January 10th, 1787

Born on January 10th, 1787

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 10th?

January 10th, 2007

A general strike began in Guinea as an attempt to force President Lansana Conté to resign, eventually resulting in the appointment of two new prime ministers.

January 10th, 1993

The Braer Storm, the strongest extratropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Atlantic, reached peak intensity.

January 10th, 1985

Sir Clive Sinclair launched the Sinclair C5 personal electric vehicle (pictured), "one of the great marketing bombs of postwar British industry", which later became a cult collectable despite its commercial failure.

January 10th, 1966

India and Pakistan signed the Tashkent Declaration to end the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.

January 10th, 1946

The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened in London with representatives from the original 51 member states.

January 10th, 1941

Greco-Italian War: The Greek army captured the strategically important Klisura Pass in Albania.

January 10th, 1929

Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, began serialisation.

January 10th, 1927

The science fiction film Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, was released in Germany.

January 10th, 1923

Lithuanian residents of the Klaipėda Region began a revolt, ahead of a League of Nations decision on their future which they expected to be against their interest.

January 10th, 1917

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months.

January 10th, 1901

The first great gusher of the Texas oil boom was discovered in the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont.

January 10th, 1863

Service began on the Metropolitan Railway (construction depicted) between Paddington and Farringdon Street, today the oldest segment of the London Underground.

January 10th, 1812

New Orleans (pictured), the first steamship on the Mississippi River, arrived at New Orleans to complete its maiden voyage.

January 10th, 1776

Common Sense, a pamphlet by Thomas Paine denouncing British rule in the Thirteen Colonies, was published.

January 10th, 1475

Moldavian–Ottoman Wars: Stephen the Great led Moldavian forces to defeat an Ottoman attack under Hadım Suleiman Pasha near Vaslui in present-day Romania.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 10th

Same year
Born in 1787

63

Louis Daguerre

French photographer, inventor of Daguerrotype (1787–1851)

*November 18th, 1787, Cormeilles-en-Parisis †July 10th, 1851, Bry-sur-Marne

84

Michele Carafa

Italian opera composer

*November 17th, 1787, Naples †July 26th, 1872, Paris

39

Joseph von Fraunhofer

Bavarian physicist and optical lens manufacturer

*March 6th, 1787, Straubing †June 7th, 1826, Munich

81

Jan Evangelista Purkyně

Czech biologist, physiologist, doctor, inventor and politician (1787–1869)

*December 17th, 1787, Libochovice †July 28th, 1869, Prague

64

Nangklao

Third king of Siam of the Chakri Dynasty

*March 31st, 1787, Grand Palace †April 2nd, 1851, Bangkok

44

Rasmus Rask

Danish linguist

*November 22nd, 1787, Brændekilde †November 14th, 1832, Copenhagen

69

Jakob Friedrich Binder

German assessor and politician (1787-1856)

*April 25th, 1787, Oberferrieden †December 26th, 1856, Nuremberg

77

Christian Ludwig Brehm

German pastor and ornithologist (1787-1864)

*January 24th, 1787, Schönau vor dem Walde †June 23rd, 1864, Renthendorf

87

Guillaume Henri Dufour

Swiss army officer, bridge engineer and topographer (1787-1875)

*September 15th, 1787, Constance †July 14th, 1875, Eaux-Vives

79

Adolf Martin Pleischl

Austrian chemist (1787-1867)

*October 10th, 1787, Horní Planá †July 31st, 1867, Dorf an der Enns

75

John J. Crittenden

U.S. Attorney General and politician from Kentucky (1787-1863)

*September 10th, 1787, Versailles †July 26th, 1863, Frankfort

63

Alexander Alyabyev

Russian composer

*August 4th, 1787, Tobolsk †February 22nd, 1851, Moscow

67

John Davis

Massachusetts congressman and governor (1787-1854)

*January 13th, 1787, Northborough †April 19th, 1854, Worcester

39

Friedrich Krupp

German entrepreneur

*July 17th, 1787, Essen †October 8th, 1826, Essen

73

Leopold von Rauch

(1787-1860)

*February 27th, 1787, Königsberg †November 26th, 1860, Třebívlice

75

Heinrich Adam

German painter (1787–1862)

*January 1st, 1787, Nördlingen †January 1st, 1862, Munich

82

Louis Jacques Maurice de Bonald

Catholic cardinal (1787-1870)

*October 30th, 1787, Millau †February 23rd, 1870, 5th arrondissement of Lyon

66

Carl Carl

Austrian actor (1787-1854)

*November 7th, 1787, Kraków †August 14th, 1854, Bad Ischl

51

Johannes Christiaan Schotel

19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1787-1838)

*November 11th, 1787, Dordrecht †December 21st, 1838, Dordrecht

36

Pierre Antoine Delalande

French naturalist, with the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, was sent 1818 to South Africa in order to find animals and plants at the Cape of Good Hope, returned to France 1820 bringing 800-900 living plants.

*March 27th, 1787, Versailles †June 27th, 1823, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1787 is a normal year and no leap year.

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