May 30th, 1602

Born on May 30th, 1602

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 832 days, exactly on October 14th, 2026, people who were born on May 30th, 1602 will be 155,000 days old!

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What happened on May 30th?

May 30th, 2008

The Convention on Cluster Munitions, prohibiting the use, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster bombs, was adopted.

May 30th, 2005

American student Natalee Holloway disappeared while on a high-school graduation trip to Aruba.

May 30th, 1963

Buddhist crisis: A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination was held outside the National Assembly of South Vietnam in Saigon, the first open demonstration against President Ngô Đình Diệm.

May 30th, 1959

The Auckland Harbour Bridge, spanning Waitematā Harbour between the Saint Marys Bay and Northcote suburbs of Auckland, New Zealand, officially opened.

May 30th, 1948

A dike holding the Columbia River broke, causing a flood that destroyed Vanport, Oregon, U.S., only five years after the city was built.

May 30th, 1943

The first game of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the United States, was played.

May 30th, 1922

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., featuring a sculpture of the sixteenth U.S. president Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French, opened.

May 30th, 1914

RMS Aquitania, the last surviving four-funnel ocean liner, departed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York City.

May 30th, 1899

Pearl Hart, one of the few female outlaws of the American Old West, committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies, about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona.

May 30th, 1866

Bedřich Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride premiered in Prague.

May 30th, 1854

The Kansas–Nebraska Act became law, establishing the U.S. territories of Nebraska and Kansas, and allowing their settlers to determine if slavery would be permitted.

May 30th, 1723

Johann Sebastian Bach (pictured) assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting the cantata Die Elenden sollen essen in St. Nicholas Church.

May 30th, 1536

Jane Seymour, a former lady-in-waiting, married King Henry VIII, becoming the queen consort of England.

May 30th, 1431

Hundred Years' War: After being convicted of heresy, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.

May 30th, 2020

The Crew Dragon Demo-2 launches from the Kennedy Space Center, becoming the first crewed orbital spacecraft to launch from the United States since 2011 and the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 30th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 30th?

56

Dante Alighieri

Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)

*May 30th, 1265, Florence †September 13th, 1321, Ravenna

58

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

44

Steven Gerrard

English association football player and manager

*May 30th, 1980, Whiston

63

Walter Otto

German historian

*May 30th, 1878, Wrocław †November 1st, 1941, Munich

52

Peter the Great

Tsar and 1st Emperor, founder of the Russian Empire

*May 30th, 1672, Moscow †January 28th, 1725, Saint Petersburg

53

Idina Menzel

American actress and singer

*May 30th, 1971, Manhattan

52

Joachim Rønning

Norwegian film director

*May 30th, 1972, Sandefjord Municipality

85

Alexey Leonov

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)

*May 30th, 1934, Listvyanka †October 11th, 2019, Burdenko Hospital

73

Stephen Tobolowsky

American actor

*May 30th, 1951, Dallas

62

Tonya Pinkins

Actress, singer, writer, activist, author

*May 30th, 1962, Chicago

43

Anton Ažbe

Slovenian artist (1862-1905)

*May 30th, 1862, Carniola †August 6th, 1905, Munich

75

Idi Amin

President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979

*May 30th, 1928, Koboko †August 16th, 2003, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre

81

Luis Rego

Portuguese actor, comedian and musician

*May 30th, 1943, Lisbon

64

Louis Varney

French composer

*May 30th, 1844, New Orleans †August 20th, 1908, Cauterets

74

Joshua Rozenberg

British journalist

*May 30th, 1950, United Kingdom

56

Claudia Alexander

American geophysicist and planetary scientist (1959-2015)

*May 30th, 1959, Vancouver †July 11th, 2015, Los Angeles

65

David Sassoli

President of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2022

*May 30th, 1956, Florence †January 11th, 2022, Aviano

83

Gustav Leonhardt

Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor

*May 30th, 1928, 's-Graveland †January 16th, 2012, Amsterdam

84

Gerasimos Arsenis

Greek politician (1931-2016)

*May 30th, 1931, Argostoli †April 19th, 2016, Athens

49

CeeLo Green

American singer and rapper

*May 30th, 1975, Atlanta

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58

Cardinal Mazarin

French cardinal and statesman

*July 14th, 1602, Pescina †March 9th, 1661, Vincennes

78

Athanasius Kircher

German Jesuit scholar

*May 2nd, 1602, Geisa †November 28th, 1680, Rome

63

Mary of Jesus of Ágreda

Spanish mystic nun

*April 2nd, 1602, Ágreda †May 24th, 1665, Ágreda

59

Andreas Kunad

German theologian

*August 5th, 1602, Döbeln †March 15th, 1662, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

83

Otto von Guericke

German scientist, inventor, and politician (1602-1686)

*November 20th, 1602, Magdeburg †May 11th, 1686, Hamburg

73

John Lightfoot

English churchman, rabbinical scholar (1602–1675)

*March 29th, 1602, Stoke-on-Trent †December 6th, 1675, Ely

49

Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg

Regent of Hesse-Kassel (1602-1651)

*January 29th, 1602, Hanau †August 8th, 1651, Kassel

41

William Chillingworth

British churchman (1602-1644)

*October 12th, 1602, Oxford †January 30th, 1644, Chichester

61

Jakob Weller

German theologian

*December 5th, 1602, Markneukirchen †July 6th, 1664, Dresden

79

William Lilly

English astrologer (1602–1681)

*May 11th, 1602, Diseworth †June 9th, 1681, Hersham

73

Francesco Cavalli

Italian composer (1602–1676)

*February 14th, 1602, Crema †January 14th, 1676, Venice

41

Elisabeth of France

Queen consort of Spain (1602-1644)

*November 22nd, 1602, Fontainebleau †October 6th, 1644, Madrid

72

Philippe de Champaigne

French painter (1602–1674)

*May 26th, 1602, City of Brussels †August 12th, 1674, Paris

83

Ana de los Angeles Monteagudo

Peruvian nun

*July 26th, 1602, Arequipa †January 10th, 1686, Arequipa

76

Jacques de Billy

French mathematician (1602-1679)

*March 18th, 1602, Compiègne †January 14th, 1679, Dijon

31

Agnes of Jesus

Roman Catholic nun (1602-1634)

*November 17th, 1602, Le Puy-en-Velay †October 19th, 1634, Langeac

61

Gaspar Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 9th Duke of Medina Sidonia

Noble

*August 2nd, 1602, Valladolid †January 1st, 1664, Dueñas

72

Kanō Tan'yū

Japanese artist (1602-1674)

*March 4th, 1602, Kyoto †November 4th, 1674, Edo

65

Hans Jakob Ulrich

(1602-1668)

*April 8th, 1602, Zürich †February 22nd, 1668, Zürich

73

Amalia of Solms-Braunfels

Regent of Orange (1602-1675)

*August 31st, 1602, Braunfels †September 8th, 1675, The Hague

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1602 is a normal year and no leap year.

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