January 12th, 1761

Born on January 12th, 1761

Age in days, weeks and months
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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?

62

Pierre Daru

French writer, academic and statesman (1767-1829)

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

81

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer

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

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

25

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

65

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

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

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

40

Jack London

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

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

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

44

Paul Ludwig Simon

German architect and scientist (1771-1815)

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

74

Ferenc Molnár

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

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

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

39

Swami Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

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

53

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

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

75

Charles Perrault

French author (1628-1703)

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

64

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

78

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

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

66

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

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83

Marie Harel

Inventor of Camembert Cheese

*April 28th, 1761, Crouttes †November 9th, 1844, Vimoutiers

46

Selim III

Ottoman sultan (1761-1808)

*December 24th, 1761, Istanbul †July 29th, 1808, Constantinople

70

James Hoban

Irish architect

*November 30th, 1761, County Kilkenny †December 8th, 1831, Washington, D.C.

73

Jacques Claude Beugnot

French politician (1761-1835)

*July 25th, 1761, Bar-sur-Aube †June 24th, 1835, Bagneux

69

Pius VIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1829 to 1830

*November 20th, 1761, Cingoli †November 30th, 1830, Rome

57

August von Kotzebue

German dramatist and writer

*May 3rd, 1761, Weimar †March 23rd, 1819, Mannheim

88

Marie Tussaud

French artist (1761–1850)

*December 1st, 1761, Strasbourg †April 16th, 1850, London

54

Jan Potocki

Polish nobleman, writer (creating in French), traveler, politician and historian

*March 8th, 1761, Pykiv †December 2nd, 1815, Uladivka

65

Jacob Hübner

German entomologist (1761–1826)

*June 20th, 1761, Augsburg †September 13th, 1826, Augsburg

65

Georg Nikolaus von Nissen

Danish diplomat and music historian

*January 22nd, 1761, Haderslev †March 24th, 1826, Salzburg

47

John Moore

British Army general (1761-1809)

*November 13th, 1761, Glasgow †January 16th, 1809, A Coruña

72

Johann Stephan Gottfried Büsching

German politician (1761-1833)

*April 18th, 1761, Göttingen †April 23rd, 1833, Berlin

54

Thaddäus Haenke

Sudeten botanist, traveller, ethnographer, cartographer and doctor

*December 5th, 1761, Chřibská †November 14th, 1816, Cochabamba

43

Jean-Charles Pichegru

French general (1761-1804)

*February 16th, 1761, Les Planches-près-Arbois †April 5th, 1804, Paris

66

Louis-Nicolas Robert

French papermaker

*December 2nd, 1761, Paris †August 8th, 1828, Vernouillet

74

Louis de Sol de Grisolles

French military personnel

*December 29th, 1761, Guérande †April 13th, 1836, Bordeaux

71

Matthias Conrad Peterson

Norwegian businessman and journalist

*September 21st, 1761, Schleswig †February 14th, 1833, Trondheim

89

Francisco Rodríguez del Toro

Venezuelan military personnel

*December 18th, 1761, Caracas †May 10th, 1851, Caracas

57

Luigi Valentino Brugnatelli

Italian chemist and inventor (1761-1818)

*February 14th, 1761, Pavia †October 24th, 1818, Pavia

67

Richard Anthony Salisbury

British botanist and gardener (1761-1829)

*May 2nd, 1761, Leeds †March 23rd, 1829, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1761 is a normal year and no leap year.

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