May 23rd, 1489

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Born on May 23rd, 1489 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 23rd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 23rd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1489)

Born on May 23rd, 1489

Weekday

Thursday

May 23rd, 1489 was a Thursday.

Age

534

People born on May 23rd, 1489 will turn 535 this year (2024), in exactly 19 days .

Zodiac

♊

Gemini (The Twins)

May 22nd, 1489 - June 21st, 1489

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 614 days, exactly on January 8th, 2026, people who were born on May 23rd, 1489 will be 196,000 days old!

195,386 Days

27,912 Weeks

6,419 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on May 23rd?

May 23rd, 2008

The International Court of Justice awarded the Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca to Singapore, resolving a 29-year-old territorial dispute in the Singapore Strait.

May 23rd, 1999

Professional wrestler Owen Hart died immediately before a match after dropping 70 feet (21 m) onto the ring during a botched entrance.

May 23rd, 1974

The Airbus A300, the first twin-engined wide-body airliner, went into service with Air France.

May 23rd, 1939

The U.S. Navy submarine Squalus sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, during tests, causing 26 men to drown.

May 23rd, 1895

Backed by Samuel J. Tilden, the Astor Library and the Lenox Library agreed to merge and form the New York Public Library.

May 23rd, 1873

The North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was established to bring law and order to and assert Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Territories.

May 23rd, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson defeated a Union force at the Battle of Front Royal in Virginia, taking around 700 prisoners.

May 23rd, 1706

War of the Spanish Succession: The Grand Alliance armies routed the Franco-Spanish-Bavarian army in Ramillies, present-day Belgium.

May 23rd, 1555

Gian Pietro Carafa became Pope Paul IV, beginning a tumultuous four-year papacy during which the Papal States suffered a serious military defeat.

May 23rd, 1533

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, annulled Henry VIII's marriage to his first wife Catherine of Aragon (pictured), beginning events that would culminate in the English Reformation.

May 23rd, 1430

Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc (pictured) was captured by Burgundian forces at the Siege of Compiègne.

May 23rd, 1949

Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.

May 23rd, 1948

Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.

May 23rd, 1945

World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.

May 23rd, 1939

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 23rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 23rd?

Carl Linnaeus

Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)

*May 23rd, 1707, Råshult †January 10th, 1778, Linnaeus Hammarby

Jordan Rakei

New Zealander-Australian musician, singer, songwriter and record producer

*May 23rd, 1992, Hamilton

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

Lena Meyer-Landrut

German singer

*May 23rd, 1991, Hanover

Gayatri Devi

Maharani of Jaipur and Indian politician (1919–2009)

*May 23rd, 1919, London †July 29th, 2009, Jaipur

Joan Collins

English actress, author and columnist

*May 23rd, 1933, London

Wotan Wilke Möhring

German actor

*May 23rd, 1967, Detmold

Lea DeLaria

American actor, comedian and singer

*May 23rd, 1958, Belleville

Anatoly Karpov

Russian chess player

*May 23rd, 1951, Zlatoust

Thomas Bestvater

Swiss actor

*May 23rd, 1958, Herrliberg

Bray Wyatt

American professional wrestler (1987–2023)

*May 23rd, 1987, Brooksville †August 24th, 2023, Clermont

John Payne

American actor (1912-1989)

*May 23rd, 1912, Roanoke †December 6th, 1989, Malibu

Cassandre Beaugrand

French triathlete

*May 23rd, 1997, Livry-Gargan

John Bardeen

American physicist and engineer

*May 23rd, 1908, Madison †January 30th, 1991, Boston

Rubens Barrichello

Brazilian racing driver

*May 23rd, 1972, São Paulo

Alan García

President of Peru (1985–1990 and 2006–2011)

*May 23rd, 1949, Lima †April 17th, 2019, Lima

Susan Cooper

English-American fantasy writer

*May 23rd, 1935, Burnham

Margaret Fuller

American writer and women's activist (1810–1850)

*May 23rd, 1810, Cambridge †July 19th, 1850, Fire Island

Hans Frank

German lawyer, Nazi politician, General Governor of Nazi occupied Poland and convicted war criminal (1900-1946)

*May 23rd, 1900, Karlsruhe †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

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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

Filippo Strozzi the Younger

Italian banker (1489-1538)

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

Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Prince of Wolfenbüttel

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

Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours

Infante of Navarre and French military commander

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

Charles II, Duke of Savoy

Italian noble

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

Niccolò Massa

Italian anatomist

*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

Simon Pistoris der Jüngere

German jurist

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

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

Gabriel von Salamanca-Ortenburg

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

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

Lorenz Fries

German writer, historian and archivist

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

Francesco Maria Molza

Italian poet

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

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 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 23rd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIII.V.MCDLXXXIX

23.5.1489

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 23rd, 1489

Born on May 23rd, 1489

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♊

Gemini (The Twins)

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

195,386 Days

27,912 Weeks

6,419 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 23rd?

The International Court of Justice awarded the Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca to Singapore, resolving a 29-year-old territorial dispute in the Singapore Strait.

Professional wrestler Owen Hart died immediately before a match after dropping 70 feet (21 m) onto the ring during a botched entrance.

The Airbus A300, the first twin-engined wide-body airliner, went into service with Air France.

The U.S. Navy submarine Squalus sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, during tests, causing 26 men to drown.

Backed by Samuel J. Tilden, the Astor Library and the Lenox Library agreed to merge and form the New York Public Library.

The North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was established to bring law and order to and assert Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Territories.

American Civil War: Confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson defeated a Union force at the Battle of Front Royal in Virginia, taking around 700 prisoners.

War of the Spanish Succession: The Grand Alliance armies routed the Franco-Spanish-Bavarian army in Ramillies, present-day Belgium.

Gian Pietro Carafa became Pope Paul IV, beginning a tumultuous four-year papacy during which the Papal States suffered a serious military defeat.

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, annulled Henry VIII's marriage to his first wife Catherine of Aragon (pictured), beginning events that would culminate in the English Reformation.

Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc (pictured) was captured by Burgundian forces at the Siege of Compiègne.

Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.

Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.

World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 23rd

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 23rd?

Same year Born in 1489

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 23rd

Aromanian National Day

Desiderius of Vienne

Giovanni Battista de' Rossi

Julia of Corsica

Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler (Episcopal Church (USA))

Quintian, Lucius and Julian

William of Perth

May 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (Germany)

Labour Day (Jamaica)

Students' Day (Mexico)

World Turtle Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

23.5.1489

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Age in days, weeks and months
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May 1489

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