April 12th, 1774

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Born on April 12th, 1774 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on April 12th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on April 12th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (April 1774)

Born on April 12th, 1774

Weekday

Tuesday

April 12th, 1774 was a Tuesday.

Age

250

People born on April 12th, 1774 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 250 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

March 21st, 1774 - April 20th, 1774

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 91,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 672 days, exactly on March 2nd, 2026, people who were born on April 12th, 1774 will be 92,000 days old!

91,328 Days

13,046 Weeks

3,000 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on April 12th?

April 12th, 2012

The Guinea-Bissau military seized control in a coup amid a presidential election, later handing power to a transitional administration under Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo.

April 12th, 1993

Bosnian War: NATO forces began Operation Deny Flight (aircraft pictured) to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered by the United Nations Security Council.

April 12th, 1983

Harold Washington was elected as the first African-American mayor of Chicago.

April 12th, 1980

Canadian athlete Terry Fox embarked on an east-to-west "Marathon of Hope" from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with a prosthetic leg to raise funds for cancer research.

April 12th, 1961

Aboard Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin performed the first human spaceflight, completing one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes.

April 12th, 1910

SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, was launched in Trieste.

April 12th, 1861

Confederate forces began a bombardment of Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, starting the American Civil War.

April 12th, 1831

The Broughton Suspension Bridge near Manchester, England, collapsed reportedly because of mechanical resonance induced by troops marching in step across it.

April 12th, 1822

Greek War of Independence: Ottoman troops began a massacre of tens of thousands of Greeks (depicted) on the island of Chios.

April 12th, 1807

The Froberg mutiny of Greek and Albanian troops in British service ended with the explosion of the gunpowder magazine at Fort Ricasoli, Malta.

April 12th, 1776

American Revolution: The North Carolina Provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves, the first official action in the American colonies calling for independence from Great Britain.

April 12th, 1204

Troops of the Fourth Crusade entered Constantinople and began a sack of the city, temporarily dissolving the Byzantine Empire.

April 12th, 2010

Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.

April 12th, 2009

Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.

April 12th, 2007

A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 12th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 12th?

Manuel Turizo

Venezolano singer

*April 12th, 2000, Barranquilla

Paulo Londra

Argentinian singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

Henry Clay

American politician from Kentucky (1777-1852)

*April 12th, 1777, Hanover County †June 29th, 1852, Washington, D.C.

Rahmat Adianto

Badminton player

*April 12th, 1990, Jakarta

David Hogg

American gun control activist and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 2000, Los Angeles

Rvssian

Jamaican record producer, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 1988, Kingston

Claire Danes

American actress

*April 12th, 1979, Manhattan

Tom Clancy

American author (1947–2013)

*April 12th, 1947, Baltimore †October 1st, 2013, Baltimore

Saoirse Ronan

Irish–American actress (born 1994)

*April 12th, 1994, The Bronx

Jan Tinbergen

Dutch economist (1903–1994)

*April 12th, 1903, The Hague †June 9th, 1994, The Hague

Jennifer Morrison

American actress, model, film producer

*April 12th, 1979, Chicago

Alan Ayckbourn

English playwright

*April 12th, 1939, London

Raymond Barre

85th Prime Minister of France (1924-2007)

*April 12th, 1924, Saint-Denis †August 25th, 2007, 5th arrondissement of Paris

David Letterman

American comedian and television host

*April 12th, 1947, Indianapolis

James Hillman

American psychologist (1926-2011)

*April 12th, 1926, Atlantic City †October 27th, 2011, Thompson

Carlos Sainz

Spanish racing driver

*April 12th, 1962, Madrid

Lisa Gerrard

Australian musician, singer and composer

*April 12th, 1961, Melbourne

Ed O'Neill

American actor (born 1946)

*April 12th, 1946, Youngstown

Matthias Büttner

German politician (born 1983)

*April 12th, 1983, Staßfurt

Antoine Laurent de Jussieu

French botanist (1748-1836)

*April 12th, 1748, Lyon †September 17th, 1836, Paris

Same year
Born in 1774

Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs

German chemist and mineralogist (1774-1856)

*May 15th, 1774, Bavarian Forest †March 5th, 1856, Munich

Hans Graf von Bülow

German noble (1774–1825)

*July 14th, 1774, Essenrode †August 11th, 1825, Lądek-Zdrój

Johann Ernst Daniel Bornschein

German author (1774–1838)

*July 20th, 1774, Prettin †April 1st, 1838, Gera

Jean-Baptiste Biot

French scientist (1774-1862)

*April 21st, 1774, Paris †February 3rd, 1862, Paris

Gaspare Spontini

Italian composer and conductor

*November 14th, 1774, Maiolati Spontini †January 24th, 1851, Maiolati Spontini

Caspar David Friedrich

German Romantic landscape painter (1774–1840)

