January 20th, 1857

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Born on January 20th, 1857 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 20th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 20th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1857)

Born on January 20th, 1857

Weekday

Tuesday

January 20th, 1857 was a Tuesday.

Age

167

People born on January 20th, 1857 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 167 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1856 - January 20th, 1857

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 61,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 915 days, exactly on October 21st, 2026, people who were born on January 20th, 1857 will be 62,000 days old!

61,085 Days

8,726 Weeks

2,006 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on January 20th?

January 20th, 2018

A group of Taliban gunmen attacked the Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, sparking a 12-hour battle that left at least 21 people dead.

January 20th, 2009

During a national financial crisis, thousands of people protested (pictured) at the Icelandic parliament in Reykjavík.

January 20th, 1992

Air Inter Flight 148 crashed into the Vosges while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport, France, resulting in 87 deaths.

January 20th, 1990

The Soviet Red Army violently cracked down on Azeri pro-independence demonstrations in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR.

January 20th, 1969

Bengali student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman was shot and killed by East Pakistani police, an event that led to the Bangladesh Liberation War.

January 20th, 1968

The Houston Cougars upset the UCLA Bruins in what became known as the "Game of the Century", ending the Bruins' 47-game winning streak, and establishing college basketball as a sports commodity on American television.

January 20th, 1945

World War II: Germany began the evacuation of at least 1.8 million people from East Prussia in anticipation of the advancing Soviet Red Army, an operation that took nearly two months to complete.

January 20th, 1942

The Holocaust: Reinhard Heydrich and other senior Nazi officials met at the Wannsee Conference near Berlin to discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question".

January 20th, 1843

Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná, became the de facto first prime minister of the Empire of Brazil.

January 20th, 1356

Edward Balliol, whose father John was briefly King of Scotland, gave up his claim to the throne in exchange for an English pension.

January 20th, 1265

Simon de Montfort summoned local representatives to the Palace of Westminster to attend a parliament, considered the forerunner of the House of Commons of England.

January 20th, 1156

According to legend, Lalli slew Bishop Henry of Finland with an axe on the ice of Lake Köyliönjärvi in Köyliö.

January 20th, 2021

Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America. At 78, he becomes the oldest person ever inaugurated. Kamala Harris becomes the first female Vice President of the United States.

January 20th, 2018

Syrian civil war: The Government of Turkey announces the initiation of the Afrin offensive and begins shelling Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions in Afrin Region.

January 20th, 2009

A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 20th

Born on January 20th, 1857

Vladimir Bekhterev

Russian neurologist

*January 20th, 1857, Saralı †December 24th, 1927, Moscow

Ramón de la Sota y Llano

Spanish businessperson and politician (1857-1936)

*January 20th, 1857, Castro Urdiales †August 17th, 1936, Getxo

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Who's birthday is on January 20th?

Ernest Chausson

French composer (1855–1899)

*January 20th, 1855, Paris †June 10th, 1899, Limay

Federico Fellini

Italian filmmaker (1920–1993)

*January 20th, 1920, Rimini †October 31st, 1993, Rome

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

Buzz Aldrin

American astronaut

*January 20th, 1930, Glen Ridge

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

Peng Xingyong

Chinese badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

Sara Thygesen

Danish badminton player

*January 20th, 1991, Vejle

Deng Xuan

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1992, Guangzhou

Xu Ya

Chinese badminton player

*January 20th, 1998, Dongguan

Patricia Neal

American stage and film actress (1926-2010)

*January 20th, 1926, Packard †August 8th, 2010, Edgartown

Luciano Zauri

Italian association football player

*January 20th, 1978, Pescina

Josephine Wu

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1995, Edmonton

Luka Zdenjak

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1987, Zagreb

Aisyah Salsabila Putri Pranata

Badminton player

*January 20th, 2003, Klaten

Carol Heiss

US figure skater and actress

*January 20th, 1940, Queens

Eusapia Palladino

Italian spiritualist (1854-1918)

*January 20th, 1854, Minervino Murge †May 13th, 1918, Naples

Ann Savoy

American musician, author, and record producer

*January 20th, 1952, Richmond

Josefina Vázquez Mota

Mexican politician

*January 20th, 1961, Mexico City

Johannes V. Jensen

Danish author (1873-1950)

*January 20th, 1873, Farsø †November 25th, 1950, Copenhagen

Same year
Born in 1857

Ernst Fabricius

German historian, archaeologist and scholar (1857–1942)

*September 6th, 1857, Darmstadt †March 22nd, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau

William Howard Taft

President of the United States from 1909 to 1913

*September 15th, 1857, Cincinnati †March 8th, 1930, Washington metropolitan area

Ferdinand de Saussure

Swiss linguist (1857-1913)

*November 26th, 1857, Geneva †February 22nd, 1913, Vufflens-le-Château

Friedrich August Emil Heuer

*December 27th, 1857, Rammenau †March 29th, 1934, Dresden

Heinrich Hertz

German physicist (1857–1894)

