May 3rd, 1616

Born on May 3rd, 1616

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What happened on May 3rd, 1616?

May 3rd, 1616

Treaty of Loudun ends a French civil war.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Loudun

May 3rd, 1616

The Treaty of Loudun was signed, ending a war that originally began as a power struggle for the French throne.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Loudun

What else happened on May 3rd?

May 3rd, 2021

An elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapsed, killing 26 people and injuring 98 others.

May 3rd, 2007

Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has never been found.

May 3rd, 1999

A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 143.6 m/s (321 mph; 517 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.

May 3rd, 1971

Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.

May 3rd, 1963

Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses and dogs against civil-rights protesters, bringing scrutiny on racial segregation in the southern United States.

May 3rd, 1960

The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks premiered, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 performances across 42 years.

May 3rd, 1947

A new Constitution of Japan went into effect, providing for a parliamentary system of government, guaranteeing certain fundamental rights, and relegating the Japanese monarchy to a purely ceremonial role.

May 3rd, 1945

Second World War: The German ocean liner Cap Arcona, afloat in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of concentration camp survivors on board, was attacked and sunk by the Royal Air Force.

May 3rd, 1942

Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enabling them to threaten and intercept supply and communication routes between the United States and Australasia.

May 3rd, 1939

Subhas Chandra Bose formed the All India Forward Bloc, a faction within the Indian National Congress, in opposition to Gandhi's tactics of nonviolence.

May 3rd, 1921

Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern Ireland.

May 3rd, 1920

Russian Civil War: Relying on Red Army troops in neighboring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat in Georgia.

May 3rd, 1915

The oldest Royal Air Force station in continuous operation, RAF Northolt, opened as home to No. 4 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

Same year
Born in 1616

86

John Wallis

English mathematician (*1616 – †1703)

*November 23rd, 1616, Ashford †October 28th, 1703, Oxford

66

John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale

Scottish politician (1616-1682)

*May 24th, 1616, Lennoxlove House †July 31st, 1682, Royal Tunbridge Wells

88

Plautilla Bricci

Architect and painter (1616-1705)

*August 13th, 1616, Rome †November 30th, 1704, Trastevere

64

Antoinette Bourignon

17th-century French-Flemish mystic

*January 13th, 1616, Lille †October 30th, 1680, Franeker

60

Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria

Archduchess of Austria (1616-1676)

*July 21st, 1616, Florence †September 11th, 1676, Vienna

39

Johann Erasmus Kindermann

German composer and organist

*March 29th, 1616, Nuremberg †April 14th, 1655, Nuremberg

51

Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski

Polish noble

*January 20th, 1616, Wiśnicz †December 31st, 1667, Wrocław

54

Alexander Morus

Franco-Scottish preacher (1616-1670)

*September 25th, 1616, Castres †September 28th, 1670, Paris

55

Sébastien Bourdon

French painter (1616-1671)

*February 2nd, 1616, Montpellier †May 8th, 1671, Paris

17

Trijntje Keever

Tallest female

*January 10th, 1616, Edam †July 22nd, 1633, Veere

64

Thomas Bartholin

Danish physician, mathematician and theologian

*October 20th, 1616, Copenhagen †December 4th, 1680, Copenhagen

64

Ferdinand Bol

Dutch painter (1616-1680)

*June 24th, 1616, Dordrecht †June 30th, 1680, Amsterdam

87

Roger L'Estrange

English pamphleteer and author, and staunch defender of royalist claims (1616-1704)

*December 17th, 1616, Hunstanton †December 11th, 1704, London

38

Eustache Le Sueur

French artist and one of the founders of the French Academy of Painting (1617-1655)

*November 19th, 1616, Paris †April 30th, 1655, Paris

63

Francisco Enríquez de Villacorta

*October 18th, 1616, Alcalá de Henares †January 1st, 1680, Alcalá de Henares

37

Henry Stone

British artist

*January 1st, 1616, London †August 24th, 1653, London

63

David Lewis

English Jesuit Catholic priest and martyr

*January 1st, 1616, Abergavenny †August 27th, 1679, Usk

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Leap year

Yes: 1616 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).

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