January 12th, 1714

Born on January 12th, 1714

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What happened on January 12th?

January 12th, 1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Natal Native Contingent and British troops defeated Zulu forces in the Action at Sihayo's Kraal.

January 12th, 1865

The foundation stone of Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork was laid.

January 12th, 2010

An earthquake registering 7.0 Mw struck Haiti, killing more than 100,000 people.

January 12th, 2007

Comet McNaught (pictured) reached perihelion, becoming the brightest comet in over 40 years, with an apparent magnitude of −5.5.

January 12th, 1964

Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah was overthrown by rebels led by John Okello, ending 200 years of Arab dominance in Zanzibar.

January 12th, 1918

An underground explosion at a coal mine in Staffordshire, England, killed 155 men and boys.

January 12th, 1916

Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann became the first German aviators to be awarded the Pour le Mérite, Germany's highest military honour.

January 12th, 1895

The National Trust, a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded.

January 12th, 1808

John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church (pictured) in Reculver from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture.

January 12th, 1777

Mission Santa Clara de Asís (pictured), a Spanish mission in California that formed the basis of both the city of Santa Clara and Santa Clara University, was established by the Franciscans.

January 12th, 1659

The fort at Allahabad was surrendered to the forces of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

January 12th, 1554

Bayinnaung, who later assembled what was probably the largest empire in the history of mainland Southeast Asia, was crowned as the king of the Burmese Toungoo dynasty.

January 12th, 0475

Basiliscus became Byzantine emperor after Zeno was forced to flee Constantinople.

January 12th, 2020

Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people.

January 12th, 2016

Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 12th

Same year
Born in 1714

71

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle

French sculptor (1714-1785)

*January 26th, 1714, Rueil-Malmaison †August 20th, 1785, Paris

73

Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Opera composer (1714–1787)

*July 2nd, 1714, Erasbach †November 15th, 1787, Vienna

74

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

German composer (1714–1788)

*March 8th, 1714, Weimar †December 14th, 1788, Hamburg

72

Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch

German botanist (1714–1786)

*February 5th, 1714, Leipzig †October 5th, 1786, Berlin

73

Johan Daniel Berlin

Norwegian composer and organist (1714-1787)

*May 12th, 1714, Klaipėda †November 4th, 1787, Trondheim

88

Christoph Anton Migazzi

Catholic bishop (1714-1803)

*October 14th, 1714, Trento †April 14th, 1803, Vienna

74

Virgilius Augustin Maria von Firmian

Austrian bishop

*February 16th, 1714, Trento †August 4th, 1788, Passau

38

Friedrich Christian Glume

German sculptor (1714-1752)

*March 25th, 1714, Berlin †April 6th, 1752, Berlin

75

Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre

French painter, draughtsman and administrator (1714-1789)

*March 6th, 1714, Paris †May 15th, 1789, Paris

63

Sebastian Sailer

Premonstratensian preacher and writer

*February 12th, 1714, Weißenhorn †March 7th, 1777, Obermarchtal

78

Princess Marie Victoire d'Arenberg

Belgian noble (1714-1793)

*October 26th, 1714, Brussels †April 13th, 1793, Strasbourg

45

Alaungpaya

King of Burma

*September 24th, 1714, Shwebo †May 11th, 1760, Mottama

83

Anton Raaff

German opera tenor

*May 6th, 1714, Gelsdorf †May 28th, 1797, Munich

84

James Burnett, Lord Monboddo

Scottish judge, scholar of language evolution and philosopher

*October 25th, 1714, Kincardineshire †May 26th, 1799, Edinburgh

73

Johann Georg Dominicus von Linprun

German scientist (1714-1787)

*January 10th, 1714, Viechtach †June 14th, 1787, Munich

85

Adam Stanisław Krasiński

Polish bishop

*April 4th, 1714, Kraków †January 1st, 1800, Krasne, Masovian Voivodeship

60

Anna Morandi Manzolini

Italian artist (1714-1774)

*January 21st, 1714, Bologna †July 9th, 1774, Bologna

71

Georg Ernst von Holtzendorff

German officer (1714-1785)

*February 14th, 1714, Calbe †December 10th, 1785, Berlin

70

César-François Cassini de Thury

French cartographer and astronomer (1714-1784)

*June 17th, 1714, Paris †September 3rd, 1784, Paris

47

Gioacchino Conti

Italian opera singer (1714-1761)

*February 28th, 1714, Arpino †October 25th, 1761, Rome

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1714 is a normal year and no leap year.

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