January 18th, 1739

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Born on January 18th, 1739 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 18th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 18th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1739)

Born on January 18th, 1739

Weekday

Sunday

January 18th, 1739 was a Sunday.

Age

285

People born on January 18th, 1739 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 285 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1738 - January 20th, 1739

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 803 days, exactly on July 12th, 2026, people who were born on January 18th, 1739 will be 105,000 days old!

104,197 Days

14,885 Weeks

3,423 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 18th?

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1989, Shashi District

Wang Yihan

Chinese badminton player

*January 18th, 1988, Shanghai

Wang Chi-Lin

Taiwanese badminton player

*January 18th, 1995, Taipei

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

Volker Pispers

German cabaret artist

*January 18th, 1958, Rheydt

Werner Liebrich

German footballer (1927–1995)

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

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

Pep Guardiola

Spanish association football manager (born 1971)

*January 18th, 1971, Santpedor

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

Kevin Costner

American actor and filmmaker

*January 18th, 1955, Lynwood

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

Lars Paaske

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1976, Hørsholm

Linda Weni Fanetri

Indonesian badminton player

*January 18th, 1990, Jakarta

Denis Grachev

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1992, Vladivostok

Gloria Groove

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

*January 18th, 1995, São Paulo

Rubén Castellanos

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1997, Morales

Li Yujia

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1983, Hubei

Elin Bergblom

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1982, Knivsta

Shi Longfei

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1994, Shanghai

Same year
Born in 1739

Camillo Marcolini

German noble (1739-1814)

*April 2nd, 1739, Fano †July 10th, 1814, Prague

George Clinton

Vice president of the United States from 1805 to 1812

*July 26th, 1739, Little Britain †April 20th, 1812, Washington, D.C.

Grigory Potemkin

Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)

*September 13th, 1739, Chizhevo †October 5th, 1791, Iași

Friedrich Wilhelm Rust

German violinist and composer

*July 6th, 1739, Wörlitz †February 28th, 1796, Dessau

Georges Jacob

French master joiner in seats, wood engraver, cabinet-maker 1739-1814

*July 6th, 1739, Cheny †July 5th, 1814, Paris

Juan de Villanueva

Spanish architect (1739–1811)

*September 15th, 1739, Madrid †August 22nd, 1811, Madrid

Charles François Dumouriez

French general (1739–1823)

*January 26th, 1739, Cambrai †March 14th, 1823, Turville

Giovanni Francesco Fromond

*September 17th, 1739, Cremona †July 16th, 1785, Cremona

William Hewson

British physiologist

*November 14th, 1739, Hexham †May 1st, 1774, London

Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart

French architect

*February 15th, 1739, Paris †June 6th, 1813, Paris

Henrik Gabriel Porthan

Finnish historian (1739-1804)

*November 8th, 1739, Viitasaari †March 16th, 1804, Turku

Paine Wingate

American politician (1739-1838)

*May 14th, 1739, Amesbury †March 7th, 1838, Stratham

Pedro Ramón Palacios Gil Arratia

Venezuelan priest, music educator

*January 17th, 1739, Guatire †January 1st, 1799, Caracas

Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance

French politician, linguist and translator (1739-1824)

*March 19th, 1739, Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin †June 14th, 1824, Sainte-Mesme

Allen Jones

American statesman, 1739-1798

*December 24th, 1739, Edgecombe County †November 10th, 1798, Northampton County

Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours

French writer, economist, and government official (1739–1817)

*December 14th, 1739, Paris †August 7th, 1817, Delaware

James Anderson

Scottish economist

*May 23rd, 1739, Edinburgh †October 15th, 1808, West Ham

Jean Nicolas Houchard

French general

*January 24th, 1739, Forbach †November 17th, 1793, Paris

George Mathews

American politician (1739-1812)

*August 30th, 1739, Augusta County †August 30th, 1812, Augusta

Karl von Zinzendorf

Austrian politician (1739-1813)

*January 5th, 1739, Dresden †January 5th, 1813, Vienna

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 18th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 18th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVIII.I.MDCCXXXIX

18.1.1739

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1739 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1739

January 1739

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1				1	2	3	4
2	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
3	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
4	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
5	26	27	28	29	30	31

January 18th, 1739

Born on January 18th, 1739

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

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

104,197 Days

14,885 Weeks

3,423 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 18th?

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

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.

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

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

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.

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'.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 18th

Amy Carmichael (Church of England)

Athanasius of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Confession of Peter (Eastern Orthodox, some Anglican and Lutheran Churches)

Cyril of Alexandria

Deicolus

Margaret of Hungary

Prisca

Volusianus of Tours

January 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Royal Thai Armed Forces Day (Thailand)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

18.1.1739

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