May 3rd, 1726

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Born on May 3rd, 1726 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 3rd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 3rd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1726)

Born on May 3rd, 1726

Weekday

Friday

May 3rd, 1726 was a Friday.

Age

297

People born on May 3rd, 1726 will turn 298 this year (2024), in exactly 4 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1726 - May 21st, 1726

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 108,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 161 days, exactly on October 7th, 2024, people who were born on May 3rd, 1726 will be 109,000 days old!

108,839 Days

15,548 Weeks

3,575 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on May 3rd?

May 3rd, 2021

Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses.

May 3rd, 2007

Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has never been found.

May 3rd, 1999

A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.

May 3rd, 1971

Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.

May 3rd, 1963

Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses and dogs against civil-rights protesters, bringing scrutiny on racial segregation in the southern United States.

May 3rd, 1960

The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks premiered, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 performances across 42 years.

May 3rd, 1947

A new Constitution of Japan went into effect, providing for a parliamentary system of government, guaranteeing certain fundamental rights, and relegating the Japanese monarchy to a purely ceremonial role.

May 3rd, 1945

Second World War: The German ocean liner Cap Arcona, afloat in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of concentration camp survivors on board, was attacked and sunk by the Royal Air Force.

May 3rd, 1942

Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enabling them to threaten and intercept supply and communication routes between the United States and Australasia.

May 3rd, 1939

Subhas Chandra Bose formed the All India Forward Bloc, a faction within the Indian National Congress, in opposition to Gandhi's tactics of nonviolence.

May 3rd, 1921

Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern Ireland.

May 3rd, 1920

Russian Civil War: Relying on Red Army troops in neighboring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat in Georgia.

May 3rd, 1915

The oldest Royal Air Force station in continuous operation, RAF Northolt, opened as home to No. 4 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron.

May 3rd, 1913

Raja Harishchandra (scene pictured), the first Indian feature-length film, was released.

May 3rd, 1855

A group of American mercenaries led by William Walker set sail from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 3rd?

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

Robert Osborne

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

*May 3rd, 1932, Colfax †March 6th, 2017, New York City

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

Bing Crosby

American singer and actor (1903–1977)

*May 3rd, 1903, Tacoma †October 14th, 1977, Alcobendas

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

Niccolò Machiavelli

Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)

*May 3rd, 1469, Florence †June 21st, 1527, Sant'Andrea in Percussina

Rebecca Hall

English-born British actress and filmmaker

*May 3rd, 1982, London

Florian Leopold Gassmann

Austrian composer

*May 3rd, 1729, Most †January 21st, 1774, Vienna

Amy Ryan

American actress (born 1968)

*May 3rd, 1968, Flushing

Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès

French priest and statesman (1748-1836)

*May 3rd, 1748, Fréjus †June 20th, 1836, Paris

Katrin Göring-Eckardt

German politician

*May 3rd, 1966, Friedrichroda

Bobby Cannavale

American actor (born 1970)

*May 3rd, 1970, Union City

David H. Koch

American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)

*May 3rd, 1940, Wichita †August 23rd, 2019, Southampton

Bernhard von Bülow

German and Prussian politician

*May 3rd, 1849, Klein Flottbek †October 28th, 1929, Rome

James Brown

American musician (1933–2006)

*May 3rd, 1933, Barnwell †December 25th, 2006, Atlanta

Jan Paweł Gawlik

*May 3rd, 1924, Lviv †March 22nd, 2017, Kraków

Gernot Erler

German politician

*May 3rd, 1944, Meissen

Élie Metchnikoff

Immunologist, embryologist, biologist, Nobel laureat

*May 3rd, 1845, Ivanivka †July 2nd, 1916, Paris

Ben Elton

British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director

*May 3rd, 1959, Catford

Myriam Fares

Lebanese musician, actress, and dancer

*May 3rd, 1983, Kfar Chellal

Same year
Born in 1726

Jacob Friedrich Isenflamm

German physician and university teacher

*September 21st, 1726, Vienna †February 23rd, 1793, Erlangen

François Denis Tronchet

French jurist (1726-1806)

*March 23rd, 1726, Paris †March 10th, 1806, Paris

James Hutton

Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist; (1726-1797)

*June 3rd, 1726, Edinburgh †March 26th, 1797, Edinburgh

Johann Martin Will

German publisher (1727-1806)

