January 16th, 1823

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Born on January 16th, 1823 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 16th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 16th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1823)

Born on January 16th, 1823

Weekday

Thursday

January 16th, 1823 was a Thursday.

Age

201

People born on January 16th, 1823 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 201 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1822 - January 20th, 1823

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 73,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 482 days, exactly on August 24th, 2025, people who were born on January 16th, 1823 will be 74,000 days old!

73,518 Days

10,502 Weeks

2,415 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on January 16th?

January 16th, 2018

In Mrauk U, Myanmar, police fired into a crowd protesting the ban of an event to mark the anniversary of the end of the Kingdom of Mrauk U, resulting in seven deaths and twelve injuries.

January 16th, 2016

After gunmen took hostages the previous night at a restaurant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, government commandos stormed the premises to bring the situation to an end.

January 16th, 1964

The musical Hello, Dolly! opened at the St. James Theatre on Broadway, and went on to win ten Tony Awards, a record that stood for 37 years.

January 16th, 1945

World War II: Adolf Hitler and his staff moved into the Führerbunker in Berlin, where he would eventually commit suicide.

January 16th, 1942

World War II: During the Battle of Bataan, U.S. Army sergeant Jose Calugas (pictured) organized a squad of volunteers to man an artillery position under heavy fire, which later earned him the Medal of Honor.

January 16th, 1905

Despite being blind in one eye, ice hockey player Frank McGee (pictured) set the record for most goals in a Stanley Cup game when he scored 14 against the Dawson City Nuggets.

January 16th, 1883

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by the U.S. Congress.

January 16th, 1862

A pumping engine at a colliery in New Hartley, England, broke and fell down the shaft, trapping miners below and resulting in 204 deaths.

January 16th, 1809

Peninsular War: French forces under Jean-de-Dieu Soult attacked the British's amphibious evacuation under Sir John Moore at Corunna in Galicia, Spain.

January 16th, 1780

American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy gained their first major naval victory over their European enemies in the war when they defeated a Spanish squadron in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.

January 1st, 1970

Gaius Octavianus was given the titles Augustus and Princeps by the Roman Senate when he became the first Roman emperor.

January 16th, 1920

The League of Nations, the first worldwide intergovernmental organization with a focus on peace and security, held its first council meeting in Paris.

January 16th, 1275

750 years ago, Edward I permits his mother Eleanor of Provence to expel the Jews from the towns Worcester, Marlborough, Cambridge and Gloucester.

January 16th, 1716

King Philip V of Spain promulgates the Nueva Planta decree of the Principality of Catalonia, abolishing the Catalan institutions and most of its legislation, being replaced by those of the Castile, thus putting an end to Catalonia as a separate political entity and becoming a province of the new French-style Kingdom of Spain.

January 16th, 2020

The United States Senate ratifies the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement as a replacement for NAFTA.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 16th

Born on January 16th, 1823

Luise Zeller

German author

*January 16th, 1823, Wangen †November 20th, 1889

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Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll

German classical philologist

*January 16th, 1819, Sechshelden †June 19th, 1890, Weilburg

Annari Viljoen

Badminton player

*January 16th, 1987, Bloemfontein

Birgitte Hjort Sørensen

Danish actress

*January 16th, 1982, Hillerød

John C. Breckinridge

Vice president of the United States from 1857 to 1861

*January 16th, 1821, Lexington †May 17th, 1875, Lexington

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

George Pickett

Confederate Army general

*January 16th, 1825, Richmond †July 30th, 1875, Norfolk

Udo Lattek

German football player and coach (1935–2015)

*January 16th, 1935, Boże, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship †February 1st, 2015, Cologne

Adelbert Delbrück

German banker and businessman

*January 16th, 1822, Magdeburg †May 26th, 1890, Kreuzlingen

Yebba

American singer

*January 16th, 1995, Arkansas

Katherine Valli

Badminton player

*January 16th, 2003, Pittsburgh

Debbie Allen

American actress, choreographer, television director, television producer, singer, and dancer

*January 16th, 1950, Houston

Ethel Merman

American actress and singer (1908-1984)

*January 16th, 1908, Astoria †February 15th, 1984, Manhattan

Diana Wynyard

English actress (1906-1964)

*January 16th, 1906, London †May 13th, 1964, London

Lin-Manuel Miranda

American actor

*January 16th, 1980, Manhattan

Johannes Rau

President of Germany from 1 July 1999 until 30 July 2004

*January 16th, 1931, Wuppertal †January 27th, 2006, Berlin

Bobby Zamora

English association football player (born 1981)

*January 16th, 1981, Barking

Fulgencio Batista

President of Cuba, 1940–1944; dictator, 1952-1959 (1901-1973)

*January 16th, 1901, Banes †August 6th, 1973, Marbella

Ferdinand Kommerell

*January 16th, 1818, Tübingen †February 22nd, 1872, Tübingen

Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale

French political figure (1822-1897)

*January 16th, 1822, Paris †May 7th, 1897, Lo Zucco

Conny Vandenbos

Dutch singer (1937–2002)

*January 16th, 1937, The Hague †April 7th, 2002, Amsterdam

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Born in 1823

Alfred Russel Wallace

British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

*January 8th, 1823, Usk †November 7th, 1913, Broadstone

Eduard Oscar Schmidt

German zoologist (1823–1886)

