December 31st, 1769

Born on December 31st, 1769

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 31st?

December 31st, 1950

Korean War: North Korean troops attacked United Nations forces in the first of two battles at Wonju.

December 31st, 2010

28 tornadoes (one depicted) touched down in midwestern and southern United States, part of an outbreak that led to the deaths of nine people and large property damage.

December 31st, 1999

Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin became acting president upon President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation.

December 31st, 1998

The European Exchange Rate Mechanism froze the exchange rates of the legacy currencies in the eurozone, establishing the value of the euro.

December 31st, 1993

Brandon Teena, an American trans man, was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska; his death led to increased lobbying for hate crime laws in the United States.

December 31st, 1986

Three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, killing more than 90 people and injuring 140 others, making it the second-deadliest hotel fire in United States history.

December 31st, 1972

Puerto Rican baseball player Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash en route to deliver aid to victims of that year's Nicaragua earthquake.

December 31st, 1965

Central African military officers led by Jean-Bédel Bokassa began a coup d'état against the government of President David Dacko.

December 31st, 1961

RTÉ, Ireland's first television network, began broadcasting.

December 31st, 1909

The Manhattan Bridge, connecting Lower Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn and considered to be the forerunner of modern suspension bridges, opened to traffic.

December 31st, 1907

New York City held its first annual ball drop event in Times Square as part of New Year's Eve celebrations.

December 31st, 1862

The Battle of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, began with an engagement in which both sides would suffer their highest casualty rates in the American Civil War.

December 31st, 1857

Queen Victoria announced the choice of Ottawa (pictured), then a small logging town, to be the capital of the British colony of Canada.

December 31st, 1775

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Quebec, British forces repulsed an attack by the Continental Army to capture Quebec City and enlist French Canadian support.

December 31st, 1759

Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease at £45 per annum to the St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin and began brewing Guinness.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 31st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 31st?

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

84

Henri Matisse

French artist (1869–1954)

*December 31st, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis †November 3rd, 1954, Nice

31

Manu Attri

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1992, Meerut

65

Ferdinand Noack

German classical archaeologist and classical philologist (1865-1931)

*December 31st, 1865, Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe †September 21st, 1931, Berlin

86

Anthony Hopkins

Welsh actor and director (born 1937)

*December 31st, 1937, Port Talbot

65

Jacques Cartier

Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)

*December 31st, 1491, Saint-Malo †September 1st, 1557, Saint-Malo

57

Rudy Gunawan

Badminton player

*December 31st, 1966, Surakarta City

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

75

Juan Manuel Rodríguez

President of El Salvador (1771-1847) First Mayor of San Salvador, Constituent Deputy And first Political Chief of El Salvador.

*December 31st, 1771, San Salvador †January 1st, 1847, Cojutepeque

96

Simon Wiesenthal

Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter

*December 31st, 1908, Buchach †September 20th, 2005, Vienna

78

George Marshall

American army officer and statesman (1880–1959)

*December 31st, 1880, Uniontown †October 16th, 1959, Washington, D.C.

87

Elizabeth Arden

Canadian American businesswoman

*December 31st, 1878, Woodbridge †October 18th, 1966, New York City

88

Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

King of Saudi Arabia since 2015

*December 31st, 1935, Riyadh

67

Vaughan Jones

New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist

*December 31st, 1952, Gisborne †September 6th, 2020, Nashville

70

James Remar

American actor

*December 31st, 1953, Boston

88

Giovanni Boldini

Italian painter (1842-1931)

*December 31st, 1842, Ferrara †January 12th, 1931, Paris

65

Bebe Neuwirth

American actress

*December 31st, 1958, Newark

51

Grégory Coupet

French association football player

*December 31st, 1972, Le Puy-en-Velay

93

Francesco Alberoni

Italian journalist and professor of sociology (1929–2023)

*December 31st, 1929, Borgonovo Val Tidone †August 14th, 2023, Milan

80

Ben Kingsley

English actor

*December 31st, 1943, Snainton

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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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