January 5th, 1742

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Born on January 5th, 1742 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 5th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 5th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1742)

Born on January 5th, 1742

Weekday

Friday

January 5th, 1742 was a Friday.

Age

282

People born on January 5th, 1742 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 282 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1741 - January 20th, 1742

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 103,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 889 days, exactly on October 3rd, 2026, people who were born on January 5th, 1742 will be 104,000 days old!

103,111 Days

14,730 Weeks

3,387 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on January 5th?

January 5th, 1970

An earthquake registering Mw 7.1 struck Tonghai County in southern China, killing at least 10,000 people and eventually spurring the creation of the nation's largest earthquake monitoring system.

January 5th, 1953

Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, termed the "most significant English language play of the 20th century", premiered in Paris.

January 5th, 1949

In his State of the Union speech, U.S. president Harry S. Truman (pictured) announced: "Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal."

January 5th, 1941

Second World War: Australian and British troops defeated Italian forces in Bardia, Libya, the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation took part.

January 5th, 1925

Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state.

January 5th, 1922

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton (pictured) died of a heart attack during his final expedition.

January 5th, 1919

The German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party, was founded by Anton Drexler.

January 5th, 1757

King Louis XV survived an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who later became the last person in France to be executed by drawing and quartering.

January 5th, 1675

Franco-Dutch War: French troops defeated Austrian and Brandenburg forces at the Battle of Turckheim in Alsace.

January 5th, 1869

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day siege in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 1896

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day seige in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

January 5th, 2009

In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.

January 5th, 2008

Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of the country.

January 5th, 2007

The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.

January 5th, 2005

The dwarf planet Eris was discovered by a team using images from the Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 5th

Born on January 5th, 1742

Claus von der Decken

German politician (1742-1826)

*January 5th, 1742, Rittershausen †February 10th, 1826, Hanover

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Who's birthday is on January 5th?

Konrad Adenauer

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (1949–1963), Zentrum and CDU

*January 5th, 1876, Cologne †April 19th, 1967, Rhöndorf

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos

Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher (1744-1811)

*January 5th, 1744, Gijón †November 27th, 1811, Puerto de Vega

Constanze Mozart

Austrian singer

*January 5th, 1762, Zell im Wiesental †March 6th, 1842, Salzburg

Ella Harper

American circus performer

*January 5th, 1870, Sumner County †December 19th, 1921, Nashville

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

Santiago Ventura

Spanish tennis player

*January 5th, 1980, Castelló de la Plana

Roxen

Romanian singer

*January 5th, 2000, Cluj-Napoca

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

*January 5th, 1932, Alessandria †February 19th, 2016, Milan

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

President of Germany since 2017

*January 5th, 1956, Detmold

Hayao Miyazaki

Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (1941-)

*January 5th, 1941, Bunkyo

Juan Carlos I of Spain

King of Spain from 1975 to 2014

*January 5th, 1938, Rome

Jean-Baptiste Say

French economist and businessman (1767–1832)

*January 5th, 1767, Lyon †November 14th, 1832, former 2nd arrondissement of Paris

Karl von Zinzendorf

Austrian politician (1739-1813)

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

Deepika Padukone

Indian actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

Ferdinand von Roemer

German geologist (1818-1891)

*January 5th, 1818, Hildesheim †December 14th, 1891, Wrocław

Rudolf Christoph Eucken

(1846-1926) German philosopher

*January 5th, 1846, Aurich †September 15th, 1926, Jena

Jacob Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)

*January 5th, 1655, Basel †August 16th, 1705, Basel

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

Robert Duvall

American actor and director

*January 5th, 1931, San Diego

Charles Henry of Nassau-Siegen

Russian Navy admiral

*January 5th, 1743, Senarpont †April 10th, 1808, Tinna

Same year
Born in 1742

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

*December 9th, 1742, Stralsund †May 21st, 1786, Köping

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

*December 16th, 1742, Rostock †September 12th, 1819, Krobielowice

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

Scottish advocate and politician (1742-1811)

*April 28th, 1742, Dalkeith †May 28th, 1811, Edinburgh

Jean Baptiste Treilhard

French judge and diplomat (1742-1810)

