May 16th, 1508

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Born on May 16th, 1508 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 16th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 16th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1508)

Born on May 16th, 1508

Weekday

Saturday

May 16th, 1508 was a Saturday.

Age

515

People born on May 16th, 1508 will turn 516 this year (2024), in exactly 17 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1508 - May 21st, 1508

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 188,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 551 days, exactly on November 1st, 2025, people who were born on May 16th, 1508 will be 189,000 days old!

188,449 Days

26,921 Weeks

6,191 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 16th?

May 16th, 2014

At least 12 people were killed and 70 others injured when two bombs exploded in a market in Nairobi, Kenya.

May 16th, 1977

The first Chuck E. Cheese location, the first family restaurant to integrate food, animated entertainment (example pictured), and an indoor arcade, opened in San Jose, California.

May 16th, 1975

Japanese climber Junko Tabei (pictured) became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

May 16th, 1961

Led by Park Chung-hee, the Military Revolution Committee carried out a bloodless coup against the government of Yun Posun in Seoul, ending the Second Republic of Korea.

May 16th, 1960

American physicist Theodore Maiman operated the first working laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.

May 16th, 1959

The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, one of Malta's most important Modernist landmarks, was turned on for the first time.

May 16th, 1958

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, a supersonic interceptor aircraft, set a world flight airspeed record of 1,404.012 mph (2,259.538 km/h).

May 16th, 1943

Second World War: The Royal Air Force's "Dambusters" squadron embarked on an attack on German dams using bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis.

May 16th, 1929

The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.

May 16th, 1925

The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris.

May 16th, 1918

The Sedition Act was passed in the United States, forbidding Americans from using "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the government, flag, or armed forces during the ongoing World War I.

May 16th, 1866

The United States Congress authorized the minting of the Shield nickel (example pictured), the country's first five-cent piece to be made of a copper–nickel alloy.

May 16th, 1832

Prospector Juan Godoy discovered a silver outcrop in Chañarcillo, sparking the Chilean silver rush.

May 16th, 1811

Peninsular War: Allied British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces clashed with French troops at the Battle of Albuera fought south of Badajoz, Spain.

May 16th, 1605

After a scuffle in which one cardinal received broken bones, the papal conclave elected Camillo Borghese as Pope Paul V.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 16th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 16th?

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

Glenn Gregory

English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

*May 16th, 1958, Sheffield

Hannes Hegen

German Illustrator and caricaturist (1925-2014)

*May 16th, 1925, Česká Kamenice †November 8th, 2014, Berlin

Melanie Lynskey

New Zealand actress

*May 16th, 1977, New Plymouth

Johannes Georg Seidel

*May 16th, 1927, Dresden †August 26th, 2017

Justus Carrière

German actor

*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

Hans-Peter Reinecke

German actor (1941-2005)

*May 16th, 1941, Magdeburg †November 20th, 2005, Berlin

Konstantin Abramov

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1992, Moscow

Phillip Chew

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1994, Anaheim

Sören Opti

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1997, Paramaribo

Jens Spahn

German politician

*May 16th, 1980, Ahaus

Emma Karlsson

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1998, Älmhult

Allan Wasserman

American actor

*May 16th, 1952, The Bronx

Anette Hoff

Norwegian actress

*May 16th, 1961, Drøbak

Pierce Brosnan

Irish actor

*May 16th, 1953, Drogheda

Megan Fox

American actress and model

*May 16th, 1986, Oak Ridge

Heide Wollert

German judoka

*May 16th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

Joseph Morgan

English actor and director

*May 16th, 1981, London

Janet Jackson

American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1966)

*May 16th, 1966, Gary

Same year
Born in 1508

Andrea Palladio

Italian architect (1508–1580)

*October 31st, 1508, Padua †August 19th, 1580, Vicenza

Humayun

Mughal Emperor from 1530 to 1540 and 1555 to 1556

*March 6th, 1508, Kabul †January 27th, 1556, Delhi

Primož Trubar

Carniolan writer, Protestant reformer (1508-1586)

*June 19th, 1508, Rašica †June 28th, 1586, Tübingen

Pietro Carnesecchi

Italian humanist (1509-1567)

*December 24th, 1508, Florence †October 1st, 1567, Rome

Alessandro Piccolomini

Italian writer and philosopher, titular archbishop of Patrae

*June 13th, 1508, Siena †March 12th, 1579, Siena

Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

Italian noble (1508-1559)

