January 12th, 1889

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Born on January 12th, 1889 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 12th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 12th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1889)

Born on January 12th, 1889

Weekday

Saturday

January 12th, 1889 was a Saturday.

Age

135

People born on January 12th, 1889 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 135 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1888 - January 20th, 1889

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 586 days, exactly on December 5th, 2025, people who were born on January 12th, 1889 will be 50,000 days old!

49,414 Days

7,059 Weeks

1,623 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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, 1889

Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad

Religious leader of the Ahmadiyya faith

*January 12th, 1889, Kotha †November 7th, 1965, Rabwah

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Who's birthday is on January 12th?

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

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

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal

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

Ferenc Molnár

Hungarian-born dramatist and novelist (1878-1952)

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

Jack London

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

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

Krishna Nagar

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Jaipur

Thom Gicquel

Badminton player

*January 12th, 1999, Tours

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

Alfred Rosenberg

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

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

Haruki Murakami

Japanese writer (born 1949)

*January 12th, 1949, Kyoto

Ronya Othmann

German writer

*January 12th, 1993, Munich

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

Swami Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)

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

Ruth Brown

American singer-songwriter (1928-2006)

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

Paul Hermann Müller

Swiss chemist (1899-1965)

*January 12th, 1899, Olten †October 12th, 1965, Basel

Jakob Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*January 12th, 1986, Oslo

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

*January 12th, 1964, Albuquerque

Oliver Platt

American actor

*January 12th, 1960, Windsor

Matthias Döschner

German association football player and manager

*January 12th, 1958, Dohna

Simon Russell Beale

British actor and music historian

*January 12th, 1961, Penang

Melchior Lengyel

Hungarian writer (1880-1974)

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

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Born in 1889

Charlie Chaplin

British comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)

*April 16th, 1889, Walworth †December 25th, 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

*April 20th, 1889, Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus †April 30th, 1945, Führerbunker

Jawaharlal Nehru

Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964

*November 14th, 1889, Prayagraj †May 27th, 1964, New Delhi

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

*April 26th, 1889, Neuwaldegg †April 29th, 1951, Cambridge

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator

*April 7th, 1889, Vicuña †January 10th, 1957, Hempstead

Lilly von Mallinckrodt-Schnitzler

*June 25th, 1889, Cologne †June 26th, 1981

Edwin Hubble

American astronomer

*November 20th, 1889, Marshfield †September 28th, 1953, San Marino

Olave Baden-Powell

World Chief Guide

*February 22nd, 1889, Chesterfield †June 25th, 1977, Bramley

Gabriel Marcel

French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist

*December 7th, 1889, 8th arrondissement of Paris †October 8th, 1973, 7th arrondissement of Paris

Adrian Boult

British conductor

*April 8th, 1889, Chester †February 22nd, 1983, London

António de Oliveira Salazar

Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)

*April 28th, 1889, Vimieiro (Santa Comba Dão) †July 27th, 1970, Lisbon

Harry Clarke

Irish artist (1889–1931)

*March 17th, 1889, Dublin †January 6th, 1931, Chur

Eduardo Ciannelli

Italian actor (1889-1969)

*August 30th, 1889, Ischia †October 8th, 1969, Rome

Ted Wilde

American film director, screenwriter (1889-1929)

*December 16th, 1889, New York City †December 17th, 1929, Hollywood

Martin Heidegger

German philosopher (1889–1976)

*September 26th, 1889, Messkirch †May 26th, 1976, Freiburg im Breisgau

Darcy Hadfield

New Zealand rower (1889–1964)

*December 1st, 1889, Meadowbank Homestead †September 15th, 1964, Auckland

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Danish film director (1889–1968)

*February 3rd, 1889, Copenhagen †March 20th, 1968, Copenhagen

Ruby Miller

British actress (1889–1976)

*January 17th, 1889, London †January 17th, 1976, Chichester

Warner Baxter

American actor (1889–1951)

*March 29th, 1889, Columbus †May 7th, 1951, Beverly Hills

Anna Akhmatova

Russian poet (1889–1966)

*June 11th, 1889, Odesa †March 5th, 1966, Domodedovo

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 12th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XII.I.MDCCCLXXXIX

12.1.1889

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1889 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1889

January 1889

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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January 12th, 1889

Born on January 12th, 1889

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

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Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 49,000 days old!

49,414 Days

7,059 Weeks

1,623 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 12th?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Taal Volcano in the Philippines erupts and kills 39 people.

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, 1889

Religious leader of the Ahmadiyya faith

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

Same year Born in 1889

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 12th

Aelred of Rievaulx

Benedict Biscop

Bernard of Corleone

Marguerite Bourgeoys

Tatiana

January 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Memorial Day (Turkmenistan)

National Youth Day (India)

Prosecutor General's Day (Russia)

Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania)

Yennayer (Algeria)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

12.1.1889

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