January 5th, 1759

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Born on January 5th, 1759 – 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 1759)

Born on January 5th, 1759

Weekday

Friday

January 5th, 1759 was a Friday.

Age

265

People born on January 5th, 1759 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 265 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1758 - January 20th, 1759

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 96,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 96 days, exactly on August 3rd, 2024, people who were born on January 5th, 1759 will be 97,000 days old!

96,904 Days

13,843 Weeks

3,183 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, 1759

Jacques Cathelineau

Insurrection leader during the French Revolution (1759-1793)

*January 5th, 1759, Le Pin-en-Mauges †July 14th, 1793, Saint-Florent-le-Vieil

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Who's birthday is on January 5th?

Constanze Mozart

Austrian singer

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

Konrad Adenauer

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

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

Ella Harper

American circus performer

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

Bradley Cooper

American actor

*January 5th, 1975, Philadelphia

Jean-Baptiste Say

French economist and businessman (1767–1832)

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

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

Ferdinand von Roemer

German geologist (1818-1891)

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

Deepika Padukone

Indian Actress

*January 5th, 1986, Copenhagen

Rudolf Christoph Eucken

(1846-1926) German philosopher

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

Robert Duvall

American actor and director

*January 5th, 1931, San Diego

Ralf Loose

German association football player and manager

*January 5th, 1963, Dortmund

Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos

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

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

Jacob Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)

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

Jean-Pierre Aumont

French actor (1911–2001)

*January 5th, 1911, Paris †January 30th, 2001, Saint-Tropez

Ted Lange

Actor, director, screenwriter

*January 5th, 1948, Oakland

Same year
Born in 1759

Friedrich Schiller

German poet, philosopher, historian and playwright (1759–1805)

*November 10th, 1759, Marbach am Neckar †May 9th, 1805, Weimar

Robert Burns

Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)

*January 25th, 1759, Alloway †July 21st, 1796, Dumfries

Mary Wollstonecraft

English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)

*April 27th, 1759, Spitalfields †September 10th, 1797, Somers Town

Johanna Catharina Höhn

*January 1st, 1759, Kottendorf †January 1st, 1783, Weimar

Georges Danton

French revolutionary (1759–1794)

*October 26th, 1759, Arcis-sur-Aube †April 5th, 1794, Paris

William Wilberforce

English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)

*August 24th, 1759, Wilberforce House †July 29th, 1833, London

Bruno Franz Leopold Liebermann

German theologian

*October 12th, 1759, Molsheim †November 15th, 1844, Strasbourg

William Pitt the Younger

British statesman (1759–1806)

*May 28th, 1759, Kent †January 23rd, 1806, London

James Edward Smith

English botanist (1759-1828)

*December 2nd, 1759, Norwich †March 17th, 1828, Norwich

Louis François Antoine Arbogast

French mathematician

*October 8th, 1759, Mutzig †April 18th, 1803, Strasbourg

Johann Georg von Dillis

German artist

*December 26th, 1759, Dorfen †September 28th, 1841, Munich

Thomas Andrew Knight

British botanist (1759-1838)

*August 12th, 1759, Ludlow †May 11th, 1838, London

Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein

Prince of Liechtenstein (1759-1805)

*May 14th, 1759, Vienna †March 24th, 1805, Vienna

François Andrieux

French man of letters and playwright (1759-1833)

*May 6th, 1759, Strasbourg †May 10th, 1833, former 10th arrondissement of Paris

Christian Leberecht Vogel

German painter and art historian (1759-1816)

*April 6th, 1759, Dresden †April 11th, 1816, Dresden

Maria Theresia von Paradis

Austrian musician and composer (1759–1824)

*May 15th, 1759, Vienna †February 1st, 1824, Vienna

Claude Lecourbe

French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1759-1815)

*February 22nd, 1759, Besançon †October 22nd, 1815, Belfort

Adrien Duport

French politician (1759-1798)

*February 24th, 1759, Paris †July 6th, 1798, Gais

Israel Smith

American judge and politician (1759–1810)

*April 4th, 1759, Suffield †December 2nd, 1810, Rutland

Friedrich August Wolf

German philologist

*February 15th, 1759, Hainrode †August 8th, 1824, Marseille

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)

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Date as a Roman numeral / digit

V.I.MDCCLIX

5.1.1759

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1759 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1759

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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, 1759

Born on January 5th, 1759

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 96,000 days old!

96,904 Days

13,843 Weeks

3,183 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, 1759

Insurrection leader during the French Revolution (1759-1793)

Same Day Who's birthday is on January 5th?

Same year Born in 1759

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

5.1.1759

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