January 10th, 1720

Born on January 10th, 1720

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 111,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 858 days, exactly on September 2nd, 2026, people who were born on January 10th, 1720 will be 112,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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, "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 at the Methodist Central Hall in London with representatives from 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 Day
Who's birthday is on January 10th?

18

Angelina Jordan

Norwegian singer

*January 10th, 2006, Oslo

51

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

German composer and writer

*January 10th, 1797, Burg Hülshoff †May 24th, 1848, Meersburg Castle

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

92

Fritz Schachermeyr

Austrian classical scholar and archaeologist

*January 10th, 1895, Urfahr †December 26th, 1987, Eisenstadt

31

Rauw Alejandro

Puerto Rican singer and songwriter

*January 10th, 1993, San Juan

50

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

*January 10th, 1898, Riga †February 11th, 1948, Moscow

42

Reid Carolin

American film producer, director and screenwriter

*January 10th, 1982, Lake Forest

47

Tim Ricke

German actor

*January 10th, 1977, Duisburg

65

Fran Walsh

New Zealand screenwriter and producer

*January 10th, 1959, Wellington

36

Marvin Martin

French association football player

*January 10th, 1988, Paris

46

Michel Ney

French military commander

*January 10th, 1769, Saarlouis †December 7th, 1815, Paris

55

Andreas Reinke

German association football player and manager (born 1969)

*January 10th, 1969, Krakow am See

73

Johann Georg Dominicus von Linprun

German scientist (1714-1787)

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

88

Robert Wilson

American astronomer

*January 10th, 1936, Houston

74

Andreas von der Meden

German actor and voice actor

*January 10th, 1943, Hamburg †April 26th, 2017, Hamburg

49

Marthe Hanau

French fraudster

*January 10th, 1886, Paris †July 14th, 1935, Fresnes

79

Rod Stewart

English singer and songwriter (born 1945)

*January 10th, 1945, London

75

James Lapine

American stage director and librettist.

*January 10th, 1949, Mansfield

87

Ronnie Hawkins

American musician

*January 10th, 1935, Huntsville †May 29th, 2022, Peterborough

77

Peer Steinbrück

German politician

*January 10th, 1947, Hamburg

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85

Carlo Gozzi

Italian playwright (1720-1806)

*December 13th, 1720, Venice †April 4th, 1806, Venice

67

Carlo Antonio Campioni

French-Italian composer

*November 16th, 1720, Lunéville †April 12th, 1788, Florence

57

Anna Maria Mozart

Mother of Maria Anna ("Nannerl") and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

*December 25th, 1720, Sankt Gilgen †July 3rd, 1778, Paris

74

Honoré III, Prince of Monaco

Monegasque prince (1720-1795)

*November 10th, 1720, Paris †March 21st, 1795, Paris

72

Henriette Amalie of Anhalt-Dessau

Princess of Anhalt-Dessau (1720-1793)

*December 7th, 1720, Dessau †December 5th, 1793, Dessau

70

Richard Price

British philosopher, preacher and mathematician (1723–1791)

*November 30th, 1720, Glamorgan †April 19th, 1791, London

71

Maximilian Hell

Slovak-Hungarian Jesuit, astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (1720–1792)

*May 15th, 1720, Banská Štiavnica †April 14th, 1792, Vienna

80

Samuel Werenfels

Swiss architect

*August 4th, 1720, Basel †September 11th, 1800, Basel

63

Anton Tischbein

German painter (1720-1784)

*August 28th, 1720, Haina †July 26th, 1784, Hamburg

58

Charles De Geer

Swedish industrialist and entomologist (1720-1778)

*February 10th, 1720, Finspång †March 7th, 1778, Stockholm

73

Charles Bonnet

Swiss philosopher and naturalist (1720 – 1793)

*March 13th, 1720, Geneva †May 20th, 1793, Genthod

83

Henrik Adam Brockenhuus

Danish courtier, local administrator in Zealand

*May 30th, 1720, Hamar Municipality †June 11th, 1803, Jungshovedgaard

68

Georg Michael Frank von La Roche

1720 - 1788

*January 1st, 1720, Tauberbischofsheim †January 1st, 1788

44

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

*May 8th, 1720, London †October 2nd, 1764, Spa

76

Baron Munchausen

German nobleman

*May 11th, 1720, Bodenwerder †February 22nd, 1797, Bodenwerder

67

Charles Edward Stuart

Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, Ireland, and France; (1720-1788)

*December 31st, 1720, Palazzo Muti †January 31st, 1788, Palazzo Muti

58

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Italian painter (1720-1778)

*October 4th, 1720, Mogliano Veneto †November 9th, 1778, Rome

77

Vilna Gaon

Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797)

*April 23rd, 1720, Sialiec †October 9th, 1797, Vilnius

45

Filippo I, Duke of Parma

Monarch of Parma, Piacenza

*March 15th, 1720, Madrid †July 18th, 1765, Alessandria

30

Sakuramachi

Emperor of Japan (1720-1750)

*February 8th, 1720, Kyoto †May 28th, 1750, Kyoto

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Leap year

Yes: 1720 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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