May 31st, 1719

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Born on May 31st, 1719 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 31st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 31st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1719)

Born on May 31st, 1719

Weekday

Wednesday

May 31st, 1719 was a Wednesday.

Age

304

People born on May 31st, 1719 will turn 305 this year (2024), in exactly 34 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 634 days, exactly on January 21st, 2026, people who were born on May 31st, 1719 will be 112,000 days old!

111,366 Days

15,909 Weeks

3,658 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on May 31st?

May 31st, 2013

A tornado struck Central Oklahoma, killing 8 people and injuring more than 150.

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, 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, 1935

An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw struck Balochistan in British India, now part of Pakistan, killing between 30,000 and 60,000 people.

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 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, 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, 2019

A shooting occurs inside a municipal building at Virginia Beach, Virginia, leaving 13 people dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 31st?

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat

*May 31st, 1887, Pointe-à-Pitre †September 20th, 1975, Hyères

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

*May 31st, 1922, Potsdam †April 16th, 2016, Freiburg im Breisgau

Viktor Orbán

Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–present)

*May 31st, 1963, Székesfehérvár

Walt Whitman

American poet, essayist and journalist

*May 31st, 1819, West Hills †March 26th, 1892, Camden

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

Maurice Allais

French economist (1911–2010)

*May 31st, 1911, Paris †October 9th, 2010, Saint-Cloud

Brooke Shields

American actress (born 1965)

*May 31st, 1965, Manhattan

Marco Reus

German footballer (born 1989)

*May 31st, 1989, Dortmund

Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director (born 1930)

*May 31st, 1930, San Francisco

Pius XI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939

*May 31st, 1857, Desio †February 10th, 1939, Vatican City

Normani

American singer and dancer

*May 31st, 1996, Atlanta

Jim Bolger

Prime minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997

*May 31st, 1935, Ōpunake

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Bernard Lewis

British-American historian (1916–2018)

*May 31st, 1916, London †May 19th, 2018, Voorhees Township

Margaret Beaufort

Noblewoman; Mother of King Henry VII

*May 31st, 1443, Bedfordshire †June 29th, 1509, Westminster

Jim Hutton

Actor (1934-1979)

*May 31st, 1934, Binghamton †June 2nd, 1979, Los Angeles

Daniela Samulski

German swimmer

*May 31st, 1984, Berlin †May 22nd, 2018

Jim Craig

American ice hockey goaltender

*May 31st, 1957, Easton

Nicolas Poussin

French painter (1594-1665)

*May 31st, 1594, Les Andelys †November 19th, 1665, Rome

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 31st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 31st.

The beginning of Gawai Dayak (Dayaks in Sarawak, Malaysia and West Kalimantan, Indonesia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawai_Dayak

World No Tobacco Day (International)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_No_Tobacco_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXXI.V.MDCCXIX

31.5.1719

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

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May 31st, 1719

Born on May 31st, 1719

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♊

Gemini (The Twins)

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

111,366 Days

15,909 Weeks

3,658 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 31st?

A tornado struck Central Oklahoma, killing 8 people and injuring more than 150.

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.

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.

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

An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw struck Balochistan in British India, now part of Pakistan, killing between 30,000 and 60,000 people.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Petronius Maximus, 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.

A shooting occurs inside a municipal building at Virginia Beach, Virginia, leaving 13 people dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.

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

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 31st?

Same year Born in 1719

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 31st

Anniversary of Royal Brunei Malay Regiment (Brunei)

Camilla Battista da Varano

Hermias

Petronella

Visitation of Mary (Western Christianity)

May 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

The beginning of Gawai Dayak (Dayaks in Sarawak, Malaysia and West Kalimantan, Indonesia)

World No Tobacco Day (International)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

31.5.1719

Legend

Leap year

Calendar May 1719

May 1719

Date of birth

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

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 31st?

Same year
Born in 1719

Calendar
May 1719

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18	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
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20	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
22	29	30	31