January 12th, 1755

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Born on January 12th, 1755 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 12th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 12th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1755)

Born on January 12th, 1755

Weekday

Sunday

January 12th, 1755 was a Sunday.

Age

269

People born on January 12th, 1755 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 269 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1754 - January 20th, 1755

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 98,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 647 days, exactly on January 31st, 2026, people who were born on January 12th, 1755 will be 99,000 days old!

98,353 Days

14,050 Weeks

3,231 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on January 12th?

January 12th, 1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Natal Native Contingent and British troops defeated Zulu forces in the Action at Sihayo's Kraal.

January 12th, 1865

The foundation stone of Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork was laid.

January 12th, 2010

Iranian physicist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi was assassinated while leaving his home for the University of Tehran, where he was a professor.

January 12th, 2007

Comet McNaught (pictured) reached perihelion, becoming the brightest comet in over 40 years, with an apparent magnitude of −5.5.

January 12th, 1964

Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah was overthrown by rebels led by John Okello, ending 200 years of Arab dominance in Zanzibar.

January 12th, 1918

An underground explosion at a coal mine in Staffordshire, England, killed 155 men and boys.

January 12th, 1916

Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann became the first German aviators to be awarded the Pour le Mérite, Germany's highest military honour.

January 12th, 1895

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded.

January 12th, 1808

John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church in Reculver from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture.

January 12th, 1777

Mission Santa Clara de Asís (pictured), a Spanish mission in California that formed the basis of both the city of Santa Clara and Santa Clara University, was established by the Franciscans.

January 12th, 1659

The fort at Allahabad was surrendered to the forces of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

January 12th, 1554

Bayinnaung, who later assembled what was probably the largest empire in the history of mainland Southeast Asia, was crowned as the king of the Burmese Toungoo dynasty.

January 12th, 0475

Basiliscus became Byzantine emperor after Zeno was forced to flee Constantinople.

January 12th, 2020

Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people.

January 12th, 2016

Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 12th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 12th?

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer

*January 12th, 1746, Zürich †February 17th, 1827, Brugg

Pierre Daru

French writer, academic and statesman (1767-1829)

*January 12th, 1767, Montpellier †September 5th, 1829, Meulan-en-Yvelines

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

*January 12th, 1874, Munich †June 4th, 1939, Göttingen

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

Jack London

American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)

*January 12th, 1876, San Francisco †November 22nd, 1916, Glen Ellen

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

Ferenc Molnár

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

*January 12th, 1878, Budapest †April 1st, 1952, New York City

Swami Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

*January 12th, 1863, Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House & Cultural Centre †July 4th, 1902, Belur

Charles Perrault

French author (1628-1703)

*January 12th, 1628, Paris †May 16th, 1703, Paris

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

*January 12th, 1893, Rosenheim †October 15th, 1946, Nuremberg Court Prison

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

*January 12th, 1928, Portsmouth †November 17th, 2006, Las Vegas

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

Paul Ludwig Simon

German architect and scientist (1771-1815)

*January 12th, 1771, Berlin †February 14th, 1815, Berlin

Same year
Born in 1755

Marie Antoinette

Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution

*November 2nd, 1755, Hofburg Palace †October 16th, 1793, place de la Concorde

Louis XVIII of France

Bourbon King of France and of Navarre (1755-1824)

*November 17th, 1755, Palace of Versailles †September 16th, 1824, Tuileries Palace

Gottlob Heinrich von Lindenau

*August 18th, 1755, Altenburg †July 15th, 1830, Neustädtel

Samuel Hahnemann

German physician known for creating homeopathy

*April 10th, 1755, Meissen †July 2nd, 1843, former 1st arrondissement of Paris

Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras

French politician (1745-1829)

*June 30th, 1755, Fox-Amphoux †January 29th, 1829, Chaillot

Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Rochambeau

French soldier

*April 7th, 1755, Paris †September 20th, 1813, Leipzig

Sarah Siddons

Welsh actress (1755-1831)

*July 5th, 1755, Brecon †June 8th, 1831, London

Jan Henryk Dąbrowski

Polish general (1755–1818)

*August 2nd, 1755, Pierzchów †June 6th, 1818, Winna Góra, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

18th- and 19th-century French painter (1755–1842)

*April 16th, 1755, Paris †March 30th, 1842, Paris

Georges Couthon

French politician and lawyer (1755–1794)

*December 22nd, 1755, Orcet †July 28th, 1794, Paris

François Joseph Lefebvre

Marshal of France (1755-1820)

*October 25th, 1755, Rouffach †September 14th, 1820, Paris

Carl Ernst Christoph Hess

German copperplate engraver

*January 22nd, 1755, Darmstadt †July 25th, 1828, Munich

Anacharsis Cloots

Prussian noble (1755-1794)

*June 24th, 1755, Kleve †March 24th, 1794, Paris

Jean-Nicolas Corvisart

French physician (1755-1821)

*February 15th, 1755, Dricourt †September 18th, 1821, Paris

Paolo Mascagni

Italian physician (1755-1815)

*January 25th, 1755, Pomarance †October 19th, 1815, Chiusdino

Stephen Groombridge

British astronomer

*January 7th, 1755, Kent †March 30th, 1832, London

Robert Gray

American merchant sea captain

*May 10th, 1755, Tiverton †July 1st, 1806, Charleston

Axel von Fersen the Younger

Swedish politician (1755-1810)

*September 4th, 1755, Jakob and Johannes parish †June 20th, 1810, Stockholm

Werner Jasper Andreas Moltke

Danish geheimrat

*September 15th, 1755, Walkendorf †August 15th, 1835, Køge

Natalia Alexeievna of Russia

Russian Grand duchess (1755-1776)

*June 25th, 1755, Prenzlau †April 15th, 1776, Saint Petersburg

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 12th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XII.I.MDCCLV

12.1.1755

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1755 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1755

January 1755

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

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January 12th, 1755

Born on January 12th, 1755

Weekday

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Age

Zodiac

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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 98,000 days old!

98,353 Days

14,050 Weeks

3,231 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 12th?

Anglo-Zulu War: Natal Native Contingent and British troops defeated Zulu forces in the Action at Sihayo's Kraal.

The foundation stone of Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork was laid.

Iranian physicist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi was assassinated while leaving his home for the University of Tehran, where he was a professor.

Comet McNaught (pictured) reached perihelion, becoming the brightest comet in over 40 years, with an apparent magnitude of −5.5.

Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah was overthrown by rebels led by John Okello, ending 200 years of Arab dominance in Zanzibar.

An underground explosion at a coal mine in Staffordshire, England, killed 155 men and boys.

Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann became the first German aviators to be awarded the Pour le Mérite, Germany's highest military honour.

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded.

John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church in Reculver from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture.

Mission Santa Clara de Asís (pictured), a Spanish mission in California that formed the basis of both the city of Santa Clara and Santa Clara University, was established by the Franciscans.

The fort at Allahabad was surrendered to the forces of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

Bayinnaung, who later assembled what was probably the largest empire in the history of mainland Southeast Asia, was crowned as the king of the Burmese Toungoo dynasty.

Basiliscus became Byzantine emperor after Zeno was forced to flee Constantinople.

Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people.

Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 12th

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 12th

Aelred of Rievaulx

Benedict Biscop

Bernard of Corleone

Marguerite Bourgeoys

Tatiana

January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Memorial Day (Turkmenistan)

National Youth Day (India)

Prosecutor General's Day (Russia)

Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania)

Yennayer (Algeria)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

12.1.1755

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