May 12th, 1605

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Born on May 12th, 1605 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 12th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 12th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1605)

Born on May 12th, 1605

Weekday

Thursday

May 12th, 1605 was a Thursday.

Age

418

People born on May 12th, 1605 will turn 419 this year (2024), in exactly 15 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1605 - May 21st, 1605

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 153,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 978 days, exactly on December 31st, 2026, people who were born on May 12th, 1605 will be 154,000 days old!

153,022 Days

21,860 Weeks

5,027 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on May 12th?

May 12th, 2008

In Postville, Iowa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest-ever raid of a workplace and arrested nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.

May 12th, 1998

Four students were shot and killed by Indonesian soldiers at Trisakti University in Jakarta, which led to widespread riots and the resignation of President Suharto nine days later.

May 12th, 1975

The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SS Mayaguez in what they claimed to be Cambodian territorial waters.

May 12th, 1968

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the war for the Australian Army.

May 12th, 1967

The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the critically acclaimed and widely influential debut album Are You Experienced.

May 12th, 1948

The United Kingdom publicly announced that it was independently developing nuclear weapons, after the US Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ended cooperation on the matter.

May 12th, 1941

German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the first working programmable and fully automatic computer, to an audience of scientists in Berlin.

May 12th, 1938

During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean liner SS Rex (pictured) 620 nautical miles (1,100 km) off the US Atlantic coast.

May 12th, 1932

Nazi deputies assaulted journalist Helmuth Klotz in the German parliament building after he broke the Röhm scandal.

May 12th, 1888

North Borneo was established as a British protectorate.

May 12th, 1881

Under threat of invasion, Muhammad III as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis, signed the Treaty of Bardo to make Tunisia a French protectorate.

May 12th, 1863

American Civil War: The Confederates were routed in the Battle of Raymond, a small battle that had an inordinately large impact on the Vicksburg campaign.

May 12th, 1846

The Donner Party, an American pioneer group which became known for resorting to cannibalism when they became trapped in the Sierra Nevada, left Independence, Missouri, for California.

May 12th, 1743

War of the Austrian Succession: Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa was crowned Queen of Bohemia after driving French troops from the territory.

May 12th, 2018

Paris knife attack: A man is fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 12th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 12th?

Liu Xiaolong

Badminton player

*May 12th, 1988, Zhangzhou

Rishi Sunak

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2022

*May 12th, 1980, Southampton

Erik Durm

German association football player

*May 12th, 1992, Pirmasens

Gabriel Fauré

French composer, organist, pianist and teacher

*May 12th, 1845, Pamiers †November 4th, 1924, Paris

Luke Benward

American actor

*May 12th, 1995, Franklin

Florence Nightingale

English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820-1910)

*May 12th, 1820, Florence †August 13th, 1910, London

Song Yang

Chinese-born Australian badminton player

*May 12th, 1965, Nanjing

George Carlin

American stand-up comedian (1937–2008)

*May 12th, 1937, New York City †June 22nd, 2008, Santa Monica

Joachim von Sandrart the Elder

German Baroque art-historian and painter (1606-1688)

*May 12th, 1606, Frankfurt †October 14th, 1688, Nuremberg

Gabriel Byrne

Irish actor

*May 12th, 1950, Dublin

Domhnall Gleeson

Irish actor (1983-)

*May 12th, 1983, Dublin

Katharine Hepburn

American actress (1907–2003)

*May 12th, 1907, Hartford †June 29th, 2003, Old Saybrook

Bettina Stark-Watzinger

German politician

*May 12th, 1968, Frankfurt

Dorothy Hodgkin

British chemist

*May 12th, 1910, Cairo †July 29th, 1994, Ilmington

Lindsay Crouse

Actress

*May 12th, 1948, New York City

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Indian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer (1895–1986)

*May 12th, 1895, Madanapalle †February 17th, 1986, Ojai

Emilio Estevez

American actor, director, and writer

*May 12th, 1962, New York City

Jonah Lomu

New Zealand rugby union player

*May 12th, 1975, Auckland †November 18th, 2015, Auckland

Gustav Adolf von Götzen

German explorer, diplomat and colonial administrator

*May 12th, 1866, Ścinawka Górna †December 2nd, 1910, Berlin

Karl von Appen

German stage designer/member:Association of Revolutionary Visual Artists. (1900-1981)

*May 12th, 1900, Düsseldorf †August 22nd, 1981, East Berlin

Same year
Born in 1605

Philip IV of Spain

King of Spain and Portugal (1605-1665)

*April 8th, 1605, Valladolid Royal Palace †September 17th, 1665, Cuarto bajo del Rey

Thomas Browne

English polymath and author (1605–1682)

