May 11th, 1701

Born on May 11th, 1701

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 1701

49

Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond

English patron of cricket (1701-1750)

*May 18th, 1701, Chichester †August 8th, 1750, Godalming

79

Jacques Dumont le Romain

French history and portrait painter (1701-1781)

*May 10th, 1701, Paris †February 17th, 1781, Paris

58

Anna Magdalena Bach

German singer and the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (1701-1760)

*December 22nd, 1701, Zeitz †February 27th, 1760, Leipzig

76

Otto Magnus von Schwerin

Prussian general

*June 21st, 1701, Halberstadt †August 14th, 1777, Ducherow

81

William Emerson

British mathematician

*May 14th, 1701, Hurworth-on-Tees †May 20th, 1782, Hurworth-on-Tees

77

Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo

118th Doge of Venice (1701-1778)

*May 19th, 1701, Venice †December 31st, 1778, Venice

65

Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

(1701-1766)

*April 1st, 1701, Glücksburg †November 10th, 1766, Glücksburg

59

Christian Ludwig Liscow

German poet lawyer and writer (1701-1760)

*April 29th, 1701, Wittenburg †October 30th, 1760, Eilenburg

55

Frédéric Jérôme de La Rochefoucauld

Catholic cardinal

*July 16th, 1701, Versailles †April 29th, 1757, Paris

75

Johann Jakob Breitinger

Swiss philologist and author (1701-1776)

*March 1st, 1701, Zürich †December 13th, 1776, Zürich

74

Vittoria Tesi

Italian opera singer and music teacher (1701-1775)

*February 13th, 1701, Florence †May 9th, 1775, Vienna

75

Melchior Eberhard

German sculptor

*November 6th, 1701, Bad Hindelang †January 1st, 1777, Bad Hindelang

55

Maurus Xaverius Herbst

Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey Plankstetten

*September 14th, 1701, Pleinfeld †April 4th, 1757, Abenberg

74

Niclas Sahlgren

Swedish businessman

*March 18th, 1701, Domkyrkoförsamlingen in Göteborg †March 10th, 1776, Domkyrkoförsamlingen in Göteborg

76

Charles Le Beau

French historian

*October 18th, 1701, Paris †March 13th, 1778, Paris

58

Felix Anton Scheffler

German painter (1701-1760)

*August 29th, 1701, Mainburg †January 10th, 1760, Prague

41

François-Joseph Hunauld

French anatomist; (1701-1742)

*February 24th, 1701, Châteaubriant †December 15th, 1742, Paris

53

Christian Ludwig von Loewenstern

German artist, 1701-1754

*August 10th, 1701, Darmstadt †October 15th, 1754, Darmstadt

53

Fortunato da Brescia

(1701-1754)

*January 1st, 1701, Brescia †January 1st, 1754, Madrid

72

Johann Konrad Spörl

German theologian (1701-1773)

*January 3rd, 1701, Nuremberg †May 20th, 1773

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1701 is a normal year and no leap year.

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