*February 22nd, 1857, Hamburg †January 1st, 1894, Bonn

Joseph Conrad

Polish-British writer (1857–1924)

*December 3rd, 1857, Terekhove †August 3rd, 1924, Bishopsbourne

Pius XI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939

*May 31st, 1857, Desio †February 10th, 1939, Vatican City

Henrik Pontoppidan

Writer, Nobel Laureate

*July 24th, 1857, Fredericia †August 21st, 1943, Copenhagen

Ronald Ross

British doctor, Nobel laureate, writer, and artist (1857 – 1932)

*May 13th, 1857, Almora †September 16th, 1932, London

Otto Sidow

German politician (SPD)

*May 1st, 1857, Friesack †September 6th, 1927, Brandenburg an der Havel

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement (1857-1941)

*February 22nd, 1857, Paddington †January 8th, 1941, Nyeri

Eugène Regnault

French diplomat (1857-1941)

*December 28th, 1857, Boulogne-sur-Mer †September 25th, 1941, Gorre

Mario Méndez Bejarano

Spanish author

*December 5th, 1857, Seville †January 16th, 1931, Madrid

Julien Tiersot

French musicologist, composer and pioneer in ethnomusicology (1857-1936)

*July 5th, 1857, Bourg-en-Bresse †August 10th, 1936, 13th arrondissement of Paris

Margaret Deland

American writer and poet (1857–1945)

*February 23rd, 1857, Allegheny †January 13th, 1945, Boston

Ruggero Leoncavallo

Italian composer

*April 23rd, 1857, Naples †August 9th, 1919, Montecatini Terme

Edward Elgar

English composer (1857-1934)

*June 2nd, 1857, Lower Broadheath †February 23rd, 1934, Worcester

Alfred Binet

French psychologist and inventor of the first usable intelligence test

*July 8th, 1857, Nice †October 18th, 1911, Paris

Charles Scott Sherrington

English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient (1857–1952)

*November 27th, 1857, Islington †March 4th, 1952, Eastbourne

Julius Wagner-Jauregg

Austrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist

*March 7th, 1857, Wels †September 27th, 1940, Vienna

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 20th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 20th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XX.I.MDCCCLVII

20.1.1857

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1857 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1857

January 1857

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

January 20th, 1857

Born on January 20th, 1857

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 61,000 days old!

61,085 Days

8,726 Weeks

2,006 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 20th?

A group of Taliban gunmen attacked the Inter-Continental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, sparking a 12-hour battle that left at least 21 people dead.

During a national financial crisis, thousands of people protested (pictured) at the Icelandic parliament in Reykjavík.

Air Inter Flight 148 crashed into the Vosges while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport, France, resulting in 87 deaths.

The Soviet Red Army violently cracked down on Azeri pro-independence demonstrations in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR.

Bengali student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman was shot and killed by East Pakistani police, an event that led to the Bangladesh Liberation War.

The Houston Cougars upset the UCLA Bruins in what became known as the "Game of the Century", ending the Bruins' 47-game winning streak, and establishing college basketball as a sports commodity on American television.

World War II: Germany began the evacuation of at least 1.8 million people from East Prussia in anticipation of the advancing Soviet Red Army, an operation that took nearly two months to complete.

The Holocaust: Reinhard Heydrich and other senior Nazi officials met at the Wannsee Conference near Berlin to discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish Question".

Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná, became the de facto first prime minister of the Empire of Brazil.

Edward Balliol, whose father John was briefly King of Scotland, gave up his claim to the throne in exchange for an English pension.

Simon de Montfort summoned local representatives to the Palace of Westminster to attend a parliament, considered the forerunner of the House of Commons of England.

According to legend, Lalli slew Bishop Henry of Finland with an axe on the ice of Lake Köyliönjärvi in Köyliö.

Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States of America. At 78, he becomes the oldest person ever inaugurated. Kamala Harris becomes the first female Vice President of the United States.

Syrian civil war: The Government of Turkey announces the initiation of the Afrin offensive and begins shelling Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) positions in Afrin Region.

A protest movement in Iceland culminates as the 2009 Icelandic financial crisis protests start.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 20th

Born on January 20th, 1857

Russian neurologist

Spanish businessperson and politician (1857-1936)

Same Day Who's birthday is on January 20th?

Same year Born in 1857

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 20th

Armed Forces Day (Mali)

Army Day (Laos)

Abadios

Blessed Basil Moreau

Eustochia Smeralda Calafato

Euthymius the Great

Fabian

Manchán of Lemanaghan

Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando

Richard Rolle (Church of England)

Sebastian

Stephen Min Kuk-ka (one of The Korean Martyrs)

January 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Heroes' Day (Cape Verde)

Martyrs' Day (Azerbaijan)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

20.1.1857

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Age in days, weeks and months
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