1585 May 1585 May 7th, 1585

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  1. Born on May 7th, 1585 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
  2. Age in days, weeks and months
  3. What happened on May 7th?
  4. Birthdays of famous people
  5. Public holidays on May 7th
  6. Date as a Roman numeral / digit
  7. Calendar (May 1585)

Born on May 7th, 1585

Weekday

Tuesday

May 7th, 1585 was a Tuesday.

Age

438

People born on May 7th, 1585 will turn 439 this year (2024), in exactly 8 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1585 - May 21st, 1585

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 160,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 666 days, exactly on February 24th, 2026, people who were born on May 7th, 1585 will be 161,000 days old!

160,334 Days

22,904 Weeks

5,267 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on May 7th?

Neanderthal May 7th, 2010

A draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome was published, demonstrating that today's humans have Neanderthal ancestors.
Napier, New Zealand May 7th, 2009

Police in Napier, New Zealand, began a 40-hour siege of the home of a former New Zealand Army member who had shot at officers during the routine execution of a search warrant.
Kosovo War May 7th, 1999

Kosovo War: NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the United States bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade.
Cold War May 7th, 1960

Cold War: Nikita Khrushchev announced that the Soviet Union was holding American pilot Francis Gary Powers, whose spy plane had been shot down six days earlier.
Masaru Ibuka May 7th, 1946

Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita founded the telecommunications corporation Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo, later renamed Sony.
Fleischer Studios May 7th, 1937

Employees at Fleischer Studios in New York City went on strike in the animation industry's first major labor strike.
New York City Police Department May 7th, 1931

New York City police engaged in a two-hour-long shootout with Francis Crowley, witnessed by 15,000 bystanders, before he finally surrendered.
Aleksandr Popov (physicist) May 7th, 1895

Alexander Stepanovich Popov presented his lightning detector, one of the first radio receivers in the world, to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society.
War of the First Coalition May 7th, 1798

War of the First Coalition: A British garrison repelled a French attack on the Îles Saint-Marcouf off the Normandy coast, inflicting heavy losses.
French Revolution May 7th, 1794

French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre (pictured) established the Cult of the Supreme Being as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
Pontiac (Odawa leader) May 7th, 1763

Pontiac, a Native American chief of the Odawa tribe, led an attempt to seize Fort Detroit from the British, marking the start of Pontiac's War.
Tre Kronor (castle) May 7th, 1697

The 13th-century castle of Tre Kronor in Stockholm burned down; plans for the current royal palace were presented within the year.
Granada War May 7th, 1487

Granada War: Forces of Aragon and Castile began a siege of Málaga, a Muslim city in the south of the Iberian Peninsula.
Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 May 7th, 1964

Pacific Airlines Flight 773 is hijacked by Francisco Gonzales and crashes in Contra Costa County, California, killing 44.
Cold War May 7th, 1960

Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 7th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 7th?

Carrie Henn: Age & Birthday 47
Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City
Ma Jin: Age & Birthday 35
Ma Jin

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1988, Nantong
Rabindranath Tagore: Age & Birthday 80
Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata
Johannes Brahms: Age & Birthday 63
Johannes Brahms

German composer (1833–1897)

*May 7th, 1833, Hamburg †April 3rd, 1897, Vienna
96
Kathleen McKane Godfree

English badminton and tennis player (1896-1992)

*May 7th, 1896, Bayswater †June 19th, 1992, London
Oskar von Miller: Age & Birthday 78
Oskar von Miller

German engineer

*May 7th, 1855, Munich †April 9th, 1934, Munich
49
Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou
39
Meiliana Jauhari

Indonesian badminton player

*May 7th, 1984, Jakarta
Anne Baxter: Age & Birthday 62
Anne Baxter

American actress (1923–1985)

*May 7th, 1923, Michigan City †December 12th, 1985, New York City
24
Rutaparna Panda

Indian badminton player

*May 7th, 1999, Cuttack
53
Nikolai Zuyev

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1970, Dnipro
26
Rika Rositawati

Badminton player

*May 7th, 1997, Sumedang
21
Cheng Xing

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 2002, Jiujiang, Guangdong
Josip Broz: Age & Birthday 87
Josip Broz

Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman (1892.−1980.)

