Born on January 23rd, 1788
Weekday
Wednesday
January 23rd, 1788 was a Wednesday.
Age
People born on January 23rd, 1788 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 236 years old this year (2024).
Zodiac
♒
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 710 days, exactly on April 5th, 2026, people who were born on January 23rd, 1788 will be 87,000 days old!
86,290 Days
12,327 Weeks
2,835 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on January 23rd?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 23rd
Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 23rd?
79 Alexander Cunningham
British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)
*January 23rd, 1814, London †November 28th, 1893, London
Heinrich Brunn
German classical archaeologist (1822-1894)
*January 23rd, 1822, Wörlitz †July 23rd, 1894, Schliersee
51 Édouard Manet
French painter (1832–1883)
*January 23rd, 1832, former 10th arrondissement of Paris †April 30th, 1883, 8th arrondissement of Paris.jpg "Arjen Robben")
91 Chita Rivera
American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)
*January 23rd, 1933, Washington, D.C. †January 30th, 2024, New York City
87 Derek Walcott
Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)
*January 23rd, 1930, Castries †March 17th, 2017, Cap EstateJohann Jakob Schalch
Swiss artist (1723–1789)
*January 23rd, 1723, Schaffhausen †August 21st, 1789, Schaffhausen
77 Megawati Soekarnoputri
5th president of Indonesia (2001-2004) and 8th vice-president of Indonesia (1999-2001)
*January 23rd, 1947, Yogyakarta City
Same year
Born in 1788
36 Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
*January 22nd, 1788, London †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 23rd
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 23rd.
Bounty Day (Pitcairn Islands)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_DayEspousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espousals_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_MaryJanuary 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_23_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti (Orissa, Tripura, and West Bengal, India)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netaji_JayantiWorld Freedom Day (Taiwan and South Korea)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_League_for_Freedom_and_DemocracyDate as a Roman numeral / digit
23.1.1788
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).