January 10th, 1861

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Born on January 10th, 1861 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 10th, 1861?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 10th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1861)

Born on January 10th, 1861

Weekday

Thursday

January 10th, 1861 was a Thursday.

Age

163

People born on January 10th, 1861 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 163 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1860 - January 20th, 1861

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 358 days, exactly on April 20th, 2025, people who were born on January 10th, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!

59,642 Days

8,520 Weeks

1,959 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on January 10th, 1861?

January 10th, 1861

American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War

What else happened on January 10th?

January 10th, 2007

A general strike began in Guinea as an attempt to force President Lansana Conté to resign, eventually resulting in the appointment of two new prime ministers.

January 10th, 1993

The Braer Storm, the strongest extratropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Atlantic, reached peak intensity.

January 10th, 1985

Sir Clive Sinclair launched the Sinclair C5 personal electric vehicle, "one of the great marketing bombs of postwar British industry", which later became a cult collectable despite its commercial failure.

January 10th, 1966

India and Pakistan signed the Tashkent Declaration to end the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.

January 10th, 1946

The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at the Methodist Central Hall in London with representatives from 51 member states.

January 10th, 1941

Greco-Italian War: The Greek army captured the strategically important Klisura Pass in Albania.

January 10th, 1929

Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, began serialisation.

January 10th, 1927

The science fiction film Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, was released in Germany.

January 10th, 1923

Lithuanian residents of the Klaipėda Region began a revolt, ahead of a League of Nations decision on their future which they expected to be against their interest.

January 10th, 1917

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months.

January 10th, 1901

The first great gusher of the Texas oil boom was discovered in the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont.

January 10th, 1863

Service began on the Metropolitan Railway (construction depicted) between Paddington and Farringdon Street, today the oldest segment of the London Underground.

January 10th, 1812

New Orleans (pictured), the first steamship on the Mississippi River, arrived at New Orleans to complete its maiden voyage.

January 10th, 1776

Common Sense, a pamphlet by Thomas Paine denouncing British rule in the Thirteen Colonies, was published.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 10th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 10th?

Angelina Jordan

Norwegian singer

*January 10th, 2006, Oslo

Fritz Schachermeyr

Austrian classical scholar and archaeologist

*January 10th, 1895, Urfahr †December 26th, 1987, Eisenstadt

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

German composer and writer

*January 10th, 1797, Burg Hülshoff †May 24th, 1848, Meersburg Castle

Sergei Eisenstein

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

*January 10th, 1898, Riga †February 11th, 1948, Moscow

Rauw Alejandro

Puerto Rican singer and songwriter

*January 10th, 1993, San Juan

Reid Carolin

American film producer, director and screenwriter

*January 10th, 1982, Lake Forest

Tim Ricke

German actor

*January 10th, 1977, Duisburg

Marthe Hanau

French fraudster

*January 10th, 1886, Paris †July 14th, 1935, Fresnes

Fran Walsh

New Zealand screenwriter and producer

*January 10th, 1959, Wellington

Robert Wilson

American astronomer

*January 10th, 1936, Houston

Andreas Reinke

German association football player and manager (born 1969)

*January 10th, 1969, Krakow am See

Andreas von der Meden

German actor and voice actor

*January 10th, 1943, Hamburg †April 26th, 2017, Hamburg

Marvin Martin

French association football player

*January 10th, 1988, Paris

Ronnie Hawkins

American musician

*January 10th, 1935, Huntsville †May 29th, 2022, Peterborough

Rod Stewart

English singer and songwriter (born 1945)

*January 10th, 1945, London

James Lapine

American stage director and librettist.

