May 30th, 1492

Born on May 30th, 1492

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 194,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 724 days, exactly on April 21st, 2026, people who were born on May 30th, 1492 will be 195,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 30th?

May 30th, 2008

The Convention on Cluster Munitions, prohibiting the use, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster bombs, was adopted.

May 30th, 2005

American student Natalee Holloway disappeared while on a high-school graduation trip to Aruba.

May 30th, 1963

Buddhist crisis: A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination was held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration against President Ngô Đình Diệm.

May 30th, 1959

The Auckland Harbour Bridge, spanning Waitematā Harbour between the Saint Marys Bay and Northcote suburbs of Auckland, New Zealand, officially opened.

May 30th, 1948

A dike holding the Columbia River broke, causing a flood that destroyed Vanport, Oregon, U.S., only five years after the city was built.

May 30th, 1943

The first game of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the United States, was played.

May 30th, 1922

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., featuring a sculpture of the sixteenth U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (pictured) by Daniel Chester French, opened.

May 30th, 1914

RMS Aquitania, the last surviving four-funnel ocean liner, departed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York City.

May 30th, 1899

Pearl Hart, one of the few female outlaws of the American Old West, committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies, about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona.

May 30th, 1866

Bedřich Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride premiered in Prague.

May 30th, 1854

The Kansas–Nebraska Act became law, establishing the U.S. territories of Nebraska and Kansas, and allowing their settlers to determine if slavery would be permitted.

May 30th, 1723

Johann Sebastian Bach (pictured) assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting the cantata, Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, in the St. Nicholas Church.

May 30th, 1536

Jane Seymour, a former lady-in-waiting, married King Henry VIII, becoming the queen consort of England.

May 30th, 1431

Hundred Years' War: After being convicted of heresy, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.

May 30th, 2020

The Crew Dragon Demo-2 launches from the Kennedy Space Center, becoming the first crewed orbital spacecraft to launch from the United States since 2011 and the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 30th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 30th?

56

Dante Alighieri

Italian poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)

*May 30th, 1265, Florence †September 13th, 1321, Ravenna

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

43

Steven Gerrard

English association football player and manager

*May 30th, 1980, Whiston

63

Walter Otto

German historian

*May 30th, 1878, Wrocław †November 1st, 1941, Munich

52

Idina Menzel

American actress and singer

*May 30th, 1971, Manhattan

85

Alexey Leonov

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)

*May 30th, 1934, Listvyanka †October 11th, 2019, Burdenko Hospital

51

Joachim Rønning

Norwegian film director

*May 30th, 1972, Sandefjord Municipality

52

Peter the Great

Tsar and 1st Emperor, founder of the Russian Empire

*May 30th, 1672, Moscow †January 28th, 1725, Saint Petersburg

72

Stephen Tobolowsky

American actor

*May 30th, 1951, Dallas

61

Tonya Pinkins

Actress, singer, writer, activist, author

*May 30th, 1962, Chicago

80

Luis Rego

Portuguese actor, comedian and musician

*May 30th, 1943, Lisbon

56

Claudia Alexander

American geophysicist and planetary scientist (1959-2015)

*May 30th, 1959, Vancouver †July 11th, 2015, Los Angeles

83

Gustav Leonhardt

Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor

*May 30th, 1928, 's-Graveland †January 16th, 2012, Amsterdam

84

Gerasimos Arsenis

Greek politician (1931-2016)

*May 30th, 1931, Argostoli †April 19th, 2016, Athens

48

CeeLo Green

American singer and rapper

*May 30th, 1975, Atlanta

79

Peter Leeds

American actor (1917-1996)

*May 30th, 1917, Bayonne †November 12th, 1996, Los Angeles

68

Colm Tóibín

Irish novelist and writer

*May 30th, 1955, Enniscorthy

90

Agnès Varda

French artist, film director, screenwriter and photographer (1928–2019)

*May 30th, 1928, Ixelles - Elsene †March 29th, 2019, 14th arrondissement of Paris

76

Tom Malloy

American cinematographer (1897-1973)

*May 30th, 1897, New York City †October 8th, 1973, Los Angeles

62

Mikhail Bakunin

Russian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876)

*May 30th, 1814, Priamukhino †July 1st, 1876, Bern

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57

Margaret of Valois-Angoulême

Queen consort of Navarre

*April 11th, 1492, Angoulême †December 21st, 1549, Odos

93

Martín de Azpilcueta

Spanish theologian and economist

*December 13th, 1492, Barásoain †June 1st, 1586, Rome

73

Bartholomaeus Rieseberg

German theologian

*August 24th, 1492, Mieste †August 10th, 1566, Gardelegen

72

Ambrosius Blarer

Swiss theologian

*April 4th, 1492, Constance †December 6th, 1564, Winterthur

64

Pietro Aretino

Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist, and blackmailer (1492-1556)

*March 31st, 1492, Arezzo †October 21st, 1556, Venice

48

Juan Luis Vives

Spanish philosopher

*March 6th, 1492, Valencia †May 6th, 1540, Bruges

26

Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino

Italian noble (1492-1519)

*September 12th, 1492, Florence †May 4th, 1519, Careggi

72

Sabina of Bavaria

Bavarian Duchess

*April 24th, 1492, Munich †August 30th, 1564, Nürtingen

64

Georg Rörer

German theologian

*October 1st, 1492, Deggendorf †April 24th, 1557, Jena

69

Anne d'Alençon

Marquise of Montferrat (1492-1562)

*October 30th, 1492, Alençon †October 18th, 1562, Casale Monferrato

66

Philip I of Nassau-Wiesbaden

Count of Nassau-Wiesbaden (1511-1554)

*April 26th, 1492, Cologne †June 6th, 1558, Idstein

57

Andrea Alciato

Italian jurist and writer (1492–1550)

*May 8th, 1492, Milan †January 12th, 1550, Pavia

73

Wolfgang, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

German prince

*August 1st, 1492, Köthen †March 23rd, 1566, Zerbst

73

Johan Rantzau

German general

*November 12th, 1492, Steinburg †December 12th, 1565, Breitenburg

65

John II

Count Palatine of Simmern

*March 21st, 1492, Simmern †May 18th, 1557, Simmern

89

Matteo Tafuri

Italian alchemist

*August 8th, 1492, Soleto †June 13th, 1582, Soleto

81

Donato Giannotti

Italian writer (1492-1574)

*November 27th, 1492, Florence †December 27th, 1573, Rome

3

Elizabeth Tudor

English princess

*July 2nd, 1492, Richmond Palace †September 14th, 1495, Eltham Palace

72

Simone Pasqua

Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal

*November 17th, 1492, Genoa †September 4th, 1565, Rome

50

Wernher Steiner

Swiss historian

*January 1st, 1492, Zug †January 1st, 1542, Zürich

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Leap year

Yes: 1492 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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