May 11th, 1653

Born on May 11th, 1653

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 1653

59

Arcangelo Corelli

Italian violinist and composer

*February 17th, 1653, Fusignano †January 8th, 1713, Rome

79

Emperor Reigen

Emperor of Japan

*July 9th, 1653, Kyoto †September 24th, 1732, Kyoto

68

Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg

(1653-1722)

*June 30th, 1653, Bingenheim †May 16th, 1722, Grabow

62

Johann Friedrich Gleditsch

German publisher; (1653-1716)

*August 15th, 1653, Pirna †March 26th, 1716, Leipzig

45

James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon

English nobleman (1653-1699)

*June 16th, 1653, Grimsthorpe Castle †May 22nd, 1699, City and Liberty of Westminster

49

John Benbow

Royal Navy Admiral (1653-1702)

*March 10th, 1653, Shrewsbury †November 4th, 1702, Port Royal

54

Christian, Duke of Saxe-Eisenberg

German noble

*January 6th, 1653, Gotha †April 28th, 1707, Eisenberg

44

Gaspar de la Cerda, 8th Count of Galve

Spanish noble (1653-1697)

*January 11th, 1653, Pastrana †March 12th, 1697, El Puerto de Santa María

81

Carlo Ruzzini

Doge of Venice

*November 11th, 1653, Venice †January 5th, 1735, Venice

53

Azam Shah

Seventh Mughal emperor (1653-1707)

*July 8th, 1653, Burhanpur †June 19th, 1707, Agra

76

Jean-Baptiste-Henri de Valincour

French classical scholar (1653-1730)

*March 1st, 1653, Paris †January 4th, 1730, Paris

76

Anton Maria Salvini

Italian naturalist and classicist

*January 12th, 1653, Florence †May 17th, 1729, Florence

89

André-Hercule de Fleury

Catholic cardinal (1653-1743)

*June 22nd, 1653, Lodève †January 29th, 1743, Issy-les-Moulineaux

50

Giovanni Anastasi

Italian painter (1653-1704)

*March 17th, 1653, Senigallia †March 13th, 1704, Macerata

74

Johann Conrad Brunner

Swiss anatomist

*January 16th, 1653, Diessenhofen †October 2nd, 1727, Mannheim

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1653 is a normal year and no leap year.

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