May 12th, 1489

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Born on May 12th, 1489 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 12th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 12th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1489)

Born on May 12th, 1489

Weekday

Sunday

May 12th, 1489 was a Sunday.

Age

535

People born on May 12th, 1489 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 535 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1489 - May 21st, 1489

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 195,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 544 days, exactly on December 28th, 2025, people who were born on May 12th, 1489 will be 196,000 days old!

195,456 Days

27,922 Weeks

6,421 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on May 12th?

May 12th, 2008

In Postville, Iowa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest-ever raid of a workplace and arrested nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.

May 12th, 1998

Four students were shot and killed by Indonesian soldiers at Trisakti University in Jakarta, which led to widespread riots and the resignation of President Suharto nine days later.

May 12th, 1975

The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SS Mayaguez in what they claimed to be Cambodian territorial waters.

May 12th, 1968

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the war for the Australian Army.

May 12th, 1967

The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the critically acclaimed and widely influential debut album Are You Experienced.

May 12th, 1948

The United Kingdom publicly announced that it was independently developing nuclear weapons, after the US Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ended cooperation on the matter.

May 12th, 1941

German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the first working programmable and fully automatic computer, to an audience of scientists in Berlin.

May 12th, 1938

During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean liner SS Rex (pictured) 620 nautical miles (1,100 km) off the US Atlantic coast.

May 12th, 1932

Nazi deputies assaulted journalist Helmuth Klotz in the German parliament building after he broke the Röhm scandal.

May 12th, 1888

North Borneo was established as a British protectorate.

May 12th, 1881

Under threat of invasion, Muhammad III as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis, signed the Treaty of Bardo to make Tunisia a French protectorate.

May 12th, 1863

American Civil War: The Confederates were routed in the Battle of Raymond, a small battle that had an inordinately large impact on the Vicksburg campaign.

May 12th, 1846

The Donner Party, an American pioneer group which became known for resorting to cannibalism when they became trapped in the Sierra Nevada, left Independence, Missouri, for California.

May 12th, 1743

War of the Austrian Succession: Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa was crowned Queen of Bohemia after Austrian forces drove French troops from the territory.

May 12th, 2024

Middle/End of the May 2024 Solar Storms, the most powerful set of Geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 12th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 12th?

Liu Xiaolong

Badminton player

*May 12th, 1988, Zhangzhou

Rishi Sunak

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2022

*May 12th, 1980, Southampton

Erik Durm

German association football player

*May 12th, 1992, Pirmasens

Luke Benward

American actor

*May 12th, 1995, Franklin

Gabriel Fauré

French composer, organist, pianist and teacher

*May 12th, 1845, Pamiers †November 4th, 1924, Paris

Gustav I of Sweden

King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560

*May 12th, 1496, Rydboholm Castle †September 29th, 1560, Stockholm

Florence Nightingale

English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820-1910)

*May 12th, 1820, Florence †August 13th, 1910, London

Song Yang

Chinese-born Australian badminton player

*May 12th, 1965, Nanjing

Alwi Farhan

Indonesian badminton player

*May 12th, 2005, Surakarta

George Carlin

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

*May 12th, 1937, New York City †June 22nd, 2008, Santa Monica

Domhnall Gleeson

Irish actor (1983-)

*May 12th, 1983, Dublin

Gabriel Byrne

Irish actor

*May 12th, 1950, Dublin

Bettina Stark-Watzinger

German politician

*May 12th, 1968, Frankfurt

Katharine Hepburn

American actress (1907–2003)

*May 12th, 1907, Hartford †June 29th, 2003, Old Saybrook

Dorothy Hodgkin

British chemist

*May 12th, 1910, Cairo †July 29th, 1994, Ilmington

Lindsay Crouse

Actress

*May 12th, 1948, New York City

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Indian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer (1895–1986)

*May 12th, 1895, Madanapalle †February 17th, 1986, Ojai

Emilio Estevez

American actor, director, and writer

*May 12th, 1962, New York City

Jonah Lomu

New Zealand rugby union player

*May 12th, 1975, Auckland †November 18th, 2015, Auckland

Gustav Adolf von Götzen

German explorer, diplomat and colonial administrator

*May 12th, 1866, Ścinawka Górna †December 2nd, 1910, Berlin

Same year
Born in 1489

Thomas Cranmer

Leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury

*July 2nd, 1489, Nottingham †March 21st, 1556, Oxford

Margaret Tudor

Scottish Queen consort (1489-1541)