*November 30th, 1726, Kempten †November 30th, 1805, Augsburg

Johann Hartmann

Danish composer

*December 24th, 1726, Głogów †October 21st, 1793, Copenhagen

François-Henri d'Harcourt

French general

*January 12th, 1726, Paris †July 22nd, 1802, Surrey

Gerard Majella

Italian Redemptorist lay brother and saint (1729-1755)

*April 6th, 1726, Muro Lucano †September 30th, 1755, Caposele

Oliver Wolcott

American politician, Connecticut (1726-1797)

*November 20th, 1726, Windsor †December 1st, 1797, Litchfield

Johann Ludwig Schmidt

German law scholar (1726-1792)

*April 22nd, 1726, Quedlinburg †August 2nd, 1792, Jena

Johann Philipp Kahler

(1726-1792)

*June 9th, 1726, Rinteln †October 13th, 1792, Rodenberg

José Clavijo y Fajardo

Spanish naturalist, journalist and publicist (1726-1806)

*May 19th, 1726, Teguise †November 3rd, 1806, Madrid

Isaac Roosevelt

American merchant and politician; great-great-grandfather of the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1726-1794)

*December 19th, 1726, New York City †October 13th, 1794

François-André Danican Philidor

French composer and chess player

*September 7th, 1726, Dreux †August 31st, 1795, London

Eggert Ólafsson

Icelandic writer and explorer (1726-1768)

*December 1st, 1726, Snæfellsnes †May 30th, 1768

Josep Vergara

Spanish painter (1726-1799)

*June 2nd, 1726, Valencia †March 9th, 1799, Valencia

James Warren

American politician

*September 28th, 1726, Plymouth †November 28th, 1808

Vittorio Amadeo III of Sardinia

King of Sardinia (1773-1796)

*June 26th, 1726, Turin †October 16th, 1796, Moncalieri

Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain

Dauphine of France (1726-1746)

*June 11th, 1726, Madrid †July 22nd, 1746, Fontainebleau

Thomas Pennant

Welsh naturalist (1726-1798)

*June 14th, 1726, Downing †December 16th, 1798, Downing

Peter von Hohenthal

Politician

*January 1st, 1726, Leipzig †January 1st, 1794, Herrnhut

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Finding of the Holy Cross-related observances) which are celebrated on May 3rd.

Fiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)

Finding of the Holy Cross-related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_de_las_Cruces

International Sun Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Day

World Press Freedom Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

III.V.MDCCXXVI

3.5.1726

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1726 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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May 3rd, 1726

Born on May 3rd, 1726

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 108,000 days old!

108,839 Days

15,548 Weeks

3,575 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 3rd?

Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses.

Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has never been found.

A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.

Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.

Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses and dogs against civil-rights protesters, bringing scrutiny on racial segregation in the southern United States.

The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks premiered, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 performances across 42 years.

A new Constitution of Japan went into effect, providing for a parliamentary system of government, guaranteeing certain fundamental rights, and relegating the Japanese monarchy to a purely ceremonial role.

Second World War: The German ocean liner Cap Arcona, afloat in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of concentration camp survivors on board, was attacked and sunk by the Royal Air Force.

Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enabling them to threaten and intercept supply and communication routes between the United States and Australasia.

Subhas Chandra Bose formed the All India Forward Bloc, a faction within the Indian National Congress, in opposition to Gandhi's tactics of nonviolence.

Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern Ireland.

Russian Civil War: Relying on Red Army troops in neighboring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat in Georgia.

The oldest Royal Air Force station in continuous operation, RAF Northolt, opened as home to No. 4 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron.

Raja Harishchandra (scene pictured), the first Indian feature-length film, was released.

A group of American mercenaries led by William Walker set sail from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 3rd?

Same year Born in 1726

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 3rd

Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Antonia and Alexander

Juvenal of Narni

Moura (Coptic Church)

Philip and James the Lesser

Pope Alexander I

Sarah the Martyr (Coptic Church)

The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland

Theodosius of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church)

May 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Memorial Day (Japan)

Constitution Day (Poland)

Fiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)

International Sun Day

World Press Freedom Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

3.5.1726

Legend

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Calendar May 1726

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 108,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 3rd?

Same year
Born in 1726

Calendar
May 1726

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