Born on January 21st, 1788
Weekday
Monday
January 21st, 1788 was a Monday.
Age
People born on January 21st, 1788 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 236 years old this year (2024).
Zodiac
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Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)
January 21st, 1788 - February 19th, 1788
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 86,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 709 days, exactly on April 3rd, 2026, people who were born on January 21st, 1788 will be 87,000 days old!
86,291 Days
12,327 Weeks
2,835 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on January 21st?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 21st
Born on January 21st, 1788
William Henry Smyth
English naval officer and hydrographer (1788-1865)
*January 21st, 1788, Westminster †September 9th, 1865, StoneSame Day
Who's birthday is on January 21st?
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Heinz Kähler
German classical archaeologist
*January 21st, 1905, Tetenbüll †January 9th, 1974, Cologne
86 Paul Scofield
English actor (1922–2008)
*January 21st, 1922, West Sussex †March 19th, 2008, Sussex
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65 Paul Allen
American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)
*January 21st, 1953, Seattle †October 15th, 2018, Seattle.jpg "Peter De Wint")
65 Peter De Wint
English landscape painter (1784-1849)
*January 21st, 1784, Stone †January 30th, 1849, LondonRadley Metzger
American film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor and film distributor
*January 21st, 1929, The Bronx †March 31st, 2017, New York City
62 Isabelle Nanty
French actress, film director, theatre director and screenwriter
*January 21st, 1962, Verdun
86 Arturo Labriola
Revolutionary syndicalist politician and journalist
*January 21st, 1873, Naples †June 23rd, 1959, Naples.jpg "Plácido Domingo")
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Roderich Benedix
German dramatist and librettist (1811-1873)
*January 21st, 1811, Leipzig †September 26th, 1873, Leipzig
78 Oscar II of Sweden
King of Sweden from 1872 to 1907 and Norway from 1872 to 1905
*January 21st, 1829, Stockholm †December 8th, 1907, StockholmSame 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 21st
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 21st.
Babinden (Bulgaria, Serbia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BabindenJanuary 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_21_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Errol Barrow Day (Barbados)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Barrow_DayFlag Day (Quebec)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_QuebecGrandmother's Day (Poland)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandparents'_DayLady of Altagracia Day (Dominican Republic)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Día_de_la_AltagraciaLincoln Alexander Day (Canada)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_AlexanderNational Hugging Day (United States)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hugging_DayDate as a Roman numeral / digit
21.1.1788
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).