January 18th, 1734

Born on January 18th, 1734

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 106,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 979 days, exactly on January 2nd, 2027, people who were born on January 18th, 1734 will be 107,000 days old!

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What happened on January 18th?

January 18th, 1990

In a sting operation conducted by the FBI, Marion Barry (pictured), the mayor of Washington, D.C., was arrested for possession of crack cocaine.

January 18th, 1983

Thirty years after his death, the International Olympic Committee presented commemorative medals to the family of American athlete Jim Thorpe, who had been stripped of his gold medals for playing semi-professional baseball before the 1912 Summer Olympics.

January 18th, 1977

The CDC announced that the lung infection Legionnaires' disease is caused by a previously unknown bacterium now known as Legionella.

January 18th, 1969

Thousands of Japanese police stormed the University of Tokyo after six months of nationwide leftist university student protests and occupation.

January 18th, 1958

Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins played his first game in the National Hockey League, becoming the first black Canadian to compete in the NHL.

January 18th, 1956

Navvab Safavi, an Iranian Shia cleric and the founder of the fundamentalist group Fada'iyan-e Islam, was executed with three of his followers for attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Hossein Ala'.

January 18th, 1951

Construction began on the United Nations Military Cemetery (pictured), the only United Nations cemetery in the world, in Busan, South Korea.

January 18th, 1943

World War II: In Operation Iskra, the Red Army established a narrow land corridor to Leningrad, partially easing the protracted German siege.

January 18th, 1915

Japanese prime minister Ōkuma Shigenobu issued the Twenty-One Demands to China in a bid to increase Japan's power in East Asia.

January 18th, 1871

A number of previously independent states united to form the German Empire, with Wilhelm I as emperor.

January 18th, 1788

The armed tender HMS Supply, the first ship of the First Fleet, arrived at Botany Bay, Australia.

January 18th, 1535

Francisco Pizarro founded Ciudad de los Reyes (present-day Lima, Peru) as the capital of the lands he conquered for the Spanish crown.

January 18th, 1486

Elizabeth of York married King Henry VII, becoming queen consort of England.

January 18th, 0474

The young child Leo II became the sole Byzantine emperor upon the death of his grandfather Leo I.

January 18th, 2023

A helicopter crash in Ukraine leaves 14 people dead, including the country's Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrsky.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 18th

Born on January 18th, 1734

60

Caspar Friedrich Wolff

German psychologist

*January 18th, 1734, Berlin †February 22nd, 1794, Saint Petersburg

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Who's birthday is on January 18th?

35

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1989, Shashi District

36

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

29

Wang Chi-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 18th, 1995, Taipei

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

54

Jeremiah Meyer

German-born British artist (1735-1789)

*January 18th, 1735, Tübingen †January 19th, 1789, Kew

66

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

68

Werner Liebrich

German footballer (1927–1995)

*January 18th, 1927, Kaiserslautern †March 20th, 1995, Kaiserslautern

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

53

Pep Guardiola

Spanish association football manager (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, Santpedor

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

69

Kevin Costner

American actor and filmmaker

*January 18th, 1955, Lynwood

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

48

Lars Paaske

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1976, Hørsholm

34

Linda Weni Fanetri

Indonesian badminton player

*January 18th, 1990, Jakarta

32

Denis Grachev

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1992, Vladivostok

29

Gloria Groove

Brazilian singer, rapper, songwriter, actor, voice actor and drag queen

*January 18th, 1995, São Paulo

27

Rubén Castellanos

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1997, Morales

41

Li Yujia

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1983, Hubei

59

Johann Gottfried von Hahn

German physician

*January 18th, 1694, Świdnica †May 1st, 1753, Świdnica

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47

Taksin

King of Siam

*April 17th, 1734, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya †April 7th, 1782, Thon Buri

80

Franz Anton Mesmer

German physician

*May 23rd, 1734, Iznang †March 5th, 1815, Meersburg

62

Joseph Wright of Derby

18th-century British painter (1734-1797)

*September 3rd, 1734, Derby †August 29th, 1797, Derby

62

Hendrik Jan Arntzenius

Dutch librarian and university professor

*April 20th, 1734, Nijmegen †April 7th, 1797, Utrecht

67

George Romney

English painter (1734-1802)

*December 26th, 1734, Dalton-in-Furness †November 15th, 1802, Kendal

75

Jean-Baptiste Rey

French composer and conductor

*December 18th, 1734, Lauzerte †July 15th, 1810, Paris

47

Anna Göldi

Last European to be executed for witchcraft

*October 24th, 1734, Sennwald †June 13th, 1782, Glarus

57

Athanase Auger

French translator

*December 12th, 1734, Paris †February 7th, 1792, Paris

67

Gaetano Gandolfi

Painter (1734-1802)

*August 31st, 1734, San Giovanni in Persiceto †June 20th, 1802, Bologna

66

Maria Teresa Cucchiari

Foundress of the Trinitarian sisters of Rome

*October 10th, 1734, Rome †June 10th, 1801, Avezzano

75

Franz Ignaz Beck

German composer (1734-1809)

*February 20th, 1734, Mannheim †December 31st, 1809, Bordeaux

75

Ueda Akinari

Japanese writer

*July 25th, 1734, Ōsaka †August 8th, 1809, Kyōto

59

François-Armand de Saige

French politician (1734-1793)

*February 20th, 1734, Bordeaux †October 23rd, 1793, place Gambetta

66

Ralph Abercromby

Scottish soldier and politician; (1734-1801)

*October 7th, 1734, Tullibody †March 28th, 1801, Alexandria

87

Tommaso Conca

Italian painter (1734-1822)

*December 22nd, 1734, Gaeta †December 13th, 1822, Rome

88

Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski

Polish noble (1734-1823)

*December 1st, 1734, Gdańsk †March 19th, 1823, Sieniawa

83

Thomas McKean

American Founding Father and politician (1734–1817)

*March 19th, 1734, New London Township †June 24th, 1817, Philadelphia

73

Giuseppe Piermarini

Italian architect (1734-1808)

*July 18th, 1734, Foligno †February 18th, 1808, Foligno

86

William Floyd

American Founding Father and politician (1734–1821)

*December 17th, 1734, Brookhaven †August 4th, 1821, Westernville

57

Karl Josef von Bachmann

Swiss aristocrat and soldier

*December 3rd, 1734, Näfels †September 3rd, 1792, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1734 is a normal year and no leap year.

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