Born on December 31st, 1857
Weekday
Thursday
December 31st, 1857 was a Thursday.
Zodiac
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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)
December 22nd, 1857 - January 20th, 1858
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 60,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 252 days, exactly on January 4th, 2025, people who were born on December 31st, 1857 will be 61,000 days old!
60,748 Days
8,678 Weeks
1,995 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on December 31st, 1857?
Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa, then a small logging town, as the capital of the Province of Canada.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria Queen Victoria announced the choice of Ottawa (pictured), then a small logging town, to be the capital of the British colony of Canada.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_VictoriaWhat else happened on December 31st?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 31st
Born on December 31st, 1857
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77 Frank C. Archibald
American politician and lawyer (1857-1935)
*December 31st, 1857, Exeter †April 9th, 1935, ManchesterKing Kelly
Major League Baseball player and manager
*December 31st, 1857, Troy †November 8th, 1894, BostonSame Day
Who's birthday is on December 31st?
84 Henri Matisse
French artist (1869–1954)
*December 31st, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis †November 3rd, 1954, Nice
Ferdinand Noack
German classical archaeologist and classical philologist (1865-1931)
*December 31st, 1865, Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe †September 21st, 1931, Berlin.jpg "Anthony Hopkins")
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78 George Marshall
American army officer and statesman (1880–1959)
*December 31st, 1880, Uniontown †October 16th, 1959, Washington, D.C.
87 Elizabeth Arden
Canadian American businesswoman
*December 31st, 1878, Woodbridge †October 18th, 1966, New York City.jpg "Giovanni Boldini")
88 Giovanni Boldini
Italian painter (1842-1931)
*December 31st, 1842, Ferrara †January 12th, 1931, Paris
96 Simon Wiesenthal
Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter
*December 31st, 1908, Buchach †September 20th, 2005, Vienna
56 Giovanni Pascoli
Italian poet and classical scholar (1855-1912)
*December 31st, 1855, San Mauro Pascoli †April 6th, 1912, Bologna_(cropped).jpg "Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud")
65 Jacques Cartier
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
*December 31st, 1491, Saint-Malo †September 1st, 1557, Saint-Malo
69 Guy Mollet
French politician (1905-1975)
*December 31st, 1905, Flers †October 3rd, 1975, 7th arrondissement of Paris
76 Umm Kulthum
Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress
*December 31st, 1898, Tamay Ez-Zahayra †February 3rd, 1975, Cairo
67 Vaughan Jones
New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist
*December 31st, 1952, Gisborne †September 6th, 2020, Nashville.jpg "James Remar")
93 Francesco Alberoni
Italian journalist and professor of sociology (1929–2023)
*December 31st, 1929, Borgonovo Val Tidone †August 14th, 2023, Milan
Same year
Born in 1857
Ernst Fabricius
German historian, archaeologist and scholar (1857–1942)
*September 6th, 1857, Darmstadt †March 22nd, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau
72 William Howard Taft
President of the United States from 1909 to 1913
*September 15th, 1857, Cincinnati †March 8th, 1930, Washington metropolitan area
55 Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss linguist (1857-1913)
*November 26th, 1857, Geneva †February 22nd, 1913, Vufflens-le-Château
36 Heinrich Hertz
German physicist (1857–1894)
*February 22nd, 1857, Hamburg †January 1st, 1894, Bonn
66 Joseph Conrad
Polish-British writer (1857–1924)
*December 3rd, 1857, Terekhove †August 3rd, 1924, Bishopsbourne
81 Pius XI
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939
*May 31st, 1857, Desio †February 10th, 1939, Vatican City
86 Henrik Pontoppidan
Writer, Nobel Laureate
*July 24th, 1857, Fredericia †August 21st, 1943, Copenhagen
75 Ronald Ross
British doctor, Nobel laureate, writer, and artist (1857 – 1932)
*May 13th, 1857, Almora †September 16th, 1932, LondonOtto Sidow
German politician (SPD)
*May 1st, 1857, Friesack †September 6th, 1927, Brandenburg an der Havel.jpg "Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell")
83 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
83 Eugène Regnault
French diplomat (1857-1941)
*December 28th, 1857, Boulogne-sur-Mer †September 25th, 1941, Gorre
79 Julien Tiersot
French musicologist, composer and pioneer in ethnomusicology (1857-1936)
*July 5th, 1857, Bourg-en-Bresse †August 10th, 1936, 13th arrondissement of Paris
87 Margaret Deland
American writer and poet (1857–1945)
*February 23rd, 1857, Allegheny †January 13th, 1945, BostonRuggero Leoncavallo
Italian composer
*April 23rd, 1857, Naples †August 9th, 1919, Montecatini Terme
76 Edward Elgar
English composer (1857-1934)
*June 2nd, 1857, Lower Broadheath †February 23rd, 1934, Worcester
54 Alfred Binet
French psychologist and inventor of the first usable intelligence test
*July 8th, 1857, Nice †October 18th, 1911, Paris
94 Charles Scott Sherrington
English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient (1857–1952)
*November 27th, 1857, Islington †March 4th, 1952, Eastbourne
83 Julius Wagner-Jauregg
Austrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist
*March 7th, 1857, Wels †September 27th, 1940, ViennaBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on December 31st
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, New Year's Eve) which are celebrated on December 31st.
December 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_31_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)International Solidarity Day of Azerbaijanis (Azerbaijan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Solidarity_Day_of_AzerbaijanisFirst Night (United States)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_NightLast Day of the Year or Bisperás ng Bagong Taón, special holiday between Rizal Day and New Year's Day (Philippines)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_PhilippinesNovy God Eve (Russia)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year_celebration_in_Russian_cultureŌmisoka (Japan)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/ŌmisokaThe first day of Hogmanay or "Auld Year's Night" (Scotland)
New Year's Eve (International observance), and its related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/HogmanayThe seventh of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_ChristmasThe sixth and penultimate day of Kwanzaa (United States)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PenultDate as a Roman numeral / digit
31.12.1857
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.