Jānis Akuraters

Latvian writer (1876–1937)

Find birthday twins Open interactive profile

Born: January 13, 1876
Died: July 25, 1937
Zodiac sign: Capricorn
Birth year: 1876

About Jānis Akuraters

Jānis Akuraters (13 January 1876 – 25 July 1937) was a Latvian poet, writer, playwright and politician. He founded the Latvian National Theatre in 1919 and was director of Radio of Riga between 1930 and 1934. == Biography == Akuraters was born on 13 January 1876 in Dignāja parish Jaunzemji homestead (Modern Jēkabpils municipality). His father was a forester. Akuraters studied in a Birži primary school and later in the Jēkabpils city school. After graduation, he passed the teachers exam and started work in schools. 1898 in Elkšņi, 1899–1901 in Jumurda and 1902 in Riga. In 1903 Akuraters went to Moscow to study medicine however he started to attend law lectures instead. In this period he also started Russian literature studies. In 1904 he returned to Latvia and turned to poetry.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

Career and life highlights

During First World War Akuraters enlisted in the Latvian Rifleman regiment and took part in the famous Christmas Battles.
Akuraters first publication was made in 1895 in the magazine Austrums, it was a poem Ziema ('Winter').
He was awarded the Order of the Three Stars 3rd Class in 1926.

Jānis Akuraters timeline

1895Akuraters first publication was made in 1895 in the magazine Austrums, it was a poem Ziema ('Winter').
1919He founded the Latvian National Theatre in 1919 and was director of Radio of Riga between 1930 and 1934.
1926He was awarded the Order of the Three Stars 3rd Class in 1926.

The world when Jānis Akuraters was born

Jānis Akuraters was born in 1876. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst National League baseball season
Top headlineBattle of Little Bighorn — Custer's Last Stand
Technology milestoneAlexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
Notable inventionTelephone
World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
U.S. population43.4M

1876 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jānis Akuraters's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1876	2026
Population	43.4M	341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, Library of Congress. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.