May 3rd, 1511

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Born on May 3rd, 1511 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 3rd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 3rd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1511)

Born on May 3rd, 1511

Weekday

Wednesday

May 3rd, 1511 was a Wednesday.

Age

512

People born on May 3rd, 1511 will turn 513 this year (2024), in exactly 14 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1511 - May 21st, 1511

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 187,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 643 days, exactly on January 22nd, 2026, people who were born on May 3rd, 1511 will be 188,000 days old!

187,357 Days

26,765 Weeks

6,155 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 3rd?

May 3rd, 2021

Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses.

May 3rd, 2007

Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has never been found.

May 3rd, 1999

A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.

May 3rd, 1971

Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.

May 3rd, 1963

Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses and dogs against civil-rights protesters, bringing scrutiny on racial segregation in the southern United States.

May 3rd, 1960

The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks premiered, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 performances across 42 years.

May 3rd, 1947

A new Constitution of Japan went into effect, providing for a parliamentary system of government, guaranteeing certain fundamental rights, and relegating the Japanese monarchy to a purely ceremonial role.

May 3rd, 1945

Second World War: The German ocean liner Cap Arcona, afloat in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of concentration camp survivors on board, was attacked and sunk by the Royal Air Force.

May 3rd, 1942

Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enabling them to threaten and intercept supply and communication routes between the United States and Australasia.

May 3rd, 1939

Subhas Chandra Bose formed the All India Forward Bloc, a faction within the Indian National Congress, in opposition to Gandhi's tactics of nonviolence.

May 3rd, 1921

Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern Ireland.

May 3rd, 1920

Russian Civil War: Relying on Red Army troops in neighboring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat in Georgia.

May 3rd, 1915

The oldest Royal Air Force station in continuous operation, RAF Northolt, opened as home to No. 4 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron.

May 3rd, 1913

Raja Harishchandra (scene pictured), the first Indian feature-length film, was released.

May 3rd, 1855

A group of American mercenaries led by William Walker set sail from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 3rd?

Niccolò Machiavelli

Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)

*May 3rd, 1469, Florence †June 21st, 1527, Sant'Andrea in Percussina

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

Robert Osborne

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

*May 3rd, 1932, Colfax †March 6th, 2017, New York City

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

Bing Crosby

American singer and actor (1903–1977)

*May 3rd, 1903, Tacoma †October 14th, 1977, Alcobendas

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

Georg Sabinus

German writer and diplomat (1508-1560)

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

Rebecca Hall

English-born British actress and filmmaker

*May 3rd, 1982, London

Amy Ryan

American actress (born 1968)

*May 3rd, 1968, Flushing

Katrin Göring-Eckardt

German politician

*May 3rd, 1966, Friedrichroda

Bobby Cannavale

American actor (born 1970)

*May 3rd, 1970, Union City

David H. Koch

American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)

*May 3rd, 1940, Wichita †August 23rd, 2019, Southampton

James Brown

American musician (1933–2006)

*May 3rd, 1933, Barnwell †December 25th, 2006, Atlanta

Gernot Erler

German politician

*May 3rd, 1944, Meissen

Myriam Fares

Lebanese musician, actress, and dancer

*May 3rd, 1983, Kfar Chellal

Jan Paweł Gawlik

*May 3rd, 1924, Lviv †March 22nd, 2017, Kraków

Ben Elton

British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director

*May 3rd, 1959, Catford

Hans Michelbach

German politician

*May 3rd, 1949, Gemünden am Main

Jeffrey C. Hall

American geneticist and chronobiologist

*May 3rd, 1945, Brooklyn

Bernhard von Bülow

German and Prussian politician

*May 3rd, 1849, Klein Flottbek †October 28th, 1929, Rome

Same year
Born in 1511

Giorgio Vasari

Italian painter, architect, writer and historian (1511-1574)

*July 30th, 1511, Arezzo †June 27th, 1574, Florence

Catherine Parr

Sixth wife of Henry VIII; final queen consort of the House of Tudor

*November 30th, 1511, Kendal †September 5th, 1548, Sudeley Castle

Erasmus Ebner

German chemist

*December 21st, 1511, Nuremberg †November 24th, 1577, Helmstedt

Jakob Schegk

German physician and philosopher (1511 – 1587)

