May 31st, 1746

Born on May 31st, 1746

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 101,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 493 days, exactly on September 5th, 2025, people who were born on May 31st, 1746 will be 102,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 31st?

May 31st, 2013

A tornado struck Central Oklahoma, killing 8 people and injuring more than 150.

May 31st, 2009

American physician George Tiller, one of the few doctors in the country who performed late-term abortions, was shot and killed by Scott Roeder, an anti-abortion activist.

May 31st, 1981

An organized mob of police and government-sponsored Sinhalese paramilitary forces began three days of attacks that led to the burning of the Jaffna Library in Sri Lanka.

May 31st, 1941

The United Kingdom completed its re-occupation of Iraq, returning Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II.

May 31st, 1935

An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw struck Balochistan in British India, now part of Pakistan, killing between 30,000 and 60,000 people.

May 31st, 1902

The Second Boer War came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging in Pretoria, South Africa.

May 31st, 1879

Gilmore's Garden in New York City was renamed Madison Square Garden, the city's first venue to use that name.

May 31st, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate troops under Joseph E. Johnston and G. W. Smith engaged Union forces under George B. McClellan at the Battle of Seven Pines outside Richmond, Virginia.

May 31st, 1775

American Revolution: The Committee of Safety of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, adopted the Mecklenburg Resolves, which annulled and vacated all laws originating from the authority of the King or Parliament.

May 31st, 1468

Cardinal Bessarion (pictured) announced his donation of 746 Greek and Latin codices to the Republic of Venice, forming the Biblioteca Marciana.

May 31st, 1293

Majapahit forces under Raden Wijaya won a major victory in the Mongol invasion of Java, now considered to be the founding date of the Indonesian city of Surabaya.

May 31st, 1223

Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus': Mongol forces defeated a Kievan Rus' army at the Kalka River in present-day Ukraine.

May 31st, 1215

A Mongol army under Genghis Khan captures Zhongdu (modern Beijing), the capital of the Jin dynasty.

May 31st, 0455

Petronius Maximus, ruler of the Western Roman Empire, was stoned to death by a mob as he fled Rome ahead of the arrival of a Vandal force that sacked the city.

May 31st, 2019

A shooting occurs inside a municipal building at Virginia Beach, Virginia, leaving 13 people dead, including the shooter, and four others injured.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 31st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 31st?

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

72

Walt Whitman

American poet, essayist and journalist

*May 31st, 1819, West Hills †March 26th, 1892, Camden

88

Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat

*May 31st, 1887, Pointe-à-Pitre †September 20th, 1975, Hyères

93

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

*May 31st, 1922, Potsdam †April 16th, 2016, Freiburg im Breisgau

60

Viktor Orbán

Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–present)

*May 31st, 1963, Székesfehérvár

82

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

99

Maurice Allais

French economist (1911–2010)

*May 31st, 1911, Paris †October 9th, 2010, Saint-Cloud

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

58

Brooke Shields

American actress (born 1965)

*May 31st, 1965, Manhattan

34

Marco Reus

German footballer (born 1989)

*May 31st, 1989, Dortmund

93

Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director (born 1930)

*May 31st, 1930, San Francisco

81

Pius XI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939

*May 31st, 1857, Desio †February 10th, 1939, Vatican City

27

Normani

American singer and dancer

*May 31st, 1996, Atlanta

88

Jim Bolger

Prime minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997

*May 31st, 1935, Ōpunake

101

Bernard Lewis

British-American historian (1916–2018)

*May 31st, 1916, London †May 19th, 2018, Voorhees Township

45

Jim Hutton

Actor (1934-1979)

*May 31st, 1934, Binghamton †June 2nd, 1979, Los Angeles

40

Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud

French politician (1753-1793)

*May 31st, 1753, Limoges †October 31st, 1793, Paris

66

Margaret Beaufort

Noblewoman; Mother of King Henry VII

*May 31st, 1443, Bedfordshire †June 29th, 1509, Westminster

33

Daniela Samulski

German swimmer

*May 31st, 1984, Berlin †May 22nd, 2018

66

Jim Craig

American ice hockey goaltender

*May 31st, 1957, Easton

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Born in 1746

72

Gaspard Monge

French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry (1746-1818)

*May 9th, 1746, Beaune †July 28th, 1818, Paris

82

Francisco Goya

Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)

*March 30th, 1746, Fuendetodos †April 16th, 1828, Bordeaux

81

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer

*January 12th, 1746, Zürich †February 17th, 1827, Brugg

47

William Jones

Anglo-Welsh philologist and scholar of ancient India (1746-1794)

*September 28th, 1746, Westminster †April 27th, 1794, Kolkata

61

Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis

French lawyer (1746-1807)

*April 1st, 1746, Le Beausset †August 25th, 1807, Paris

40

Maria Magdalena van Beethoven

Mother of Ludwig van Beethoven (1746–1787)

*December 19th, 1746, Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein †July 17th, 1787, Bonn

91

Michele Arditi

Italian lawyer and academic

*September 12th, 1746, Presicce †April 23rd, 1838, Naples

80

Giuseppe Piazzi

Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order, mathematician, and astronomer (1746-1826)

*July 16th, 1746, Ponte in Valtellina †July 22nd, 1826, Naples

56

Hieronymus van Alphen

Dutch poet and writer

*August 8th, 1746, Gouda †April 2nd, 1803, The Hague

71

Tadeusz Kościuszko

Polish and American military leader, National Hero of Poland and United States of America (1746–1817)

*February 12th, 1746, Mieračoŭščyna †October 15th, 1817, Solothurn

65

Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch

Politician (1746-1812)

*September 2nd, 1746, London †January 11th, 1812, Dalkeith Palace

51

Karl Ludwig von Erlach

Swiss commander-in-chief

*November 10th, 1746, Bern †March 5th, 1798, Wichtrach

53

William Billings

American choral composer (1746-1800)

*October 7th, 1746, Boston †September 26th, 1800, Boston

81

Georg Wilhelm Pfingsten

German teacher (1746-1827)

*March 5th, 1746, Kiel †November 26th, 1827, Schleswig

73

Francisco Saavedra de Sangronis

Spanish general (1746-1819)

*October 4th, 1746, Seville †November 25th, 1819, Seville

63

Venanzio Rauzzini

Italian opera singer and teacher (1746-1810)

*December 19th, 1746, Camerino †April 8th, 1810, Bath

72

Joachim Heinrich Campe

German writer and academic

*June 29th, 1746, Deensen †October 22nd, 1818, Brunswick

62

Joseph Quesnel

Canadian composer

*November 15th, 1746, Saint-Malo †July 3rd, 1809, Montreal

72

Karl Georg Riedesel zu Eisenbach

(1746-1819)

*November 21st, 1746, Wetzlar †January 28th, 1819, Stuttgart

78

Paul Brigham

American politician

*January 17th, 1746, Coventry †June 15th, 1824, Norwich

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1746 is a normal year and no leap year.

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