May 22nd, 1719

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Born on May 22nd, 1719 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 22nd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 22nd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1719)

Born on May 22nd, 1719

Weekday

Monday

May 22nd, 1719 was a Monday.

Age

304

People born on May 22nd, 1719 will turn 305 this year (2024), in exactly 24 days .

Zodiac

♊

Gemini (The Twins)

May 22nd, 1719 - June 21st, 1719

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 111,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 624 days, exactly on January 12th, 2026, people who were born on May 22nd, 1719 will be 112,000 days old!

111,376 Days

15,910 Weeks

3,659 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 22nd?

May 22nd, 2014

Prayut Chan-o-cha, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, launched a coup d'état against the caretaker government following six months of political crisis.

May 22nd, 2010

Upon landing in Mangalore, Air India Express Flight 812 overshot the runway and fell down a hillside, killing 158 of the 166 people on board.

May 22nd, 2002

Police announced that the skeletal remains of Federal Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Levy, who had been missing for a year, had been found in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.

May 22nd, 1998

In Public Prosecutor v Taw Cheng Kong, the Court of Appeal of Singapore overruled a High Court decision that was the only time a statute in Singapore had been ruled unconstitutional.

May 22nd, 1980

Location testing for Pac-Man, a Japanese arcade game that became an icon of 1980s popular culture, began in Shibuya, Tokyo.

May 22nd, 1972

The Dominion of Ceylon changed its name to Sri Lanka, adopted a new constitution, and officially became a republic within the Commonwealth.

May 22nd, 1960

The most powerful earthquake ever recorded, registering approximately 9.5 Mw, struck near Valdivia, Chile, generating tsunamis that reached Hawaii and Japan.

May 22nd, 1958

Ethnic riots mostly targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils broke out in Ceylon, resulting in at least 158 deaths over the next few days.

May 22nd, 1939

Germany and Italy signed the Pact of Steel, a military and political alliance.

May 22nd, 1915

California's Lassen Peak violently erupted, the only volcanic eruption in the contiguous U.S. in the 20th century until Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980.

May 22nd, 1905

Sultan Abdul Hamid II established the Ullah millet, a separate millet for the Aromanians within the Ottoman Empire.

May 22nd, 1897

The first Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames was opened to improve commerce and trade in the East End of London.

May 22nd, 1856

Senator Charles Sumner (pictured) was assaulted by Representative Preston Brooks in the United States Senate chamber in retaliation for a speech in which Sumner fiercely criticized slaveholders.

May 22nd, 1849

Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for an invention to lift boats over obstacles in a river, making him the only U.S. president ever to hold a patent.

May 22nd, 1844

In Shiraz, Iran, the Báb declared himself to be a messenger of God to Mullá Husayn, leading to the foundation of Bábism, considered to be a precursor to the Baháʼí Faith.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 22nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 22nd?

Richard Wagner

German composer (1813–1883)

*May 22nd, 1813, Leipzig †February 13th, 1883, Venice

Novak Djokovic

Serbian tennis player (1987–)

*May 22nd, 1987, Belgrade

Hugo Arthuso

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1987, Osasco

Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

*May 22nd, 1859, Edinburgh †July 7th, 1930, Crowborough

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

*May 22nd, 1924, 6th arrondissement of Paris †October 1st, 2018, Mouriès

Kelly Morgan

Badminton player

*May 22nd, 1975, Pontypridd

Giulio Orlando

Italian politician (1926-2017)

*May 22nd, 1926, Martina Franca †May 18th, 2017, Fermo

Linda Emond

American actress

*May 22nd, 1959, New Brunswick

Matt Jarvis

English association football player (born 1986)

*May 22nd, 1986, Middlesbrough

Theodor Bergk

German classical philologist (1812–1881)

*May 22nd, 1812, Leipzig †July 20th, 1881, Bad Ragaz

Klaus Schlappner

German association football player and manager

*May 22nd, 1940, Lampertheim

Albrecht von Graefe

German ophthalmologist

*May 22nd, 1828, Berlin †July 20th, 1870, Berlin

Richard Benjamin

American actor and film director

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City

Nazanin Boniadi

British-Iranian actress

*May 22nd, 1980, Tehran

Fritz von Uhde

German artist (1848–1911)

*May 22nd, 1848, Limbach-Oberfrohna †February 25th, 1911, Munich

Susan Strasberg

American film and stage actress (1938-1999)

*May 22nd, 1938, New York City †January 21st, 1999, New York City

Georges Rol

French priest and theologian

*May 22nd, 1926, Thiviers †April 13th, 2017, L'Isle-d'Espagnac

Laurence Olivier

English actor and director (1907–1989)

*May 22nd, 1907, Dorking †July 11th, 1989, West Sussex

Naomi Campbell

English model

*May 22nd, 1970, Streatham

Mark Christopher Lawrence

American character actor, stand-up comedian, and voice-over artist

*May 22nd, 1964, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 1719

Leopold Mozart

German composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist (1719-1787)

*November 14th, 1719, Augsburg †May 28th, 1787, Salzburg

John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden

British nobleman and soldier (1719-1797)

