January 31st, 1737

Born on January 31st, 1737

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 104,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 100 days, exactly on July 25th, 2024, people who were born on January 31st, 1737 will be 105,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 31st?

January 31st, 2013

A gas leak underneath the Pemex Executive Tower in Mexico City caused an explosion that killed at least 37 people and injured another 121.

January 31st, 2010

James Cameron's Avatar became the first film to earn over US$2 billion worldwide.

January 31st, 2000

Alaska Airlines Flight 261, experiencing problems with its horizontal stabilizer system, crashed in the Pacific Ocean off Anacapa Island, California, killing all 88 people on board.

January 31st, 1988

Doug Williams (pictured) became the first African-American quarterback to play in a Super Bowl, leading the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII.

January 31st, 1961

Aboard NASA's Mercury-Redstone 2, Ham the Chimp became the first hominid launched into outer space.

January 31st, 1957

A DC-7B operated by Douglas Aircraft collided in mid-air with a U.S. Air Force F-89 and crashed into a schoolyard in Pacoima, California.

January 31st, 1900

Datu Muhammad Salleh, leader of a series of major disturbances in North Borneo, was shot dead in Tambunan, but his followers did not give up for five more years.

January 31st, 1862

American astronomer Alvan Graham Clark first observed the faint white dwarf companion of Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.

January 31st, 1747

The London Lock Hospital, the first voluntary hospital specialising in the treatment of venereal diseases, opened.

January 31st, 1578

Eighty Years' War: Spain won a crushing victory at the Battle of Gembloux, threatening the States General of the Netherlands and contributing to its move from Brussels to Antwerp.

January 31st, 0314

Sylvester I (bust depicted), during whose pontificate many churches in Rome were constructed by Constantine the Great, began his reign as pope.

January 31st, 2007

Emergency officials in Boston mistakenly identified LED placards depicting characters from Aqua Teen Hunger Force as IEDs, causing a panic.

January 31st, 1997

Final Fantasy VII, the first video game in the Final Fantasy franchise to use 3-D computer graphics, was released.

January 31st, 1919

Intense rioting over labour conditions broke out in Glasgow, Scotland.

January 31st, 2023

The last Boeing 747, the first wide-body airliner, is delivered.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 31st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 31st?

31

Franz Schubert

Austrian composer (1797–1828)

*January 31st, 1797, Himmelpfortgrund †November 19th, 1828, Vienna

32

Linnéa Claeson

Swedish handball player

*January 31st, 1992, Norrköping

56

Petra Schubert

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1968, Finsterwalde

39

Oxxxymiron

Russian rapper

*January 31st, 1985, Saint Petersburg

42

Ekaterina Ananina

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1982, Perm

54

André-Jacques Garnerin

Inventor of the frameless parachute

*January 31st, 1769, Paris †August 18th, 1823, Paris

49

Marianne Grunthal

German teacher

*January 31st, 1896, Zehdenick †May 2nd, 1945, Schwerin

97

Carol Channing

American actress (1921–2019)

*January 31st, 1921, Seattle †January 15th, 2019, Rancho Mirage

43

Justin Timberlake

American singer and actor (born 1981)

*January 31st, 1981, Memphis

53

Gustav Hülsenberg

German politician (1812-1865)

*January 31st, 1812, Hamburg †October 19th, 1865, Hamburg

50

Billy MacLellan

Canadian actor

*January 31st, 1974, Cape Breton Island

78

Meena Shah

Badminton player

*January 31st, 1937, Balrampur †March 10th, 2015

49

Preity Zinta

Indian film actress, entrepreneur

*January 31st, 1975, Shimla

65

Anthony LaPaglia

Australian actor

*January 31st, 1959, Adelaide

78

Frederick Douglass

African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist (c. 1818 – 1895)

*January 31st, 1817, Talbot County †February 20th, 1895, Washington, D.C.

77

Oskar von Hindenburg

German politician and general (1883–1960)

*January 31st, 1883, Königsberg †February 12th, 1960, Bad Harzburg

73

Spartaco Landini

Italian footballer (1944-2017)

*January 31st, 1944, Terranuova Bracciolini †April 16th, 2017, Genoa

57

James Franciscus

American actor (1934-1991)

*January 31st, 1934, Clayton †July 8th, 1991, North Hollywood

88

Kenzaburō Ōe

Japanese writer and Nobel Laureate

*January 31st, 1935, Ōse †March 3rd, 2023

76

Irving Langmuir

American chemist and physicist

*January 31st, 1881, Brooklyn †August 16th, 1957, Woods Hole

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Born in 1737

61

Luigi Galvani

Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher

*September 9th, 1737, Bologna †December 4th, 1798, Bologna

72

Thomas Paine

American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809)

*February 9th, 1737, Thetford †June 8th, 1809, Greenwich Village

56

Suzanne Curchod

French-Swiss salonist and writer

*June 2nd, 1737, Crassier †May 15th, 1794, Beaulieu Castle

56

Edward Gibbon

English historian and politician (1737–1794)

*April 27th, 1737, Putney †January 16th, 1794, London

62

Johann Ludwig von Eckardt

German jurist

*December 9th, 1737, Coburg †December 2nd, 1800, Jena

83

John Hunter

Royal Navy officer and governor (1737-1821)

*August 29th, 1737, Leith †March 13th, 1821, London Borough of Hackney

43

Josef Mysliveček

Czech composer

*March 9th, 1737, Prague †February 4th, 1781, Rome

78

Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau

French chemist and politician (1737-1816)

*January 4th, 1737, Dijon †January 2nd, 1816, former 10th arrondissement of Paris

65

Giuseppe Millico

Italian opera singer

*January 19th, 1737, Terlizzi †October 2nd, 1802, Naples

95

Charles Carroll of Carrollton

American planter and signatory of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1832)

*September 19th, 1737, Annapolis †November 14th, 1832, Baltimore

79

William Shepard

Massachusetts American Revolutionary War officer, militia general during Shays' Rebellion (1737-1817)

*December 1st, 1737, Westfield †November 16th, 1817, Westfield

84

François-Henri de Franquetot de Coigny

Marshal of France (1737-1821)

*March 28th, 1737, Paris †May 19th, 1821, Paris

73

Joseph Pignatelli

Spanish Jesuit priest, led the restoration of the Order

*December 27th, 1737, Zaragoza †November 15th, 1811, Rome

69

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney

British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat (1737-1806)

*May 14th, 1737, Loughguile †May 31st, 1806, Chiswick

51

Silas Deane

American politician (1737-1789)

*December 24th, 1737, Groton †September 23rd, 1789, Kent

61

Joseph Hilarius Eckhel

Austrian Jesuit priest and numismatist (1737–1798)

*January 13th, 1737, Enzersfeld †May 16th, 1798, Vienna

72

Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke

King of Siam (1737–1809)

*March 20th, 1737, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya †September 7th, 1809, Bangkok

56

John Hancock

American Patriot and statesman during the American Revolution (1737–1793)

*January 23rd, 1737, Braintree †October 8th, 1793, Hancock Manor

77

Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

Writer and botanist from France (1737-1814)

*January 19th, 1737, Le Havre †January 21st, 1814, Éragny

61

Christopher Hewetson

Irish sculptor

*January 1st, 1737, Thomastown †January 1st, 1798, Rome

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1737 is a normal year and no leap year.

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