May 14th, 1615

Born on May 14th, 1615

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 14th?

May 14th, 2008

On the day of the UEFA Cup Final, violence erupted between football hooligan supporters of both teams and the Greater Manchester Police, resulting in 39 arrests and 39 injured officers.

May 14th, 1980

Salvadoran Civil War: Refugees trying to flee El Salvador across the Sumpul River to Honduras were attacked by both Salvadoran and Honduran forces, resulting in at least 300 deaths.

May 14th, 1951

Trains ran on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since its preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.

May 14th, 1948

David Ben-Gurion publicly read the Israeli Declaration of Independence at Independence Hall in Tel Aviv.

May 14th, 1943

Second World War: Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, killing 268 people aboard.

May 14th, 1940

World War II: The bulk of Dutch forces surrendered to the German Wehrmacht, ending the Battle of the Netherlands.

May 14th, 1939

In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and twenty-one days.

May 14th, 1931

Five people were killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers opened fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.

May 14th, 1878

The last witchcraft trial in the United States opened in Salem, Massachusetts.

May 14th, 1868

Boshin War: Troops of the Tokugawa shogunate withdrew from the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle and retreated north towards Nikkō and Aizu.

May 14th, 1863

American Civil War: Union troops captured Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.

May 14th, 1857

Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma.

May 14th, 1856

Major Henry C. Wayne arrived in Indianola, Texas, with 34 camels to form the short-lived United States Camel Corps (pictured).

May 14th, 1804

Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the Corps of Discovery left Camp Dubois near present-day Hartford, Illinois, to begin the first overland expedition to the West Coast of the United States and back.

May 14th, 1264

Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes (monument pictured) and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 14th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 14th?

85

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

*May 14th, 1921, Christiania †April 29th, 2007, Oslo

39

Mark Zuckerberg

American internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

54

Cate Blanchett

Australian actor (born 1969)

*May 14th, 1969, Melbourne

62

Tim Roth

English actor (born 1961)

*May 14th, 1961, Dulwich

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

67

Franz-Georg Rössler

German Esperantist

*May 14th, 1949, Ruppertsberg †March 17th, 2017, Dudenhofen

70

Norodom Sihamoni

King of Cambodia

*May 14th, 1953, Phnom Penh

63

Simonetta Sommaruga

Politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

*May 14th, 1960, Zug

39

Nigel Reo-Coker

English association football player (born 1984)

*May 14th, 1984, Southwark

90

Siân Phillips

British actress (1933-)

*May 14th, 1933, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

44

Agnes of Hesse-Kassel

Princess consort of Anhalt-Dessau (1606-1650)

*May 14th, 1606, Kassel †May 28th, 1650, Dessau

87

Robert Owen

British textile manufacturer and social reformer, 1771–1858

*May 14th, 1771, Newtown †November 17th, 1858, Newtown

41

Beardyman

British musician and beatboxer

*May 14th, 1982, London

71

Robert Zemeckis

American filmmaker (born 1952)

*May 14th, 1952, Chicago

30

Miranda Cosgrove

American actress and singer (born 1993)

*May 14th, 1993, Los Angeles

32

Muhammed Ildiz

Austrian association football player

*May 14th, 1991, Vienna

75

Troy Shondell

American singer (1940-2016)

*May 14th, 1940, Fort Wayne †January 7th, 2016, Picayune

48

Nicki Sørensen

Danish cyclist, born 1975

*May 14th, 1975, Hillerød

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Born in 1615

76

Richard Baxter

English Puritan church leader, poet, and hymn-writer

*November 12th, 1615, Rowton †December 8th, 1691, London

85

Innocent XII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1691 to 1700

*March 13th, 1615, Spinazzola †September 27th, 1700, Rome

32

Ibrahim I

18th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1640 to 1648

*November 5th, 1615, Constantinople †August 18th, 1648, Constantinople

57

Salvator Rosa

Italian painter, poet and printmaker (1615 –1673)

*June 20th, 1615, Naples †March 15th, 1673, Rome

57

Jean Nocret

17th-century French painter (1615-1672)

*October 26th, 1615, Nancy †November 12th, 1672, Paris

65

Nicolas Fouquet

French politician (1615-1680)

*January 27th, 1615, Paris †March 23rd, 1680, Pinerolo

70

Charles de Noyelle

Jesuit Superior General

*December 27th, 1615, City of Brussels †December 12th, 1686, Rome

51

Christian Chemnitz

German Lutheran theologian (1615-1666)

*January 17th, 1615, Königsfeld †June 3rd, 1666, Jena

45

Govert Flinck

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1615-1660)

*January 25th, 1615, Kleve †February 2nd, 1660, Amsterdam

72

Marie de Lorraine

Duchess of Guise

*August 15th, 1615, Hôtel de Soubise †March 3rd, 1688, Hôtel de Soubise

59

Gerhard Schepeler

German politician (1615-1674)

*July 22nd, 1615, Nienburg/Weser †August 30th, 1674, Osnabrück

36

Catherine Elizabeth Charlotte of Palatinate-Zweibrücken

(1615-1651)

*January 11th, 1615, Zweibrücken †March 21st, 1651, Düsseldorf

65

Nicodemus Tessin the Elder

Swedish architect

*December 7th, 1615, Stralsund †May 24th, 1681, Stockholm

35

Erdmann August of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Hereditary Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

*October 8th, 1615, Bayreuth †February 6th, 1651, Hof

76

Heinrich Bach

German organist and composer

*September 16th, 1615, Günthersleben-Wechmar †July 10th, 1692, Arnstadt

62

Benedict Arnold

Colonial governor of Rhode Island (1615-1678)

*December 21st, 1615, Ilchester †June 19th, 1678, Newport

75

Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg

German noble (1615-1691)

*October 27th, 1615, Dresden †October 18th, 1691, Merseburg

61

Christopher Gibbons

English composer and organist

*January 1st, 1615, London †October 20th, 1676, London

44

Dara Shikoh

Indian prince

*March 20th, 1615, Ajmer †August 30th, 1659, Delhi

74

Philip William, Elector Palatine

German nobleman

*November 24th, 1615, Neuburg an der Donau †September 2nd, 1690, Vienna

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1615 is a normal year and no leap year.

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