May 30th, 1651

Born on May 30th, 1651

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 136,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 797 days, exactly on July 3rd, 2026, people who were born on May 30th, 1651 will be 137,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 30th?

May 30th, 2008

The Convention on Cluster Munitions, prohibiting the use, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster bombs, was adopted.

May 30th, 2005

American student Natalee Holloway disappeared while on a high-school graduation trip to Aruba.

May 30th, 1963

Buddhist crisis: A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination was held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration against President Ngô Đình Diệm.

May 30th, 1959

The Auckland Harbour Bridge, spanning Waitematā Harbour between the Saint Marys Bay and Northcote suburbs of Auckland, New Zealand, officially opened.

May 30th, 1948

A dike holding the Columbia River broke, causing a flood that destroyed Vanport, Oregon, U.S., only five years after the city was built.

May 30th, 1943

The first game of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the United States, was played.

May 30th, 1922

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., featuring a sculpture of the sixteenth U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (pictured) by Daniel Chester French, opened.

May 30th, 1914

RMS Aquitania, the last surviving four-funnel ocean liner, departed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York City.

May 30th, 1899

Pearl Hart, one of the few female outlaws of the American Old West, committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies, about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona.

May 30th, 1866

Bedřich Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride premiered in Prague.

May 30th, 1854

The Kansas–Nebraska Act became law, establishing the U.S. territories of Nebraska and Kansas, and allowing their settlers to determine if slavery would be permitted.

May 30th, 1723

Johann Sebastian Bach (pictured) assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting the cantata, Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, in the St. Nicholas Church.

May 30th, 1536

Jane Seymour, a former lady-in-waiting, married King Henry VIII, becoming the queen consort of England.

May 30th, 1431

Hundred Years' War: After being convicted of heresy, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.

May 30th, 2020

The Crew Dragon Demo-2 launches from the Kennedy Space Center, becoming the first crewed orbital spacecraft to launch from the United States since 2011 and the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 30th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 30th?

52

Peter the Great

Tsar and 1st Emperor, founder of the Russian Empire

*May 30th, 1672, Moscow †January 28th, 1725, Saint Petersburg

56

Dante Alighieri

Italian poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)

*May 30th, 1265, Florence †September 13th, 1321, Ravenna

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

63

Walter Otto

German historian

*May 30th, 1878, Wrocław †November 1st, 1941, Munich

43

Steven Gerrard

English association football player and manager

*May 30th, 1980, Whiston

52

Idina Menzel

American actress and singer

*May 30th, 1971, Manhattan

85

Alexey Leonov

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)

*May 30th, 1934, Listvyanka †October 11th, 2019, Burdenko Hospital

51

Joachim Rønning

Norwegian film director

*May 30th, 1972, Sandefjord Municipality

72

Stephen Tobolowsky

American actor

*May 30th, 1951, Dallas

61

Tonya Pinkins

Actress, singer, writer, activist, author

*May 30th, 1962, Chicago

80

Luis Rego

Portuguese actor, comedian and musician

*May 30th, 1943, Lisbon

22

Claudia Felicitas of Austria

Czech queen (1653-1676)

*May 30th, 1653, Innsbruck †April 8th, 1676, Vienna

56

Claudia Alexander

American geophysicist and planetary scientist (1959-2015)

*May 30th, 1959, Vancouver †July 11th, 2015, Los Angeles

83

Gustav Leonhardt

Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor

*May 30th, 1928, 's-Graveland †January 16th, 2012, Amsterdam

84

Gerasimos Arsenis

Greek politician (1931-2016)

*May 30th, 1931, Argostoli †April 19th, 2016, Athens

48

CeeLo Green

American singer and rapper

*May 30th, 1975, Atlanta

79

Peter Leeds

American actor (1917-1996)

*May 30th, 1917, Bayonne †November 12th, 1996, Los Angeles

68

Colm Tóibín

Irish novelist and writer

*May 30th, 1955, Enniscorthy

62

Mikhail Bakunin

Russian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876)

*May 30th, 1814, Priamukhino †July 1st, 1876, Bern

90

Agnès Varda

French artist, film director, screenwriter and photographer (1928–2019)

*May 30th, 1928, Ixelles - Elsene †March 29th, 2019, 14th arrondissement of Paris

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79

Christoph von Steiger

Swiss politician (1651–1731)

*November 23rd, 1651, Bern †August 18th, 1731, Bern

43

Juana Inés de la Cruz

Mexican writer, philosopher, composer and poet (23 A.C–1695)

*November 12th, 1651, Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz †April 17th, 1695, Mexico City

63

William Dampier

British pirate and explorer (1651-1715)

*November 30th, 1651, East Coker †January 1st, 1715, London

65

Engelbert Kaempfer

German botanist (1651–1716)

*September 16th, 1651, Lemgo †November 2nd, 1716, Lieme

67

Georg Friedrich Meinhart

German theologian (1651-1718)

*April 4th, 1651, Ohrdruf †April 10th, 1718, Arnstadt

34

Charles II, Elector Palatine

Elector Palatine from 1680 to 1685

*March 31st, 1651, Heidelberg †May 26th, 1685, Heidelberg

71

André Dacier

French scholar (1651-1722)

*April 6th, 1651, Castres †September 18th, 1722, Paris

80

Balthasar Permoser

German sculptor (1651-1732)

*August 13th, 1651, Traunstein †February 18th, 1732, Dresden

68

Francis Daniel Pastorius

German-born American educator, lawyer, poet, and public official

*September 26th, 1651, Sommerhausen †November 30th, 1719, Germantown

63

François Fénelon

French archbishop, theologian and writer (1651–1715)

*August 6th, 1651, Sainte-Mondane †January 7th, 1715, Cambrai

21

Margaret Theresa of Spain

Holy Roman empress (1651-1673)

*July 12th, 1651, Madrid †March 12th, 1673, Vienna

67

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

French priest and Catholic saint (1651–1719)

*April 30th, 1651, Reims †April 7th, 1719, Rouen

42

Natalya Naryshkina

Russian empress (1651-1694)

*September 1st, 1651, Moscow †February 4th, 1694, Moscow Kremlin

87

Samuel Bernard

French financier

*October 29th, 1651, Sancerre †January 18th, 1739, Paris

83

Johann Krieger

German composer and organist

*December 28th, 1651, Nuremberg †July 18th, 1735, Zittau

19

William VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

*June 21st, 1651, Kassel †November 21st, 1670, Paris

70

Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld

Swedish field marshal (1651-1722)

*August 6th, 1651, Stralsund †January 29th, 1722, Strängnäs

76

Procopio Cutò

Italian chef (1651-1727)

*February 9th, 1651, Palermo †February 10th, 1727, Paris

46

Silvius II Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Oels

Duke of Oels

*February 21st, 1651, Oleśnica †June 3rd, 1697, Oleśnica

38

Quirinus Kuhlmann

German poet and mystic (1651-1689)

*February 25th, 1651, Wrocław †October 4th, 1689, Moscow

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1651 is a normal year and no leap year.

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