*January 10th, 1949, Mansfield

Peer Steinbrück

German politician

*January 10th, 1947, Hamburg

George Foreman

American professional boxer, ordained Baptist minister, author and entrepreneur

*January 10th, 1949, Marshall

Hrithik Roshan

Indian film actor

*January 10th, 1974, Mumbai

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Born in 1861

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata

Fridtjof Nansen

Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)

*October 10th, 1861, Vestre Aker †May 13th, 1930, Polhøgda

Nellie Melba

Australian opera singer

*May 19th, 1861, Melbourne †February 23rd, 1931, Sydney

Friedrich Simon Archenhold

German astronomer

*October 2nd, 1861, Lichtenau †October 14th, 1939, Berlin

Maximilian von Spee

German admiral

*June 22nd, 1861, Copenhagen †December 8th, 1914, South Atlantic Ocean

Georges Méliès

French film maker and illusionist (1861–1938)

*December 8th, 1861, Paris †January 21st, 1938, Paris

Armando Diaz

Italian general (1861-1928)

*December 5th, 1861, Naples †February 29th, 1928, Rome

Marie von Miller

German painter (1861–1933)

*February 22nd, 1861, Munich †August 18th, 1933, Starnberg

Mehmed VI

Last sultan of the Ottoman Empire

*January 14th, 1861, Istanbul †May 16th, 1926, Sanremo

Franz Xaver Engelhart

German composer, priest and choir director

*March 4th, 1861, Geiselhöring †July 14th, 1924, Regensburg

Johannes Angern

*June 13th, 1861, Germany †September 10th, 1938, Berlin

Frederick Jackson Turner

American historian (1861-1932)

*November 14th, 1861, Portage †March 14th, 1932, San Marino

Victor Horta

Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau

*January 6th, 1861, Ghent †September 8th, 1947, City of Brussels

Rudolf Steiner

Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)

*February 25th, 1861, Donji Kraljevec †March 30th, 1925, Dornach

Lou Andreas-Salomé

German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author

*February 12th, 1861, Saint Petersburg †February 5th, 1937, Göttingen

Charles Édouard Guillaume

Swiss physicist (1861-1938)

*February 15th, 1861, Fleurier †June 13th, 1938, Sèvres

Pauline Johnson

Canadian poet and performer

*March 10th, 1861, Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation †March 7th, 1913, Vancouver

Luigi Facta

Italian politician (1861-1930)

*September 13th, 1861, Pinerolo †November 5th, 1930, Pinerolo

José Rizal

Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)

*June 19th, 1861, Calamba †December 30th, 1896, Manila

Ludwig Fulda

German writer

*November 30th, 1861, Frankfurt †March 30th, 1939, Berlin

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 10th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 10th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

X.I.MDCCCLXI

10.1.1861

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1861 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1861

January 1861

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

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Born on January 10th, 1861

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 59,000 days old!

59,642 Days

8,520 Weeks

1,959 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 10th, 1861?

American Civil War: Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union.

What else happened on January 10th?

A general strike began in Guinea as an attempt to force President Lansana Conté to resign, eventually resulting in the appointment of two new prime ministers.

The Braer Storm, the strongest extratropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Atlantic, reached peak intensity.

Sir Clive Sinclair launched the Sinclair C5 personal electric vehicle, "one of the great marketing bombs of postwar British industry", which later became a cult collectable despite its commercial failure.

India and Pakistan signed the Tashkent Declaration to end the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965.

The first session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at the Methodist Central Hall in London with representatives from 51 member states.

Greco-Italian War: The Greek army captured the strategically important Klisura Pass in Albania.

Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé, began serialisation.

The science fiction film Metropolis, directed by Fritz Lang, was released in Germany.

Lithuanian residents of the Klaipėda Region began a revolt, ahead of a League of Nations decision on their future which they expected to be against their interest.

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months.

The first great gusher of the Texas oil boom was discovered in the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont.

Service began on the Metropolitan Railway (construction depicted) between Paddington and Farringdon Street, today the oldest segment of the London Underground.

New Orleans (pictured), the first steamship on the Mississippi River, arrived at New Orleans to complete its maiden voyage.

Common Sense, a pamphlet by Thomas Paine denouncing British rule in the Thirteen Colonies, was published.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 10th

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Same year Born in 1861

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 10th

Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Armenian Apostolic Church)

Gregory of Nyssa

Leonie Aviat

Obadiah (Coptic Church)

Peter Orseolo

Pope Agatho (Roman Catholic)

William Laud (Anglican Communion)

William of Donjeon

January 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Fête du Vodoun (Benin)

Margaret Thatcher Day (Falkland Islands)

Majority Rule Day (Bahamas)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

10.1.1861

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