May 31st, 1755

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Born on May 31st, 1755 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 31st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 31st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1755)

Born on May 31st, 1755

Weekday

Saturday

May 31st, 1755 was a Saturday.

Age

268

People born on May 31st, 1755 will turn 269 this year (2024), in exactly 34 days .

Zodiac

♊

Gemini (The Twins)

May 22nd, 1755 - June 21st, 1755

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 98,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 783 days, exactly on June 19th, 2026, people who were born on May 31st, 1755 will be 99,000 days old!

98,217 Days

14,031 Weeks

3,226 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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

Born on May 31st, 1755

Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer

German botanist and entomologist (1755-1829)

*May 31st, 1755, Etzelwang †June 28th, 1829, Hersbruck

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

Walt Whitman

American poet, essayist and journalist

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

Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat

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

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

Bernhard Hassenstein

German biologist

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

Viktor Orbán

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

*May 31st, 1963, Székesfehérvár

Karin Tietze-Ludwig

German television presenter

*May 31st, 1941, Siegen

Maurice Allais

French economist (1911–2010)

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

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

Salawat Yulayev

Russian Bashkir rebel during Pugachev's Rebellion (1773—1775)

*May 31st, 1754, Tekeyevo †September 26th, 1800, Paldiski

Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud

French politician (1753-1793)

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

Brooke Shields

American actress (born 1965)

*May 31st, 1965, Manhattan

James Currie

British doctor (1756-1805)

*May 31st, 1756, Dumfries and Galloway †August 31st, 1805

Marco Reus

German footballer (born 1989)

*May 31st, 1989, Dortmund

Pius XI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939

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

Clint Eastwood

American actor and film director (born 1930)

*May 31st, 1930, San Francisco

Normani

American singer and dancer

*May 31st, 1996, Atlanta

Jim Bolger

Prime minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997

*May 31st, 1935, Ōpunake

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Bernard Lewis

British-American historian (1916–2018)

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

Catherine-Dominique Pérignon

Marshal of France (1754-1818)

*May 31st, 1754, Grenade †December 25th, 1818, Paris

Jim Hutton

Actor (1934-1979)

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

Same year
Born in 1755

Marie Antoinette

Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution

*November 2nd, 1755, Hofburg Palace †October 16th, 1793, place de la Concorde

Louis XVIII of France

Bourbon King of France and of Navarre (1755-1824)

*November 17th, 1755, Palace of Versailles †September 16th, 1824, Tuileries Palace

Gottlob Heinrich von Lindenau

*August 18th, 1755, Altenburg †July 15th, 1830, Neustädtel

Samuel Hahnemann

German physician known for creating homeopathy

*April 10th, 1755, Meissen †July 2nd, 1843, former 1st arrondissement of Paris

Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras

French politician (1745-1829)

*June 30th, 1755, Fox-Amphoux †January 29th, 1829, Chaillot

Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Rochambeau

French soldier

*April 7th, 1755, Paris †September 20th, 1813, Leipzig

Sarah Siddons

Welsh actress (1755-1831)

*July 5th, 1755, Brecon †June 8th, 1831, London

Jan Henryk Dąbrowski

Polish general (1755–1818)

*August 2nd, 1755, Pierzchów †June 6th, 1818, Winna Góra, Greater Poland Voivodeship

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

18th- and 19th-century French painter (1755–1842)

*April 16th, 1755, Paris †March 30th, 1842, Paris

Georges Couthon

French politician and lawyer (1755–1794)

*December 22nd, 1755, Orcet †July 28th, 1794, Paris

François Joseph Lefebvre

Marshal of France (1755-1820)

*October 25th, 1755, Rouffach †September 14th, 1820, Paris

Carl Ernst Christoph Hess

German copperplate engraver

*January 22nd, 1755, Darmstadt †July 25th, 1828, Munich

Anacharsis Cloots

Prussian noble (1755-1794)

*June 24th, 1755, Kleve †March 24th, 1794, Paris

Jean-Nicolas Corvisart

French physician (1755-1821)

*February 15th, 1755, Dricourt †September 18th, 1821, Paris

Paolo Mascagni

Italian physician (1755-1815)

*January 25th, 1755, Pomarance †October 19th, 1815, Chiusdino

Stephen Groombridge

British astronomer

*January 7th, 1755, Kent †March 30th, 1832, London

Robert Gray

American merchant sea captain

*May 10th, 1755, Tiverton †July 1st, 1806, Charleston

Axel von Fersen the Younger

Swedish politician (1755-1810)

*September 4th, 1755, Jakob and Johannes parish †June 20th, 1810, Stockholm

Werner Jasper Andreas Moltke

Danish geheimrat

*September 15th, 1755, Walkendorf †August 15th, 1835, Køge

Natalia Alexeievna of Russia

Russian Grand duchess (1755-1776)

*June 25th, 1755, Prenzlau †April 15th, 1776, Saint Petersburg

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 31st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 31st.

The beginning of Gawai Dayak (Dayaks in Sarawak, Malaysia and West Kalimantan, Indonesia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawai_Dayak

World No Tobacco Day (International)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_No_Tobacco_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXXI.V.MDCCLV

31.5.1755

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1755 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
May 1755

May 1755

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May 31st, 1755

Born on May 31st, 1755

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♊

Gemini (The Twins)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 98,000 days old!

98,217 Days

14,031 Weeks

3,226 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 31st?

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Born on May 31st, 1755

German botanist and entomologist (1755-1829)

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

Same year Born in 1755

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 31st

Anniversary of Royal Brunei Malay Regiment (Brunei)

Camilla Battista da Varano

Hermias

Petronella

Visitation of Mary (Western Christianity)

May 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

The beginning of Gawai Dayak (Dayaks in Sarawak, Malaysia and West Kalimantan, Indonesia)

World No Tobacco Day (International)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

31.5.1755

Legend

Leap year

Calendar May 1755

May 1755

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 98,000 days old!

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

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

Same year
Born in 1755

Calendar
May 1755

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