January 21st, 1722

Born on January 21st, 1722

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 781 days, exactly on September 13th, 2028, people who were born on January 21st, 1722 will be 112,000 days old!

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What happened on January 21st?

January 21st, 1789

The Power of Sympathy by William Hill Brown, widely considered to be the first American novel, was published.

January 21st, 0763

The Abbasid Caliphate crushed the Alid revolt when a rebel leader was mortally wounded in battle near Basra in present-day Iraq.

January 21st, 1757

French and Indian War: French regulars, Canadien militia and Indigenous forces ambushed Rogers' Rangers forces in the Battle on Snowshoes.

January 21st, 2025

A fire at a hotel at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Turkey's Bolu Province results in 78 people killed.

January 21st, 2003

The Spire of Dublin was completed.

January 21st, 1951

Mount Lamington, a volcano in Papua New Guinea, erupted (pictured) and killed more than 2,900 people.

January 21st, 1793

French Revolution: After being found guilty of high treason by the National Convention, Louis XVI was guillotined in Paris.

January 21st, 1931

Isaac Isaacs (pictured) became the first Australian-born governor-general of Australia.

January 21st, 1326

King Edward II of England issued a royal charter confirming Adam de Brome's foundation of Oriel College, Oxford.

January 21st, 2017

Millions of people participated in the Women's March in Washington, D.C., and around the world to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.

January 21st, 2011

Demonstrations against alleged corruption in the Albanian government led to the killings of four protesters in Tirana by the Republican Guard.

January 21st, 1997

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.

January 21st, 1976

Concorde, an Anglo-French supersonic airliner, began scheduled commercial flights to London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro.

January 21st, 1972

Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India.

January 21st, 1968

Vietnam War: The People's Army of Vietnam attacked Khe Sanh Combat Base, a U.S. Marines outpost in Quảng Trị province, South Vietnam, starting the Battle of Khe Sanh.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 21st

Same year
Born in 1722

91

Jacques-Louis de Pourtalès

Private banker, merchant, slave trader and industrialist from Geneva and Neuchâtel

*August 9th, 1722, Geneva †March 20th, 1814, Neuchâtel

84

Andreas Weiß

Organ builder

*June 11th, 1722, Nabburg †February 16th, 1807, Nabburg

81

Raphael Cohen

Rabbi

*November 4th, 1722, Livonia †November 11th, 1803, Altona

68

Juan Ramos de Lora

Spanish teacher

*June 23rd, 1722, Los Palacios y Villafranca †November 9th, 1790, Mérida

59

Philipp Friedrich Rieger

German military personnel

*October 1st, 1722, Stuttgart †May 15th, 1782, Asperg

84

Josef Georg Hörl

Austrian politician (1722-1806)

*August 22nd, 1722, Vienna †December 9th, 1806, Vienna

71

Nicolas Luckner

Marshal of France

*January 12th, 1722, Cham †January 4th, 1794, Paris

87

Benjamin Chew

American politician 1722-1810

*November 19th, 1722, Anne Arundel County †January 20th, 1810, Cliveden

82

Teodoro de Almeida

Portuguese priest, writer, and philosopher

*January 7th, 1722, Lisbon †April 18th, 1804, Lisbon

81

Joseph Wilton

English sculptor

*July 16th, 1722, London †November 25th, 1803, London

75

Richard Brocklesby

British doctor; (1722-1797)

*August 11th, 1722, Minehead †December 11th, 1797, London

61

Jacob Reinbold Spielmann

French chemist and pharmacist

*March 31st, 1722, Strasbourg †September 9th, 1783, Strasbourg

81

Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana

Catholic cardinal (1722-1804)

*September 22nd, 1722, León †April 14th, 1804, Rome

86

Regina Mingotti

Italian singer and opera singer

*February 6th, 1722, Naples †October 1st, 1808, Neuburg an der Donau

71

Pietro Nardini

Italian composer and violinist

*April 12th, 1722, Livorno †May 7th, 1793, Florence

58

Gerhard Schøning

Norwegian historian

*May 2nd, 1722, Lofoten †July 18th, 1780, Copenhagen

73

Johann Christian Brand

Austrian painter and engraver (1722-1795)

*March 6th, 1722, Vienna †June 12th, 1795, Vienna

73

Georg Benda

Czech composer

*June 30th, 1722, Benátky nad Jizerou †November 6th, 1795, Bad Köstritz

69

Otto Hermann von Vietinghoff

German geheimrat and writer (1722-1792)

*December 3rd, 1722, Riga †June 24th, 1792, Saint Petersburg

47

Charles Yorke

British politician and Lord Chancellor; (1722-1770)

*December 30th, 1722, London †January 20th, 1770, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1722 is a normal year and no leap year.

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