January 31st, 1707

Born on January 31st, 1707

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 115,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 131 days, exactly on September 5th, 2024, people who were born on January 31st, 1707 will be 116,000 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, 1707

44

Frederick, Prince of Wales

Heir apparent to the British throne from 1727 until his death

*January 31st, 1707, Hanover †March 20th, 1751, Leicester House

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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

54

André-Jacques Garnerin

Inventor of the frameless parachute

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

97

Carol Channing

American actress (1921–2019)

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

43

Justin Timberlake

American singer and actor (born 1981)

*January 31st, 1981, Memphis

53

Gustav Hülsenberg

German politician (1812-1865)

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

50

Billy MacLellan

Canadian actor

*January 31st, 1974, Cape Breton Island

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

78

Frederick Douglass

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

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

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

87

Philip Glass

American composer (born 1937)

*January 31st, 1937, Baltimore

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Born in 1707

70

Carl Linnaeus

Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)

*May 23rd, 1707, Råshult †January 10th, 1778, Linnaeus Hammarby

76

Leonhard Euler

Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)

*April 15th, 1707, Basel †September 18th, 1783, Saint Petersburg

86

Carlo Goldoni

Italian playwright (1707-1793)

*February 25th, 1707, Venice †February 6th, 1794, Paris

80

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

French natural historian (1707-1788)

*September 7th, 1707, Montbard †April 15th, 1788, Paris

17

Louis I of Spain

King of Spain

*August 25th, 1707, Madrid †August 31st, 1724, Madrid

85

Anton Peter Příchovský von Příchovice

Roman-Catholic archbishop (1707-1793)

*August 28th, 1707, Svojšín †April 14th, 1793, Prague

79

Magdalena Sibylla Rieger

German writer (1707-1786)

*December 29th, 1707, Maulbronn †December 31st, 1786, Stuttgart

87

Michel Corrette

French organist and composer

*April 10th, 1707, Rouen †January 21st, 1795, Paris

78

Stephen Hopkins

Signer of Declaration of Independence (1707-1785)

*March 7th, 1707, Providence †July 13th, 1785, Providence

80

Charles Wesley

English Methodist and hymn writer (1707-1788)

*December 18th, 1707, Epworth †March 29th, 1788, London

74

John Pringle

Scottish physician

*April 10th, 1707, Roxburghshire †January 18th, 1782, London

60

Johann Julius Hecker

German educator

*December 2nd, 1707, Werden †June 24th, 1768, Berlin

40

Johann Friedrich Crell

German physician and educationist

*January 6th, 1707, Leipzig †May 19th, 1747, Helmstedt

74

Johann August Ernesti

German theologian

*August 4th, 1707, Bad Tennstedt †September 11th, 1781, Leipzig

54

Pietro Rotari

Italian painter of Baroque period (1707–1762)

*September 30th, 1707, Verona †August 31st, 1762, Saint Petersburg

33

Johann Amman

Swiss-Russian botanist (1707-1741)

*December 22nd, 1707, Schaffhausen †December 4th, 1741, Saint Petersburg

65

Johann Christian Senckenberg

German doctor

*February 28th, 1707, Frankfurt †November 15th, 1772, Frankfurt

47

Henry Fielding

English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754)

*April 22nd, 1707, Sharpham †October 8th, 1754, Lisbon

70

Friedrich Grimm

German theologian

*March 11th, 1707, Hanau †March 20th, 1777, Steinau an der Straße

70

Wytze Foppes Dongjuma

Dutch mathematician

*September 16th, 1707, Dongjum †August 2nd, 1778, Leeuwarden

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Public holidays on January 31st

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1707 is a normal year and no leap year.

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