January 26th, 1736

Born on January 26th, 1736

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

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What happened on January 26th?

January 26th, 2015

A jet fighter crashed at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others.

January 26th, 1934

Hurtig & Seamon's New Burlesque Theater in New York City reopened as the Apollo Theater, becoming one of the nation's premier venues for African-American performers.

January 26th, 1885

Mahdist War: The siege of Khartoum ended as Mahdist forces defeated the Egyptian garrison and captured the city.

January 26th, 0661

Ali, the fourth Rashidun caliph, was assassinated (depicted) by Ibn Muljim, leading to the end of the caliphate.

January 26th, 1974

Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashed while taking off from İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport, killing 67 people.

January 26th, 1926

Oliver Hutchinson (pictured) appeared on television in inventor John Logie Baird's first successful demonstration of using the technology to show humans.

January 26th, 2020

A Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crashed in Calabasas, California, killing all nine people on board, including former basketball player Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna.

January 26th, 1545

The Council of Trent officially separates Roman Catholicism and Protestantism

January 26th, 2009

Rioting broke out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that led to the deposal of President Marc Ravalomanana.

January 26th, 2001

An earthquake in the Indian state of Gujarat killed at least 20,000 people, injured 167,000 others and destroyed nearly 400,000 homes.

January 26th, 1998

In a nationally televised press conference, U.S. president Bill Clinton denied having "sexual relations" with intern Monica Lewinsky.

January 26th, 1972

JAT Flight 367 exploded in mid-air over Czechoslovakia; the only survivor of the 28 on board, flight attendant Vesna Vulović, fell 10,160 m (33,330 ft), setting the record for surviving the highest fall without a parachute.

January 26th, 1966

The three Beaumont children disappeared from a beach in Glenelg, South Australia, resulting in one of the country's largest-ever police investigations.

January 26th, 1952

Spontaneous anti-British riots erupted in Cairo following the killings of 50 Egyptian auxiliary police officers the previous day.

January 26th, 1950

Indian independence movement: India became a republic under a new constitution, with Rajendra Prasad as president and Jawaharlal Nehru as prime minister.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 26th

Born on January 26th, 1736

76

Petrus Abresch

Dutch author, theologian and university professor

*January 26th, 1736, Middelburg †December 11th, 1812, Groningen

Same year
Born in 1736

83

James Watt

British engineer (1736–1819)

*January 19th, 1736, Greenock †August 25th, 1819, Heathfield Hall

77

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)

*January 25th, 1736, Turin †April 10th, 1813, Paris

63

Patrick Henry

American Founding Father, orator and politician (1736 – 1799)

*May 29th, 1736, Hanover County †June 6th, 1799, Campbell County

70

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

French physicist

*June 14th, 1736, Angoulême †August 23rd, 1806, Paris

59

James Macpherson

British writer, poet, translator and politician (1736-1796)

*October 27th, 1736, Ruthven †February 17th, 1796, Inverness-shire

81

Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé

French noble (1736-1818)

*August 9th, 1736, Paris †May 13th, 1818, Paris

81

Maria Maximiliana von Stadion

German abbot

*July 21st, 1736, Mainz †January 1st, 1818, Munich

92

Marc-Guillaume Alexis Vadier

French politician

*July 17th, 1736, Pamiers †December 14th, 1828, Brussels metropolitan area

76

Anton Graff

Swiss portrait artist (1736–1813)

*November 18th, 1736, Winterthur †June 22nd, 1813, Dresden

65

George Fordyce

British chemist (1736-1802)

*November 18th, 1736, Aberdeen †May 25th, 1802, London

57

James Mercer

American soldier, jurist and political figure

*February 26th, 1736, Stafford County †October 31st, 1793, Richmond

56

Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

German natural history collector and Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*June 7th, 1736, Rudolstadt †April 13th, 1793, Rudolstadt

48

Ann Lee

English Shaker leader (1736-1784)

*February 29th, 1736, Manchester †September 8th, 1784, Watervliet

75

Dorothea Wendling

German operatic soprano

*March 21st, 1736, Stuttgart †August 20th, 1811, Munich

70

Claude Nicolas Ledoux

French Neoclassical architect (1736-1806)

*March 21st, 1736, Dormans †November 19th, 1806, Paris

43

Helfrich Peter Sturz

German author (1736-1779)

*February 16th, 1736, Darmstadt †November 12th, 1779, Bremen

80

Izabela Lubomirska

Polish princess and art collector (1736-1816)

*May 21st, 1736, Warsaw †November 25th, 1816, Vienna

64

Leopold von Clary und Aldringen

(1736-1800)

*January 2nd, 1736, Malá Strana †November 23rd, 1800, Vienna

62

Charles-Joseph Panckoucke

French writer and publisher

*November 26th, 1736, Lille †December 19th, 1798, Paris

75

Ignaz Fränzl

German composer

*June 3rd, 1736, Mannheim †September 6th, 1811, Mannheim

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Leap year

Yes: 1736 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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