*June 6th, 1511, Schorndorf †May 9th, 1587, Tübingen

Jacob Bording

German university teacher (1511-1560)

*November 17th, 1511, Antwerp †September 3rd, 1560, Copenhagen

Anna Fugger

1511 - 1548

*November 3rd, 1511, Augsburg †March 25th, 1548, Babenhausen

Marcin Kromer

Prince-Bishop of Warmia

*November 30th, 1511, Biecz †March 23rd, 1589, Lidzbark Warmiński

Paul Eber

German Lutheran theologian

*November 8th, 1511, Kitzingen †December 10th, 1569, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Jacques Dalbon, Seigneur de Saint Andre

Marshal of France

*November 30th, 1511, Saint-André-d'Apchon †December 19th, 1562, Dreux

Henry, Duke of Cornwall

First son of King Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon (1511-1511)

*January 1st, 1511, London †February 23rd, 1511, London

Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

Queen consort of Denmark and Norway

*July 9th, 1511, Lauenburg/Elbe †October 7th, 1571, Sønderborg Castle

Bartolomeo Ammannati

Architect and sculptor

*June 18th, 1511, Settignano †April 13th, 1592, Florence

Andreas Hyperius

Flemish theologian (1511-1564)

*May 16th, 1511, Ypres †February 1st, 1564, Marburg

Jean Bauhin

French physician

*August 24th, 1511, Amiens †January 23rd, 1582, Basel

Johannes Secundus

Dutch poet

*November 15th, 1511, The Hague †September 25th, 1536, Saint-Amand-les-Eaux

Andrea Cornaro

Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal

*December 18th, 1511, Venice †January 30th, 1551, Rome

George Ernest, count of Henneberg-Schleusingen

(1511-1583)

*May 27th, 1511, Schleusingen †December 27th, 1583, Henneberg

Erasmus Reinhold

German astronomer and mathematician

*October 22nd, 1511, Saalfeld †February 19th, 1553, Saalfeld

Wolfgang Hilliger

*November 30th, 1511, Freiberg †November 30th, 1576, Freiberg

Matthias Wanckel

*February 24th, 1511, Kemberg †February 2nd, 1571, Kemberg

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Finding of the Holy Cross-related observances) which are celebrated on May 3rd.

Fiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)

Finding of the Holy Cross-related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_de_las_Cruces

International Sun Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Day

World Press Freedom Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

III.V.MDXI

3.5.1511

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1511 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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May 3rd, 1511

Born on May 3rd, 1511

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 187,000 days old!

187,357 Days

26,765 Weeks

6,155 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 3rd?

Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses.

Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has never been found.

A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.

Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.

Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses and dogs against civil-rights protesters, bringing scrutiny on racial segregation in the southern United States.

The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks premiered, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 performances across 42 years.

A new Constitution of Japan went into effect, providing for a parliamentary system of government, guaranteeing certain fundamental rights, and relegating the Japanese monarchy to a purely ceremonial role.

Second World War: The German ocean liner Cap Arcona, afloat in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of concentration camp survivors on board, was attacked and sunk by the Royal Air Force.

Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enabling them to threaten and intercept supply and communication routes between the United States and Australasia.

Subhas Chandra Bose formed the All India Forward Bloc, a faction within the Indian National Congress, in opposition to Gandhi's tactics of nonviolence.

Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern Ireland.

Russian Civil War: Relying on Red Army troops in neighboring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat in Georgia.

The oldest Royal Air Force station in continuous operation, RAF Northolt, opened as home to No. 4 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron.

Raja Harishchandra (scene pictured), the first Indian feature-length film, was released.

A group of American mercenaries led by William Walker set sail from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 3rd?

Same year Born in 1511

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 3rd

Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Antonia and Alexander

Juvenal of Narni

Moura (Coptic Church)

Philip and James the Lesser

Pope Alexander I

Sarah the Martyr (Coptic Church)

The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland

Theodosius of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church)

May 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Memorial Day (Japan)

Constitution Day (Poland)

Fiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)

International Sun Day

World Press Freedom Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

3.5.1511

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 187,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

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Born in 1511

Calendar
May 1511

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