May 9th, 1710

Born on May 9th, 1710

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 115,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 9th?

May 9th, 1949

Rainier III became Prince of Monaco, beginning a 56-year reign, which would make him one of the longest ruling monarchs of the 20th century.

May 9th, 1915

World War I: British forces launched the Battle of Aubers, an offensive on the Western Front, as part of the larger Second Battle of Artois.

May 9th, 1761

The inaugural exhibition of the Society of Artists of Great Britain opened at Spring Gardens in London.

May 9th, 2012

The pilots of a Sukhoi Superjet, ignoring alerts from the terrain warning system, crashed the aircraft into Mount Salak in Indonesia, resulting in the deaths of all 45 people on board.

May 9th, 2005

Pope Benedict XVI began the beatification process for his predecessor Pope John Paul II, waiving the standard five years required after the nominee's death.

May 9th, 2001

Police at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, fired tear gas to quell unrest at a football match, leading to a stampede that killed 126 people.

May 9th, 1992

An underground methane explosion occurred at the Westray Mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia, killing all 26 Canadian coal miners who were working at the time.

May 9th, 1980

Part of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida collapsed after a pier was struck by MV Summit Venture, killing 35 people.

May 9th, 1979

Prominent Iranian Jew Habib Elghanian was executed after having been convicted by a revolutionary tribunal of various charges, triggering a mass exodus of Jews from Iran.

May 9th, 1977

The Hotel Polen in Amsterdam was destroyed by fire (pictured), leaving 33 people dead.

May 9th, 1964

Ngô Đình Cẩn, a younger brother and the confidant of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm, was executed by Nguyễn Khánh's military junta.

May 9th, 1961

In a speech to U.S. broadcasters, Newton Minow, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, described commercial television programming as "a vast wasteland".

May 9th, 1960

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it would approve the use of Searle's Enovid, the first combined oral contraceptive pill.

May 9th, 1944

World War II: The Japanese Take Ichi convoy arrived at Halmahera in the Dutch East Indies after losing many ships and thousands of troops to Allied attacks while attempting to carry two divisions of troops from China to New Guinea.

May 9th, 1918

First World War: Germany repelled Britain's second attempt to blockade the Belgian port of Ostend.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 9th

Same year
Born in 1710

81

Peter Ahlwardt

German theologian and philosopher (1710-1791)

*February 14th, 1710, Greifswald †March 1st, 1791, Greifswald

64

Louis XV of France

King of France from 1715 to 1774

*February 15th, 1710, Palace of Versailles †May 10th, 1774, Palace of Versailles

66

Richard Bland

American politician

*May 6th, 1710, Orange County †October 26th, 1776

26

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Italian composer, violinist and organist (1710–1736)

*January 4th, 1710, Jesi †March 16th, 1736, Pozzuoli

79

Jerónimo Grimaldi, 1st Duke of Grimaldi

Italian-Spanish diplomat and politician (1710-1789)

*January 1st, 1710, Genoa †October 1st, 1789, Genoa

66

James Ferguson

Scottish astronomer (1710-1776)

*April 25th, 1710, Keith †November 17th, 1776, Edinburgh

315

Pedro Agustín de Valencia

Founder and treasurer of the Mint, Popayan

*August 26th, 1710, Popayán

69

Jonathan Carver

American explorer (1710-1780)

*April 13th, 1710, Weymouth †January 31st, 1780, London

51

François Gaspard Adam

French artist

*May 23rd, 1710, Nancy †August 18th, 1761, Paris

85

Jean-Martial Frédou

French painter (1710-1795)

*January 28th, 1710, Fontenay-Saint-Père †February 26th, 1795, Versailles

71

Johann August Nahl

German sculptor (1710-1781)

*August 22nd, 1710, Berlin †October 22nd, 1781, Kassel

58

Willem van Haren

Dutch poet, writer and politician (1710–1768)

*February 21st, 1710, Leeuwarden †July 4th, 1768, Sint-Oedenrode

56

Joachim Johann Daniel Zimmermann

German author (1710-1767)

*October 27th, 1710, Salzwedel †January 2nd, 1767, Hamburg

81

Charles Simon Favart

French writer (1710-1792)

*November 13th, 1710, Paris †May 12th, 1792, Belleville

51

Georg Matthias Bose

German physicist

*September 10th, 1710, Leipzig †September 17th, 1761, Magdeburg

65

Jakob Langebek

Danish historian

*January 23rd, 1710, Skjoldborg †August 16th, 1775, Copenhagen

78

Paolo Renier

119th, and penultimate, Doge of Venice

*November 21st, 1710, Venice †February 13th, 1789, Venice

79

William Cullen

Scottish physician, chemist and agriculturalist; (1710-1790)

*April 15th, 1710, Hamilton †February 5th, 1790, Edinburgh

81

Adam Gottlob Moltke

Danish art collector, politician and diplomat (1710-1792)

*November 10th, 1710, Walkendorf †September 25th, 1792, Bregentved

57

Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen

German princess (1710-1767)

*August 10th, 1710, Coburg †October 22nd, 1767, Gotha

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 9th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Commemoration of the end of the German occupation of the Channel Islands related observances, Victory Day observances, celebration of the Soviet Union victory over Nazi Germany) which are celebrated on May 9th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1710 is a normal year and no leap year.

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