May 31st, 1749

Born on May 31st, 1749

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 815 days, exactly on September 5th, 2028, people who were born on May 31st, 1749 will be 102,000 days old!

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What happened on May 31st?

May 31st, 2013

An extremely large, powerful, and erratic tornado struck Central Oklahoma, killing eight people and injuring more than 150 others.

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, 2005

A Vanity Fair article revealed that the secret informant known as "Deep Throat", who had provided information about the Watergate scandal, was former FBI associate director Mark Felt (pictured).

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, 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 Battle of 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, the 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, 1890

The Ulm Minster, the world's tallest church building, is completed in Ulm, Germany.

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

Same year
Born in 1749

77

Pierre-Simon Laplace

French mathematician and astronomer (1749–1827)

*March 23rd, 1749, Beaumont-en-Auge †March 5th, 1827, Paris

73

Edward Jenner

English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination (1749–1823)

*May 17th, 1749, Berkeley †January 26th, 1823, Berkeley

72

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre

French mathematician and astronomer

*September 19th, 1749, Amiens †August 19th, 1822, Paris

29

Thomas Lynch

Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence from South Carolina (1749-1779)

*August 5th, 1749, Georgetown County †January 1st, 1779, Atlantic Ocean

83

Jeremy Bentham

British philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748–1832)

*February 15th, 1749, Houndsditch †June 6th, 1832, London

51

Domenico Cimarosa

Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school

*December 17th, 1749, Aversa †January 11th, 1801, Venice

89

Lorenzo Da Ponte

Italian opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838)

*March 10th, 1749, Ceneda †August 17th, 1838, New York City

69

Johann Nikolaus Forkel

German musician, musicologist and music theorist (1749-1818)

*February 22nd, 1749, Meeder †March 20th, 1818, Göttingen

67

Abraham Gottlob Werner

German geologist (1749-1817)

*September 25th, 1749, Osiecznica †June 30th, 1817, Dresden

57

Charles James Fox

British Whig statesman (1749–1806)

*January 24th, 1749, Westminster †September 13th, 1806, Chiswick

84

Anton Matthias Sprickmann

German writer (1749-1833)

*September 7th, 1749, Münster †November 22nd, 1833, Münster

64

Georg Joseph Vogler

German composer, organist, teacher and music theorist (1747–1814)

*June 15th, 1749, Würzburg †May 6th, 1814, Darmstadt

72

Peter Godeffroy

German merchant from Hamburg

*June 4th, 1749, Hamburg †November 30th, 1821, Hamburg

45

Edvard Storm

Norwegian poet (1749-1794)

*August 21st, 1749, Vågå †September 29th, 1794, Copenhagen

66

Justus Perthes

German publisher (1749-1816)

*September 11th, 1749, Rudolstadt †May 2nd, 1816, Gotha

66

Cornelis van der Aa

Bookseller, author (1749-1815)

*October 22nd, 1749, Leiden †October 26th, 1815, Amsterdam

77

Domenico Alberto Azuni

Italian jurist (1749-1827)

*August 3rd, 1749, Sassari †January 23rd, 1827, Cagliari

79

Valentin Sonnenschein

German sculptor (1749-1828)

*May 22nd, 1749, Stuttgart †September 22nd, 1828, Bern

79

Gregorio Funes

Argentine clergyman and academic (1749-1829)

*May 25th, 1749, Córdoba †January 10th, 1829, Buenos Aires

68

Christian Gottlieb Gmelin

German jurist

*November 3rd, 1749, Tübingen †March 6th, 1818, Tübingen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1749 is a normal year and no leap year.

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