April 12th, 1804

Born on April 12th, 1804

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 80,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 629 days, exactly on January 18th, 2026, people who were born on April 12th, 1804 will be 81,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 12th?

April 12th, 2012

The Guinea-Bissau military seized control in a coup amid a presidential election, later handing power to a transitional administration under Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo.

April 12th, 1993

Bosnian War: NATO forces began Operation Deny Flight (aircraft pictured) to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina ordered by the United Nations Security Council.

April 12th, 1983

Harold Washington was elected as the first African-American mayor of Chicago.

April 12th, 1980

Canadian athlete Terry Fox embarked on an east-to-west "Marathon of Hope" from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, with a prosthetic leg to raise funds for cancer research.

April 12th, 1961

Aboard Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin performed the first human spaceflight, completing one orbit of Earth in 108 minutes.

April 12th, 1910

SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnoughts built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, was launched in Trieste.

April 12th, 1861

Confederate forces began a bombardment of Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, starting the American Civil War.

April 12th, 1831

The Broughton Suspension Bridge near Manchester, England, collapsed reportedly because of mechanical resonance induced by troops marching in step across it.

April 12th, 1822

Greek War of Independence: Ottoman troops began a massacre of tens of thousands of Greeks (depicted) on the island of Chios.

April 12th, 1807

The Froberg mutiny of Greek and Albanian troops in British service ended with the explosion of the gunpowder magazine at Fort Ricasoli, Malta.

April 12th, 1776

American Revolution: The North Carolina Provincial Congress passed the Halifax Resolves, the first official action in the American colonies calling for independence from Great Britain.

April 12th, 1204

Troops of the Fourth Crusade entered Constantinople and began a sack of the city, temporarily dissolving the Byzantine Empire.

April 12th, 2010

Merano derailment: A rail accident in South Tyrol kills nine people and injures a further 28.

April 12th, 2009

Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwean dollar as its official currency.

April 12th, 2007

A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 12th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 12th?

24

Manuel Turizo

Venezolano singer

*April 12th, 2000, Barranquilla

26

Paulo Londra

Argentinian singer

*April 12th, 1998, Córdoba

34

Rahmat Adianto

Badminton player

*April 12th, 1990, Jakarta

24

David Hogg

American gun control activist and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 2000, Los Angeles

36

Rvssian

Jamaican record producer, singer-songwriter and entrepreneur

*April 12th, 1988, Kingston

91

Jan Tinbergen

Dutch economist (1903–1994)

*April 12th, 1903, The Hague †June 9th, 1994, The Hague

66

Tom Clancy

American author (1947–2013)

*April 12th, 1947, Baltimore †October 1st, 2013, Baltimore

45

Claire Danes

American actress

*April 12th, 1979, Manhattan

30

Saoirse Ronan

Irish–American actress (born 1994)

*April 12th, 1994, The Bronx

45

Jennifer Morrison

American actress, model, film producer

*April 12th, 1979, Chicago

42

Joseph Lanner

Austrian dance music composer

*April 12th, 1801, Vienna †April 14th, 1843, Döbling

85

Alan Ayckbourn

English playwright

*April 12th, 1939, London

83

Raymond Barre

85th Prime Minister of France (1924-2007)

*April 12th, 1924, Saint-Denis †August 25th, 2007, 5th arrondissement of Paris

77

David Letterman

American comedian and television host

*April 12th, 1947, Indianapolis

85

James Hillman

American psychologist (1926-2011)

*April 12th, 1926, Atlantic City †October 27th, 2011, Thompson

62

Carlos Sainz

Spanish racing driver

*April 12th, 1962, Madrid

50

Parley P. Pratt

Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

*April 12th, 1807, Burlington †May 13th, 1857, Alma

63

Lisa Gerrard

Australian musician, singer and composer

*April 12th, 1961, Melbourne

55

Henri Druey

Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1799-1855)

*April 12th, 1799, Faoug †March 29th, 1855, Bern

65

Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio

German composer

*April 12th, 1803, Waldbröl †March 23rd, 1869, Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde

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Born in 1804

64

Franklin Pierce

President of the United States from 1853 to 1857

*November 23rd, 1804, Hillsborough †October 8th, 1869, Concord

79

Albert Immer

Swiss theologian (1804-1884)

*August 10th, 1804, Unterseen †March 23rd, 1884, Bern

68

Ludwig Feuerbach

German philosopher and anthropologist (1804–1872)

*July 28th, 1804, Landshut †September 13th, 1872, Nuremberg

59

Nathaniel Hawthorne

American author (1804–1864)

*July 4th, 1804, Salem †May 19th, 1864, Plymouth

76

Benjamin Disraeli

British statesman (1804–1881)

*December 21st, 1804, London †April 19th, 1881, Mayfair

71

George Sand

French novelist and memoirist; pseudonym of Lucile Aurore Dupin

*July 1st, 1804, Paris †June 8th, 1876, Nohant-Vic

63

George Baxter

English artist (1804-1867)

*January 1st, 1804, Lewes †January 1st, 1867, London

86

Wilhelm Eduard Weber

German physicist

*October 4th, 1804, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †June 23rd, 1891, Göttingen

64

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

French literary critic (1804-1869)

*December 23rd, 1804, Boulogne-sur-Mer †October 13th, 1869, Paris

79

Marie Taglioni

Italian ballet dancer (1804-1884)

*April 23rd, 1804, Stockholm †April 22nd, 1884, Marseille

46

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

German mathematician

*December 10th, 1804, Potsdam †February 18th, 1851, Berlin

63

Mongkut

Thai king

*October 18th, 1804, Thonburi †October 1st, 1868, Grand Palace

73

Alfonso La Marmora

Italian general and statesman (1804-1878)

*November 18th, 1804, Turin †January 5th, 1878, Florence

60

Émile-Joseph-Maurice Chevé

French music theorist (1804-1864)

*May 31st, 1804, Douarnenez †August 21st, 1864, Fontenay-le-Comte

64

Allan Kardec

Systematizer of Spiritism (1804–1869)

*October 3rd, 1804, Lyon †March 31st, 1869, 2nd arrondissement of Paris

70

Eduard Mörike

German poet

*September 8th, 1804, Ludwigsburg †June 4th, 1875, Stuttgart

52

Mikhail Glinka

Russian composer

*May 20th, 1804, Novospasskoye †February 3rd, 1857, Saint Petersburg

73

Johan Ludvig Runeberg

Swedish-speaking Finnish priest, lyric and epic poet

*February 5th, 1804, Jakobstad †May 6th, 1877, Porvoo

88

Richard Owen

English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)

*July 20th, 1804, Lancaster †December 18th, 1892, Richmond Park

45

Johann Strauss I

Austrian Romantic composer

*March 14th, 1804, Leopoldstadt †September 25th, 1849, Vienna

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Commemoration of first human in space by Yuri Gagarin) which are celebrated on April 12th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1804 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).

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