*March 13th, 1719, Oundle †May 25th, 1797, Audley End House

Roger Newdigate

British politician

*May 20th, 1719, Arbury †November 23rd, 1806, Arbury

Ferdinand Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil

German priest

*February 6th, 1719, Salzburg †April 9th, 1786, Salzburg

John Landen

Mathematician

*January 23rd, 1719, Peterborough †January 15th, 1790, Milton

Jacques Cazotte

French writer

*October 7th, 1719, Dijon †September 25th, 1792, Paris

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

German princess (1719-1772); Princess of Wales as wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales; mother of George III

*November 30th, 1719, Gotha †February 8th, 1772, London

Johann Gottlob Lehmann

German and Russian mineralogist

*August 4th, 1719, Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel †January 22nd, 1767, Saint Petersburg

Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes

French diplomat (1719-1787)

*December 28th, 1719, Dijon †February 13th, 1787, Versailles

Pierre Poivre

French horticulturalist (1719-1786)

*August 23rd, 1719, Lyon †January 6th, 1786, Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or

Marie Elisabeth von Ahlefeldt

*December 25th, 1719, Haselau †January 24th, 1769, Tranekær Slot

Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim

German poet

*April 2nd, 1719, Ermsleben †February 18th, 1803, Halberstadt

Gottfried Schütze

German librarian, historian and theologian

*May 7th, 1719, Wernigerode †July 1st, 1784, Hamburg

Maurizio Pedetti

Italian architect

*October 13th, 1719, Casasco d'Intelvi †March 14th, 1799, Eichstätt

Felix Adam Joseph von Fugger-Glött

(1719-1770)

*December 24th, 1719, Innsbruck †November 23rd, 1770, Cologne

Johann Elias Schlegel

German poet (1719-1749)

*January 17th, 1719, Meissen †August 13th, 1749, Sorø

Anna Catharina Bischoff

"Lady (or mummy) of the Barfüsser Church"

*March 23rd, 1719, Strasbourg †August 30th, 1787, Basel

Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal

Catholic archbishop

*January 3rd, 1719, Mainz †July 25th, 1802, Aschaffenburg

Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec

General and diplomat

*August 19th, 1719, Paris †August 16th, 1781, Saint-Jean-d'Angély

Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo

Painter (1719-1795)

*August 25th, 1719, Rivoli †November 15th, 1795, Paris

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 22nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 22nd.

Unity Day (Yemen), celebrates the unification of North and South Yemen into the Republic of Yemen in 1990.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Day_(Yemen)

World Goth Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Goth_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXII.V.MDCCXIX

22.5.1719

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1719 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
May 1719

May 1719

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18	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
19	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
20	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
22	29	30	31

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
18	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
19	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
20	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
22	29	30	31

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
18	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
19	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
20	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
22	29	30	31

May 22nd, 1719

Born on May 22nd, 1719

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♊

Gemini (The Twins)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 111,000 days old!

111,376 Days

15,910 Weeks

3,659 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 22nd?

Prayut Chan-o-cha, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army, launched a coup d'état against the caretaker government following six months of political crisis.

Upon landing in Mangalore, Air India Express Flight 812 overshot the runway and fell down a hillside, killing 158 of the 166 people on board.

Police announced that the skeletal remains of Federal Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Levy, who had been missing for a year, had been found in Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C.

In Public Prosecutor v Taw Cheng Kong, the Court of Appeal of Singapore overruled a High Court decision that was the only time a statute in Singapore had been ruled unconstitutional.

Location testing for Pac-Man, a Japanese arcade game that became an icon of 1980s popular culture, began in Shibuya, Tokyo.

The Dominion of Ceylon changed its name to Sri Lanka, adopted a new constitution, and officially became a republic within the Commonwealth.

The most powerful earthquake ever recorded, registering approximately 9.5 Mw, struck near Valdivia, Chile, generating tsunamis that reached Hawaii and Japan.

Ethnic riots mostly targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils broke out in Ceylon, resulting in at least 158 deaths over the next few days.

Germany and Italy signed the Pact of Steel, a military and political alliance.

California's Lassen Peak violently erupted, the only volcanic eruption in the contiguous U.S. in the 20th century until Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980.

Sultan Abdul Hamid II established the Ullah millet, a separate millet for the Aromanians within the Ottoman Empire.

The first Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames was opened to improve commerce and trade in the East End of London.

Senator Charles Sumner (pictured) was assaulted by Representative Preston Brooks in the United States Senate chamber in retaliation for a speech in which Sumner fiercely criticized slaveholders.

Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for an invention to lift boats over obstacles in a river, making him the only U.S. president ever to hold a patent.

In Shiraz, Iran, the Báb declared himself to be a messenger of God to Mullá Husayn, leading to the foundation of Bábism, considered to be a precursor to the Baháʼí Faith.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 22nd

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 22nd?

Same year Born in 1719

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 22nd

Abolition Day (Martinique)

Aromanian National Day (marginal, celebration on May 23 is more common)

Castus and Emilius

Fulk

Humilita

Michael Hồ Đình Hy (one of Vietnamese Martyrs)

Quiteria

Rita of Cascia

Romanus of Subiaco

May 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Harvey Milk Day (California)

International Day for Biological Diversity (International)

United States National Maritime Day

National Sovereignty Day (Haiti)

Republic Day (Sri Lanka)

Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari (Ukraine)