January 23rd, 1838

Born on January 23rd, 1838

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 68,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 150 days, exactly on December 23rd, 2026, people who were born on January 23rd, 1838 will be 69,000 days old!

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What happened on January 23rd?

January 23rd, 2003

The final signal was detected from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10, then about 12 billion kilometres (7.5 billion miles) from Earth.

January 23rd, 1846

Ahmad Bey declared the legal abolition of slavery in Tunisia.

January 23rd, 1571

Queen Elizabeth I opened the Royal Exchange in London, giving it its royal title.

January 23rd, 1368

The Hongwu Emperor (pictured) ascended the throne, initiating the Ming dynasty, which would rule China for three centuries.

January 23rd, 2002

American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and later murdered by al-Qaeda agents in Karachi, Pakistan.

January 23rd, 1997

Madeleine Albright was sworn in as the first female United States Secretary of State, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government at that time.

January 23rd, 1993

The first version of Mosaic, created by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, was released, becoming the first popular web browser.

January 23rd, 1968

USS Pueblo was seized by North Korean forces, who claimed that it had violated their territorial waters while spying.

January 23rd, 1967

The English new town of Milton Keynes was founded in Buckinghamshire, incorporating four towns and fifteen villages as well as planned new developments on intervening farmland.

January 23rd, 1957

American inventor Fred Morrison sold the rights to his "flying disc" to the Wham-O toy company, who later renamed it the "Frisbee"

January 23rd, 1942

World War II: Japan began an invasion of the island of New Britain in the Australian Territory of New Guinea.

January 23rd, 1915

Rebels led by John Chilembwe attacked local plantation owners, beginning an uprising regarded as a key moment in the history of Malawi.

January 23rd, 1909

Two men committed an armed robbery in Tottenham, London, and led police on a two-hour chase, partially by tram, that ended in the perpetrators' suicides.

January 23rd, 1902

In the most fatal recorded mountaineering accident, 199 of the 210 members of an Imperial Japanese Army unit perished in a blizzard on the Hakkōda Mountains.

January 23rd, 1870

American Indian Wars: In the Marias Massacre, the United States Army killed about 200 Piegan Blackfeet, mostly women, children, and the elderly.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 23rd

Born on January 23rd, 1838

80

Marianne Cope

German-American Franciscan Sister, missionary and saint (1838-1918)

*January 23rd, 1838, Heppenheim †August 9th, 1918, Kalaupapa

Same year
Born in 1838

78

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

*July 8th, 1838, Constance †March 8th, 1917, Berlin

36

Georges Bizet

French composer (1838–1875)

*October 25th, 1838, Rue Louise-Émilie-de-La-Tour-d'Auvergne †June 3rd, 1875, Bougival

60

Augustin Daly

American playwright and theatre impresario

*July 20th, 1838, Plymouth †June 7th, 1899, Paris

78

Ernst Mach

Austrian physicist and university educator (1838–1916)

*February 18th, 1838, Brno-Chrlice †February 19th, 1916, Vaterstetten

88

Felice Napoleone Canevaro

Italian politician and officer of Peruvian background (1838-1926)

*July 7th, 1838, Lima †December 30th, 1926, Venice

86

Pauline Kergomard

French educator

*April 24th, 1838, Bordeaux †February 13th, 1925, Saint-Maurice

80

Henry Brooks Adams

American journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918)

*February 16th, 1838, Boston †March 27th, 1918, Washington, D.C.

26

John Wilkes Booth

American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865)

*May 10th, 1838, Bel Air †April 26th, 1865, Port Royal

90

Émile Loubet

8th president of France (1838–1929)

*December 31st, 1838, Marsanne †December 20th, 1929, Montélimar

49

Anton Mauve

Dutch painter (1838–1888)

*September 18th, 1838, Zaandam †February 5th, 1888, Arnhem

84

Camille Jordan

French mathematician

*January 5th, 1838, Lyon †January 22nd, 1922, Paris

82

Max Bruch

German romantic composer and conductor (1838-1920)

*January 6th, 1838, Cologne †October 2nd, 1920, Friedenau

84

Ernest Solvay

Belgian chemist, industrialist, philanthropist (1838-1922)

*April 16th, 1838, Rebecq-Rognon †May 26th, 1922, Ixelles - Elsene

79

Gustav von Schmoller

German economist (1838–1917)

*June 24th, 1838, Heilbronn †June 27th, 1917, Bad Harzburg

83

Yamagata Aritomo

Prime Minister of Japan (1838-1922)

*June 14th, 1838, Hagi †February 1st, 1922, Koki-an

42

James Craig Watson

Astronomer (1838-1880)

*January 28th, 1838, Fingal †November 22nd, 1880, Madison

79

Franz Brentano

Austrian philosopher and psychologist as well as refounder of the theory of intentionality

*January 16th, 1838, Boppard †March 17th, 1917, Zürich

55

Anton Anno

German author

*March 19th, 1838, Aachen †December 1st, 1893, Berlin

69

William Henry Perkin

British chemist known for his accidental discovery of the first synthetic dye (1838–1907)

*March 12th, 1838, London †July 14th, 1907, London Borough of Harrow

95

Yisrael Meir Kagan

Polish rabbi (1838–1933)

*February 6th, 1838, Dzyatlava †September 15th, 1933, Raduń

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1838 is a normal year and no leap year.

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