January 26th, 1742

Born on January 26th, 1742

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Same year
Born in 1742

68

Jean Baptiste Treilhard

French judge and diplomat (1742-1810)

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

75

Jean Cesar Godeffroy

Merchant from Hamburg (1742-1818)

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

43

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

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

76

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

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

56

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

German scientist, satirist

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

79

Félix de Azara

Spanish scientist (1742-1821)

*May 18th, 1742, Barbuñales †October 20th, 1821, Barbuñales

90

Ramón Lázaro de Dou y de Bassols

Spanish jurist

*January 1st, 1742, Barcelona †January 1st, 1832, Cervera

44

Arthur Middleton

American politician, signer of the Declaration of Independence. (1742-1787)

*June 26th, 1742, Charleston †January 1st, 1787, Province of South Carolina

81

James Gandon

British architect (1742-1823)

*February 20th, 1742, London †December 24th, 1823, Lucan

83

Franz Wenzel, Graf von Kaunitz-Rietberg

Austrian general

*July 2nd, 1742, Vienna †December 19th, 1825, Vienna

38

Johann Heinrich Waser

Swiss mathematician (1742-1780)

*April 1st, 1742, Zürich †May 27th, 1780, Zürich

55

Gunning Bedford

American politician 1742-1797

*April 7th, 1742, New Castle County †September 30th, 1797, New Castle

72

Christian Friedrich Duttenhofer

German theologian

*February 3rd, 1742, Nürtingen †March 18th, 1814, Heilbronn

60

Christian Gottlieb Geyser

German painter (1742-1803)

*August 20th, 1742, Görlitz †March 24th, 1803, Eutritzsch

77

Josias von Qualen

German provost

*April 20th, 1742, Osdorf †October 29th, 1819, Itzehoe

59

Pierre Roussel

French physician (1742-1802)

*September 29th, 1742, Ax-les-Thermes †September 19th, 1802, Châteaudun

79

Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard

French abbé and instructor of the deaf

*September 20th, 1742, Le Fousseret †May 10th, 1822, former 12th arrondissement of Paris

73

José de Iturrigaray

Viceroy of New Spain (1742-1815)

*June 27th, 1742, Cádiz †August 22nd, 1815, Madrid

48

William Hooper

American politician (1742-1790)

*June 28th, 1742, Boston †October 14th, 1790, Hillsborough

84

Claus von der Decken

German politician (1742-1826)

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

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Leap year

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

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