May 13th, 1587

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Born on May 13th, 1587 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 13th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 13th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1587)

Born on May 13th, 1587

Weekday

Wednesday

May 13th, 1587 was a Wednesday.

Age

436

People born on May 13th, 1587 will turn 437 this year (2024), in exactly 14 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1587 - May 21st, 1587

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 402 days, exactly on June 5th, 2025, people who were born on May 13th, 1587 will be 160,000 days old!

159,598 Days

22,799 Weeks

5,243 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on May 13th?

Ministry of Internal Affairs (Uzbekistan)

May 13th, 2005

Uzbek Interior Ministry and State Security Service troops fired at protesters in Andijan, killing between 187 and 1,500 people.

May 13th, 2000

An explosion (aftermath pictured) at a fireworks factory in Enschede, Netherlands, resulted in 23 deaths and approximately €450 million in damage.

May 13th, 1972

The Troubles: A car bomb planted by Ulster loyalists exploded outside a crowded pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, beginning two days of gun battles between the British Army, the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and the Ulster Volunteer Force.

May 13th, 1969

Sino-Malay race riots began in Kuala Lumpur, leaving at least 190 people dead, with the government declaring a state of emergency and suspending the Parliament of Malaysia until 1971.

May 13th, 1958

US vice president Richard Nixon's motorcade was attacked by a mob in Caracas, Venezuela.

May 13th, 1913

The Russian inventor Igor Sikorsky flew the self-designed Russky Vityaz, the world's first four-engine fixed-wing aircraft.

May 13th, 1909

The first edition of the Giro d'Italia, a long-distance multiple-stage bicycle race, began in Milan; the Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna was the eventual winner.

May 13th, 1861

The Australian astronomer John Tebbutt discovered the Great Comet of 1861, through the tail of which the Earth passed later that year.

May 13th, 1373

The English mystic Julian of Norwich recovered from a severe illness during which she experienced a series of intense visions of Christ, which she later described in the first known English-language book written by a woman.

May 13th, 1948

Arab–Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre occurs, a day prior to the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

May 13th, 1945

World War II: Yevgeny Khaldei's photograph Raising a Flag over the Reichstag is published in Ogonyok magazine.

May 13th, 1943

World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.

May 13th, 1941

World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting against German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.

May 13th, 1940

World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins, as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.

May 13th, 1917

Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 13th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 13th?

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

Darren Le Tissier

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1968, Bailiwick of Guernsey

Amalie Magelund

Badminton player

*May 13th, 2000, Roskilde

Chica Sobresalto

Spanish singer

*May 13th, 1994, Villava-Atarrabia

Maria Theresa of Austria

Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)

*May 13th, 1717, Vienna †November 29th, 1780, Vienna

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

Stephen Colbert

American comedian and writer

*May 13th, 1964, Washington, D.C.

Ole Worm

Danish scientist (1588–1654)

*May 13th, 1588, Aarhus †August 31st, 1654, Copenhagen

Giuliano Amato

Italian politician (born 1938)

*May 13th, 1938, Turin

Iwan Rheon

Welsh actor and musician

*May 13th, 1985, Carmarthen

Andrea Leadsom

British politician (born 1963)

*May 13th, 1963, Aylesbury

John Kasich

American politician and former television host (born 1952)

*May 13th, 1952, McKees Rocks

Robert Pattinson

English actor and model

*May 13th, 1986, London

Pius IX

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878

*May 13th, 1792, Senigallia †February 7th, 1878, Apostolic Palace

Francisco Lachowski

Brazilian model

*May 13th, 1991, Curitiba

Roxana Baldetti

Guatemalan politician

*May 13th, 1962, Guatemala City

Scott Morrison

Prime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022

*May 13th, 1968, Sydney

Same year
Born in 1587

Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna

Swedish statesman (1587-1640)

*June 15th, 1587, Tallinn †November 27th, 1640, Stockholm

436

Virginia Dare

First child born in the Americas to English parents

*August 18th, 1587, Roanoke Colony

Simon VII, Count of Lippe

Count of Lippe-Detmold

*December 30th, 1587, Schloss Brake †March 26th, 1627, Detmold

Louis De Geer

Dutch politician, industrialist, gun merchant (1587-1652)

