May 14th, 1481

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Born on May 14th, 1481 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 14th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 14th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1481)

Born on May 14th, 1481

Weekday

Saturday

May 14th, 1481 was a Saturday.

Age

542

People born on May 14th, 1481 will turn 543 this year (2024), in exactly 19 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1481 - May 21st, 1481

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 198,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 692 days, exactly on March 18th, 2026, people who were born on May 14th, 1481 will be 199,000 days old!

198,308 Days

28,329 Weeks

6,515 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on May 14th?

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 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.

May 14th, 1857

Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma.

May 14th, 1856

Major Henry C. Wayne arrived in Indianola, Texas, with 34 camels to form the short-lived United States Camel Corps (pictured).

May 14th, 1804

Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the Corps of Discovery left Camp Dubois near present-day Hartford, Illinois, to begin the first overland expedition to the West Coast of the United States and back.

May 14th, 1264

Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes (monument pictured) and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 14th

Born on May 14th, 1481

Ruprecht of the Palatinate

German bishop

*May 14th, 1481, Heidelberg †August 20th, 1504, Landshut

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 14th?

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

*May 14th, 1921, Christiania †April 29th, 2007, Oslo

Mark Zuckerberg

American internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

Cate Blanchett

Australian actor (born 1969)

*May 14th, 1969, Melbourne

Tim Roth

English actor (born 1961)

*May 14th, 1961, Dulwich

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

Franz-Georg Rössler

German Esperantist

*May 14th, 1949, Ruppertsberg †March 17th, 2017, Dudenhofen

Norodom Sihamoni

King of Cambodia

*May 14th, 1953, Phnom Penh

Simonetta Sommaruga

Politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

*May 14th, 1960, Zug

Nigel Reo-Coker

English association football player (born 1984)

*May 14th, 1984, Southwark

Siân Phillips

British actress (1933-)

*May 14th, 1933, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Beardyman

British musician and beatboxer

*May 14th, 1982, London

Robert Owen

British textile manufacturer and social reformer, 1771–1858

*May 14th, 1771, Newtown †November 17th, 1858, Newtown

Miranda Cosgrove

American actress and singer (born 1993)

*May 14th, 1993, Los Angeles

Robert Zemeckis

American filmmaker (born 1952)

*May 14th, 1952, Chicago

Muhammed Ildiz

Austrian association football player

*May 14th, 1991, Vienna

Troy Shondell

American singer (1940-2016)

*May 14th, 1940, Fort Wayne †January 7th, 2016, Picayune

Nicki Sørensen

Danish cyclist, born 1975

*May 14th, 1975, Hillerød

Bleona

Albanian and American singer, actress, model and entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1985, Korçë

Same year
Born in 1481

Sophie of Mecklenburg

Duchess of Mecklenburg by birth and by marriage Electoral Princess of Saxony

*December 18th, 1481, Wismar †July 12th, 1503, Torgau

Christian II of Denmark

King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden

*July 2nd, 1481, Nyborg †January 25th, 1559, Kalundborg

Baldassare Peruzzi

Italian painter

*March 7th, 1481, Siena †January 6th, 1536, Rome

Franz von Sickingen

Knight of the Holy Roman Empire (1481−1523)

*March 2nd, 1481, Ebernburg Castle †May 7th, 1523, Nanstein Castle

D. Jorge de Lencastre, 2nd Duke of Coimbra

2nd Duke of Coimbra, son of D. João II

*August 12th, 1481, Abrantes †July 22nd, 1550, Palmela

Hieronymus Schurff

German jurist

*April 12th, 1481, St. Gallen †June 6th, 1554, Frankfurt (Oder)

Margarete Peutinger

German humanist; wife of Konrad Peutinger

*January 1st, 1481, Memmingen †January 1st, 1552, Augsburg

Kaspar Mülinen

Swiss politician (1481-1538)

*January 4th, 1481, Bern †March 18th, 1538, Bern

Lukas Rem

German writer (1481-1541)

*January 1st, 1481, Augsburg †January 1st, 1541, Augsburg

Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez

Spanish venerated Christian

*May 3rd, 1481, Numancia de la Sagra †May 3rd, 1534, Cubas de la Sagra

Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Margrave of Bayreuth

*December 27th, 1481, Ansbach †September 21st, 1527, Buda

Christoph von Scheurl

German writer (1481-1542)

*November 11th, 1481, Nuremberg †June 14th, 1542, Nuremberg

Sebastian Diesbach

Swiss politician (1481-1537)

*February 16th, 1481, Bern †October 20th, 1537

Melchior Pfintzing

*November 25th, 1481, Nuremberg †November 24th, 1535, Mainz

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 14th

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

Earliest day on which the first day of Sanja Matsuri can fall, while May 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third weekend of May. (Sensō-ji, Tokyo)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanja_Matsuri

Flag Day (Paraguay)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Day

Hastings Banda's Birthday (Malawi)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Malawi

National Unification Day (Liberia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Liberia

The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival. (Izumo-taisha)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo-taisha

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIV.V.MCDLXXXI

14.5.1481

Legend

M = 1000

CD = 400

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1481 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
May 1481

May 1481

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May 14th, 1481

Born on May 14th, 1481

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 198,000 days old!

198,308 Days

28,329 Weeks

6,515 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 14th?

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma.

Major Henry C. Wayne arrived in Indianola, Texas, with 34 camels to form the short-lived United States Camel Corps (pictured).

Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the Corps of Discovery left Camp Dubois near present-day Hartford, Illinois, to begin the first overland expedition to the West Coast of the United States and back.

Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes (monument pictured) and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 14th

Born on May 14th, 1481

German bishop

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 14th?

Same year Born in 1481

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 14th

Boniface of Tarsus

Matthias the Apostle (Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion)

Michael Garicoïts

Mo Chutu of Lismore (Roman Catholic Church)

Victor and Corona

May 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which the first day of Sanja Matsuri can fall, while May 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third weekend of May. (Sensō-ji, Tokyo)

Flag Day (Paraguay)

Hastings Banda's Birthday (Malawi)

National Unification Day (Liberia)

The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival. (Izumo-taisha)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

14.5.1481

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Birthdays
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Same year
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Calendar
May 1481

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
17							1
18	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
19	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
20	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
21	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
22	30	31