*October 19th, 1605, London †October 19th, 1682, Norwich

Tianqi Emperor

Emperor of the Ming Dynasty

*December 23rd, 1605, Beijing †September 30th, 1627, Beijing

George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

*March 17th, 1605, Darmstadt †June 11th, 1661, Darmstadt

Frans Banning Cocq

Dutch politician, lord of Purmerend and Ilpendam, owner/creator of the album amicorum of Frans Banninck Cocq

*February 23rd, 1605, Amsterdam †January 1st, 1655, Amsterdam

Philip Maurice, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

German noble

*August 25th, 1605, Hanau †August 3rd, 1638, Hanau

Johann Lorenz Bausch

*September 30th, 1605, Schweinfurt †November 17th, 1665, Schweinfurt

Tristram Coffin

American investor

*March 11th, 1605, Brixton †October 2nd, 1681, Nantucket

Semyon Dezhnyov

Russian explorer

*March 7th, 1605, Veliky Ustyug †January 1st, 1673, Moscow

William Dugard

English printer

*January 9th, 1605, Bromsgrove †December 3rd, 1662, London

Barthold Moller (vom Baum)

Legal academic, mayor of Hamburg

*November 19th, 1605, Hamburg †April 7th, 1667, Hamburg

Cesare Fracanzano

Italian painter (1605-1651)

*October 16th, 1605, Bisceglie †January 1st, 1651, Barletta

Valentin Heider

German councillor

*March 25th, 1605, Lindau †November 28th, 1664, Lindau

Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore

English peer (1605-1675)

*August 8th, 1605, Kent †November 30th, 1675, Middlesex

Bernard of Corleone

Sicilian Franciscan

*February 6th, 1605, Corleone †January 12th, 1667, Palermo

Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier

French princess

*October 15th, 1605, Château de Gaillon †June 4th, 1627, Paris

Federico Ubaldo della Rovere, Duke of Urbino

Italian noble

*May 16th, 1605, Pesaro †June 28th, 1623, Urbino

Charles Coypeau d'Assoucy

French writer and composer

*October 16th, 1605, Paris †October 29th, 1677, Paris

Orazio Benevoli

Italian composer (1605-1672)

*April 19th, 1605, Rome †June 17th, 1672, Rome

William Dugdale

English officer of arms

*September 12th, 1605, Shustoke †February 10th, 1686, Shustoke

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 12th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XII.V.MDCV

12.5.1605

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1605 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
May 1605

May 1605

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May 12th, 1605

Born on May 12th, 1605

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 153,000 days old!

153,022 Days

21,860 Weeks

5,027 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 12th?

In Postville, Iowa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the largest-ever raid of a workplace and arrested nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud.

Four students were shot and killed by Indonesian soldiers at Trisakti University in Jakarta, which led to widespread riots and the resignation of President Suharto nine days later.

The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SS Mayaguez in what they claimed to be Cambodian territorial waters.

Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action of the war for the Australian Army.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the critically acclaimed and widely influential debut album Are You Experienced.

The United Kingdom publicly announced that it was independently developing nuclear weapons, after the US Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ended cooperation on the matter.

German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the first working programmable and fully automatic computer, to an audience of scientists in Berlin.

During an exercise to demonstrate air power, United States Army Air Corps bomber aircraft intercepted the Italian ocean liner SS Rex (pictured) 620 nautical miles (1,100 km) off the US Atlantic coast.

Nazi deputies assaulted journalist Helmuth Klotz in the German parliament building after he broke the Röhm scandal.

North Borneo was established as a British protectorate.

Under threat of invasion, Muhammad III as-Sadiq, Bey of Tunis, signed the Treaty of Bardo to make Tunisia a French protectorate.

American Civil War: The Confederates were routed in the Battle of Raymond, a small battle that had an inordinately large impact on the Vicksburg campaign.

The Donner Party, an American pioneer group which became known for resorting to cannibalism when they became trapped in the Sierra Nevada, left Independence, Missouri, for California.

War of the Austrian Succession: Habsburg ruler Maria Theresa was crowned Queen of Bohemia after driving French troops from the territory.

Paris knife attack: A man is fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 12th

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 12th?

Same year Born in 1605

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 12th

Blessed Imelda

Blessed Joan of Portugal

Crispoldus

Dominic de la Calzada

Epiphanius of Salamis

Gregory Dix (Church of England)

Modoald

Nereus, Achilleus, Domitilla, and Pancras

Patriarch Germanus I of Constantinople (Eastern Church)

Philip of Agira

International ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

International Nurses Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

12.5.1605

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 153,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Same year
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Calendar
May 1605

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
17							1
18	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
19	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
20	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
21	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
22	30	31