May 14th, 1721

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Born on May 14th, 1721 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 14th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 14th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1721)

Born on May 14th, 1721

Weekday

Wednesday

May 14th, 1721 was a Wednesday.

Age

302

People born on May 14th, 1721 will turn 303 this year (2024), in exactly 19 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1721 - May 21st, 1721

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 110,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 350 days, exactly on April 10th, 2025, people who were born on May 14th, 1721 will be 111,000 days old!

110,650 Days

15,807 Weeks

3,635 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on May 14th?

May 14th, 2008

On the day of the UEFA Cup Final, violence erupted between football hooligan supporters of both teams and the Greater Manchester Police, resulting in 39 arrests and 39 injured officers.

May 14th, 1980

Salvadoran Civil War: Refugees trying to flee El Salvador across the Sumpul River to Honduras were attacked by both Salvadoran and Honduran forces, resulting in at least 300 deaths.

May 14th, 1951

Trains ran on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since its preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.

May 14th, 1948

David Ben-Gurion publicly read the Israeli Declaration of Independence at Independence Hall in Tel Aviv.

May 14th, 1943

Second World War: Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, killing 268 people aboard.

May 14th, 1940

World War II: The bulk of Dutch forces surrendered to the German Wehrmacht, ending the Battle of the Netherlands.

May 14th, 1939

In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and twenty-one days.

May 14th, 1931

Five people were killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers opened fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.

May 14th, 1878

The last witchcraft trial in the United States opened in Salem, Massachusetts.

May 14th, 1868

Boshin War: Troops of the Tokugawa shogunate withdrew from the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle and retreated north towards Nikkō and Aizu.

May 14th, 1863

American Civil War: Union troops captured Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.

May 14th, 1857

Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma.

May 14th, 1856

Major Henry C. Wayne arrived in Indianola, Texas, with 34 camels to form the short-lived United States Camel Corps (pictured).

May 14th, 1804

Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the Corps of Discovery left Camp Dubois near present-day Hartford, Illinois, to begin the first overland expedition to the West Coast of the United States and back.

May 14th, 1264

Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes (monument pictured) and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 14th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 14th?

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

*May 14th, 1921, Christiania †April 29th, 2007, Oslo

Mark Zuckerberg

American internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

Cate Blanchett

Australian actor (born 1969)

*May 14th, 1969, Melbourne

Tim Roth

English actor (born 1961)

*May 14th, 1961, Dulwich

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

Robert Owen

British textile manufacturer and social reformer, 1771–1858

*May 14th, 1771, Newtown †November 17th, 1858, Newtown

Franz-Georg Rössler

German Esperantist

*May 14th, 1949, Ruppertsberg †March 17th, 2017, Dudenhofen

Thomas Gainsborough

English portrait and landscape painter (1727-1788)

*May 14th, 1727, Sudbury †August 2nd, 1788, London

Norodom Sihamoni

King of Cambodia

*May 14th, 1953, Phnom Penh

Simonetta Sommaruga

Politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

*May 14th, 1960, Zug

Siân Phillips

British actress (1933-)

*May 14th, 1933, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Nigel Reo-Coker

English association football player (born 1984)

*May 14th, 1984, Southwark

Thomas Wedgwood

British photographic experimentor

*May 14th, 1771, Staffordshire †July 10th, 1805, Dorset

Beardyman

British musician and beatboxer

*May 14th, 1982, London

Robert Zemeckis

American filmmaker (born 1952)

*May 14th, 1952, Chicago

Agnes Sophie Reuß zu Ebersdorf

*May 14th, 1720, Żary †August 2nd, 1791, Herrnhut

Samuel Livermore

American politician (1732-1803)

*May 14th, 1732, Waltham †May 18th, 1803, Holderness

Miranda Cosgrove

American actress and singer (born 1993)

*May 14th, 1993, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 1721

Tobias Smollett

18th-century poet and author from Scotland

*March 19th, 1721, Cardross †September 17th, 1771, Livorno

Madame de Pompadour

Chief mistress of Louis XV of France (1721-1764)

*December 29th, 1721, Paris †April 15th, 1764, Versailles

Jean-Philippe Baratier

German scholar (1721-1740)

*January 19th, 1721, Schwabach †October 5th, 1740, Halle (Saale)

Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes

French statesman (1721-1794)

*December 6th, 1721, Paris †April 22nd, 1794, Paris

Roger Sherman

Early American lawyer and politician, Founding Father of the United States (1721-1793)

