May 14th, 1376

Born on May 14th, 1376

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 237,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 520 days, exactly on December 28th, 2027, people who were born on May 14th, 1376 will be 238,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 14th?

May 14th, 1955

Cold War: Eight Eastern Bloc countries signed a mutual defense treaty to establish the Warsaw Pact.

May 14th, 2010

British politician Stephen Timms survived a murder attempt by an Islamic extremist during a constituency surgery.

May 14th, 1509

War of the League of Cambrai: French forces defeated the Venetians at the Battle of Agnadello in present-day Northern Italy.

May 14th, 1726

J. S. Bach composed the cantata Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen (first page pictured) in Leipzig for the Feast of the Ascension.

May 14th, 2008

On the day of the UEFA Cup Final, violence erupted between football hooligan supporters of both teams and the Greater Manchester Police, resulting in 39 arrests and 39 injured officers.

May 14th, 1980

Salvadoran Civil War: Refugees trying to flee El Salvador across the Sumpul River to Honduras were attacked by both Salvadoran and Honduran forces, resulting in at least 300 deaths.

May 14th, 1951

Trains ran on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since its preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.

May 14th, 1948

David Ben-Gurion publicly read the Israeli Declaration of Independence at a building later called Independence Hall in Tel Aviv.

May 14th, 1943

Second World War: Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, killing 268 people aboard.

May 14th, 1940

World War II: The bulk of Dutch forces surrendered to the German Wehrmacht, ending the Battle of the Netherlands.

May 14th, 1939

In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and twenty-one days.

May 14th, 1931

Five people were killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers opened fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.

May 14th, 1878

The last witchcraft trial in the United States opened in Salem, Massachusetts.

May 14th, 1868

Boshin War: Troops of the Tokugawa shogunate withdrew from the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle and retreated north towards Nikkō and Aizu.

May 14th, 1863

American Civil War: Union troops captured Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.

Public holidays on May 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 14th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1376 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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