January 12th, 1769

Born on January 12th, 1769

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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

44

Paul Ludwig Simon

German architect and scientist (1771-1815)

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

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

81

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer

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

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

74

Ferenc Molnár

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

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

39

Swami Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

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

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

53

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

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

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

75

Charles Perrault

French author (1628-1703)

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

66

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

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51

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

*August 15th, 1769, Ajaccio †May 5th, 1821, Longwood House

89

Alexander von Humboldt

Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)

*September 14th, 1769, Berlin †May 6th, 1859, Berlin

83

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

British Field Marshal, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1828–1830, 1834

*May 1st, 1769, Dublin †September 14th, 1852, Walmer Castle

40

Jean Lannes

Marshal of France (1769-1809)

*April 10th, 1769, Lectoure †May 31st, 1809, Kaiserebersdorf

54

André-Jacques Garnerin

Inventor of the frameless parachute

*January 31st, 1769, Paris †August 18th, 1823, Paris

40

John Shortland

Royal Navy officer born 1769

*September 5th, 1769, England †January 21st, 1810

75

Ivan Krylov

Russian writer (1769-1844)

*February 2nd, 1769, Moscow †November 9th, 1844, Saint Petersburg

46

Michel Ney

French military commander

*January 10th, 1769, Saarlouis †December 7th, 1815, Paris

60

Thomas Lawrence

English portrait painter (1769–1830)

*April 13th, 1769, Bristol †January 7th, 1830, London

75

Laurent Mourguet

French puppeteer (1769-1844)

*March 3rd, 1769, Lyon †December 30th, 1844, Vienne

80

Muhammad Ali of Egypt

Albanian Ottoman commander and Wali of Egypt and Sudan (1769–1849)

*March 4th, 1769, Kavala †August 2nd, 1849, Alexandria

62

Georges Cuvier

French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)

*August 23rd, 1769, Montbéliard †May 13th, 1832, Paris

70

William Smith

Geologist credited with the first nationwide map (1769-1839)

*March 23rd, 1769, Churchill †August 28th, 1839, Northampton

90

Ernst Moritz Arndt

German historian, writer and politician (1769-1860)

*December 26th, 1769, Gross Schoritz †January 29th, 1860, Bonn

55

Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769-1824)

*May 6th, 1769, Florence †June 18th, 1824, Florence

84

Józef Elsner

Polish composer and conductor

*June 1st, 1769, Grodków †April 18th, 1854, Warsaw

70

Friedrich von der Decken

German diplomat (1769-1840)

*May 25th, 1769, Langwedel †May 22nd, 1840, Salzgitter-Ringelheim

92

Jacques Félix Jan de La Hamelinaye

French officer

*February 22nd, 1769, Montauban-de-Bretagne †April 14th, 1861, Rennes

67

James Pleasants

Governor of Virginia, 1822-1825

*October 24th, 1769, Powhatan County †November 9th, 1836, Goochland County

88

Ole Andreas Lindeman

Norwegian musician

*January 17th, 1769, Surnadal Municipality †February 26th, 1857, Trondheim

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1769 is a normal year and no leap year.

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