May 23rd, 1719

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Born on May 23rd, 1719 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 23rd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 23rd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1719)

Born on May 23rd, 1719

Weekday

Tuesday

May 23rd, 1719 was a Tuesday.

Age

304

People born on May 23rd, 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 13th, 2026, people who were born on May 23rd, 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 23rd?

May 23rd, 2008

The International Court of Justice awarded the Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca to Singapore, resolving a 29-year-old territorial dispute in the Singapore Strait.

May 23rd, 1999

Professional wrestler Owen Hart died immediately before a match after dropping 70 feet (21 m) onto the ring during a botched entrance.

May 23rd, 1974

The Airbus A300, the first twin-engined wide-body airliner, went into service with Air France.

May 23rd, 1939

The U.S. Navy submarine Squalus sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, during tests, causing 26 men to drown.

May 23rd, 1895

Backed by Samuel J. Tilden, the Astor Library and the Lenox Library agreed to merge and form the New York Public Library.

May 23rd, 1873

The North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was established to bring law and order to and assert Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Territories.

May 23rd, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson defeated a Union force at the Battle of Front Royal in Virginia, taking around 700 prisoners.

May 23rd, 1706

War of the Spanish Succession: The Grand Alliance armies routed the Franco-Spanish-Bavarian army in Ramillies, present-day Belgium.

May 23rd, 1555

Gian Pietro Carafa became Pope Paul IV, beginning a tumultuous four-year papacy during which the Papal States suffered a serious military defeat.

May 23rd, 1533

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, annulled Henry VIII's marriage to his first wife Catherine of Aragon (pictured), beginning events that would culminate in the English Reformation.

May 23rd, 1430

Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc (pictured) was captured by Burgundian forces at the Siege of Compiègne.

May 23rd, 1949

Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.

May 23rd, 1948

Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.

May 23rd, 1945

World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.

May 23rd, 1939

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 23rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 23rd?

Carl Linnaeus

Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)

*May 23rd, 1707, Råshult †January 10th, 1778, Linnaeus Hammarby

Jordan Rakei

New Zealander-Australian musician, singer, songwriter and record producer

*May 23rd, 1992, Hamilton

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

Lena Meyer-Landrut

German singer

*May 23rd, 1991, Hanover

Gayatri Devi

Maharani of Jaipur and Indian politician (1919–2009)

*May 23rd, 1919, London †July 29th, 2009, Jaipur

William Hunter

British anatomist and physician (1718-1783)

*May 23rd, 1718, East Kilbride †March 30th, 1783, London

Joan Collins

English actress, author and columnist

*May 23rd, 1933, London

Wotan Wilke Möhring

German actor

*May 23rd, 1967, Detmold

Lea DeLaria

American actor, comedian and singer

*May 23rd, 1958, Belleville

Anatoly Karpov

Russian chess player

*May 23rd, 1951, Zlatoust

Thomas Bestvater

Swiss actor

*May 23rd, 1958, Herrliberg

Franz Anton Mesmer

German physician

*May 23rd, 1734, Iznang †March 5th, 1815, Meersburg

John Payne

American actor 1912-1989

*May 23rd, 1912, Roanoke †December 6th, 1989, Malibu

Bray Wyatt

American professional wrestler (1987–2023)

*May 23rd, 1987, Brooksville †August 24th, 2023, Clermont

Giuseppe Parini

Italian poet

*May 23rd, 1729, Bosisio Parini †August 15th, 1799, Milan

Margaret Fuller

American writer and women's activist (1810–1850)

*May 23rd, 1810, Cambridge †July 19th, 1850, Fire Island

John Bardeen

American physicist and engineer

*May 23rd, 1908, Madison †January 30th, 1991, Boston

Cassandre Beaugrand

French triathlete

*May 23rd, 1997, Livry-Gargan

Rubens Barrichello

Brazilian racing driver

*May 23rd, 1972, São Paulo

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 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 23rd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIII.V.MDCCXIX

23.5.1719

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 23rd, 1719

Born on May 23rd, 1719

Weekday

Tuesday

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 23rd?

The International Court of Justice awarded the Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca to Singapore, resolving a 29-year-old territorial dispute in the Singapore Strait.

Professional wrestler Owen Hart died immediately before a match after dropping 70 feet (21 m) onto the ring during a botched entrance.

The Airbus A300, the first twin-engined wide-body airliner, went into service with Air France.

The U.S. Navy submarine Squalus sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, during tests, causing 26 men to drown.

Backed by Samuel J. Tilden, the Astor Library and the Lenox Library agreed to merge and form the New York Public Library.

The North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was established to bring law and order to and assert Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Territories.

American Civil War: Confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson defeated a Union force at the Battle of Front Royal in Virginia, taking around 700 prisoners.

War of the Spanish Succession: The Grand Alliance armies routed the Franco-Spanish-Bavarian army in Ramillies, present-day Belgium.

Gian Pietro Carafa became Pope Paul IV, beginning a tumultuous four-year papacy during which the Papal States suffered a serious military defeat.

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, annulled Henry VIII's marriage to his first wife Catherine of Aragon (pictured), beginning events that would culminate in the English Reformation.

Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc (pictured) was captured by Burgundian forces at the Siege of Compiègne.

Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.

Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.

World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 23rd

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 23rd?

Same year Born in 1719

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 23rd

Aromanian National Day

Desiderius of Vienne

Giovanni Battista de' Rossi

Julia of Corsica

Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler (Episcopal Church (USA))

Quintian, Lucius and Julian

William of Perth

May 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (Germany)

Labour Day (Jamaica)

Students' Day (Mexico)

World Turtle Day