May 31st, 1694

Born on May 31st, 1694

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What happened on May 31st?

May 31st, 2013

An extremely large, powerful, and erratic tornado struck Central Oklahoma, killing eight people and injuring more than 150 others.

May 31st, 2009

American physician George Tiller, one of the few doctors in the country who performed late-term abortions, was shot and killed by Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion activist.

May 31st, 2005

A Vanity Fair article revealed that the secret informant known as "Deep Throat", who had provided information about the Watergate scandal, was former FBI associate director Mark Felt (pictured).

May 31st, 1981

An organized mob of police and government-sponsored Sinhalese paramilitary forces began three days of attacks that led to the burning of the Jaffna Library in Sri Lanka.

May 31st, 1941

The United Kingdom completed its re-occupation of Iraq, returning Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.

May 31st, 1902

The Second Boer War came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in Pretoria, South Africa.

May 31st, 1879

Gilmore's Garden in New York City was renamed Madison Square Garden, the city's first venue to use that name.

May 31st, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate troops under Joseph E. Johnston and G. W. Smith engaged Union forces under George B. McClellan at the Battle of Seven Pines outside Richmond, Virginia.

May 31st, 1775

American Revolution: The Committee of Safety of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, adopted the Mecklenburg Resolves, which annulled and vacated all laws originating from the authority of the King or Parliament.

May 31st, 1468

Cardinal Bessarion (pictured) announced his donation of 746 Greek and Latin codices to the Republic of Venice, forming the Biblioteca Marciana.

May 31st, 1293

Majapahit forces under Raden Wijaya won a major victory in the Mongol invasion of Java, now considered to be the founding date of the Indonesian city of Surabaya.

May 31st, 1223

Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus': Mongol forces defeated a Kievan Rus' army at the Battle of the Kalka River in present-day Ukraine.

May 31st, 1215

A Mongol army under Genghis Khan captures Zhongdu (modern Beijing), the capital of the Jin dynasty.

May 31st, 0455

Petronius Maximus, the ruler of the Western Roman Empire, was stoned to death by a mob as he fled Rome ahead of the arrival of a Vandal force that sacked the city.

May 31st, 1890

The Ulm Minster, the world's tallest church building, is completed in Ulm, Germany.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 31st

Same year
Born in 1694

83

Voltaire

French writer, historian, and philosopher (1694–1778)

*November 21st, 1694, Paris †May 30th, 1778, Paris

59

Johann Gottfried von Hahn

German physician

*January 18th, 1694, Świdnica †May 1st, 1753, Świdnica

85

Giovan Battista Passeri

Antiquarian, catholic priest and civil servant (1694-1780)

*November 10th, 1694, Farnese †February 4th, 1780, Pesaro

52

Francis Hutcheson

Scottish philosopher (1694–1746)

*August 8th, 1694, Drumalig †August 8th, 1746, Dublin

59

Henry Pelham

Prime Minister of Great Britain; (1695-1754)

*September 25th, 1694, Laughton †March 6th, 1754, London

50

Leonardo Leo

Italian composer

*August 5th, 1694, San Vito dei Normanni †October 31st, 1744, Naples

73

Giorgio Baffo

18th c. Venetian senator and poet

*August 11th, 1694, Venice †July 30th, 1768, Venice

79

Georg Gottlob Richter

German philosopher and physician (1694-1773)

*February 4th, 1694, Schneeberg †May 28th, 1773, Göttingen

63

Christian Gottlieb Jöcher

German lexicographer

*July 20th, 1694, Leipzig †May 10th, 1758, Leipzig

77

Antal Grassalkovich I.

Hungarian noble (1694-1771)

*March 6th, 1694, Mojmírovce †December 1st, 1771, Gödöllő

76

Johann Daniel Schöpflin

German historian

*September 6th, 1694, Sulzburg †August 7th, 1771, Strasbourg

59

Johann Friedrich Nolte

German philologist and theologian (1694-1754)

*July 15th, 1694, Einbeck †June 12th, 1754, Schöningen

53

Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui

Genevan legal and political theorist

*June 24th, 1694, Geneva †April 3rd, 1748, Geneva

40

Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold

Count of Lippe-Detmold (1694-1734)

*January 25th, 1694, Detmold †October 12th, 1734, Detmold

75

Johann Hildebrand Withof

German historian, opinion journalist and philologist

*January 1st, 1694, Lengerich †January 1st, 1769, Duisburg

62

Daniel Gran

Austrian painter (1694-1757)

*May 22nd, 1694, Vienna †April 16th, 1757, St. Pölten

77

Louis-Claude Daquin

French composer

*July 4th, 1694, Paris †June 15th, 1772, Paris

78

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

18th-century British statesman and man of letters; (1694-1773)

*September 22nd, 1694, London †March 24th, 1773, London

89

Bartolomeo Altomonte

Austrian artist

*February 24th, 1694, Warsaw †November 11th, 1783, Sankt Florian

62

Ernest Amadej Tomaž Attems

(1694-1757)

*December 21st, 1694, Graz †December 5th, 1757, Vienna

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1694 is a normal year and no leap year.

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