Born on January 12
January 12 birthdays & history
If you were born on January 12, you share a birthday with Jack London, Swami Vivekananda and Haruki Murakami. January 12 babies are Capricorn, with garnet as their birthstone and the carnation as their birth flower. January 12 is the 12th day of the year in leap years.
Famous people born on January 12
- 1876Jack London, American novelist and journalist
- 1863Swami Vivekananda, Indian monk and philosopher
- 1949Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and essayist
- 1729Edmund Burke, Irish philosopher, academic, and politician
- 1964Jeff Bezos, American computer scientist and businessman
- 1628Charles Perrault, French author and academic
- 1746Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss philosopher and educator
- 1907Sergei Korolev, Russian colonel and engineer
- 1973Hande Yener, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1993Zayn Malik, English singer
What happened on January 12
- 475Basiliscus became Byzantine emperor after Zeno was forced to flee Constantinople.
- 1554Bayinnaung, 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.
- 1777Mission Santa Clara de Asís, 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.
- 1808John 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.
- 1808The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
- 1865The foundation stone of Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral in Cork was laid.
- 1866The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
- 1872Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
- 1895The National Trust, a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded.
- 1911The University of the Philippines College of Law is established.
- 1915The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposed constitutional amendment to require states to give women the right to vote.
- 2007Comet McNaught reached perihelion, becoming the brightest comet in over 40 years, with an apparent magnitude of −5.5.
Also observed on January 12
- Memorial Day (Turkmenistan)
- National Youth Day (India)
- Prosecutor General's Day (Russia)
- Yennayer (Algeria)
- Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania)
Questions, answered
What star sign is January 12?
People born on January 12 are Capricorn. Their birthstone is garnet and their birth flower is the carnation.
Which famous people were born on January 12?
Jack London (1876), Swami Vivekananda (1863), Haruki Murakami (1949), Edmund Burke (1729), Jeff Bezos (1964), Charles Perrault (1628) were all born on January 12.
What happened on January 12 in history?
Among other things: in 1911, The University of the Philippines College of Law is established; in 1915, The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposed constitutional amendment to require states to give women the right to vote; in 2007, Comet McNaught reached perihelion, becoming the brightest comet in over 40 years, with an apparent magnitude of −5.5.
Can I get a newspaper front page from January 12?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any January 12 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “January 12”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.