*April 5th, 1508, Ferrara †October 3rd, 1559, Ferrara

Andreas von Barby

German university teacher (1508-1559)

*July 24th, 1508, Loburg †August 3rd, 1559, Roskilde

Franz Joe͏̈l

Hungarian pharmacologist

*September 1st, 1508, Sopron †October 20th, 1579, Greifswald

Gemma Frisius

Frisian physician, mathematician and cartographer (1508–1555)

*December 8th, 1508, Dokkum †May 25th, 1555, Leuven

Sebastian von Heusenstamm

Archbishop of Mainz

*March 16th, 1508, Frankfurt †March 18th, 1555, Eltville am Rhein

Francis, Duke of

German prince

*November 23rd, 1508, Uelzen †November 23rd, 1549, Gifhorn

Thomas Naogeorgus

Playwright

*December 21st, 1508, Straubing †December 29th, 1563, Wiesloch

Simon Sulzer

Swiss theologian (1508-1585)

*September 23rd, 1508, Schattenhalb †June 22nd, 1585, Basel

Georg Sabinus

German writer and diplomat (1508-1560)

*May 3rd, 1508, Brandenburg an der Havel †December 2nd, 1560, Frankfurt (Oder)

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 16th.

Brendan the Navigator (Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_the_Navigator

Caroline Chisholm (Church of England)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Chisholm

Gemma Galgani (Passionists Calendar)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Galgani

Germerius

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germerius

Honoratus of Amiens

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honoratus_of_Amiens

John of Nepomuk

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Nepomuk

Margaret of Cortona

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Cortona

Peregrine of Auxerre

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_of_Auxerre

Simon Stock

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Stock

Ubald (see Saint Ubaldo Day)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubald

May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_16_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)

Martyrs of Sudan (Episcopal Church (USA))

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Sudan

Mass Graves Day (Iraq)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_graves_in_Iraq

National Day, declared by Salva Kiir Mayardit (South Sudan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_day

Teachers' Day (Malaysia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Teachers'_Days

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVI.V.MDVIII

16.5.1508

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1508 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).

Calendar
May 1508

May 1508

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

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

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

May 16th, 1508

Born on May 16th, 1508

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 188,000 days old!

188,449 Days

26,921 Weeks

6,191 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 16th?

At least 12 people were killed and 70 others injured when two bombs exploded in a market in Nairobi, Kenya.

The first Chuck E. Cheese location, the first family restaurant to integrate food, animated entertainment (example pictured), and an indoor arcade, opened in San Jose, California.

Japanese climber Junko Tabei (pictured) became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Led by Park Chung-hee, the Military Revolution Committee carried out a bloodless coup against the government of Yun Posun in Seoul, ending the Second Republic of Korea.

American physicist Theodore Maiman operated the first working laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.

The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, one of Malta's most important Modernist landmarks, was turned on for the first time.

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, a supersonic interceptor aircraft, set a world flight airspeed record of 1,404.012 mph (2,259.538 km/h).

Second World War: The Royal Air Force's "Dambusters" squadron embarked on an attack on German dams using bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis.

The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.

The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris.

The Sedition Act was passed in the United States, forbidding Americans from using "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the government, flag, or armed forces during the ongoing World War I.

The United States Congress authorized the minting of the Shield nickel (example pictured), the country's first five-cent piece to be made of a copper–nickel alloy.

Prospector Juan Godoy discovered a silver outcrop in Chañarcillo, sparking the Chilean silver rush.

Peninsular War: Allied British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces clashed with French troops at the Battle of Albuera fought south of Badajoz, Spain.

After a scuffle in which one cardinal received broken bones, the papal conclave elected Camillo Borghese as Pope Paul V.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 16th

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 16th?

Same year Born in 1508

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 16th

Aaron (Coptic Church)

Christian feast day: Abda and Abdjesus, and companions: Abdas of Susa

Andrew Bobola

Brendan the Navigator (Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church)

Caroline Chisholm (Church of England)

Gemma Galgani (Passionists Calendar)

Germerius

Honoratus of Amiens

John of Nepomuk

Margaret of Cortona

Peregrine of Auxerre

Simon Stock

Ubald (see Saint Ubaldo Day)

May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Martyrs of Sudan (Episcopal Church (USA))

Mass Graves Day (Iraq)

National Day, declared by Salva Kiir Mayardit (South Sudan)

Teachers' Day (Malaysia)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

16.5.1508

Legend

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 188,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 16th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 16th?

Same year
Born in 1508

Calendar
May 1508

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