May 3rd, 1647

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Born on May 3rd, 1647 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 3rd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 3rd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1647)

Born on May 3rd, 1647

Weekday

Friday

May 3rd, 1647 was a Friday.

Age

377

People born on May 3rd, 1647 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 377 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1647 - May 21st, 1647

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 137,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 295 days, exactly on March 2nd, 2025, people who were born on May 3rd, 1647 will be 138,000 days old!

137,705 Days

19,672 Weeks

4,524 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 3rd?

May 3rd, 2021

Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses.

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 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 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.

May 3rd, 1913

Raja Harishchandra (scene pictured), the first Indian feature-length film, was released.

May 3rd, 1855

A group of American mercenaries led by William Walker set sail from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 3rd?

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

Robert Osborne

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

*May 3rd, 1932, Colfax †March 6th, 2017, New York City

Bernhard von Bülow

German and Prussian politician

*May 3rd, 1849, Klein Flottbek †October 28th, 1929, Rome

Niccolò Machiavelli

Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)

*May 3rd, 1469, Florence †June 21st, 1527, Sant'Andrea in Percussina

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

Gernot Erler

German politician

*May 3rd, 1944, Meissen

Bing Crosby

American singer and actor (1903–1977)

*May 3rd, 1903, Tacoma †October 14th, 1977, Alcobendas

Hans Michelbach

German politician

*May 3rd, 1949, Gemünden am Main

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

Rebecca Hall

English-born British actress and filmmaker

*May 3rd, 1982, London

Amy Ryan

American actress (born 1968)

*May 3rd, 1968, Flushing

Katrin Göring-Eckardt

German politician

*May 3rd, 1966, Friedrichroda

Bobby Cannavale

American actor (born 1970)

*May 3rd, 1970, Union City

David H. Koch

American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)

*May 3rd, 1940, Wichita †August 23rd, 2019, Southampton

Steve McClaren

English association football manager and former player

*May 3rd, 1961, Fulford

James Brown

American musician (1933–2006)

*May 3rd, 1933, Barnwell †December 25th, 2006, Atlanta

Jan Paweł Gawlik

*May 3rd, 1924, Lviv †March 22nd, 2017, Kraków

Ben Elton

British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director

*May 3rd, 1959, Catford

Myriam Fares

Lebanese musician, actress, and dancer

*May 3rd, 1983, Kfar Chellal

Jeffrey C. Hall

American geneticist and chronobiologist

*May 3rd, 1945, Brooklyn

Same year
Born in 1647

Denis Papin

French physicist, mathematician and inventor (*1647 – †1713)

*August 22nd, 1647, Chitenay †August 26th, 1713, London

Antonio Teodoro Ortells

Spanish composer (1647-1706)

*March 29th, 1647, Rubielos de Mora †November 4th, 1706, Valencia

Maria Sibylla Merian

Entomologist, botanist, naturalist, scientific illustrator, graphic artist, painter, and lepidopterologist (1647-1717)

*April 2nd, 1647, Frankfurt †January 13th, 1717, Amsterdam

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

English poet, and peer of the realm (1647-1680)

*April 1st, 1647, Ditchley †July 26th, 1680, Woodstock

William Louis, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg (1647-1677)

*January 7th, 1647, Stuttgart †June 23rd, 1677, Hirsau

Eberhard Werner Happel

Author

*August 12th, 1647, Kirchhain †May 15th, 1690, Hamburg

Elisabeth Hevelius

Astronomer

*January 17th, 1647, Gdańsk †December 22nd, 1693, Gdańsk

Pierre Bayle

French philosopher and writer

*November 18th, 1647, Carla-Bayle †December 28th, 1706, Rotterdam

Johann Diecmann

German theologian

*June 30th, 1647, Stade †July 4th, 1720

Margaret Mary Alacoque

Catholic Saint and Mystic (1647-1690)

*July 22nd, 1647, Verosvres †October 17th, 1690, Paray-le-Monial

John George III of Saxony

Elector of Saxony from 1680 to 1691

*June 20th, 1647, Dresden †September 12th, 1691, Tübingen

Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham

British noble and politician

*July 2nd, 1647, London †January 1st, 1730, Burley

Jan van Huchtenburgh

Dutch painter (1647-1733)

*November 20th, 1647, Haarlem †July 2nd, 1733, Amsterdam

Luise Marie of the Palatinate

German princess

*July 23rd, 1647, Paris †March 11th, 1679, Aachen

Marie Hedwig of Hesse-Darmstadt

Duchess consort of Saxe-Meiningen

*November 26th, 1647, Giessen †April 19th, 1680, Ichtershausen

Johann Alexander Boener

German draughtsperson (1647-1720)

*February 17th, 1647, Nuremberg †November 2nd, 1720, Nuremberg

Gerhard Noodt

Dutch lawyer (1647-1725)

*September 4th, 1647, Nijmegen †August 15th, 1725, Leiden

Ludwig Günther Martini

German jurist (1647-1719)

*January 25th, 1647, Sondershausen †July 27th, 1719, Reddeber

Daniel Eberlin

German composer

*December 4th, 1647, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1715, Kassel

John de Brito

Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr

*March 1st, 1647, Lisbon †February 4th, 1693, Oriyur

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Finding of the Holy Cross-related observances) which are celebrated on May 3rd.

Fiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)

Finding of the Holy Cross-related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_de_las_Cruces

International Sun Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Day

World Press Freedom Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

III.V.MDCXLVII

3.5.1647

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1647 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
May 1647

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May 3rd, 1647

Born on May 3rd, 1647

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 137,000 days old!

137,705 Days

19,672 Weeks

4,524 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 3rd?

Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses.

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

A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Raja Harishchandra (scene pictured), the first Indian feature-length film, was released.

A group of American mercenaries led by William Walker set sail from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.

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

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 3rd?

Same year Born in 1647

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 3rd

Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Antonia and Alexander

Juvenal of Narni

Moura (Coptic Church)

Philip and James the Lesser

Pope Alexander I

Sarah the Martyr (Coptic Church)

The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland

Theodosius of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church)

May 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Memorial Day (Japan)

Constitution Day (Poland)

Fiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)

International Sun Day

World Press Freedom Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

3.5.1647

Legend

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 137,000 days old!

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

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Same year
Born in 1647

Calendar
May 1647

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