May 23rd, 1575

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Born on May 23rd, 1575 – 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 1575)

Born on May 23rd, 1575

Weekday

Friday

May 23rd, 1575 was a Friday.

Age

448

People born on May 23rd, 1575 will turn 449 this year (2024), in exactly 16 days .

Zodiac

♊

Gemini (The Twins)

May 22nd, 1575 - June 21st, 1575

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 163,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 21 days, exactly on May 28th, 2024, people who were born on May 23rd, 1575 will be 164,000 days old!

163,979 Days

23,425 Weeks

5,387 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

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

John Bardeen

American physicist and engineer

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

Cassandre Beaugrand

French triathlete

*May 23rd, 1997, Livry-Gargan

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

Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz

Spanish mathematician and theologian

*May 23rd, 1606, Madrid †September 7th, 1682, Milan

Margaret Fuller

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

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

Same year
Born in 1575

Guido Reni

Bolognese painter (1575–1642)

*November 4th, 1575, Bologna †August 18th, 1642, Bologna

Marie de' Medici

Queen of France, second wife of King Henry IV of France (1575-1642)

*April 26th, 1575, Florence †July 4th, 1642, Cologne

John Adolphus, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1575-1616)

*February 27th, 1575, Gottorf Castle †March 31st, 1616, Schleswig

Jakob Böhme

German Christian mystic and theologian

*April 24th, 1575, Stary Zawidów †November 17th, 1624, Görlitz

Friedrich Balduin

German theologian (1575-1627)

*November 17th, 1575, Dresden †May 1st, 1627, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Pierre de Conty d'Argencour

*October 24th, 1575, Alès †October 31st, 1655, Narbonne

Elizabeth de Vere, Countess of Derby

British businesswoman

*July 2nd, 1575, Theobalds House †March 10th, 1627, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

Francesco Molin

Doge of Venice (1575-1655)

*April 21st, 1575, Venice †February 27th, 1655, Venice

The Nun of Monza

Italian nun

*December 4th, 1575, Milan †January 17th, 1650, Milan

Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Plötzkau

German prince (1575-1653)

*July 14th, 1575, Dessau †August 22nd, 1653, Plötzkau

Giovanni Andrea Donducci

Italian painter (1575-1655)

*February 14th, 1575, Bologna †April 25th, 1655, Bologna

Bartol Kašić

Croatian linguist and lexicographer

*August 25th, 1575, Pag †December 28th, 1650, Rome

Gwanghaegun of Joseon

15th King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history (1575-1641)

*April 26th, 1575, Gyeongbokgung †July 1st, 1641, Jeju

Michelagnolo Galilei

Italian lutenist and composer (1575-1631)

*December 18th, 1575, Florence †January 3rd, 1631, Munich

Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti de Nuce

Italian cardinal (1575-1606)

*March 10th, 1575, Bologna †May 18th, 1606, Rome

Louis III of Lorraine, cardinal of Guise

Catholic cardinal (1575-1621)

*January 22nd, 1575, Paris †June 21st, 1621, Saintes

Pierre de Bérulle

French Catholic priest and cardinal

*February 4th, 1575, Cérilly †October 2nd, 1629, Paris

Louis Charette de La Colinière

French politician (1575-1642)

*March 18th, 1575, Nantes †March 6th, 1642, Nantes

Countess Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg

Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (1575-1643)

*August 18th, 1575, Neuburg an der Donau †February 11th, 1643, Dornburg/Saale

Franz Ludwig Erlach

Swiss politician (1575-1651)

*January 4th, 1575, Bern †January 1st, 1651, Bern

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.MDLXXV

23.5.1575

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1575 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
May 1575

May 1575

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

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

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

May 23rd, 1575

Born on May 23rd, 1575

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♊

Gemini (The Twins)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 163,000 days old!

163,979 Days

23,425 Weeks

5,387 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 1575

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