May 14th, 1654

Born on May 14th, 1654

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 14th?

May 14th, 2008

On the day of the UEFA Cup Final, violence erupted between football hooligan supporters of both teams and the Greater Manchester Police, resulting in 39 arrests and 39 injured officers.

May 14th, 1980

Salvadoran Civil War: Refugees trying to flee El Salvador across the Sumpul River to Honduras were attacked by both Salvadoran and Honduran forces, resulting in at least 300 deaths.

May 14th, 1951

Trains ran on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since its preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.

May 14th, 1948

David Ben-Gurion publicly read the Israeli Declaration of Independence at Independence Hall in Tel Aviv.

May 14th, 1943

Second World War: Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, killing 268 people aboard.

May 14th, 1940

World War II: The bulk of Dutch forces surrendered to the German Wehrmacht, ending the Battle of the Netherlands.

May 14th, 1939

In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and twenty-one days.

May 14th, 1931

Five people were killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers opened fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.

May 14th, 1878

The last witchcraft trial in the United States opened in Salem, Massachusetts.

May 14th, 1868

Boshin War: Troops of the Tokugawa shogunate withdrew from the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle and retreated north towards Nikkō and Aizu.

May 14th, 1863

American Civil War: Union troops captured Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.

May 14th, 1857

Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma.

May 14th, 1856

Major Henry C. Wayne arrived in Indianola, Texas, with 34 camels to form the short-lived United States Camel Corps (pictured).

May 14th, 1804

Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the Corps of Discovery left Camp Dubois near present-day Hartford, Illinois, to begin the first overland expedition to the West Coast of the United States and back.

May 14th, 1264

Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes (monument pictured) and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 14th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 14th?

85

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

*May 14th, 1921, Christiania †April 29th, 2007, Oslo

40

Mark Zuckerberg

American internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

58

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

75

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

55

Cate Blanchett

Australian actor (born 1969)

*May 14th, 1969, Melbourne

63

Tim Roth

English actor (born 1961)

*May 14th, 1961, Dulwich

80

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

67

Franz-Georg Rössler

German Esperantist

*May 14th, 1949, Ruppertsberg †March 17th, 2017, Dudenhofen

35

Iza Lach

Polish singer

*May 14th, 1989, Łódź

71

Norodom Sihamoni

King of Cambodia

*May 14th, 1953, Phnom Penh

64

Simonetta Sommaruga

Politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

*May 14th, 1960, Zug

91

Siân Phillips

British actress (1933-)

*May 14th, 1933, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

40

Nigel Reo-Coker

English association football player (born 1984)

*May 14th, 1984, Southwark

87

Robert Owen

British textile manufacturer and social reformer, 1771–1858

*May 14th, 1771, Newtown †November 17th, 1858, Newtown

66

Victor Amadeus II of Savoy

Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia (1675-1732)

*May 14th, 1666, Turin †October 31st, 1732, Moncalieri

43

David Clodius

German theologian

*May 14th, 1644, Hamburg †September 10th, 1687, Giessen

89

Giacomo Amato

Italian architect (1643-1732)

*May 14th, 1643, Palermo †December 26th, 1732, Palermo

80

Johann Philipp Förtsch

German opera composer

*May 14th, 1652, Wertheim †December 14th, 1732, Eutin

42

Beardyman

British musician and beatboxer

*May 14th, 1982, London

72

Robert Zemeckis

American screenwriter, film producer and director (born 1952)

*May 14th, 1952, Chicago

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Born in 1654

68

Kangxi Emperor

3rd Emperor of the Qing dynasty (r. 1661–1722)

*May 4th, 1654, Beijing †December 20th, 1722, Garden of the Exuberant Spring

72

Andreas Gärtner

German astronomer

*December 24th, 1654, Quatitz/Chwaćicy †February 2nd, 1727, Dresden

73

Agostino Steffani

Italian ecclesiastic, diplomat and composer

*July 25th, 1654, Castelfranco Veneto †February 12th, 1728, Frankfurt

79

Danylo Apostol

Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks

*December 14th, 1654, Velyki Sorochyntsi †January 17th, 1734, Velyki Sorochyntsi

64

Heinrich Rüdiger von Ilgen

German diplomat and politician (1654-1718)

*September 30th, 1654, Petershagen †December 6th, 1718, Britz

60

Giuseppe Passeri

Italian painter (1654-1714)

*March 12th, 1654, Rome †November 2nd, 1714, Rome

73

Jakob Abbadie

French Protestant minister and writer, Dean of Killaloe in Ireland

*January 1st, 1654, Nay †September 25th, 1727, Marylebone

53

Gottlob Friedrich Seligmann

German theologian

*November 21st, 1654, Hainewalde †December 24th, 1707, Dresden

71

Johann Adolf von Anhalt-Zerbst

German poet

*December 2nd, 1654, Zerbst †March 19th, 1726, Zerbst

64

Sophie Amalie Moth

Danish noblewoman

*March 28th, 1654, Copenhagen †January 17th, 1719, Jomfruens Egede

44

Friedrich von Canitz

17th-century German poet and diplomat (1654-1699)

*November 27th, 1654, Berlin †August 11th, 1699, Berlin

17

Pedro Calungsod

Filipino catechist, saint and martyr

*July 21st, 1654, Ginatilan †April 2nd, 1672, Tumon

68

Thomas Pollock

Acting governor of North Carolina (1654-1722)

*May 6th, 1654, Glasgow †August 30th, 1722, North Carolina

69

Michael Förtsch

German Lutheran theologian,Magister artium Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen 1682

*July 24th, 1654, Wertheim †April 24th, 1724, Jena

73

Nicodemus Tessin the Younger

Swedish architect (1654-1728)

*May 23rd, 1654, Nyköping †April 10th, 1728, Stockholm

77

Christian Heinrich Aschenbrenner

German musician and violinist

*December 29th, 1654, Szczecin †December 13th, 1732, Jena

39

Charles Blount

English deist and philosopher (1654-1693)

*April 27th, 1654, Upper Holloway †August 1st, 1693, London

73

Johann Andreas Danz

German theologian

*February 1st, 1654, Sundhausen †December 20th, 1727, Jena

58

Joshua Barnes

British classical scholar (1654-1712)

*January 10th, 1654, London †August 3rd, 1712, Cambridgeshire

46

Hans Haubold Einsiedel

German politician (1654-1700)

*August 17th, 1654, Castle of Wolkenburg †October 1st, 1700, Gersdorf

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1654 is a normal year and no leap year.

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