May 9th, 1593

Born on May 9th, 1593

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 9th?

May 9th, 1949

Rainier III became Prince of Monaco, beginning a 56-year reign, which would make him one of the longest ruling monarchs of the 20th century.

May 9th, 1915

World War I: British forces launched the Battle of Aubers, an offensive on the Western Front, as part of the larger Second Battle of Artois.

May 9th, 1761

The inaugural exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain opened at Spring Gardens in London.

May 9th, 2012

The pilots of a Sukhoi Superjet, ignoring alerts from the terrain warning system, crashed the aircraft into Mount Salak in Indonesia, resulting in the deaths of all 45 people on board.

May 9th, 2005

Pope Benedict XVI began the beatification process for his predecessor Pope John Paul II, waiving the standard five years required after the nominee's death.

May 9th, 2001

Police at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, fired tear gas to quell unrest at a football match, leading to a stampede that killed 126 people.

May 9th, 1992

An underground methane explosion occurred at the Westray Mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia, killing all 26 Canadian coal miners who were working at the time.

May 9th, 1980

Part of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida collapsed after a pier was struck by MV Summit Venture, killing 35 people.

May 9th, 1979

Prominent Iranian Jew Habib Elghanian was executed after having been convicted by a revolutionary tribunal of various charges, triggering a mass exodus of Jews from Iran.

May 9th, 1977

The Hotel Polen in Amsterdam was destroyed by fire (pictured), leaving 33 people dead.

May 9th, 1964

Ngô Đình Cẩn, a younger brother and the confidant of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm, was executed by Nguyễn Khánh's military junta.

May 9th, 1961

In a speech to U.S. broadcasters, Newton Minow, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, described commercial television programming as "a vast wasteland".

May 9th, 1960

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it would approve the use of Searle's Enovid, the first combined oral contraceptive pill.

May 9th, 1944

World War II: The Japanese Take Ichi convoy arrived at Halmahera in the Dutch East Indies after losing many ships and thousands of troops to Allied attacks while attempting to carry two divisions of troops from China to New Guinea.

May 9th, 1918

First World War: Germany repelled Britain's second attempt to blockade the Belgian port of Ostend.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 9th

Same year
Born in 1593

59

Artemisia Gentileschi

Italian Baroque painter (1593-1651)

*July 8th, 1593, Rome †January 1st, 1653, Naples

38

Mumtaz Mahal

Mughal empress

*April 27th, 1593, Agra †June 17th, 1631, Burhanpur

39

George Herbert

Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest (1593–1633)

*April 3rd, 1593, Montgomery †March 1st, 1633, Bemerton

77

Agnès Arnauld

French Cistercian abbess

*December 31st, 1593, Paris †February 19th, 1671, Port-Royal-des-Champs

64

Melchior von Hatzfeldt

German count, fieldmarshal

*October 10th, 1593, Castle Crottorf †January 9th, 1658, Powidzko

63

Salomo Glassius

German theologian

*May 21st, 1593, Sondershausen †July 27th, 1656, Gotha

36

Sixtinus Amama

Dutch Reformed theologian and orientalist

*October 13th, 1593, Franeker †November 9th, 1629, Franeker

66

Alain de Solminihac

French bishop

*November 25th, 1593, Saint-Aquilin †December 31st, 1659, Mercuès

59

Samuel Edel

German author and theologian

*June 2nd, 1593, Türkheim †December 1st, 1652, Ulm

65

Abel Servien

French statesman and diplomat

*November 1st, 1593, Grenoble †February 17th, 1659, Meudon

32

Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford

English aristocrat, courtier and soldier

*February 24th, 1593, London †May 31st, 1625, Antwerp

90

Izaak Walton

English author and biographer (1593-1683)

*August 9th, 1593, Stafford †December 15th, 1683, Winchester

68

Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg

Catholic cardinal (1593-1661)

*March 1st, 1593, Munich †December 1st, 1661, Regensburg

21

Toyotomi Hideyori

Japanese samurai (1593-1615)

*August 29th, 1593, Osaka Castle †June 4th, 1615, Osaka Castle

78

Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet

English politician (1593-1671)

*June 22nd, 1593, Hopton †October 26th, 1671, London

38

Liborius Wagner

German priest

*December 5th, 1593, Mühlhausen †December 9th, 1631, Schloss

67

Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen

Dutch-English painter (1593-1661)

*October 14th, 1593, London †August 5th, 1661, Utrecht

76

Edward Nicholas

17th-century English statesman

*April 4th, 1593, Wiltshire †September 1st, 1669

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 9th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Commemoration of the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands related observances, Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany) which are celebrated on May 9th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1593 is a normal year and no leap year.

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