Born on January 12th, 1788
Weekday
Saturday
January 12th, 1788 was a Saturday.
Age
People born on January 12th, 1788 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 236 years old this year (2024).
Zodiac
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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)
December 22nd, 1787 - January 20th, 1788
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 86,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 706 days, exactly on March 25th, 2026, people who were born on January 12th, 1788 will be 87,000 days old!
86,294 Days
12,327 Weeks
2,835 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on January 12th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 12th
Born on January 12th, 1788
José Manuel da Cunha Faro Menezes Portugal da Gama Carneiro e Sousa
Prime Minister of Portugal (1788-1849)
*January 12th, 1788, Lisbon †October 24th, 1849, LisbonSame 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
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81 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer
*January 12th, 1746, Zürich †February 17th, 1827, Brugg
40 Jack London
American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)
*January 12th, 1876, San Francisco †November 22nd, 1916, Glen Ellen
39 Swami Vivekananda
Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)
*January 12th, 1863, Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House & Cultural Centre †July 4th, 1902, Belur
74 Ferenc Molnár
Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)
*January 12th, 1878, Budapest †April 1st, 1952, New York City_(cropped).jpg "Jeff Bezos")
53 Hermann Göring
German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal
*January 12th, 1893, Rosenheim †October 15th, 1946, Nuremberg Court Prison_(cropped).jpg "Oliver Platt")
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78 Ruth Brown
American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)
*January 12th, 1928, Portsmouth †November 17th, 2006, Las Vegas
Same year
Born in 1788
36 Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
*January 22nd, 1788, City of Westminster †April 19th, 1824, Missolonghi
72 Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788–1860)
*February 22nd, 1788, Gdańsk †September 21st, 1860, Frankfurt
74 Boniface de Castellane
Marshal of France (1788-1862)
*March 26th, 1788, Paris †September 16th, 1862, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon
39 Augustin-Jean Fresnel
French engineer and physicist (1788-1827)
*May 10th, 1788, Broglie †July 14th, 1827, Ville-d'AvrayGodefroy Engelmann
French-German lithographer (1788-1839)
*August 17th, 1788, Mulhouse †April 25th, 1839, MulhouseRobert Peel
British Prime Minister, Conservative statesman, and art collector (1788–1850)
*February 5th, 1788, Ramsbottom †July 2nd, 1850, Westminster
90 Sarah Josepha Hale
American writer and editor
*October 24th, 1788, Newport †April 30th, 1879, Philadelphia
63 Margaret Taylor
First Lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850
*September 21st, 1788, Calvert County †August 14th, 1852, Mississippi
71 Walenty Zwierkowski
*February 20th, 1788, Mokrzesz †December 15th, 1859, 10th arrondissement of Paris
89 Antoine César Becquerel
French scientist and pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena (1788-1878)
*March 7th, 1788, Châtillon-Coligny †January 18th, 1878, 5th arrondissement of ParisFrancesco Maria Avellino
Italian archaeologist, numismatist, art historian, legal historian, economist and academic (1788-1850)
*August 14th, 1788, Naples †January 9th, 1850, Naples
62 Ludwig von Wohlgemuth
Austrian general (1788-1851)
*May 25th, 1788, Vienna †April 18th, 1851, Pest
75 Charles Robert Cockerell
English architect, archaeologist, and writer
*April 27th, 1788, London †September 17th, 1863, London
76 Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
Archaeologist (1788-1865)
*December 29th, 1788, Copenhagen †May 21st, 1865, Copenhagen
79 Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
French archaeologist (1788-1868)
*September 10th, 1788, Perthes †August 5th, 1868, Abbeville
78 William Thomas Brande
British chemist; succeeded Humphry Davy as Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, 1813
*January 11th, 1788, London †February 11th, 1866, Tunbridge WellsBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on January 12th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 12th.
January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_12_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Memorial Day (Turkmenistan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day_(Turkmenistan)National Youth Day (India)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Youth_Day_(India)Prosecutor General's Day (Russia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_RussiaZanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_TanzaniaYennayer (Algeria)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YennayerDate as a Roman numeral / digit
12.1.1788
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1788 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).