January 23rd, 1761

Born on January 23rd, 1761

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

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What happened on January 23rd?

January 23rd, 2003

The final signal was detected from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10, then about 12 billion kilometres (7.5 billion miles) from Earth.

January 23rd, 1846

Ahmad Bey declared the legal abolition of slavery in Tunisia.

January 23rd, 1571

Queen Elizabeth I opened the Royal Exchange in London, giving it its royal title.

January 23rd, 1368

The Hongwu Emperor (pictured) ascended the throne, initiating the Ming dynasty, which would rule China for three centuries.

January 23rd, 2002

American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and later murdered by al-Qaeda agents in Karachi, Pakistan.

January 23rd, 1997

Madeleine Albright was sworn in as the first female United States Secretary of State, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government at that time.

January 23rd, 1993

The first version of Mosaic, created by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, was released, becoming the first popular web browser.

January 23rd, 1968

USS Pueblo was seized by North Korean forces, who claimed that it had violated their territorial waters while spying.

January 23rd, 1967

The English new town of Milton Keynes was founded in Buckinghamshire, incorporating four towns and fifteen villages as well as planned new developments on intervening farmland.

January 23rd, 1957

American inventor Fred Morrison sold the rights to his "flying disc" to the Wham-O toy company, who later renamed it the "Frisbee"

January 23rd, 1942

World War II: Japan began an invasion of the island of New Britain in the Australian Territory of New Guinea.

January 23rd, 1915

Rebels led by John Chilembwe attacked local plantation owners, beginning an uprising regarded as a key moment in the history of Malawi.

January 23rd, 1909

Two men committed an armed robbery in Tottenham, London, and led police on a two-hour chase, partially by tram, that ended in the perpetrators' suicides.

January 23rd, 1902

In the most fatal recorded mountaineering accident, 199 of the 210 members of an Imperial Japanese Army unit perished in a blizzard on the Hakkōda Mountains.

January 23rd, 1870

American Indian Wars: In the Marias Massacre, the United States Army killed about 200 Piegan Blackfeet, mostly women, children, and the elderly.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 23rd

Same year
Born in 1761

70

James Hoban

Irish architect

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

83

Marie Harel

Inventor of Camembert Cheese

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

69

Pius VIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1829 to 1830

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

46

Selim III

Ottoman sultan (1761-1808)

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

72

William Carey

English Baptist missionary and Particular Baptist minister (1761-1834)

*August 17th, 1761, Northamptonshire †June 9th, 1834, Kolkata

57

August von Kotzebue

German dramatist and writer

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

43

Jean-Charles Pichegru

French general (1761-1804)

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

71

Gottlob Ernst Schulze

German philosopher (1761-1833)

*August 23rd, 1761, Heldrungen †January 14th, 1833, Göttingen

77

René-Pierre Choudieu

French politician (1761-1838)

*September 20th, 1761, Angers †December 9th, 1838, Paris

54

Samuel Dexter

American politician (1761–1816) who served in Congress and in Presidential Cabinets of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

*May 14th, 1761, Boston †May 4th, 1816, Cambridge

38

Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal

Regent of Schaumburg-Lippe from 1787 to 1799

*June 8th, 1761, Zutphen †November 9th, 1799, Bückeburg

60

John Rennie

Engineer from Scotland (1761-1821)

*June 7th, 1761, East Lothian †October 4th, 1821, London

45

Sophie Mereau

German writer, editor

*March 27th, 1761, Altenburg †October 31st, 1806, Heidelberg

63

Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck

Dutch ambassador and Grand pensionary of Holland (1761-1825)

*October 31st, 1761, Deventer †February 15th, 1825, Amsterdam

74

Friedrich Vieweg

German publisher (1761-1835)

*March 11th, 1761, Halle (Saale) †December 25th, 1835, Brunswick

68

Diego Muñoz Torrero

Spanish politician (1761-1829)

*January 21st, 1761, Cabeza del Buey †March 16th, 1829, Oeiras e São Julião da Barra

51

Jan Willem de Winter

Dutch admiral (1761–1812)

*March 23rd, 1761, Kampen †June 2nd, 1812, Paris

57

Marie-Gabrielle Capet

French painter (1761-1818)

*September 6th, 1761, Lyon †November 1st, 1818, Paris

60

Dorothea von Medem

Baltic noble

*February 3rd, 1761, Mežotne †August 20th, 1821, Löbichau

67

Nicolas Frochot

French politician

*March 20th, 1761, Dijon †July 29th, 1828, Rouvres-sur-Aube

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Leap year

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

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