*September 5th, 1774, Greifswald †May 7th, 1840, Dresden

Robert Southey

English romantic poet (1774–1843)

*August 12th, 1774, Bristol †March 21st, 1843, Keswick

Francis Beaufort

Irish hydrographer and naval officer (1774-1857)

*May 27th, 1774, Navan †December 17th, 1857, Hove

Tadeusz Tyszkiewicz

*September 6th, 1774, Belvederis †April 3rd, 1852, Paris

Meriwether Lewis

American explorer (1774-1809)

*August 18th, 1774, Albemarle County †October 11th, 1809, Hickman County

Carl Haller von Hallerstein

German architect

*June 10th, 1774, Hiltpoltstein Castle †January 1st, 1817, Tempi Municipality

Daniel D. Tompkins

American politician; sixth vice president of the United States (1774–1825)

*June 21st, 1774, Scarsdale †June 11th, 1825, Castleton, Staten Island

Domenico Rossetti

Academic (1774 - 1842), member of the Accademia delle Scienze di Torino since 1832

*March 19th, 1774, Trieste †November 29th, 1842, Trieste

Elizabeth Ann Seton

First native-born American saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1774-1821)

*August 28th, 1774, New York City †January 4th, 1821, Emmitsburg

Claude Charles Marie du Campe de Rosamel

French naval minister (1774-1848)

*June 24th, 1774, Frencq †March 27th, 1848, Paris

Adolf Müllner

German writer

*October 18th, 1774, Langendorf †June 11th, 1829, Weißenfels

Ludwig von Vincke

Politician, writer and jurist (1774-1844)

*December 23rd, 1774, Minden †December 2nd, 1844, Münster

Antonio González de Balcarce

Argentine general

*June 24th, 1774, Buenos Aires †August 5th, 1819, Buenos Aires

Francis Baily

British astronomer

*April 28th, 1774, Newbury †August 30th, 1844, London

Ferdinand Hartmann

German painter (1774-1842)

*July 14th, 1774, Stuttgart †January 6th, 1842, Dresden

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarin) which are celebrated on April 12th.

Cosmonautics Day (Russia)

Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarinen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmonautics_Day

International Day of Human Space Flight

Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarinen.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Human_Space_Flight

Yuri's Night (International observance)

Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarinen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri's_Night

Halifax Day (North Carolina)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_American_Revolution_holidays

National Redemption Day (Liberia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Liberia

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XII.IV.MDCCLXXIV

12.4.1774

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1774 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
April 1774

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April 12th, 1774

Born on April 12th, 1774

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♈

Aries (The Ram)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 91,000 days old!

91,328 Days

13,046 Weeks

3,000 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on April 12th?

The Guinea-Bissau military seized control in a coup amid a presidential election, later handing power to a transitional administration under Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo.

Bosnian War: NATO forces began Operation Deny Flight (aircraft pictured) to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered by the United Nations Security Council.

Harold Washington was elected as the first African-American mayor of Chicago.

Canadian athlete Terry Fox embarked on an east-to-west "Marathon of Hope" from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with a prosthetic leg to raise funds for cancer research.

Aboard Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin performed the first human spaceflight, completing one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes.

SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, was launched in Trieste.

Confederate forces began a bombardment of Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, starting the American Civil War.

The Broughton Suspension Bridge near Manchester, England, collapsed reportedly because of mechanical resonance induced by troops marching in step across it.

Greek War of Independence: Ottoman troops began a massacre of tens of thousands of Greeks (depicted) on the island of Chios.

The Froberg mutiny of Greek and Albanian troops in British service ended with the explosion of the gunpowder magazine at Fort Ricasoli, Malta.

American Revolution: The North Carolina Provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves, the first official action in the American colonies calling for independence from Great Britain.

Troops of the Fourth Crusade entered Constantinople and began a sack of the city, temporarily dissolving the Byzantine Empire.

Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.

Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.

A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 12th

Same Day Who's birthday is on April 12th?

Same year Born in 1774

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 12th

Children's Day (Bolivia)

Adoniram Judson (Episcopal Church)

Alferius

Blessed Angelo Carletti di Chivasso

Erkembode

Pope Julius I

Teresa of the Andes

Zeno of Verona

April 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Cosmonautics Day (Russia)

International Day of Human Space Flight

Yuri's Night (International observance)

Halifax Day (North Carolina)

National Redemption Day (Liberia)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

12.4.1774

Legend

Leap year

Calendar April 1774

April 1774

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 91,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 12th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 12th?

Same year
Born in 1774

Calendar
April 1774

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