*April 19th, 1721, Newton †July 23rd, 1793, New Haven

John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1721-1767)

*January 8th, 1721, Rudolstadt †July 10th, 1767, Rudolstadt

Mark Akenside

English poet and physician

*November 9th, 1721, Newcastle upon Tyne †June 23rd, 1770, London

Domenico Corvi

Italian painter (1721-1803)

*September 16th, 1721, Viterbo †July 22nd, 1803, Rome

Christian Gotthelf von Gutschmid

German politician (1721-1798)

*December 12th, 1721, Kahren †December 30th, 1798, Dresden

Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz

German general

*February 3rd, 1721, Kalkar †August 27th, 1773, Oława

Franz Anton Knittel

German theologian

*April 3rd, 1721, Salzdahlum †December 10th, 1792, Wolfenbüttel

Johann Samuel Diterich

German Archdeacon and parson (1721-1797)

*January 1st, 1721, Berlin †January 1st, 1797, Berlin

Eliphalet Dyer

American judge and politician

*September 14th, 1721, Windham †May 13th, 1807, Windham

James Elphinston

British linguist

*December 6th, 1721, Edinburgh †October 8th, 1809

Friedrich Samuel Zickler

*November 14th, 1721, Rödigsdorf †April 23rd, 1779, Jena

Robert Strange

Scottish engraver

*July 14th, 1721, Kirkwall †July 5th, 1792, London

Bernardo Bellotto

Italian artist

*January 30th, 1721, Venice †November 17th, 1780, Warsaw

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford

British politician (1721-1803)

*August 4th, 1721, Swynnerton †October 26th, 1803, Trentham Gardens

Philipp Friedrich Gmelin

German professor of botany and chemistry (1721-1768)

*August 19th, 1721, Tübingen †May 9th, 1768, Tübingen

Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

German noble (1721-1774)

*March 9th, 1721, Ribeauvillé †March 30th, 1774, Darmstadt

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 14th.

Earliest day on which the first day of Sanja Matsuri can fall, while May 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third weekend of May. (Sensō-ji, Tokyo)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanja_Matsuri

Flag Day (Paraguay)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Day

Hastings Banda's Birthday (Malawi)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Malawi

National Unification Day (Liberia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Liberia

The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival. (Izumo-taisha)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo-taisha

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIV.V.MDCCXXI

14.5.1721

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1721 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
May 1721

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May 14th, 1721

Born on May 14th, 1721

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 110,000 days old!

110,650 Days

15,807 Weeks

3,635 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 14th?

On the day of the UEFA Cup Final, violence erupted between football hooligan supporters of both teams and the Greater Manchester Police, resulting in 39 arrests and 39 injured officers.

Salvadoran Civil War: Refugees trying to flee El Salvador across the Sumpul River to Honduras were attacked by both Salvadoran and Honduran forces, resulting in at least 300 deaths.

Trains ran on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since its preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.

David Ben-Gurion publicly read the Israeli Declaration of Independence at Independence Hall in Tel Aviv.

Second World War: Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, killing 268 people aboard.

World War II: The bulk of Dutch forces surrendered to the German Wehrmacht, ending the Battle of the Netherlands.

In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and twenty-one days.

Five people were killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers opened fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.

The last witchcraft trial in the United States opened in Salem, Massachusetts.

Boshin War: Troops of the Tokugawa shogunate withdrew from the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle and retreated north towards Nikkō and Aizu.

American Civil War: Union troops captured Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.

Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma.

Major Henry C. Wayne arrived in Indianola, Texas, with 34 camels to form the short-lived United States Camel Corps (pictured).

Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the Corps of Discovery left Camp Dubois near present-day Hartford, Illinois, to begin the first overland expedition to the West Coast of the United States and back.

Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes (monument pictured) and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 14th

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 14th?

Same year Born in 1721

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 14th

Boniface of Tarsus

Matthias the Apostle (Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion)

Michael Garicoïts

Mo Chutu of Lismore (Roman Catholic Church)

Victor and Corona

May 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which the first day of Sanja Matsuri can fall, while May 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third weekend of May. (Sensō-ji, Tokyo)

Flag Day (Paraguay)

Hastings Banda's Birthday (Malawi)

National Unification Day (Liberia)

The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival. (Izumo-taisha)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

14.5.1721

Legend

Leap year

Calendar May 1721

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 110,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 14th

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Who's birthday is on May 14th?

Same year
Born in 1721

Calendar
May 1721

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
18				1	2	3	4
19	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
20	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
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