*May 7th, 1892, Kumrovec †May 4th, 1980, Ljubljana
Mark Furze: Age & Birthday 37
Mark Furze

Australian actor

*May 7th, 1986, Orange
26
Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1586-1612)

*May 7th, 1586, Mantua †December 22nd, 1612, Mantua
56
Balbina Bäbler

Swiss classical archaeologist

*May 7th, 1967, Glarus
Jérémy Ménez: Age & Birthday 36
Jérémy Ménez

French association football player

*May 7th, 1987, Longjumeau
Thomas Piketty: Age & Birthday 52
Thomas Piketty

French economist

*May 7th, 1971, Clichy
Joanna Haigh: Age & Birthday 69
Joanna Haigh

British physicist

*May 7th, 1954, London

Same year
Born in 1585

Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu: Age & Birthday 57
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu

French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)

*September 9th, 1585, Paris †December 4th, 1642, Paris
Heinrich Schütz: Age & Birthday 87
Heinrich Schütz

German composer and organist (1585–1672)

*October 18th, 1585, Bad Köstritz †November 6th, 1672, Dresden
Cornelius Jansen: Age & Birthday 52
Cornelius Jansen

Bishop and theologian (1585-1638)

*October 28th, 1585, Acquoy †May 6th, 1638, Ypres
Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony: Age & Birthday 71
Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony

German noble (1585–1656)

*March 5th, 1585, Dresden †October 8th, 1656, Dresden
Mary Ward: Age & Birthday 60
Mary Ward

English Venerated Catholic (1585-1645)

*January 23rd, 1585, Newby with Mulwith †January 30th, 1645, Heworth
Claude Favre de Vaugelas: Age & Birthday 65
Claude Favre de Vaugelas

Savoyard grammarian and man of letters (1585-1650)

*January 6th, 1585, Meximieux †February 26th, 1650, Paris
William Drummond of Hawthornden: Age & Birthday 63
William Drummond of Hawthornden

British writer 1585–1649

*December 13th, 1585, Midlothian †December 4th, 1649, Hawthornden Castle
Livia della Rovere: Age & Birthday 55
Livia della Rovere

Italian noble (1585-1641)

*December 16th, 1585, Pesaro †July 6th, 1641, Castelleone di Suasa
Johann Jakob Wolff von Todenwarth: Age & Birthday 72
Johann Jakob Wolff von Todenwarth
*January 1st, 1585, Speyer †January 1st, 1657, Regensburg
67
John Cotton

English minister, theologian, immigrant to Massachusetts (1585-1652)

*December 4th, 1585, Derby †December 23rd, 1652, Boston
49
Hendrick Avercamp

Dutch painter (1585-1634)

*January 27th, 1585, Amsterdam †May 15th, 1634, Kampen
70
Alexandre I de Bournonville

(1585-1656)

*September 14th, 1585, City of Brussels †March 12th, 1656, Lyon
79
Niklaus Geisler

German architect and sculptor

*April 7th, 1585, Schweinfurt †January 1st, 1665, Lucerne
61
Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel

English diplomat (1585-1646)

*July 7th, 1585, Finchingfield †October 4th, 1646, Padua
58
Giovanni Biliverti

Florentine painter (1585-1644)

*August 25th, 1585, Florence †July 16th, 1644, Florence
Herman op den Graeff: Age & Birthday 57
Herman op den Graeff

"Mennonite lord bishop" of Krefeld, in 1632 delegate to the Krefeld Mennonite Church Delegation and signer of the Dordrecht Confession of Faith that year

*November 26th, 1585, Kerken †December 27th, 1642, Krefeld
51
Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc

Governor of St. Christopher

*February 28th, 1585, Allouville-Bellefosse †November 30th, 1636, Saint Kitts
51
Jean Caylar d'Anduze de Saint-Bonnet

Marshal of France

*March 1st, 1585, Saint-Jean-du-Gard †June 14th, 1636, Fontaneto d'Agogna
52
Christian, Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

*November 30th, 1585, Eisenberg castle ruins †December 31st, 1637, Schloss Waldeck
65
Gregor Francke

German theologian

*December 10th, 1585, Taucha †January 2nd, 1651, Frankfurt (Oder)

Birthdays of famous people

Adele: Age & BirthdayStephen Barclay: Age & BirthdayCarrie Henn: Age & BirthdayJan Tore Sanner: Age & BirthdayChukwuma Akabueze: Age & BirthdayMa Jin: Age & BirthdayMatti Geschonneck: Age & BirthdayJohanna Goliszewski: Age & BirthdayKarl Marx: Age & BirthdayKjell Bækkelund: Age & Birthday

Public holidays on May 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 7th.

Agathius of Byzantium
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathius
Agostino Roscelli
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agostino_Roscelli
Pope Benedict II
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_II
Flavia Domitilla
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavia_Domitilla_(wife_of_Clemens)
Gisela of Hungary
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gisela_of_Hungary
Harriet Starr Cannon (Episcopal Church (USA))
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Starr_Cannon
John of Beverley
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Beverley
Rose Venerini
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Venerini
Stanislaus (Roman Martyrology)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislaus_of_Szczepanów
May 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_7_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)
Defender of the Fatherland Day (Kazakhstan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_of_the_Fatherland_Day_(Kazakhstan)
Dien Bien Phu Victory Day (Vietnam)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Vietnam
Radio Day, commemorating the work of Alexander Popov (Russia, Bulgaria)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VII.V.MDLXXXV

7.5.1585

Legend

M = 1000D = 500L = 50X = 10V = 5I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1585 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
May 1585

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19 6789101112
20 13141516171819
21 20212223242526
22 2728293031

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