Born on January 8th, 1780
Weekday
Saturday
January 8th, 1780 was a Saturday.
Age
People born on January 8th, 1780 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 244 years old this year (2024).
Zodiac
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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)
December 22nd, 1779 - January 20th, 1780
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 89,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 774 days, exactly on June 7th, 2026, people who were born on January 8th, 1780 will be 90,000 days old!
89,226 Days
12,746 Weeks
2,931 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on January 8th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 8th
Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 8th?
76 Stephen Hawking
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge
42 Elvis Presley
American singer and actor (1935–1977)
*January 8th, 1935, Tupelo †August 16th, 1977, Memphis.jpeg "David Bowie")
69 David Bowie
English musician and actor (1947–2016)
*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan
65 Wilkie Collins
British writer (1824-1889)
*January 8th, 1824, London †September 23rd, 1889, LondonJoseph Déchelette
French archaeologist and prehistorian
*January 8th, 1862, Roanne †October 3rd, 1914, Nouvron-Vingré
Per A. Anonsen
Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer
*January 8th, 1942, Oslo
90 Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)
*January 8th, 1823, Usk †November 7th, 1913, Broadstone_03_(cropped).jpg "Kim Jong-un")
40 Kim Jong-un
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
*January 8th, 1984, PyongyangHans von Bülow
German conductor and pianist (1830–1894)
*January 8th, 1830, Dresden †February 12th, 1894, Cairo
Ludwig Reichenbach
German botanist (1793–1879)
*January 8th, 1793, Leipzig †March 17th, 1879, Dresden
Same year
Born in 1780
86 Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
French painter (1780-1867)
*August 29th, 1780, Montauban †January 14th, 1867, Paris
30 Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
French admiral and explorer (1729–1811)
*November 12th, 1780, Paris †August 31st, 1811, MarseilleJohannes van den Bosch
Dutch general and statesman (1780–1844)
*February 2nd, 1780, Herwijnen †January 28th, 1844, The Hague
51 Carl von Clausewitz
German-Prussian general and military theorist
*June 1st, 1780, Burg †November 16th, 1831, WrocławRanjit Singh
First Maharaja of the Sikh Empire (1780–1839))
*November 13th, 1780, Gujranwala †June 27th, 1839, Lahore Fort
81 Karl Nesselrode
Russian diplomat (1780-1862)
*December 14th, 1780, Lisbon †March 23rd, 1862, Saint Petersburg
70 Richard Mentor Johnson
Vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841
*October 17th, 1780, Louisville †November 19th, 1850, Frankfort
77 Hinrich Lichtenstein
German physician, explorer, botanist and zoologist (1780-1857)
*January 10th, 1780, Hamburg †September 3rd, 1857, Kiel
63 Iver Hesselberg
Norwegian priest, politician and author (1780-1844)
*December 16th, 1780, Drammen Municipality †August 19th, 1844, Christiania
70 Heinrich Christian Schumacher
German-Danish astronomer (1780-1850)
*September 3rd, 1780, Bad Bramstedt †December 28th, 1850, Altona
64 Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean
French general, then entomologist, 19th century
*August 10th, 1780, Amiens †March 17th, 1845, Paris
76 John Wilson Croker
Anglo-Irish politician and statesman (1780-1857)
*December 20th, 1780, Galway †August 10th, 1857, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
70 Jean-Frédéric de Turckheim
French politician and private banker (1780-1850)
*December 10th, 1780, Strasbourg †December 13th, 1850, Paris
69 Théophile Marion Dumersan
French writer
*January 4th, 1780, Plou †April 13th, 1849, 2nd arrondissement of ParisBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on January 8th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 8th.
Babinden (Belarus, Russia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BabindenOur Lady of Prompt Succor (Roman Catholic Church)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Prompt_SuccorJanuary 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_8_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Commonwealth Day (Northern Mariana Islands)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mariana_IslandsEarliest day on which Children's Day can fall, while January 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Saturday in January. (Thailand)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_ThailandTyping Day (International observance)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typing_DayDate as a Roman numeral / digit
8.1.1780
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1780 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).