January 21st, 1749

Born on January 21st, 1749

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 21st, 1749?

January 21st, 1749

The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teatro_Filarmonico

What else happened on January 21st?

January 21st, 1789

The Power of Sympathy by William Hill Brown, widely considered to be the first American novel, was published.

January 21st, 0763

The Abbasid Caliphate crushed the Alid revolt when a rebel leader was mortally wounded in battle near Basra in present-day Iraq.

January 21st, 1757

French and Indian War: French regulars, Canadien militia and Indigenous forces ambushed Rogers' Rangers forces in the Battle on Snowshoes.

January 21st, 2017

Millions of people participated in the worldwide Women's March, to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.

January 21st, 2011

Demonstrations in Tirana against alleged corruption in the Albanian government led to the killings of four protesters by the Republican Guard.

January 21st, 1997

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich (pictured) for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.

January 21st, 1976

The Concorde supersonic transports began scheduled commercial flights to London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro.

January 21st, 1972

Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India.

January 21st, 1968

A B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed onto sea ice near Thule Air Base, Greenland, causing localized radioactive contamination.

January 21st, 2023

Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008 Covina massacre.

January 21st, 2017

Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.

January 21st, 2014

Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.

January 21st, 2011

Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people died from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.

January 21st, 2009

Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 21st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 21st?

31

Wincent Weiss

German pop singer

*January 21st, 1993, Bad Oldesloe

37

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

25

Em Beihold

Irani-American singer-songwriter and TikToker

*January 21st, 1999, Glendale

68

Heinz Kähler

German classical archaeologist

*January 21st, 1905, Tetenbüll †January 9th, 1974, Cologne

85

Claude François Chauveau-Lagarde

French lawyer

*January 21st, 1756, Chartres †February 20th, 1841, Paris

86

Paul Scofield

English actor (1922–2008)

*January 21st, 1922, West Sussex †March 19th, 2008, Sussex

52

Cat Power

American singer-songwriter

*January 21st, 1972, Atlanta

65

Paul Allen

American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)

*January 21st, 1953, Seattle †October 15th, 2018, Seattle

88

Radley Metzger

American film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor and film distributor

*January 21st, 1929, The Bronx †March 31st, 2017, New York City

62

Isabelle Nanty

French actress, film director, theatre director and screenwriter

*January 21st, 1962, Verdun

90

Audrey Dalton

Actress

*January 21st, 1934, Dublin

55

John Fitch

American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur and engineer (1743–1798)

*January 21st, 1743, South Windsor †July 2nd, 1798, Bardstown

36

Angel Mena Pedroza

Ecuadorian Footballer

*January 21st, 1988, Guayaquil

83

Plácido Domingo

Spanish tenor and conductor

*January 21st, 1941, Madrid

86

Arturo Labriola

Revolutionary syndicalist politician and journalist

*January 21st, 1873, Naples †June 23rd, 1959, Naples

31

Augustin Robespierre

French lawyer and revolutionary (1763-1794)

*January 21st, 1763, Arras †July 28th, 1794, Paris

67

Rainer Laupichler

German actor

*January 21st, 1957, Daun

70

Thomas de Maizière

German politician

*January 21st, 1954, Bonn

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Born in 1749

82

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

*August 28th, 1749, Frankfurt †March 22nd, 1832, Weimar

77

Pierre-Simon Laplace

French mathematician and astronomer (1749-1827)

*March 23rd, 1749, Beaumont-en-Auge †March 5th, 1827, Paris

73

Edward Jenner

English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination (1749–1823)

*May 17th, 1749, Berkeley †January 26th, 1823, Berkeley

72

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre

French mathematician and astronomer

*September 19th, 1749, Amiens †August 19th, 1822, Paris

29

Thomas Lynch

Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence from South Carolina (1749-1779)

*August 5th, 1749, Georgetown County †January 1st, 1779, Atlantic Ocean

83

Jeremy Bentham

British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)

*February 15th, 1749, Houndsditch †June 6th, 1832, London

51

Domenico Cimarosa

Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school

*December 17th, 1749, Aversa †January 11th, 1801, Venice

91

Nicolas Appert

French inventor of airtight food preservation

*November 17th, 1749, Châlons-en-Champagne †June 1st, 1841, Massy

84

José María Chacón

Spanish colonial administrator

*January 1st, 1749, Seville †January 1st, 1833

42

Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

French writer, orator and statesman (1749-1791)

*March 9th, 1749, Le Bignon-Mirabeau †April 2nd, 1791, Paris

57

Charles James Fox

British Whig statesman (1749–1806)

*January 24th, 1749, Westminster †September 13th, 1806, Chiswick

50

Friederike von Alvensleben

German actor, stage actor, playwright and librettist

*March 5th, 1749, City of Brussels †April 10th, 1799, Redekin

75

Peder Anker

Prime Minister of Norway in Stockholm 1814-1822

*December 8th, 1749, Christiania †December 10th, 1824, Christiania

72

Chaim of Volozhin

Polish Jewish rabbi, Talmudist and ethicist (1749-1821)

*May 24th, 1749, Valožyn †June 14th, 1821, Valožyn

60

Benjamin Ogle

American politician (1749-1809)

*January 27th, 1749, Annapolis †July 7th, 1809, Annapolis

53

Alexander Radishchev

18th century Russian author and social critic

*August 20th, 1749, Radischevo †September 12th, 1802, Saint Petersburg

66

David Ramsay

American physician and historian

*April 2nd, 1749, Lancaster County †May 8th, 1815, Charleston

61

Luis Ignatius Peñalver y Cárdenas

Spanish bishop (1749-1810)

*April 3rd, 1749, Havana †July 17th, 1810, Santiago de Cuba

54

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

French painter (1749-1803)

*April 11th, 1749, Paris †April 24th, 1803, Paris

50

William Blount

American statesman and land speculator who signed the United States Constitution (1749-1800)

*March 26th, 1749, Windsor †March 21st, 1800, Knoxville

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1749 is a normal year and no leap year.

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