January 21st, 1861

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Born on January 21st, 1861 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 21st, 1861?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 21st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1861)

Born on January 21st, 1861

Weekday

Monday

January 21st, 1861 was a Monday.

Age

163

People born on January 21st, 1861 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 163 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1861 - February 19th, 1861

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 369 days, exactly on May 1st, 2025, people who were born on January 21st, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!

59,631 Days

8,518 Weeks

1,959 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on January 21st, 1861?

January 21st, 1861

American Civil War starts, and Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War

What else happened on January 21st?

January 21st, 1789

The Power of Sympathy by William Hill Brown, widely considered to be the first American novel, was published.

January 21st, 0763

The Abbasid Caliphate crushed the Alid revolt when a rebel leader was mortally wounded in battle near Basra in present-day Iraq.

January 21st, 1757

French and Indian War: French regulars, Canadien militia and Indigenous forces ambushed Rogers' Rangers forces in the Battle on Snowshoes.

January 21st, 2017

Millions of people participated in the worldwide Women's March, to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.

January 21st, 2011

Demonstrations in Tirana against alleged corruption in the Albanian government led to the killings of four protesters by the Republican Guard.

January 21st, 1997

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich (pictured) for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.

January 21st, 1976

The Concorde supersonic transports began scheduled commercial flights to London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro.

January 21st, 1972

Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India.

January 21st, 1968

A B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed onto sea ice near Thule Air Base, Greenland, causing localized radioactive contamination.

January 21st, 2023

Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008 Covina massacre.

January 21st, 2017

Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.

January 21st, 2014

Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.

January 21st, 2011

Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people died from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.

January 21st, 2009

Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 21st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 21st?

Wincent Weiss

German pop singer

*January 21st, 1993, Bad Oldesloe

Andrew Ellis

Badminton player

*January 21st, 1987, Leeds

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

Heinz Kähler

German classical archaeologist

*January 21st, 1905, Tetenbüll †January 9th, 1974, Cologne

Em Beihold

Irani-American singer-songwriter and TikToker

*January 21st, 1999, Glendale

Arturo Labriola

Revolutionary syndicalist politician and journalist

*January 21st, 1873, Naples †June 23rd, 1959, Naples

Karl Staaff

Swedish 20th century prime minister (1860-1915)

*January 21st, 1860, Klara Church Parish †October 4th, 1915, Engelbrekt church parish

Paul Scofield

English actor (1922–2008)

*January 21st, 1922, West Sussex †March 19th, 2008, Sussex

Cat Power

American singer-songwriter

*January 21st, 1972, Atlanta

Paul Allen

American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)

*January 21st, 1953, Seattle †October 15th, 2018, Seattle

Radley Metzger

American film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor and film distributor

*January 21st, 1929, The Bronx †March 31st, 2017, New York City

Audrey Dalton

Actress

*January 21st, 1934, Dublin

Isabelle Nanty

French actress, film director, theatre director and screenwriter

*January 21st, 1962, Verdun

Plácido Domingo

Spanish tenor and conductor

*January 21st, 1941, Madrid

Maxime Weygand

French military commander in World War I and World War II (1867−1965)

*January 21st, 1867, Brussels metropolitan area †January 28th, 1965, Paris

Israel Zangwill

British writer (1864–1926)

*January 21st, 1864, London †August 1st, 1926, Midhurst

Angel Mena Pedroza

Ecuadorian Footballer

*January 21st, 1988, Guayaquil

Rainer Laupichler

German actor

*January 21st, 1957, Daun

Heinrich Albers-Schönberg

German radiologist (1865-1921)

*January 21st, 1865, Hamburg †June 4th, 1921, Hamburg

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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 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXI.I.MDCCCLXI

21.1.1861

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 21st, 1861

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

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Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

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

59,631 Days

8,518 Weeks

1,959 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 21st, 1861?

American Civil War starts, and Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.

What else happened on January 21st?

The Power of Sympathy by William Hill Brown, widely considered to be the first American novel, was published.

The Abbasid Caliphate crushed the Alid revolt when a rebel leader was mortally wounded in battle near Basra in present-day Iraq.

French and Indian War: French regulars, Canadien militia and Indigenous forces ambushed Rogers' Rangers forces in the Battle on Snowshoes.

Millions of people participated in the worldwide Women's March, to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.

Demonstrations in Tirana against alleged corruption in the Albanian government led to the killings of four protesters by the Republican Guard.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich (pictured) for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.

The Concorde supersonic transports began scheduled commercial flights to London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro.

Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India.

A B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed onto sea ice near Thule Air Base, Greenland, causing localized radioactive contamination.

Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008 Covina massacre.

Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.

Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.

Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people died from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.

Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 21st

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 21st

Babinden (Bulgaria, Serbia)

Agnes

Demiana (Coptic Church)

Fructuosus

John Yi Yun-il (one of The Korean Martyrs)

Meinrad of Einsiedeln

January 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Errol Barrow Day (Barbados)

Flag Day (Quebec)

Grandmother's Day (Poland)

Lady of Altagracia Day (Dominican Republic)

Lincoln Alexander Day (Canada)

National Hugging Day (United States)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

21.1.1861

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