May 28th, 1587

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Born on May 28th, 1587 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 28th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 28th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1587)

Born on May 28th, 1587

Weekday

Thursday

May 28th, 1587 was a Thursday.

Age

436

People born on May 28th, 1587 will turn 437 this year (2024), in exactly 29 days .

Zodiac

♊

Gemini (The Twins)

May 22nd, 1587 - June 21st, 1587

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 417 days, exactly on June 20th, 2025, people who were born on May 28th, 1587 will be 160,000 days old!

159,583 Days

22,797 Weeks

5,243 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 28th?

May 28th, 2002

An independent commission appointed by the Football Association voted two-to-one to allow Wimbledon F.C. to relocate from London to Milton Keynes.

May 28th, 1998

The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission carried out five underground nuclear tests, becoming the seventh country in the world to successfully develop and publicly test nuclear weapons.

May 28th, 1987

Mathias Rust, a West German aviator, flew his Cessna 172 from Helsinki, Finland, through Soviet air defences, landing illegally near Red Square in Moscow.

May 28th, 1940

Second World War: Belgium surrendered to Nazi Germany, ending the Battle of Belgium.

May 28th, 1937

The rise of Neville Chamberlain culminated with his accession as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

May 28th, 1892

Scottish-American preservationist John Muir (pictured) founded the environmental organization Sierra Club in California.

May 28th, 1830

U.S. president Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, authorizing him to negotiate with Native Americans for their removal from their ancestral homelands.

May 28th, 1754

French and Indian War: Led by 22-year-old George Washington, a company of Virginia colonial militiamen ambushed a force of 35 Canadiens at the Battle of Jumonville Glen (depicted).

May 28th, 1644

English Civil War: Royalist troops stormed and captured the Parliamentarian stronghold of Bolton, leading to a massacre of defenders and local residents.

May 28th, 1608

Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi debuted his second opera L'Arianna, now one of his lost works, at a royal wedding in Mantua.

May 28th, 0621

Tang forces led by Li Shimin defeated and captured Dou Jiande at the Battle of Hulao in the civil war that followed the collapse of the Sui dynasty.

May 28th, 2016

Harambe, a gorilla, is shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, resulting in widespread criticism and sparking various internet memes.

May 28th, 2011

Malta votes on the introduction of divorce; the proposal was approved by 53% of voters, resulting in a law allowing divorce under certain conditions being enacted later in the year.

May 28th, 2010

In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.

May 28th, 2008

The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 28th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 28th?

Alec Benjamin

American singer-songwriter

*May 28th, 1994, Phoenix

Christa Miller

American actress

*May 28th, 1964, Manhattan

Paul Hébert

Canadian actor

*May 28th, 1924, Thetford Mines †April 20th, 2017, Quebec City

Robert Arnauld d'Andilly

French writer (1589-1674)

*May 28th, 1589, Paris †September 27th, 1674, Port-Royal-des-Champs

Leticia Brunati

Argentinian beach handball coach

*May 28th, 1982, Buenos Aires

Karl Otto Stegmann

German motocycle racer

*May 28th, 1901, Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge †April 30th, 1930, Czechoslovakia

Kylie Minogue

Australian singer and actress (born 1968)

*May 28th, 1968, Melbourne

George I of Great Britain

King of Great Britain and Ireland (r. 1714–27), Elector of Hanover (r. 1698–1727)

*May 28th, 1660, Hanover †June 11th, 1727, Osnabrück

Lisa Klostermann

German footballer

*May 28th, 1999, Herdecke

Carey Mulligan

English actress (born 1985)

*May 28th, 1985, Westminster

Thomas Moore

Irish poet, singer and songwriter (1779–1852)

*May 28th, 1779, Dublin †February 25th, 1852, Bromham

Marco Rubio

United States Senator from Florida since 2011

*May 28th, 1971, Miami

Svenja Jung

German actress

*May 28th, 1993, Weroth

Alexa Davalos

French-American actress

*May 28th, 1982, 16th arrondissement of Paris

Pierre Séguier

Ancien Régime office-holder (1588-1672)

*May 28th, 1588, Paris †January 28th, 1672, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Rachel Kempson

British actress (1910–2003)

*May 28th, 1910, Dartmouth †May 24th, 2003, Millbrook

Justin Kirk

American actor

*May 28th, 1969, Salem

Patrick White

English-born Australian writer

*May 28th, 1912, London †September 30th, 1990, Sydney

Isabelle Carré

French actress

*May 28th, 1971, Paris

Jean Schopfer

French writer and tennis player

*May 28th, 1868, Morges †January 9th, 1931, 7th arrondissement of Paris

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 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 28th.

TDFR Republic Day, celebrates the declaration of independence of the First Republic of Armenia and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918. (Azerbaijan and Armenia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcaucasian_Democratic_Federative_Republic

Youm-e-Takbir (Pakistan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youm-e-Takbir

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.V.MDLXXXVII

28.5.1587

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

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
21	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
22	25	26	27	28	29	30	31

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
21	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
22	25	26	27	28	29	30	31

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
21	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
22	25	26	27	28	29	30	31

May 28th, 1587

Born on May 28th, 1587

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♊

Gemini (The Twins)

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

159,583 Days

22,797 Weeks

5,243 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 28th?

An independent commission appointed by the Football Association voted two-to-one to allow Wimbledon F.C. to relocate from London to Milton Keynes.

The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission carried out five underground nuclear tests, becoming the seventh country in the world to successfully develop and publicly test nuclear weapons.

Mathias Rust, a West German aviator, flew his Cessna 172 from Helsinki, Finland, through Soviet air defences, landing illegally near Red Square in Moscow.

Second World War: Belgium surrendered to Nazi Germany, ending the Battle of Belgium.

The rise of Neville Chamberlain culminated with his accession as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Scottish-American preservationist John Muir (pictured) founded the environmental organization Sierra Club in California.

U.S. president Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, authorizing him to negotiate with Native Americans for their removal from their ancestral homelands.

French and Indian War: Led by 22-year-old George Washington, a company of Virginia colonial militiamen ambushed a force of 35 Canadiens at the Battle of Jumonville Glen (depicted).

English Civil War: Royalist troops stormed and captured the Parliamentarian stronghold of Bolton, leading to a massacre of defenders and local residents.

Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi debuted his second opera L'Arianna, now one of his lost works, at a royal wedding in Mantua.

Tang forces led by Li Shimin defeated and captured Dou Jiande at the Battle of Hulao in the civil war that followed the collapse of the Sui dynasty.

Harambe, a gorilla, is shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, resulting in widespread criticism and sparking various internet memes.

Malta votes on the introduction of divorce; the proposal was approved by 53% of voters, resulting in a law allowing divorce under certain conditions being enacted later in the year.

In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers.

The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of Nepal formally declares Nepal a republic, ending the 240-year reign of the Shah dynasty.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 28th

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 28th?

Same year Born in 1587

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 28th

Armed Forces Day (Croatia)

Bernard of Menthon

Germain of Paris

John Calvin (Episcopal Church)

Lanfranc

Margaret Pole

William of Gellone

May 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Downfall of the Derg (Ethiopia)

Flag Day (Philippines)

Menstrual Hygiene Day

Republic Day (Nepal)