January 10th, 1815

Born on January 10th, 1815

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 77,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 785 days, exactly on July 31st, 2028, people who were born on January 10th, 1815 will be 78,000 days old!

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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

Born on January 10th, 1815

78

Theophan the Recluse

Russian saint

*January 10th, 1815, Chernava †January 6th, 1894, Vysha

Same year
Born in 1815

83

Otto von Bismarck

German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)

*April 1st, 1815, Schönhausen †July 30th, 1898, Friedrichsruh

36

Ada Lovelace

English mathematician (1815–1852)

*December 10th, 1815, London †November 27th, 1852, Marylebone

64

Bernhard Ernst von Bülow

Danish and German politician (1815-1879)

*August 2nd, 1815, Cismar †October 20th, 1879, Frankfurt

49

George Boole

English mathematician, philosopher and logician (1815–1864)

*November 2nd, 1815, Lincoln †December 8th, 1864, Ballintemple

80

Jules Moinaux

French writer, comedian, playwright, chronicler and librettist

*October 24th, 1815, Tours †December 4th, 1895, Saint-Mandé

81

Antonio Machado Núñez

Spanish anthropologist (1815-1896)

*April 2nd, 1815, Cádiz †July 24th, 1896, Madrid

71

Johann Jakob Bachofen

Swiss jurist and philologist (1815–1887)

*December 22nd, 1815, Basel †November 25th, 1887, Basel

81

Karl Weierstraß

German mathematician (1815–1897)

*October 31st, 1815, Ostenfelde †February 19th, 1897, Berlin

49

William Sanderson McCormick

American businessman

*November 2nd, 1815, Rockbridge County †September 27th, 1865, Jacksonville

89

Adolph von Menzel

German artist (1815–1905)

*December 8th, 1815, Wrocław †February 9th, 1905, Berlin

67

Anthony Trollope

English novelist of the Victorian period (1815-1882)

*April 24th, 1815, London †December 6th, 1882, London

63

Thomas Couture

French painter (1815-1879)

*December 21st, 1815, Senlis †March 29th, 1879, Villiers-le-Bel

63

Julia Margaret Cameron

British photographer (1815–1879)

*June 11th, 1815, Kolkata †January 26th, 1879, Kalutara

96

James Curtis Hepburn

American physician, educator, and phonologist of Japanese (1815–1911)

*March 13th, 1815, Milton †September 21st, 1911, East Orange

78

Clara Fey

Roman Catholic nun (1815-1894)

*April 11th, 1815, Aachen †January 1st, 1894, Simpelveld

86

Bertha Wehnert-Beckmann

German photographer (1815–1901)

*January 25th, 1815, Cottbus †December 6th, 1901, Leipzig

60

Caroline Botgorschek

Austrian opera singer

*May 21st, 1815, Vienna †October 7th, 1875, Mimoň

90

Josip Juraj Strossmayer

Croatian Roman Catholic bishop, benefactor and politician (1815-1905)

*February 4th, 1815, Osijek †April 8th, 1905, Đakovo

54

Matthäus Friedrich Chemnitz

German author (1815–1870)

*June 10th, 1815, Barmstedt †March 15th, 1870, Altona

68

Johann Gottfried Piefke

Prussian composer and conductor (1815-1884)

*September 9th, 1815, Skwierzyna †January 25th, 1884, Frankfurt (Oder)

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1815 is a normal year and no leap year.

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