*January 3rd, 1742, Brive-la-Gaillarde †December 5th, 1810, Paris

Pius VII

Head of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823

*August 14th, 1742, Cesena †August 20th, 1823, Rome

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

German scientist, satirist

*July 1st, 1742, Ober-Ramstadt †February 24th, 1799, Göttingen

Jean Cesar Godeffroy

Merchant from Hamburg (1742-1818)

*October 16th, 1742, Hamburg †May 7th, 1818, Hamburg

Jean-Louis Carra

French journalist and politician

*March 9th, 1742, Pont-de-Veyle †October 31st, 1793, Paris

Jean Senebier

Genevan botanist

*May 6th, 1742, Geneva †July 22nd, 1809, Geneva

Johann Heinrich Tischbein

German 1742–1808 F:0

*November 28th, 1742, Haina †December 22nd, 1808, Kassel

Ignaz von Born

Czech mineralogist and nobleman (1742-1791)

*December 26th, 1742, Cavnic †July 24th, 1791, Vienna

Johan Herman Wessel

Norwegian-Danish writer

*October 6th, 1742, Vestby †December 29th, 1785, Copenhagen

Jean Dauberval

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*August 19th, 1742, Montpellier †February 14th, 1806, Tours

Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier

French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France (1742-1819)

*December 8th, 1742, Laon †December 21st, 1819, Paris

Johann Ernst Schulz

German author and theologian

*December 20th, 1742, East Prussia †April 9th, 1806, Königsberg

Ozias Humphry

British artist (1742-1810)

*September 8th, 1742, Honiton †March 9th, 1810, London

Charlotte von Stein

Lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar; close friend to both Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

*December 25th, 1742, Eisenach †January 6th, 1827, Weimar

Félix Máximo López

*November 18th, 1742, Madrid †April 9th, 1821, Madrid

Alexei Wassiljewitsch Naryschkin

*August 4th, 1742, Moscow †August 20th, 1800, Moscow

Aletta Haniel

*March 12th, 1742, Orsoy †May 11th, 1815, Ruhrort

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 5th

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast day) which are celebrated on January 5th.

The Twelfth day of Christmas and the Twelfth Night of Christmas. (Western Christianity)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

V.I.MDCCXLII

5.1.1742

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1742 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1742

January 1742

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
3	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
4	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
5	29	30	31

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January 5th, 1742

Born on January 5th, 1742

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 103,000 days old!

103,111 Days

14,730 Weeks

3,387 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 5th?

An earthquake registering Mw 7.1 struck Tonghai County in southern China, killing at least 10,000 people and eventually spurring the creation of the nation's largest earthquake monitoring system.

Waiting for Godot by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, termed the "most significant English language play of the 20th century", premiered in Paris.

In his State of the Union speech, U.S. president Harry S. Truman (pictured) announced: "Every segment of our population, and every individual, has a right to expect from his government a fair deal."

Second World War: Australian and British troops defeated Italian forces in Bardia, Libya, the first battle of the war in which an Australian Army formation took part.

Nellie Tayloe Ross was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming, the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state.

Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton (pictured) died of a heart attack during his final expedition.

The German Workers' Party, the precursor of the Nazi Party, was founded by Anton Drexler.

King Louis XV survived an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who later became the last person in France to be executed by drawing and quartering.

Franco-Dutch War: French troops defeated Austrian and Brandenburg forces at the Battle of Turckheim in Alsace.

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day siege in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

Te Kooti's War: After surviving a five-day seige in the pā at Ngātapa, Māori leader Te Kooti escaped from New Zealand's Armed Constabulary.

In Eng Foong Ho v Attorney-General, the Court of Appeal of Singapore held that equality before the law was satisfied by a "reasonable nexus" between state action and the object of the law.

Mikheil Saakashvili was decisively re-elected as President of Georgia in "the first genuinely competitive presidential election" in the history of the country.

The Taiwan High Speed Rail opened, connecting Taipei and Kaohsiung.

The dwarf planet Eris was discovered by a team using images from the Samuel Oschin telescope at Palomar Observatory.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 5th

Born on January 5th, 1742

German politician (1742-1826)

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Same year Born in 1742

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 5th

Charles of Mount Argus

John Neumann (Catholic Church)

Pope Telesphorus

Simeon Stylites (Latin Church)

January 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (Harbin, China)

Joma Shinji (Japan)

National Bird Day (United States)

The Twelfth day of Christmas and the Twelfth Night of Christmas. (Western Christianity)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

5.1.1742

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