January 26th, 1739

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Born on January 26th, 1739 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 26th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 26th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1739)

Born on January 26th, 1739

Weekday

Monday

January 26th, 1739 was a Monday.

Age

285

People born on January 26th, 1739 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 285 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1739 - February 19th, 1739

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 814 days, exactly on July 20th, 2026, people who were born on January 26th, 1739 will be 105,000 days old!

104,186 Days

14,883 Weeks

3,423 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 26th?

January 26th, 1974

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

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 13,000 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.

January 26th, 1949

The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory (pictured) in California, the largest aperture optical telescope in the world for 28 years, saw first light.

January 26th, 1945

Audie Murphy engaged in action at the Colmar Pocket that won him a Medal of Honor and made him one of the most famous and decorated U.S. soldiers of World War II.

January 26th, 1918

A group of Red Guards hung a red lantern atop the tower of the Helsinki Workers' House, symbolically marking the start of the Finnish Civil War.

January 26th, 1905

The 3,106-carat (621 g) Cullinan Diamond (pictured), the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, was discovered at the Premier Mine in Gauteng, South Africa.

January 26th, 1841

Commodore Gordon Bremer took formal possession of Hong Kong Island for the United Kingdom at Possession Point.

January 26th, 1808

William Bligh, the governor of New South Wales, was deposed in the only military coup in Australian history.

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

Born on January 26th, 1739

Charles François Dumouriez

French general (1739–1823)

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 26th?

Lee Jae-jin

South Korean badminton player

*January 26th, 1983, Miryang

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

KC Rebell

German rapper

*January 26th, 1988, Pazarcık

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

Heinz Kessler

German military officer, Armeegeneral in the former National People's Army of East Germany (1920-2017)

*January 26th, 1920, Lubań †May 2nd, 2017, Berlin

Silvi Antarini

Indonesian badminton player

*January 26th, 1984, Jakarta

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

Paul Newman

American actor and film director (1925–2008)

*January 26th, 1925, Shaker Heights †September 26th, 2008, Westport

Marvin Plattenhardt

German association football player

*January 26th, 1992, Filderstadt

Petrus Abresch

Dutch author, theologian and university professor

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

Adam Cwalina

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1985, Częstochowa

Yang Li Lian

Malaysian badminton player

*January 26th, 1993, Selangor

Rhys Walker

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1994, Nuneaton

Huang Chia-Chi

Australian badminton player, former Taiwanese badminton player

*January 26th, 1979, Taipei

Evelyn Siamupangila

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1997, Kabwe

Tedi Supriadi

Badminton player

*January 26th, 1996, Bandung City

Alex Lanier

Badminton player

*January 26th, 2005, Caen

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Romanian communist leader from 1965 to 1989

*January 26th, 1918, Scornicești †December 25th, 1989, Târgoviște

Matt Rippy

American actor

*January 26th, 1968, Houston

Ellen DeGeneres

American television hoste

*January 26th, 1958, Metairie

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

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

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist

*November 2nd, 1739, Vienna †October 24th, 1799, Nový Dvůr

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 26th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 26th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVI.I.MDCCXXXIX

26.1.1739

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

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
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 26th, 1739

Born on January 26th, 1739

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

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

104,186 Days

14,883 Weeks

3,423 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 26th?

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

The Council of Trent officially separates Roman Catholicism and Protestantism

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

An earthquake in the Indian state of Gujarat killed at least 13,000 people, injured 167,000 others and destroyed nearly 400,000 homes.

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

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.

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

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

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

The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory (pictured) in California, the largest aperture optical telescope in the world for 28 years, saw first light.

Audie Murphy engaged in action at the Colmar Pocket that won him a Medal of Honor and made him one of the most famous and decorated U.S. soldiers of World War II.

A group of Red Guards hung a red lantern atop the tower of the Helsinki Workers' House, symbolically marking the start of the Finnish Civil War.

The 3,106-carat (621 g) Cullinan Diamond (pictured), the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, was discovered at the Premier Mine in Gauteng, South Africa.

Commodore Gordon Bremer took formal possession of Hong Kong Island for the United Kingdom at Possession Point.

William Bligh, the governor of New South Wales, was deposed in the only military coup in Australian history.

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

Born on January 26th, 1739

French general (1739–1823)

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 26th

Alberic of Cîteaux

Blessed Gabriele Allegra

Paula

Timothy and Titus

January 26 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Australia Day (Australia)

Duarte Day (Dominican Republic)

Engineer's Day (Panama)

International Customs Day

Liberation Day (Uganda)

Republic Day (India)

Saint Alberic of Cîteaux

Saint Paula of Rome

Saint Timothy and Saint Titus

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

26.1.1739

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Age in days, weeks and months
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