Born on December 31st, 1861
Weekday
Tuesday
December 31st, 1861 was a Tuesday.
Zodiac
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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)
December 22nd, 1861 - January 20th, 1862
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 712 days, exactly on April 10th, 2026, people who were born on December 31st, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!
59,288 Days
8,469 Weeks
1,947 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on December 31st?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 31st
Born on December 31st, 1861
Augusto Abegg
Swiss entrepreneur and manager (1861-1924)
*December 31st, 1861, Zürich †November 2nd, 1924, TurinSame Day
Who's birthday is on December 31st?
84 Henri Matisse
French artist (1869–1954)
*December 31st, 1869, Le Cateau-Cambrésis †November 3rd, 1954, NiceFerdinand Noack
German classical archaeologist and classical philologist (1865-1931)
*December 31st, 1865, Burgholzhausen vor der Höhe †September 21st, 1931, Berlin
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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
96 Simon Wiesenthal
Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter
*December 31st, 1908, Buchach †September 20th, 2005, Vienna
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88 Giovanni Boldini
Italian painter (1842-1931)
*December 31st, 1842, Ferrara †January 12th, 1931, Paris
88 Horace Lyne
Welsh rugby union player (1860-1949)
*December 31st, 1860, Newport †May 1st, 1949, Newport
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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")
65 Jacques Cartier
Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
*December 31st, 1491, Saint-Malo †September 1st, 1557, Saint-Malo
93 Francesco Alberoni
Italian journalist and professor of sociology (1929–2023)
*December 31st, 1929, Borgonovo Val Tidone †August 14th, 2023, MilanSame year
Born in 1861
80 Rabindranath Tagore
Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata
68 Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)
*October 10th, 1861, Vestre Aker †May 13th, 1930, Polhøgda
Friedrich Simon Archenhold
German astronomer
*October 2nd, 1861, Lichtenau †October 14th, 1939, BerlinMaximilian von Spee
German admiral
*June 22nd, 1861, Copenhagen †December 8th, 1914, South Atlantic Ocean
76 Georges Méliès
French film maker and illusionist (1861–1938)
*December 8th, 1861, Paris †January 21st, 1938, Paris
Marie von Miller
German painter (1861–1933)
*February 22nd, 1861, Munich †August 18th, 1933, Starnberg
65 Mehmed VI
Last sultan of the Ottoman Empire
*January 14th, 1861, Istanbul †May 16th, 1926, SanremoFranz Xaver Engelhart
German composer, priest and choir director
*March 4th, 1861, Geiselhöring †July 14th, 1924, Regensburg
70 Frederick Jackson Turner
American historian (1861-1932)
*November 14th, 1861, Portage †March 14th, 1932, San Marino.jpg "Victor Horta")
86 Victor Horta
Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau
*January 6th, 1861, Ghent †September 8th, 1947, City of Brussels
64 Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
*February 25th, 1861, Donji Kraljevec †March 30th, 1925, Dornach
75 Lou Andreas-Salomé
German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author
*February 12th, 1861, Saint Petersburg †February 5th, 1937, GöttingenCharles Édouard Guillaume
Swiss physicist (1861-1938)
*February 15th, 1861, Fleurier †June 13th, 1938, SèvresPauline Johnson
Canadian poet and performer
*March 10th, 1861, Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation †March 7th, 1913, VancouverLuigi Facta
Italian politician (1861-1930)
*September 13th, 1861, Pinerolo †November 5th, 1930, PineroloJosé Rizal
Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)
*June 19th, 1861, Calamba †December 30th, 1896, ManilaBirthdays 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
31.12.1861
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.