May 16th, 1722

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Born on May 16th, 1722 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 16th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 16th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1722)

Born on May 16th, 1722

Weekday

Saturday

May 16th, 1722 was a Saturday.

Age

301

People born on May 16th, 1722 will turn 302 this year (2024), in exactly 18 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1722 - May 21st, 1722

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 714 days, exactly on April 12th, 2026, people who were born on May 16th, 1722 will be 111,000 days old!

110,286 Days

15,755 Weeks

3,623 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 16th?

May 16th, 2014

At least 12 people were killed and 70 others injured when two bombs exploded in a market in Nairobi, Kenya.

May 16th, 1977

The first Chuck E. Cheese location, the first family restaurant to integrate food, animated entertainment (example pictured), and an indoor arcade, opened in San Jose, California.

May 16th, 1975

Japanese climber Junko Tabei (pictured) became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

May 16th, 1961

Led by Park Chung-hee, the Military Revolution Committee carried out a bloodless coup against the government of Yun Posun in Seoul, ending the Second Republic of Korea.

May 16th, 1960

American physicist Theodore Maiman operated the first working laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.

May 16th, 1959

The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, one of Malta's most important Modernist landmarks, was turned on for the first time.

May 16th, 1958

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, a supersonic interceptor aircraft, set a world flight airspeed record of 1,404.012 mph (2,259.538 km/h).

May 16th, 1943

Second World War: The Royal Air Force's "Dambusters" squadron embarked on an attack on German dams using bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis.

May 16th, 1929

The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.

May 16th, 1925

The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris.

May 16th, 1918

The Sedition Act was passed in the United States, forbidding Americans from using "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the government, flag, or armed forces during the ongoing World War I.

May 16th, 1866

The United States Congress authorized the minting of the Shield nickel (example pictured), the country's first five-cent piece to be made of a copper–nickel alloy.

May 16th, 1832

Prospector Juan Godoy discovered a silver outcrop in Chañarcillo, sparking the Chilean silver rush.

May 16th, 1811

Peninsular War: Allied British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces clashed with French troops at the Battle of Albuera fought south of Badajoz, Spain.

May 16th, 1605

After a scuffle in which one cardinal received broken bones, the papal conclave elected Camillo Borghese as Pope Paul V.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 16th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 16th?

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

Glenn Gregory

English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist

*May 16th, 1958, Sheffield

Hannes Hegen

German Illustrator and caricaturist (1925-2014)

*May 16th, 1925, Česká Kamenice †November 8th, 2014, Berlin

Melanie Lynskey

New Zealand actress

*May 16th, 1977, New Plymouth

Johannes Georg Seidel

*May 16th, 1927, Dresden †August 26th, 2017

Justus Carrière

German actor

*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

Maria Gaetana Agnesi

Italian mathematician and philanthropist (1718-1799)

*May 16th, 1718, Milan †January 9th, 1799, Milan

Hans-Peter Reinecke

German actor (1941-2005)

*May 16th, 1941, Magdeburg †November 20th, 2005, Berlin

Konstantin Abramov

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1992, Moscow

Phillip Chew

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1994, Anaheim

Sören Opti

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1997, Paramaribo

Jens Spahn

German politician

*May 16th, 1980, Ahaus

Emma Karlsson

Badminton player

*May 16th, 1998, Älmhult

Allan Wasserman

American actor

*May 16th, 1952, The Bronx

Anette Hoff

Norwegian actress

*May 16th, 1961, Drøbak

Pierce Brosnan

Irish actor

*May 16th, 1953, Drogheda

Megan Fox

American actress and model

*May 16th, 1986, Oak Ridge

Heide Wollert

German judoka

*May 16th, 1982, Halle (Saale)

Joseph Morgan

English actor and director

*May 16th, 1981, London

Same year
Born in 1722

Christopher Smart

English poet, hymnwriter, editor

*April 11th, 1722, Shipbourne †May 21st, 1771, London

Thomas Jenkins

British dealer in antiquities (1722-1798)

*December 21st, 1722, East Devon †May 15th, 1798, Yarmouth

Johann Christian Brand

Austrian painter and engraver

*March 6th, 1722, Vienna †June 12th, 1795, Vienna

Pietro Nardini

Italian composer and violinist

*April 12th, 1722, Livorno †May 7th, 1793, Florence

Jacob Reinbold Spielmann

French chemist and pharmacist

*March 31st, 1722, Strasbourg †September 9th, 1783, Strasbourg

Otto Hermann von Vietinghoff

German geheimrat and writer (1722-1792)

*December 3rd, 1722, Riga †June 24th, 1792, Saint Petersburg

John Pitcairn

British Marine officer during the American Revolutionary War

*December 28th, 1722, Fife †June 17th, 1775, Boston

Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana

Catholic cardinal (1722-1804)

*September 22nd, 1722, León †April 14th, 1804, Rome

Charles Yorke

British politician and Lord Chancellor; (1722-1770)

