New York City, then the provisional capital of the United States.

January 8th, 1735

George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante premiered at the Covent Garden Theatre (pictured) in London.

January 8th, 1198

Lotario dei Conti was elected as Pope Innocent III; he later worked to restore papal power in Rome.

January 8th, 1933

Anarchist insurrection of January 1933 breaks out in Barcelona, Spain.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 8th

Same year
Born in 1702

70

Enrique Flórez de Setién

Spanish priest and historian

*July 21st, 1702, Valladolid †May 5th, 1773, Madrid

35

Nakamikado

Emperor of Japan

*January 14th, 1702, Kyoto †May 10th, 1737, Kyoto

67

Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau

German prince and regent

*August 2nd, 1702, Dessau †December 2nd, 1769, Dessau

84

Philipp Ernst Lüders

Danish economist

*January 1st, 1702, Langballig †January 1st, 1786, Glücksburg

74

Johann Adam von Ickstatt

German educator

*January 6th, 1702, Vockenhausen †August 17th, 1776, Waldsassen

80

Henriette Marie of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Granddaughter of the Great Elector and the daughter of Philip William of Brandenburg-Schwedt

*March 2nd, 1702, Berlin †May 7th, 1782, Köpenick Palace

32

Maria Clementina Sobieska

Polish noble (1702-1735)

*July 18th, 1702, Oława †January 18th, 1735, Palazzo Muti

59

Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł

Polish-Lithuanian noble (1702-1762)

*June 13th, 1702, Olyka †May 15th, 1762, Niasviž

86

Jack Broughton

British boxer

*November 30th, 1702, London †January 8th, 1789, London

55

Carlo Ginori

Italian noble, politician and entrapreneur (1702-1757)

*January 7th, 1702, Florence †April 11th, 1757, Livorno

71

Johann Caspar Heimburg

*September 14th, 1702, Gotha †November 18th, 1773, Jena

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Public holidays on January 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 8th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1702 is a normal year and no leap year.

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