🎂 Louis Braille, inventor of braille, is born (1809)
Where: Coupvray, France
Nearby on the globe: Notre-Dame de Paris → 🌍 Open the 3D globe
📅 On This Day: January 4
January 4, 1809: Louis Braille, inventor of braille, is born. Louis Braille was born in 1809 in Coupvray, France. An accident left him blind as a small boy, but at only about 15 he invented a code of raised dots that you read with your fingertips. That is why today is World Braille Day.
✨ More events on this day
- 1643 🔬 Isaac Newton was born in England; he later explained gravity, worked out the laws of motion and showed that white light is made of colours.
- 1854 🧭 Captain William McDonald discovered the McDonald Islands, a tiny group of volcanic islands in the stormy Southern Ocean not far from Antarctica.
- 2010 🏛️ The Burj Khalifa in Dubai officially opened; at about 828 metres it became the tallest building in the world, a title it still holds. Burj Khalifa →
🧠 Question of the day
How do you read braille?
- With your ears
- With your fingertips
- With your nose
Show the answer
Answer: With your fingertips
🎂 Landmarks that opened on January 4
Questions
What happened on January 4?
January 4, 1809: Louis Braille, inventor of braille, is born. It happened in Coupvray, France.
Which landmarks opened on January 4?
Burj Khalifa (opened 2010).
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