May 31st, 1576

Born on May 31st, 1576

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 404 days, exactly on June 6th, 2025, people who were born on May 31st, 1576 will be 164,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 31st?

May 31st, 2013

A tornado struck Central Oklahoma, killing 8 people and injuring more than 150.

May 31st, 2009

American physician George Tiller, one of the few doctors in the country who performed late-term abortions, was shot and killed by Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion activist.

May 31st, 1981

An organized mob of police and government-sponsored Sinhalese paramilitary forces began three days of attacks that led to the burning of the Jaffna Library in Sri Lanka.

May 31st, 1941

The United Kingdom completed its re-occupation of Iraq, returning Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.

May 31st, 1935

An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw struck Balochistan in British India, now part of Pakistan, killing between 30,000 and 60,000 people.

May 31st, 1902

The Second Boer War came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in Pretoria, South Africa.

May 31st, 1879

Gilmore's Garden in New York City was renamed Madison Square Garden, the city's first venue to use that name.

May 31st, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate troops under Joseph E. Johnston and G. W. Smith engaged Union forces under George B. McClellan at the Battle of Seven Pines outside Richmond, Virginia.

May 31st, 1775

American Revolution: The Committee of Safety of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, adopted the Mecklenburg Resolves, which annulled and vacated all laws originating from the authority of the King or Parliament.

May 31st, 1468

Cardinal Bessarion (pictured) announced his donation of 746 Greek and Latin codices to the Republic of Venice, forming the Biblioteca Marciana.

May 31st, 1293

Majapahit forces under Raden Wijaya won a major victory in the Mongol invasion of Java, now considered to be the founding date of the Indonesian city of Surabaya.

May 31st, 1223

Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus': Mongol forces defeated a Kievan Rus' army at the Kalka River in present-day Ukraine.

May 31st, 1215

A Mongol army under Genghis Khan captures Zhongdu (modern Beijing), the capital of the Jin dynasty.

May 31st, 0455

Petronius Maximus, ruler of the Western Roman Empire, was stoned to death by a mob as he fled Rome ahead of the arrival of a Vandal force that sacked the city.

May 31st, 2019

A shooting occurs inside a municipal building at Virginia Beach, Virginia, leaving 13 people dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 31st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 31st?

71

Nicolas Poussin

French painter (1594-1665)

*May 31st, 1594, Les Andelys †November 19th, 1665, Rome

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

40

Feodor I of Russia

Tsar of Russia (1557-1598)

*May 31st, 1557, Pereslavl-Zalessky †January 7th, 1598, Moscow

60

Viktor Orbán

Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–present)

*May 31st, 1963, Székesfehérvár

93

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

*May 31st, 1922, Potsdam †April 16th, 2016, Freiburg im Breisgau

88

Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat

*May 31st, 1887, Pointe-à-Pitre †September 20th, 1975, Hyères

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

82

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

66

Margaret Beaufort

Noblewoman; Mother of King Henry VII

*May 31st, 1443, Bedfordshire †June 29th, 1509, Westminster

99

Maurice Allais

French economist (1911–2010)

*May 31st, 1911, Paris †October 9th, 2010, Saint-Cloud

72

Walt Whitman

American poet, essayist and journalist

*May 31st, 1819, West Hills †March 26th, 1892, Camden

58

Brooke Shields

American actress (born 1965)

*May 31st, 1965, Manhattan

34

Marco Reus

German footballer (born 1989)

*May 31st, 1989, Dortmund

68

Nur Jahan

Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire (1577-1645)

*May 31st, 1577, Kandahar †December 18th, 1645, Lahore

93

Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director (born 1930)

*May 31st, 1930, San Francisco

27

Normani

American singer and dancer

*May 31st, 1996, Atlanta

81

Pius XI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939

*May 31st, 1857, Desio †February 10th, 1939, Vatican City

88

Jim Bolger

Prime minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997

*May 31st, 1935, Ōpunake

101

Bernard Lewis

British-American historian (1916–2018)

*May 31st, 1916, London †May 19th, 2018, Voorhees Township

45

Jim Hutton

Actor (1934-1979)

*May 31st, 1934, Binghamton †June 2nd, 1979, Los Angeles

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Born in 1576

35

Philip Louis II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (1576-1612)

*November 18th, 1576, Hanau †August 9th, 1612, Hanau

43

John Sarkander

Czech saint

*December 20th, 1576, Skoczów †March 17th, 1620, Olomouc

37

Antonio Neri

Italian chemist

*February 29th, 1576, Florence †January 1st, 1614, Florence

45

Alix Le Clerc

French founder of a religious order providing education to girls (1576-1622)

*February 2nd, 1576, Remiremont †January 9th, 1622, Nancy

67

Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau

Electress Palatine (1576-1644)

*March 31st, 1576, Delft †March 15th, 1644, Königsberg

49

Duchess Anna I, Duchess of Prussia

Duchess of Prussia

*July 3rd, 1576, Königsberg †August 30th, 1625, Berlin

84

Petrus Scriverius

Dutch writer, philologist and scholar on the history of Holland and Belgium, owner/creator of the album amicorum of Petrus Scriverius

*January 12th, 1576, Haarlem †April 30th, 1660, Oudewater

66

Johann Kromayer

German educationist (1576-1643)

*December 8th, 1576, Döbeln †July 13th, 1643, Weimar

60

Pietro Paolo Bonzi

Painter of still lifes (1576-1636)

*January 1st, 1576, Cortona †March 17th, 1636, Rome

56

Scipione Borghese

17th-century Catholic cardinal

*November 30th, 1576, Artena †October 2nd, 1633, Rome

74

Herman Wenceslas Czernin of Chudenice

Czech hofmeister and nobleman

*July 24th, 1576, Nedrahovice †February 6th, 1651, Kost Castle

35

Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland

Scholar and writer of Elizabethan England

*October 16th, 1576, Belvoir Castle †June 26th, 1612, Cambridge

52

Kaspar Teutleben

German author

*March 27th, 1576, Laucha †February 11th, 1629, Wenigensömmern

51

Roque González de Santa Cruz

Paraguayan missionary

*November 17th, 1576, Asunción †November 15th, 1628, São Miguel das Missões

47

Eric of Lorraine

French Bishop of Verdun and half brother of Louise of Lorraine, Queen consort of France.

*March 14th, 1576, Nancy †April 27th, 1623, Nancy

76

Thomas Dudley

Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (1576-1653)

*October 12th, 1576, Yardley Hastings †July 31st, 1653, Roxbury

73

Caspar Schoppe

German scholar (1576-1649)

*May 27th, 1576, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz †November 19th, 1649, Padua

44

Rudolph, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

Prince of Anhalt, then Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1576-1621)

*October 28th, 1576, Harzgerode †August 20th, 1621, Zerbst

57

John Marston

English writer 1575?-1634

*October 7th, 1576, Coventry †June 25th, 1634, Hampshire

73

Giovanni Diodati

Calvinist theologian

*June 6th, 1576, Geneva †October 3rd, 1649, Geneva

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Leap year

Yes: 1576 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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