January 30th, 1847

Born on January 30th, 1847

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 30th, 1847?

January 30th, 1847

Yerba Buena, California is renamed San Francisco, California.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_Buena,_California

What else happened on January 30th?

January 30th, 2013

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute launched Naro-1, South Korea's first carrier rocket and their first launch vehicle to achieve Earth orbit.

January 30th, 2000

Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Ivory Coast shortly after takeoff, killing 169 on board.

January 30th, 1979

Varig Flight 967 disappeared shortly after takeoff from Tokyo's Narita International Airport en route to Rio de Janeiro.

January 30th, 1972

The Troubles: On Bloody Sunday, members of the British Parachute Regiment shot 26 civil-rights protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing at least 13 people.

January 30th, 1968

Vietnam War: Forces of the Viet Cong and the Vietnamese People's Army launched the Tet Offensive to strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam.

January 30th, 1964

In a bloodless coup, Nguyễn Khánh overthrew Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam, less than three months after Minh executed a bloody coup himself.

January 30th, 1959

On the return leg of her maiden voyage, the "unsinkable" Danish ocean liner Hans Hedtoft hit an iceberg and sank with the loss of all 95 passengers and crew.

January 30th, 1948

Nathuram Godse fatally shot Mahatma Gandhi, the political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, at Birla House in Delhi.

January 30th, 1945

World War II: Allied forces liberated more than 500 prisoners of war (pictured) from a Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan in the Philippines.

January 30th, 1939

In a speech to the Reichstag, Adolf Hitler threatened the "annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe".

January 30th, 1835

Richard Lawrence became the first person to attempt to assassinate a sitting US president when he failed to kill Andrew Jackson at the US Capitol (assassination attempt pictured) and was subdued by the crowd.

January 30th, 1661

Two years after his death, Oliver Cromwell's remains were exhumed for a posthumous execution and his head was placed on a spike above Westminster Hall in London, where it remained until 1685.

January 30th, 1649

King Charles I, who was defeated in both the First and the Second English Civil Wars, was beheaded for high treason in front of the Banqueting House in London.

January 30th, 1607

Low-lying places around the coasts of the Bristol Channel of Britain were flooded, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 30th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 30th?

63

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

President of the United States from 1933 to 1945

*January 30th, 1882, Hyde Park †April 12th, 1945, Warm Springs

24

Benee

New Zealand singer-songwriter

*January 30th, 2000, Grey Lynn

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

80

Egon Klepsch

German politician

*January 30th, 1930, Děčín †September 18th, 2010, Koblenz

58

Félix Faure

7th President of the French Republic (1841–1899)

*January 30th, 1841, Paris †February 16th, 1899, Paris

59

Olof Palme

Swedish Prime Minister (1969–76, 1982–86)

*January 30th, 1927, Stockholm †February 28th, 1986, Sveavägen

54

Fiona Dolman

Scots-born British actress

*January 30th, 1970, Findhorn

83

Dick Cheney

Vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*January 30th, 1941, Lincoln

73

Phil Collins

English drummer, singer, and songwriter

*January 30th, 1951, Putney Hospital

52

Mike Johnson

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2023

*January 30th, 1972, Shreveport

72

Lorenz-Günther Köstner

German association football player and manager

*January 30th, 1952, Wallenfels

62

Abdullah II of Jordan

King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

*January 30th, 1962, Amman

81

David Wayne

American actor (1914–1995)

*January 30th, 1914, Traverse City †February 9th, 1995, Santa Monica

84

Douglas Engelbart

American engineer and inventor

*January 30th, 1929, Portland †July 2nd, 2013, Atherton

98

Michael Anderson

English film director (1920–2018)

*January 30th, 1920, London †April 25th, 2018, Vancouver

78

Islam Karimov

Uzbek politician, 1st and former President of Uzbekistan (1938-2016)

*January 30th, 1938, Samarkand †September 2nd, 2016, Tashkent

52

Jennifer Hale

American voice actress

*January 30th, 1972, Happy Valley-Goose Bay

94

Gene Hackman

American actor

*January 30th, 1930, San Bernardino

50

Christian Bale

English actor (born 1974)

*January 30th, 1974, Haverfordwest

82

Tammy Grimes

American actress and singer (1934-2016)

*January 30th, 1934, Lynn †October 30th, 2016, Lillian Booth Actors Home

Same year
Born in 1847

84

Thomas Edison

American inventor and businessman (1847-1931)

*February 11th, 1847, Milan †October 18th, 1931, West Orange

75

Alexander Graham Bell

British-born American scientist and inventor (1847–1922)

*March 3rd, 1847, Edinburgh †August 2nd, 1922, Beinn Bhreagh

86

Paul von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)

*October 2nd, 1847, 6 Podgórna Street in Poznań †August 2nd, 1934, Ogrodzieniec

70

Max Bösenberg

German architect

*July 3rd, 1847, Leipzig †May 23rd, 1918, Leipzig

64

Bram Stoker

Irish novelist and short story writer (1847–1912)

*November 8th, 1847, Clontarf †April 20th, 1912, St George's Square

73

Adolf von Hildebrand

German sculptor

*October 6th, 1847, Marburg †January 18th, 1921, Munich

69

Wilhelm Effmann

German architect and historian (1847–1917)

*September 14th, 1847, Essen †May 23rd, 1917, Bonn

79

Alajos Hauszmann

Architect

*June 9th, 1847, Buda †July 31st, 1926, Velence

83

Otto Wallach

German chemist

*March 27th, 1847, Königsberg †February 26th, 1931, Göttingen

74

Nikolay Zhukovsky

Russian scientist in mechanics and aerohydrodinamics

*January 5th, 1847, Orekhovo, Vladimir oblast †March 17th, 1921, Moscow

34

Jesse James

American outlaw, confederate guerrilla, and train robber

*September 5th, 1847, Kearney †April 3rd, 1882, St. Joseph

64

Joseph Pulitzer

Hungarian-American newspaper publisher and politician (1847-1911)

*April 10th, 1847, Makó †October 29th, 1911, Charleston

75

George Robert Sims

English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist (1847-1922)

*September 2nd, 1847, London Borough of Lambeth †September 4th, 1922, City of Westminster

85

Annie Besant

British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)

*October 1st, 1847, Clapham †September 20th, 1933, Adyar

74

Georges Sorel

French philosopher and sociologist

*November 2nd, 1847, Cherbourg †August 29th, 1922, Boulogne-Billancourt

80

Emil Ferdinand Fehling

German lawyer, civil law notary, historian and politician (1847-1927)

*August 3rd, 1847, Lübeck †August 3rd, 1927, Lübeck

61

Afonso Pena

6th president of brazil

*November 30th, 1847, Santa Bárbara †June 14th, 1909, Rio de Janeiro

28

Hristo Botev

Bulgarian poet and revolutionary

*December 25th, 1847, Kalofer †May 20th, 1876

54

Paul Alexis

Novelist, dramatist and journalist

*June 16th, 1847, Aix-en-Provence †July 28th, 1901, Levallois-Perret

63

Ernest Crofts

British artist (1847-1911)

*September 15th, 1847, Leeds †March 19th, 1911, London

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 30th

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day, Martyrdom of Mahatma Gandhi, and its related observances) which are celebrated on January 30th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1847 is a normal year and no leap year.

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