*November 28th, 1489, London †October 18th, 1541, Methven Castle

Charles II, Duke of Savoy

Italian noble

*June 23rd, 1489, Turin †April 16th, 1496, Moncalieri

Filippo Strozzi the Younger

Italian banker (1489-1538)

*January 4th, 1489, Florence †December 18th, 1538, Florence

Simon Pistoris der Jüngere

German jurist

*October 28th, 1489, Leipzig †December 3rd, 1562, Nünchritz

Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel

*November 10th, 1489, Wolfenbüttel †June 11th, 1568, Wolfenbüttel

Gabriel von Salamanca-Ortenburg

General treasurer and archchancellor of a Austrian archduke in Spain (1489-1539)

*January 1st, 1489, Burgos †January 1st, 1539, Ensisheim

Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours

Infante of Navarre and French military commander

*December 10th, 1489, Mazères †April 11th, 1512, Battle of Ravenna

Francesco Maria Molza

Italian poet

*June 18th, 1489, Modena †February 28th, 1544, Modena

Niccolò Massa

Italian anatomist (1489-1569)

*March 14th, 1489, Venice †January 1st, 1569, Venice

Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck

German politician (1489-1553)

*August 10th, 1489, Strasbourg †October 30th, 1553, Strasbourg

Raymund Fugger

German businessman (1489-1535)

*October 24th, 1489, Augsburg †December 3rd, 1535, Mickhausen

Sibylle of Bavaria

Princess of Bavaria-Munich by birth and by marriage Electress Palatine

*June 16th, 1489, Munich †April 18th, 1519, Heidelberg

Antoine, Duke of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine

*June 4th, 1489, Bar-le-Duc †June 14th, 1544, Bar-le-Duc

Lorenz Fries

German writer, historian and archivist

*January 1st, 1489, Bad Mergentheim †January 1st, 1550, Würzburg

Charles, Duke of Vendôme

French noble

*June 2nd, 1489, Vendôme †March 25th, 1537, Amiens

Paulus Rode

German theologian

*January 4th, 1489, Quedlinburg †January 12th, 1563, Szczecin

Matthias Held

*November 30th, 1489, Arlon †January 1st, 1563, Cologne

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 12th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XII.V.MCDLXXXIX

12.5.1489

Legend

M = 1000

CD = 400

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1489 is a normal year and no leap year.

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May 12th, 1489

Born on May 12th, 1489

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 195,000 days old!

195,456 Days

27,922 Weeks

6,421 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 12th?

In Postville, Iowa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest-ever raid of a workplace and arrested nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.

Four students were shot and killed by Indonesian soldiers at Trisakti University in Jakarta, which led to widespread riots and the resignation of President Suharto nine days later.

The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SS Mayaguez in what they claimed to be Cambodian territorial waters.

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the war for the Australian Army.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the critically acclaimed and widely influential debut album Are You Experienced.

The United Kingdom publicly announced that it was independently developing nuclear weapons, after the US Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ended cooperation on the matter.

German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the first working programmable and fully automatic computer, to an audience of scientists in Berlin.

During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean liner SS Rex (pictured) 620 nautical miles (1,100 km) off the US Atlantic coast.

Nazi deputies assaulted journalist Helmuth Klotz in the German parliament building after he broke the Röhm scandal.

North Borneo was established as a British protectorate.

Under threat of invasion, Muhammad III as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis, signed the Treaty of Bardo to make Tunisia a French protectorate.

American Civil War: The Confederates were routed in the Battle of Raymond, a small battle that had an inordinately large impact on the Vicksburg campaign.

The Donner Party, an American pioneer group which became known for resorting to cannibalism when they became trapped in the Sierra Nevada, left Independence, Missouri, for California.

War of the Austrian Succession: Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa was crowned Queen of Bohemia after Austrian forces drove French troops from the territory.

Middle/End of the May 2024 Solar Storms, the most powerful set of Geomagnetic storms since the 2003 Halloween solar storms.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 12th

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 12th?

Same year Born in 1489

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 12th

Blessed Imelda

Blessed Joan of Portugal

Crispoldus

Dominic de la Calzada

Epiphanius of Salamis

Gregory Dix (Church of England)

Modoald

Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, and Pancras

Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople (Eastern Church)

Philip of Agira

International ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

International Nurses Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

12.5.1489

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Age in days, weeks and months
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