*February 21st, 1823, Torgau †January 17th, 1886, Kappelrodeck

Louis Martin

Father of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, spouse of and Marie-Azélie Guérin (1823-1894)

*August 22nd, 1823, Bordeaux †July 29th, 1894, Arnières-sur-Iton

Alexander Ostrovsky

Russian playwright (1823-1886)

*March 31st, 1823, Moscow †June 2nd, 1886, Schelykovo

Mackenzie Bowell

5th Prime Minister of Canada (1823-1917)

*December 27th, 1823, Rickinghall †December 10th, 1917, Belleville

Friedrich Max Müller

German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823–1900)

*December 6th, 1823, Dessau †October 28th, 1900, Oxford

Leopold Kronecker

German mathematician who worked on number theory and algebra (1823–1891)

*December 7th, 1823, Legnica †December 29th, 1891, Berlin

Jean-Henri Fabre

French entomologist and author (1823-1915)

*December 21st, 1823, Saint-Léons †October 11th, 1915, Sérignan-du-Comtat

Abdülmecid I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1823-1861)

*April 25th, 1823, Istanbul †June 25th, 1861, Istanbul

Friedrich Max Müller

German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823–1900)

*December 6th, 1823, Dessau †October 28th, 1900, Oxford

Samuel Apolant

German author

*February 14th, 1823, Wałcz †March 4th, 1898, Berlin

Sándor Petőfi

Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary

*January 1st, 1823, Kiskőrös †July 31st, 1849, Albești

Gerónima Montealegre

First Lady and philanthropist

*October 30th, 1823, San José †September 16th, 1892

Phineas Gage

19th century american railway worker who suvived a large brain trauma

*July 9th, 1823, Grafton County †May 21st, 1860, San Francisco

Ernest Reyer

French opera composer and music critic

*December 1st, 1823, Marseille †January 15th, 1909, Le Lavandou

Richard Genée

Austrian librettist, playwright and composer

*February 7th, 1823, Gdańsk †June 15th, 1895, Baden

Charles Christopher Parry

British-American botanist and mountain climber (1823–1890)

*August 28th, 1823, Admington †February 20th, 1890, Davenport

Florent Willems

Belgian painter (1823-1905)

*January 8th, 1823, Liège †October 23rd, 1905, Paris

Victor Ruffy

Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1823-1869)

*January 18th, 1823, Lutry †December 29th, 1869, Lutry

Rudolf von Gottschall

German poet, dramatist literary critic and literary historian

*September 30th, 1823, Wrocław †March 21st, 1909, Leipzig

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 16th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVI.I.MDCCCXXIII

16.1.1823

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1823 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1823

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w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
1			1	2	3	4	5
2	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
3	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
4	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
5	27	28	29	30	31

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January 16th, 1823

Born on January 16th, 1823

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 73,000 days old!

73,518 Days

10,502 Weeks

2,415 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 16th?

In Mrauk U, Myanmar, police fired into a crowd protesting the ban of an event to mark the anniversary of the end of the Kingdom of Mrauk U, resulting in seven deaths and twelve injuries.

After gunmen took hostages the previous night at a restaurant in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, government commandos stormed the premises to bring the situation to an end.

The musical Hello, Dolly! opened at the St. James Theatre on Broadway, and went on to win ten Tony Awards, a record that stood for 37 years.

World War II: Adolf Hitler and his staff moved into the Führerbunker in Berlin, where he would eventually commit suicide.

World War II: During the Battle of Bataan, U.S. Army sergeant Jose Calugas (pictured) organized a squad of volunteers to man an artillery position under heavy fire, which later earned him the Medal of Honor.

Despite being blind in one eye, ice hockey player Frank McGee (pictured) set the record for most goals in a Stanley Cup game when he scored 14 against the Dawson City Nuggets.

The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by the U.S. Congress.

A pumping engine at a colliery in New Hartley, England, broke and fell down the shaft, trapping miners below and resulting in 204 deaths.

Peninsular War: French forces under Jean-de-Dieu Soult attacked the British's amphibious evacuation under Sir John Moore at Corunna in Galicia, Spain.

American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy gained their first major naval victory over their European enemies in the war when they defeated a Spanish squadron in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent.

Gaius Octavianus was given the titles Augustus and Princeps by the Roman Senate when he became the first Roman emperor.

The League of Nations, the first worldwide intergovernmental organization with a focus on peace and security, held its first council meeting in Paris.

750 years ago, Edward I permits his mother Eleanor of Provence to expel the Jews from the towns Worcester, Marlborough, Cambridge and Gloucester.

The United States Senate ratifies the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement as a replacement for NAFTA.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 16th

Born on January 16th, 1823

German author

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 16th

Pope Benjamin (Coptic)

Berard of Carbio

Blaise (Armenian Apostolic)

Fursey

Joseph Vaz

Honoratus of Arles

Pope Marcellus I

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Coptic Church)

Titian of Oderzo

Eve of Saint Anthony observed with ritual bonfires in San Bartolomé de Pinares

January 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

National Religious Freedom Day (United States)

Teacher's Day (Myanmar)

Teachers' Day (Thailand)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

16.1.1823

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