January 23rd, 1730

Born on January 23rd, 1730

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 23rd?

January 23rd, 2003

The final signal was detected from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10, then about 12 billion kilometres (7.5 billion miles) from Earth.

January 23rd, 1846

Ahmad Bey declared the legal abolition of slavery in Tunisia.

January 23rd, 1571

Queen Elizabeth I opened the Royal Exchange in London, giving it its royal title.

January 23rd, 1368

The Hongwu Emperor (pictured) ascended the throne, initiating the Ming dynasty, which would rule China for three centuries.

January 23rd, 2002

American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and later murdered by al-Qaeda agents in Karachi, Pakistan.

January 23rd, 1997

Madeleine Albright was sworn in as the first female United States Secretary of State, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government at that time.

January 23rd, 1993

The first version of Mosaic, created by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, was released, becoming the first popular web browser.

January 23rd, 1968

USS Pueblo was seized by North Korean forces, who claimed that it had violated their territorial waters while spying.

January 23rd, 1967

The English new town of Milton Keynes was founded in Buckinghamshire, incorporating four towns and fifteen villages as well as planned new developments on intervening farmland.

January 23rd, 1957

American inventor Fred Morrison sold the rights to his "flying disc" to the Wham-O toy company, who later renamed it the "Frisbee"

January 23rd, 1942

World War II: Japan began an invasion of the island of New Britain in the Australian Territory of New Guinea.

January 23rd, 1915

Rebels led by John Chilembwe attacked local plantation owners, beginning an uprising regarded as a key moment in the history of Malawi.

January 23rd, 1909

Two men committed an armed robbery in Tottenham, London, and led police on a two-hour chase, partially by tram, that ended in the perpetrators' suicides.

January 23rd, 1902

In the most fatal recorded mountaineering accident, 199 of the 210 members of an Imperial Japanese Army unit perished in a blizzard on the Hakkōda Mountains.

January 23rd, 1870

American Indian Wars: In the Marias Massacre, the United States Army killed about 200 Piegan Blackfeet, mostly women, children, and the elderly.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 23rd

Born on January 23rd, 1730

49

Joseph Hewes

Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (1730-1779)

*January 23rd, 1730, Princeton †November 10th, 1779, Philadelphia

Same year
Born in 1730

86

Charles Messier

18th- and 19th-century French astronomer

*June 26th, 1730, Badonviller †April 12th, 1817, Paris

64

Josiah Wedgwood

English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company (1730–1795)

*July 12th, 1730, Burslem †January 3rd, 1795, Etruria

57

Johann Georg Hamann

German philosopher

*August 27th, 1730, Königsberg †June 21st, 1788, Münster

82

Louis Dutens

French historian (1730-1812)

*January 15th, 1730, Tours †May 23rd, 1812, London

59

Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

German noble

*August 15th, 1730, Köthen †October 17th, 1789, Zemun

28

Hannah Lightfoot

English Quaker

*October 12th, 1730, London †January 1st, 1759, Pennsylvania

65

Daniel Carroll

American politician, signer of the US Constitution (1730–1796)

*July 22nd, 1730, Upper Marlboro †July 5th, 1796, Forest Glen

57

Salomon Gessner

Swiss painter, etcher and poet (1730-1788)

*April 1st, 1730, Zürich †March 2nd, 1788, Zürich

74

Felice Fontana

Italian polymath

*April 15th, 1730, Pomarolo †March 19th, 1805, Florence

54

Otto Friedrich Müller

Danish zoologist (1730-1784)

*March 2nd, 1730, Copenhagen †December 26th, 1784, Copenhagen

61

Teodoro de Croix

Knight (1730-1792)

*June 20th, 1730, Lille †April 8th, 1792, Madrid

55

William Whipple

American politician and Founding Father (1730-1785)

*January 14th, 1730, Kittery †November 28th, 1785, New Hampshire

74

William Moultrie

American politician

*November 23rd, 1730, Charleston †September 27th, 1805, Charleston

79

Gottfried Christoph Beireis

German physician and chemist (1730-1809)

*March 2nd, 1730, Mühlhausen †September 18th, 1809, Helmstedt

80

Leonardo Antonelli

Catholic cardinal

*November 6th, 1730, Senigallia †January 23rd, 1811, Senigallia

71

Motoori Norinaga

Japanese scholar and philosopher (1730–1801)

*June 21st, 1730, Matsusaka †October 5th, 1801, Matsusaka

78

Augustin Pajou

French artist (1730-1809)

*September 19th, 1730, Paris †May 8th, 1809, Paris

65

Henry Clinton

British army officer and politician (1730–1795)

*April 16th, 1730, Newfoundland †December 23rd, 1795, Portland Place

65

Anna Barbara Reinhart

Swiss mathematician

*July 12th, 1730, Winterthur †January 5th, 1796, Winterthur

64

Franz Ludwig von Erthal

Catholic bishop

*September 16th, 1730, Lohr am Main †February 14th, 1795, Würzburg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1730 is a normal year and no leap year.

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