May 3rd, 1586

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Born on May 3rd, 1586 – 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 1586)

Born on May 3rd, 1586

Weekday

Saturday

May 3rd, 1586 was a Saturday.

Age

437

People born on May 3rd, 1586 will turn 438 this year (2024), in exactly 4 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1586 - May 21st, 1586

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 159,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 27 days, exactly on May 26th, 2024, people who were born on May 3rd, 1586 will be 160,000 days old!

159,973 Days

22,853 Weeks

5,255 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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?

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

Niccolò Machiavelli

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

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

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

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

Jan Paweł Gawlik

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

Myriam Fares

Lebanese musician, actress, and dancer

*May 3rd, 1983, Kfar Chellal

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

Élie Metchnikoff

Immunologist, embryologist, biologist, Nobel laureat

*May 3rd, 1845, Ivanivka †July 2nd, 1916, Paris

Same year
Born in 1586

Johann Hermann Schein

German composer

*January 20th, 1586, Grünhain †November 19th, 1630, Leipzig

Francisco de Moncada, 3rd Marquis of Aitona

Spanish noble and writer

*December 29th, 1586, Valencia †August 17th, 1635, Goch

Niccolò Zucchi

Itlain Jesuit astronomer and physicist

*December 6th, 1586, Parma †May 21st, 1670, Rome

Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna

Swedish politician

*June 18th, 1586, Lindholmen Castle †December 12th, 1656, Edsberg Castle

Thomas Hooker

Puritan minister (1586-1647)

*July 5th, 1586, Leicestershire †July 7th, 1647, Hartford

Rose of Lima

Dominican saint from Peru

*April 20th, 1586, Lima †August 24th, 1617, Lima

Dorothea von Ahlefeldt

(1586-1647)

*August 4th, 1586, Schloss Heiligenstedten †January 23rd, 1647

Lucas Cranach III.

German painter (1586-1645)

*March 6th, 1586, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †September 15th, 1645, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Jodelet

French actor

*September 11th, 1586, Angers †March 26th, 1660, Paris

Georg Calixtus

German Lutheran theologian (1586-1656)

*December 14th, 1586, Medelby †March 19th, 1656, Helmstedt

Balthasar Walther

University teacher and philologist (1586-1640)

*May 1st, 1586, Allendorf †November 15th, 1640, Brunswick

John George II Fuchs von Dornheim

Prince-Bishop of Bamberg

*April 23rd, 1586, Wiesentheid †March 29th, 1633, Spital am Pyhrn

Paris von Lodron

Archbishop of Salzburg (1586-1653)

*February 13th, 1586, Castelnuovo di Noarna †December 15th, 1653, Salzburg

Johannes Valentinus Andreae

German writer, mathematician and theologian (rosicrucian)

*August 17th, 1586, Herrenberg †June 27th, 1654, Stuttgart

Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1586-1612)

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

Martin Rinkart

German clergyman and hymnist

*April 23rd, 1586, Eilenburg †December 8th, 1649, Eilenburg

Marco Antonio Bassetti

Italian painter (1586-1630)

*January 17th, 1586, Verona †January 1st, 1630, Verona

Paul Siefert

German composer and organist (1586-1666)

*May 23rd, 1586, Gdańsk †May 6th, 1666, Gdańsk

Giovanni de Galliano Pieroni

Italian mathematician and astrologer (1586-1654)

*January 1st, 1586, Florence †January 1st, 1654, Vienna

John Ford

English Caroline dramatist and poet

*April 17th, 1586, Devon †November 30th, 1638, London

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.MDLXXXVI

3.5.1586

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1586 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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May 3rd, 1586

Born on May 3rd, 1586

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 159,000 days old!

159,973 Days

22,853 Weeks

5,255 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 1586

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

3.5.1586

Legend

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 159,000 days old!

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

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Same year
Born in 1586

Calendar
May 1586

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