January 12th, 1867

Born on January 12th, 1867

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What happened on January 12th?

January 12th, 1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Natal Native Contingent and British troops defeated Zulu forces in the Action at Sihayo's Kraal.

January 12th, 1865

The foundation stone of Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork was laid.

January 12th, 2010

Iranian physicist Massoud Ali-Mohammadi was assassinated while leaving his home for the University of Tehran, where he was a professor.

January 12th, 2007

Comet McNaught (pictured) reached perihelion, becoming the brightest comet in over 40 years, with an apparent magnitude of −5.5.

January 12th, 1964

Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah was overthrown by rebels led by John Okello, ending 200 years of Arab dominance in Zanzibar.

January 12th, 1918

An underground explosion at a coal mine in Staffordshire, England, killed 155 men and boys.

January 12th, 1916

Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann became the first German aviators to be awarded the Pour le Mérite, Germany's highest military honour.

January 12th, 1895

The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded.

January 12th, 1808

John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church in Reculver from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture.

January 12th, 1777

Mission Santa Clara de Asís (pictured), a Spanish mission in California that formed the basis of both the city of Santa Clara and Santa Clara University, was established by the Franciscans.

January 12th, 1659

The fort at Allahabad was surrendered to the forces of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.

January 12th, 1554

Bayinnaung, who later assembled what was probably the largest empire in the history of mainland Southeast Asia, was crowned as the king of the Burmese Toungoo dynasty.

January 12th, 0475

Basiliscus became Byzantine emperor after Zeno was forced to flee Constantinople.

January 12th, 2020

Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people.

January 12th, 2016

Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 12th

Born on January 12th, 1867

77

Alfred Forke

German sinologist (1867-1944)

*January 12th, 1867, Schöningen †July 9th, 1944, Hamburg

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Who's birthday is on January 12th?

65

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

*January 12th, 1874, Munich †June 4th, 1939, Göttingen

39

Swami Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

*January 12th, 1863, Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House & Cultural Centre †July 4th, 1902, Belur

40

Jack London

American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)

*January 12th, 1876, San Francisco †November 22nd, 1916, Glen Ellen

74

Ferenc Molnár

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

*January 12th, 1878, Budapest †April 1st, 1952, New York City

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

25

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

53

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

*January 12th, 1893, Rosenheim †October 15th, 1946, Nuremberg Court Prison

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

69

John Singer Sargent

American painter (1856–1925)

*January 12th, 1856, Florence †April 15th, 1925, London

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

78

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

*January 12th, 1928, Portsmouth †November 17th, 2006, Las Vegas

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

68

James Juvenal

American rower

*January 12th, 1874, Philadelphia †September 1st, 1942, Philadelphia

64

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

66

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

63

Simon Russell Beale

British actor and music historian

*January 12th, 1961, Penang

94

Melchior Lengyel

Hungarian writer (1880-1974)

*January 12th, 1880, Balmazújváros †October 23rd, 1974, Budapest

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Born in 1867

66

Marie Curie

Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)

*November 7th, 1867, Warsaw †July 4th, 1934, Sancellemoz

57

Franz Boll

German classical scholar and historian of astrology (1867–1924)

*July 1st, 1867, Rothenburg ob der Tauber †July 3rd, 1924, Heidelberg

69

Luigi Pirandello

Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize for Literature laureate (1867-1936)

*June 28th, 1867, Agrigento †December 10th, 1936, Rome

91

Frank Lloyd Wright

American architect (1867-1959)

*June 8th, 1867, Richland Center †April 9th, 1959, Phoenix

81

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

*August 28th, 1867, Foggia †November 12th, 1948, Milan

58

Władysław Reymont

Polish novelist (1867-1925)

*May 7th, 1867, Kobiele Wielkie †December 5th, 1925, Warsaw

65

John Galsworthy

English novelist and playwright (1867-1933)

*August 14th, 1867, Kingston upon Thames †January 31st, 1933, London

85

Léon Xanrof

French playwright and songwriter

*December 9th, 1867, 18th arrondissement of Paris †May 17th, 1953, Paris

48

Charles Klein

British-American playwright and actor

*January 7th, 1867, New York City †May 7th, 1915, Atlantic Ocean

74

Lew Fields

American actor, comedian, vaudeville star, theatre manager, and producer (1867-1941)

*January 1st, 1867, Beverly Hills †July 20th, 1941, Beverly Hills

79

Pierre Bonnard

French painter and printmaker (1867-1947)

*October 3rd, 1867, Fontenay-aux-Roses †January 23rd, 1947, Le Cannet

49

Rubén Darío

Nicaraguan poet, journalist, writer, and diplomat

*January 18th, 1867, Ciudad Darío †February 6th, 1916, León

77

Käthe Kollwitz

German printmaker and sculptor (1867—1945)

*July 8th, 1867, Königsberg †April 22nd, 1945, Moritzburg

60

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Spanish author (1867-1928)

*January 29th, 1867, Valencia †January 28th, 1928, Menton

67

Józef Piłsudski

Polish politician, First Marshall, and Prime Minister (1867–1935)

*December 5th, 1867, Zalavas †May 12th, 1935, Warsaw

80

Edgar de Wahl

Estonian teacher and linguist

*August 11th, 1867, Olviopol †March 9th, 1948, Tallinn

74

Léon Daudet

French journalist and writer (1867-1942)

*November 16th, 1867, 4th arrondissement of Paris †June 30th, 1942, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

54

Walther Rathenau

German businessman, writer, art collector and politician (1867-1922)

*September 29th, 1867, Berlin †June 24th, 1922, Berlin

74

Chris Watson

Australian politician, third Prime Minister of Australia (1867-1941)

*April 9th, 1867, Valparaíso †November 18th, 1941, Sydney

83

Charles Dillon Perrine

American astronomer (1867-1951)

*July 28th, 1867, Steubenville †June 21st, 1951, Córdoba

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1867 is a normal year and no leap year.

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