January 12th, 1879

Born on January 12th, 1879

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on January 12th, 1879?

January 12th, 1879

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zulu_War

What else happened on January 12th?

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, 1879

68

Paul Guthnick

German astronomer

*January 12th, 1879, Hitdorf †September 6th, 1947, Berlin

63

Anton Uesson

Estonian politician (1879-1942)

*January 12th, 1879, Haimre †April 13th, 1942, Sverdlovsk Oblast

89

Ray Harroun

American racing driver and Indy 500 inaugural winner

*January 12th, 1879, Crawford County †January 19th, 1968, Anderson

100

Stanyslav Liudkevych

Ukrainian composer

*January 12th, 1879, Jarosław †September 10th, 1979, Lviv

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 12th?

74

Ferenc Molnár

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

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

65

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

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

40

Jack London

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

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

94

Melchior Lengyel

Hungarian writer (1880-1974)

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

25

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

53

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

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

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

39

Swami Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

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

31

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

75

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

78

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

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

68

James Juvenal

American rower

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

38

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

60

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

64

Oliver Platt

Canadian-born American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

53

Alfred Rosenberg

Baltic German architect, Nazi politician and ideologue (1893-1946)

*January 12th, 1893, Tallinn †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

66

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

69

John Singer Sargent

American painter (1856–1925)

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

63

Simon Russell Beale

British actor and music historian

*January 12th, 1961, Penang

Same year
Born in 1879

76

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist; developer of the theory of relativity (1879–1955)

*March 14th, 1879, Ulm †April 18th, 1955, Princeton

60

Leon Trotsky

Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

*October 26th, 1879, Bereslavka †August 21st, 1940, Coyoacán

89

Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

*October 29th, 1879, Werl †May 2nd, 1969, Sasbach

66

Alla Nazimova

Russian-American actress, screenwriter and producer (1879–1945)

*June 3rd, 1879, Yalta †July 13th, 1945, Los Angeles

52

Vachel Lindsay

American poet

*November 10th, 1879, Springfield †December 5th, 1931, Springfield

92

Rudolf Friml

Czech composer

*December 7th, 1879, Prague †November 12th, 1972, Hollywood

80

Max von Laue

German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi

*October 9th, 1879, Koblenz †April 24th, 1960, West Berlin

79

Owen Willans Richardson

British physicist (1879-1959)

*April 26th, 1879, Dewsbury †February 15th, 1959, Alton

77

Frieda Lawrence

German writer

*August 11th, 1879, Metz †August 11th, 1956, Taos

84

Hermann Barrelet

French rower

*September 25th, 1879, Neuchâtel †September 24th, 1964

85

Louis Prével

French rower (1879-1964)

*January 29th, 1879, Nice †November 26th, 1964, Nice

47

Emperor Taishō

Emperor of Japan from 1912 until 1926

*August 31st, 1879, Akasaka Estate †December 25th, 1926, Hayama Imperial Villa

66

Charles Delestraint

French general (1879-1945)

*March 12th, 1879, Biache-Saint-Vaast †April 19th, 1945, Dachau concentration camp

72

Charles Montier

Racing driver, engineer, and entrepreneur (1879-1952)

*June 28th, 1879, Naples †June 18th, 1952, Asnières-sur-Seine

91

E. M. Forster

English novelist (1879-1970)

*January 1st, 1879, London †June 7th, 1970, Coventry

54

Louis Joseph Vance

American writer (1879-1933)

*September 19th, 1879, Washington, D.C. †December 16th, 1933, New York City

83

Hans Luther

German chancellor (1879-1962)

*March 10th, 1879, Berlin †May 11th, 1962, Düsseldorf

60

Paul Klee

Swiss artist (1879-1940)

*December 18th, 1879, Münchenbuchsee †June 29th, 1940, Muralto

74

Francis Picabia

French painter and writer (1879-1953)

*January 22nd, 1879, Paris †November 30th, 1953, Paris

70

Ramana Maharshi

Indian Hindu sage (1879–1950)

*December 30th, 1879, Tiruchuli Assembly constituency †April 14th, 1950, Sri Ramana Ashram

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1879 is a normal year and no leap year.

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