*December 30th, 1722, London †January 20th, 1770, London

Jean-Pierre de Bougainville

French philologist (1722-1763)

*December 1st, 1722, Paris †June 22nd, 1763, Loches

Samuel Adams

American statesman, political philosopher, governor of Massachusetts and Founding Father of the United States (1722-1803)

*September 27th, 1722, Boston †October 2nd, 1803, Boston

Regina Mingotti

Italian singer and opera singer

*February 6th, 1722, Naples †October 1st, 1808, Neuburg an der Donau

Gerhard Schøning

Norwegian historian

*May 2nd, 1722, Lofoten †July 18th, 1780, Copenhagen

Georg Benda

Czech composer

*June 30th, 1722, Benátky nad Jizerou †November 6th, 1795, Bad Köstritz

Edmund Nelson

English Anglican priest; father of Horatio Nelson

*March 19th, 1722, Cambridge †April 26th, 1802, Bath

Johann Paul Reinhard

*December 17th, 1722, Hildburghausen †January 1st, 1779

Hryhorii Skovoroda

Ukrainian philosopher (1722–1794)

*November 22nd, 1722, Chornukhy †November 9th, 1794, Skovorodynivka

Friedrich Christian I, Elector of Saxony

Elector of Saxony (1722-1763)

*September 5th, 1722, Dresden †December 17th, 1763, Dresden

Louis de Chénier

French shopkeeper, diplomat and writer

*June 8th, 1722, Limoux †May 15th, 1796, Paris

Vinzenz Orsini und Rosenberg

(1722-1794)

*December 27th, 1722, Klagenfurt †July 3rd, 1794, Klagenfurt

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 16th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 16th.

Brendan the Navigator (Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_the_Navigator

Caroline Chisholm (Church of England)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Chisholm

Gemma Galgani (Passionists Calendar)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Galgani

Germerius

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germerius

Honoratus of Amiens

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honoratus_of_Amiens

John of Nepomuk

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Nepomuk

Margaret of Cortona

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Cortona

Peregrine of Auxerre

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_of_Auxerre

Simon Stock

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Stock

Ubald (see Saint Ubaldo Day)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubald

May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_16_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)

Martyrs of Sudan (Episcopal Church (USA))

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Sudan

Mass Graves Day (Iraq)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_graves_in_Iraq

National Day, declared by Salva Kiir Mayardit (South Sudan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_day

Teachers' Day (Malaysia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Teachers'_Days

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XVI.V.MDCCXXII

16.5.1722

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1722 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
May 1722

May 1722

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May 16th, 1722

Born on May 16th, 1722

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

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

110,286 Days

15,755 Weeks

3,623 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 16th?

At least 12 people were killed and 70 others injured when two bombs exploded in a market in Nairobi, Kenya.

The first Chuck E. Cheese location, the first family restaurant to integrate food, animated entertainment (example pictured), and an indoor arcade, opened in San Jose, California.

Japanese climber Junko Tabei (pictured) became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Led by Park Chung-hee, the Military Revolution Committee carried out a bloodless coup against the government of Yun Posun in Seoul, ending the Second Republic of Korea.

American physicist Theodore Maiman operated the first working laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.

The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, one of Malta's most important Modernist landmarks, was turned on for the first time.

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, a supersonic interceptor aircraft, set a world flight airspeed record of 1,404.012 mph (2,259.538 km/h).

Second World War: The Royal Air Force's "Dambusters" squadron embarked on an attack on German dams using bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis.

The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles.

The first modern performance of Claudio Monteverdi's opera Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria occurred in Paris.

The Sedition Act was passed in the United States, forbidding Americans from using "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the government, flag, or armed forces during the ongoing World War I.

The United States Congress authorized the minting of the Shield nickel (example pictured), the country's first five-cent piece to be made of a copper–nickel alloy.

Prospector Juan Godoy discovered a silver outcrop in Chañarcillo, sparking the Chilean silver rush.

Peninsular War: Allied British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces clashed with French troops at the Battle of Albuera fought south of Badajoz, Spain.

After a scuffle in which one cardinal received broken bones, the papal conclave elected Camillo Borghese as Pope Paul V.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 16th

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 16th?

Same year Born in 1722

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 16th

Aaron (Coptic Church)

Christian feast day: Abda and Abdjesus, and companions: Abdas of Susa

Andrew Bobola

Brendan the Navigator (Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church)

Caroline Chisholm (Church of England)

Gemma Galgani (Passionists Calendar)

Germerius

Honoratus of Amiens

John of Nepomuk

Margaret of Cortona

Peregrine of Auxerre

Simon Stock

Ubald (see Saint Ubaldo Day)

May 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Martyrs of Sudan (Episcopal Church (USA))

Mass Graves Day (Iraq)

National Day, declared by Salva Kiir Mayardit (South Sudan)

Teachers' Day (Malaysia)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

16.5.1722

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Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 16th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 16th?

Same year
Born in 1722

Calendar
May 1722

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