*November 17th, 1587, Liège †June 19th, 1652, Amsterdam

Thomas Weinrich

*January 1st, 1587, Jelenia Góra †May 4th, 1629

Joost van den Vondel

Dutch poet and writer (1587-1679)

*November 17th, 1587, Cologne †February 5th, 1679, Amsterdam

Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares

Spanish royal favourite of Philip IV and minister (1587-1645)

*January 6th, 1587, Rome †July 22nd, 1645, Toro

Victor Amadeus I of Savoy

Duke of Savoy (1587–1637)

*May 8th, 1587, Turin †October 7th, 1637, Vercelli

Khusrau Mirza

Son of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (1587-1622)

*August 16th, 1587, Lahore †January 26th, 1622, Lahore

Anders Arrebo

Danish writer

*January 2nd, 1587, Ærøskøbing †March 12th, 1637, Vordingborg

Dorothea Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst

*February 3rd, 1587, Wolfenbüttel †October 16th, 1609, Zerbst

Kaspar von Barth

German philologist (1587-1658)

*June 21st, 1587, Kostrzyn nad Odrą †September 17th, 1658, Leipzig

Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick

Royal Navy admiral (1587-1658)

*June 5th, 1587, Leez Priory †April 19th, 1658, London

Antoine Boësset

French musician (1587-1643)

*February 24th, 1587, Blois †December 8th, 1643, Paris

Johannes Bergius

German theologian

*February 24th, 1587, Szczecin †December 19th, 1658, Berlin

Nikolaus von Wolkenstein

Austrian canon

*January 4th, 1587, Schloss Bruck †April 6th, 1624, Padua

Paul Röber

German theologian

*February 5th, 1587, Wurzen †March 18th, 1651, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger

Danish architect

*June 24th, 1587, Copenhagen †August 6th, 1639, Copenhagen

Countess Juliane of Nassau-Siegen

Daughter of Count John of Nassau-Siegen, by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel

*September 3rd, 1587, Dillenburger Schloss †February 15th, 1643, Eschwege

Raffaello Vanni

Italian painter (1587-1673)

*October 4th, 1587, Siena †November 29th, 1673, Siena

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 13th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 13th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIII.V.MDLXXXVII

13.5.1587

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1587 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
May 1587

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May 13th, 1587

Born on May 13th, 1587

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

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

159,598 Days

22,799 Weeks

5,243 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 13th?

Uzbek Interior Ministry and State Security Service troops fired at protesters in Andijan, killing between 187 and 1,500 people.

An explosion (aftermath pictured) at a fireworks factory in Enschede, Netherlands, resulted in 23 deaths and approximately €450 million in damage.

The Troubles: A car bomb planted by Ulster loyalists exploded outside a crowded pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, beginning two days of gun battles between the British Army, the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and the Ulster Volunteer Force.

Sino-Malay race riots began in Kuala Lumpur, leaving at least 190 people dead, with the government declaring a state of emergency and suspending the Parliament of Malaysia until 1971.

US vice president Richard Nixon's motorcade was attacked by a mob in Caracas, Venezuela.

The Russian inventor Igor Sikorsky flew the self-designed Russky Vityaz, the world's first four-engine fixed-wing aircraft.

The first edition of the Giro d'Italia, a long-distance multiple-stage bicycle race, began in Milan; the Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna was the eventual winner.

The Australian astronomer John Tebbutt discovered the Great Comet of 1861, through the tail of which the Earth passed later that year.

The English mystic Julian of Norwich recovered from a severe illness during which she experienced a series of intense visions of Christ, which she later described in the first known English-language book written by a woman.

Arab–Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre occurs, a day prior to the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

World War II: Yevgeny Khaldei's photograph Raising a Flag over the Reichstag is published in Ogonyok magazine.

World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia.

World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting against German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance.

World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins, as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons.

Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 13th

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 13th?

Same year Born in 1587

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 13th

Abbotsbury Garland Day (Dorset, England)

Our Lady of Fátima

Gerard of Villamagna

Glyceria

John the Silent (Roman Catholic)

Julian of Norwich (Roman Catholic)

Frances Perkins (Episcopal Church (USA))

Servatius

May 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Rotuma Day (Rotuma)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

13.5.1587

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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 13th

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Who's birthday is on May 13th?

Same year
Born in 1587

Calendar
May 1587

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