May 23rd, 1721

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Born on May 23rd, 1721 – 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 1721)

Born on May 23rd, 1721

Weekday

Friday

May 23rd, 1721 was a Friday.

Age

302

People born on May 23rd, 1721 will turn 303 this year (2024), in exactly 19 days .

Zodiac

♊

Gemini (The Twins)

May 22nd, 1721 - June 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 19th, 2025, people who were born on May 23rd, 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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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

Joan Collins

English actress, author and columnist

*May 23rd, 1933, London

William Hunter

British anatomist and physician (1718-1783)

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

Wotan Wilke Möhring

German actor

*May 23rd, 1967, Detmold

Lea DeLaria

American actor, comedian and singer

*May 23rd, 1958, Belleville

Franz Anton Mesmer

German physician

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

Anatoly Karpov

Russian chess player

*May 23rd, 1951, Zlatoust

Thomas Bestvater

Swiss actor

*May 23rd, 1958, Herrliberg

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 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 23rd

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIII.V.MDCCXXI

23.5.1721

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

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

Calendar
May 1721

May 1721

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

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
21	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
22	26	27	28	29	30	31

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
21	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
22	26	27	28	29	30	31

May 23rd, 1721

Born on May 23rd, 1721

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♊

Gemini (The Twins)

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 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 1721

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