May 11th, 1640

Born on May 11th, 1640

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 11th?

May 11th, 2022

Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed while reporting on an Israel Defense Forces raid on the Jenin refugee camp.

May 11th, 2013

Two car bombs by unknown perpetrators exploded in Reyhanlı, Turkey, resulting in 52 killed and 140 injured.

May 11th, 2011

An earthquake registering Mw 5.1, the worst to hit the region for more than 50 years, struck near Lorca, Spain.

May 11th, 2010

Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party after failing to strike a coalition agreement with the Liberal Democrats.

May 11th, 1820

HMS Beagle (pictured), the ship that would take Charles Darwin on his voyage, was launched.

May 11th, 1998

India began the Pokhran-II nuclear-weapons test, its first since the Smiling Buddha test 24 years earlier.

May 11th, 1997

Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.

May 11th, 1981

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats (performers pictured), opened at the New London Theatre.

May 11th, 1970

Lubbock, Texas, was struck by a tornado that left 26 people dead.

May 11th, 1928

After a week-long standoff punctuated by military clashes, Japanese forces captured the city of Jinan, Shandong in China.

May 11th, 1910

Glacier National Park was established in the U.S. state of Montana.

May 11th, 1894

In response to a 28-percent wage cut, 4,000 Pullman Palace Car Company workers went on strike in Illinois, bringing rail traffic west of Chicago to a halt.

May 11th, 1889

Bandits attacked a U.S. Army paymaster's escort in the Arizona Territory, stealing more than $28,000.

May 11th, 1880

A land dispute between the Southern Pacific Railroad and settlers in Hanford, California, turned deadly when a gun battle broke out, leaving seven dead.

May 11th, 1858

Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 11th

Same year
Born in 1640

48

Aphra Behn

British playwright, poet and spy (1640–1689)

*July 10th, 1640, Canterbury †April 16th, 1689, London

64

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705), King of Hungary and Croatia and King of Bohemia

*June 9th, 1640, Vienna †May 5th, 1705, Vienna

66

Madame de Montespan

French noble, mistress of Louis XIV; (1640-1707)

*October 5th, 1640, Lussac-les-Châteaux †May 27th, 1707, Bourbon-l'Archambault

74

Pu Songling

Chinese writer (1640–1715)

*June 5th, 1640, Zichuan District †February 25th, 1715, Zichuan District

62

Gérard Audran

French engraver (1640-1703)

*August 2nd, 1640, Lyon †July 26th, 1703, Paris

55

Peter Müller

(1640-1696)

*July 19th, 1640, Nordhausen †May 31st, 1696, Gera

70

Gerard de Lairesse

Painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands

*September 11th, 1640, Liège †July 28th, 1711, Amsterdam

68

Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland

English royal mistress from the Villiers family (1640-1709)

*November 27th, 1640, St Margaret's Church, Westminster †October 9th, 1709, Chiswick

78

Philippe de La Hire

French mathematician and astronomer (1640-1718)

*March 18th, 1640, Paris †April 21st, 1718, Paris

75

Jacques d'Agar

French painter (1640-1715)

*March 9th, 1640, Paris †November 16th, 1715, Copenhagen

85

Pierre II Mignard

French architect (1640-1725)

*February 20th, 1640, Avignon †April 10th, 1725, Avignon

83

Mariana Alcoforado

Portuguese nun and writer

*April 22nd, 1640, Beja †July 28th, 1723, Beja

91

Charles-René d'Hozier

French historian (1640-1732)

*February 24th, 1640, Paris †February 13th, 1732, Paris

82

Claude Fleury

French historian

*December 6th, 1640, Paris †July 14th, 1723, Paris

55

Robert Plot

English scientist

*December 13th, 1640, Sutton Baron And Sutton Baron Hall †April 30th, 1696, Kent

56

Georg Mohr

Danish mathematician

*April 1st, 1640, Copenhagen †January 26th, 1697, Sławnikowice

64

Benjamin Keach

British writer and theologian

*February 29th, 1640, Buckinghamshire †June 18th, 1704

84

Jonathan Singletary Dunham

American settler (1640-1724)

*January 17th, 1640, Newbury †September 6th, 1724

72

Philipp Müller

*August 24th, 1640, Sangerhausen †March 15th, 1713, Jena

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Leap year

Yes: 1640 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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