May 11th, 1741

Born on May 11th, 1741

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What happened on May 11th?

May 11th, 2022

Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed while reporting on an Israel Defense Forces raid on the Jenin refugee camp.

May 11th, 2013

Two car bombs by unknown perpetrators exploded in Reyhanlı, Turkey, resulting in 52 killed and 140 injured.

May 11th, 2011

An earthquake registering Mw 5.1, the worst to hit the region for more than 50 years, struck near Lorca, Spain.

May 11th, 2010

Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party after failing to strike a coalition agreement with the Liberal Democrats.

May 11th, 1820

HMS Beagle (pictured), the ship that would take Charles Darwin on his voyage, was launched.

May 11th, 1998

India began the Pokhran-II nuclear-weapons test, its first since the Smiling Buddha test 24 years earlier.

May 11th, 1997

Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.

May 11th, 1981

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats (performers pictured), opened at the New London Theatre.

May 11th, 1970

Lubbock, Texas, was struck by a tornado that left 26 people dead.

May 11th, 1928

After a week-long standoff punctuated by military clashes, Japanese forces captured the city of Jinan, Shandong in China.

May 11th, 1910

Glacier National Park was established in the U.S. state of Montana.

May 11th, 1894

In response to a 28-percent wage cut, 4,000 Pullman Palace Car Company workers went on strike in Illinois, bringing rail traffic west of Chicago to a halt.

May 11th, 1889

Bandits attacked a U.S. Army paymaster's escort in the Arizona Territory, stealing more than $28,000.

May 11th, 1880

A land dispute between the Southern Pacific Railroad and settlers in Hanford, California, turned deadly when a gun battle broke out, leaving seven dead.

May 11th, 1858

Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 11th

Same year
Born in 1741

54

Marie-Elisabeth von Humboldt

Mother of Alexander von Humboldt and Wilhelm von Humboldt (1741–1796)

*December 8th, 1741, Berlin †November 19th, 1796, Tegel

38

Charles Clerke

British Royal Navy officer

*August 22nd, 1741, Essex †August 22nd, 1779, Kamchatka Peninsula

48

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790

*March 13th, 1741, Hietzing †February 20th, 1790, Vienna

69

Peter Simon Pallas

German zoologist and botanist (1741–1811)

*September 22nd, 1741, Berlin †September 8th, 1811, Berlin

61

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

French novelist, official and army general

*October 18th, 1741, Amiens †September 5th, 1803, Taranto

82

Szczepan Hołowczyc

Polish archbishop

*August 19th, 1741, Orsha †August 27th, 1823, Warsaw

60

Benedict Arnold

Army officer who betrayed America to the British during the Revolutionary War (1740–1801)

*January 14th, 1741, Norwich †June 14th, 1801, London

66

Angelica Kauffmann

Swiss artist (1741–1807)

*October 30th, 1741, Chur †November 5th, 1807, Rome

59

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Swiss poet (1741-1801)

*November 15th, 1741, Zurich †January 2nd, 1801, Zurich

21

Momozono

Emperor of Japan

*April 14th, 1741, Kyoto †August 31st, 1762, Kyoto

72

André Grétry

Composer from present-day Belgium (1741–1813)

*February 8th, 1741, Liège †September 24th, 1813, Montmorency

68

Justin Bonaventure Morard de Galles

French admiral

*March 30th, 1741, Goncelin †July 23rd, 1809, Guéret

61

Alberto Fortis

Italian writer, naturalist and cartographer (1741-1803)

*November 9th, 1741, Padua †October 21st, 1803, Bologna

47

John Penn

Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation

*May 17th, 1741, Caroline County †September 14th, 1788, Granville County

78

John Langdon

American politician and Founding Father (1741-1819)

*June 26th, 1741, Portsmouth †September 18th, 1819, Portsmouth

86

Johann Jakob Hess

Swiss theologian

*October 21st, 1741, Zürich †May 29th, 1828, Zürich

70

Gregorio García de la Cuesta

Spanish general and noble (1741-1811)

*May 9th, 1741, La Lastra †November 26th, 1811, Palma

55

Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Elder

German writer (1741-1796)

*January 31st, 1741, Zheleznodorozhny, Kaliningrad Oblast †April 23rd, 1796, Königsberg

80

Johann Christian von Mannlich

German artist (1741-1822)

*October 2nd, 1741, Strasbourg †January 3rd, 1822, Munich

74

Jean-Paul-Égide Martini

German composer

*August 31st, 1741, Freystadt †February 14th, 1816, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1741 is a normal year and no leap year.

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