May 31st, 1596 was a Friday.
May 22nd, 1596 - June 21st, 1596
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 709 days, exactly on April 7th, 2026, people who were born on May 31st, 1596 will be 157,000 days old!
French painter (1594-1665)
*May 31st, 1594, Les Andelys †November 19th, 1665, RomeFrench author, best known for his epistolary essays
*May 31st, 1597, Angoulême †February 18th, 1654, AngoulêmeGerman biologist
*May 31st, 1922, Potsdam †April 16th, 2016, Freiburg im BreisgauFrench poet and diplomat
*May 31st, 1887, Pointe-à-Pitre †September 20th, 1975, HyèresFrench economist (1911–2010)
*May 31st, 1911, Paris †October 9th, 2010, Saint-CloudNoblewoman; Mother of King Henry VII
*May 31st, 1443, Bedfordshire †June 29th, 1509, WestminsterAmerican poet, essayist and journalist
*May 31st, 1819, West Hills †March 26th, 1892, CamdenTsar of Russia (1557-1598)
*May 31st, 1557, Pereslavl-Zalessky †January 7th, 1598, MoscowPope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939
*May 31st, 1857, Desio †February 10th, 1939, Vatican CityBritish-American historian (1916–2018)
*May 31st, 1916, London †May 19th, 2018, Voorhees TownshipFrench philosopher, mathematician, and scientist
*March 31st, 1596, Descartes †February 11th, 1650, Stockholm CityPrince of Anhalf-Dessau
*September 7th, 1596, Dessau †September 15th, 1660, DessauDutch writer, poet and composer (1596-1687)
*September 4th, 1596, The Hague †March 28th, 1687, The HagueElectress consort of the Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (1596-1662)
*August 19th, 1596, Fife †February 13th, 1662, LondonItalian painter and architect of the High Baroque (1596-1669)
*November 1st, 1596, Cortona †May 16th, 1669, RomeEmperor of Japan from 1611 to 1629
*June 29th, 1596, Kyoto †September 11th, 1680, KyotoElector Palatine (1610–23), and King of Bohemia (1619–20), the Winter King
*August 26th, 1596, Deinschwang †November 29th, 1632, MainzItalian luthier from Cremona
*December 3rd, 1596, Cremona †August 12th, 1684, CremonaSwedish Field Marshal (1596-1641)
*June 23rd, 1596, Djursholm †May 10th, 1641, HalberstadtDutch cartographer (1596-1673)
*September 23rd, 1596, Alkmaar †December 28th, 1673, AmsterdamPainter and architect from the Northern Netherlands (1596-1657)
*February 2nd, 1596, Haarlem †September 13th, 1657, Amersfoort17th century Dutch artist known primarily for genre, religious, and history paintings (1596-1674)
*December 24th, 1596, Delft †January 31st, 1674, DelftDuchess of Mecklenburg-Gütsrow
*March 23rd, 1596, Kassel †December 16th, 1625, GüstrowBelgian Jesuit and hagiographer
*August 18th, 1596, Julémont †September 12th, 1665, AntwerpFixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 31st.
M = 1000 | D = 500 | XC = 90 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Yes: 1596 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).