May 18th, 1756

Born on May 18th, 1756

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 18th, 1756?

May 18th, 1756

The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years'_War

What else happened on May 18th?

May 18th, 2013

Mark Carson, an openly gay man, was murdered in a hate crime incident in New York City, prompting a 1,500-person march against anti-LGBTQ violence.

May 18th, 2018

Cubana de Aviación Flight 0972 crashed near Santiago de las Vegas shortly after takeoff from José Martí International Airport, killing 112 of the 113 people on board.

May 18th, 2005

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion publicly debuted at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

May 18th, 2009

The Sri Lanka Army killed Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader and founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, to bring an end to the 26-year Sri Lankan civil war.

May 18th, 2006

The Parliament of Nepal unanimously voted to strip King Gyanendra of many of his powers.

May 18th, 1996

Ireland won the Eurovision song contest for the seventh time, the highest number of wins for any country before Sweden tied it in 2023.

May 18th, 1965

Eli Cohen, a spy who is credited with gathering significant intelligence used by Israel during the Six-Day War, was publicly hanged in Syria.

May 18th, 1955

Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ended.

May 18th, 1952

First Indochina War: Viet Minh forces overran a French and Laotian garrison at Muong Khoua, leaving only four survivors.

May 18th, 1944

The Soviet Union forcibly deported hundreds of thousands of Crimean Tatars to the Uzbek SSR and elsewhere in the country.

May 18th, 1936

In a crime that captivated Japan, Sada Abe strangled her lover, cut off his genitals, and carried them around with her for several days until her arrest.

May 18th, 1933

U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act establishing the Tennessee Valley Authority to stimulate the economic development of the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly impacted by the Great Depression.

May 18th, 1927

Disgruntled school board treasurer Andrew Kehoe set off explosives with timers and a rifle, causing the Bath School disaster in the Bath Consolidated School in Michigan, killing 44 people in the deadliest mass murder in a school in United States history.

May 18th, 1863

American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant led his Army of the Tennessee across the Big Black River in preparation for the Siege of Vicksburg.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 18th

Same year
Born in 1756

35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)

*January 27th, 1756, Salzburg †December 5th, 1791, Vienna

58

Angelica Schuyler Church

American socialite (1756–1814)

*February 20th, 1756, Albany †March 6th, 1814, New York City

80

Aaron Burr

Vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived (1756–1836)

*February 6th, 1756, Newark †September 14th, 1836, Port Richmond

80

William Godwin

English journalist, political philosopher and novelist

*March 3rd, 1756, Wisbech †April 7th, 1836, London

68

Bernard Germain de Lacépède

French naturalist (1756-1825)

*December 26th, 1756, Agen †October 6th, 1825, Épinay-sur-Seine

76

Jean-Antoine Chaptal

French chemist and physician (1756–1832)

*June 4th, 1756, Badaroux †July 29th, 1832, Paris

78

Konrad Mannert

German historian and geographer

*April 17th, 1756, Altdorf bei Nürnberg †September 27th, 1834, Munich

74

Louis Henri, Prince of Condé

French prince (1756-1830)

*April 13th, 1756, Paris †August 30th, 1830, Château de Saint-Leu

67

Mathias von Flurl

German mineralogist (1756-1823)

*February 5th, 1756, Straubing †July 27th, 1823, Bad Kissingen

31

Maria Pellegrina Amoretti

Italian lawyer (1756-1787)

*May 12th, 1756, Oneglia †November 12th, 1787, Oneglia

74

Christian Gottfried Körner

German writer (1756-1831)

*July 2nd, 1756, Leipzig †May 13th, 1831, Berlin

76

James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier

Admiral of the Royal Navy and Governor of Newfoundland (1756–1833)

*October 13th, 1756, New Providence †April 19th, 1833, Iver

89

Christian Frederik Hansen

Danish architect

*February 29th, 1756, Copenhagen †July 10th, 1845, Copenhagen

38

Antoine-François Momoro

Publisher during the French Revolution

*January 1st, 1756, Besançon †March 24th, 1794, Paris

80

Maria Fitzherbert

Mistress of British king (1756-1837)

*July 26th, 1756, Tong †March 27th, 1837, Brighton

57

Carl Englerth

German politician (1756-1814)

*September 2nd, 1756, Jülich †August 25th, 1814, Eschweiler

37

François Chabot

French politician (1756-1794)

*October 23rd, 1756, Saint-Geniez-d'Olt †April 5th, 1794, Paris

87

John Trumbull

American artist (1756–1843)

*June 6th, 1756, Lebanon †November 10th, 1843, New York City

36

Joseph Martin Kraus

German composer (1756-1792)

*June 20th, 1756, Miltenberg †December 15th, 1792, Stockholm

64

William Richardson Davie

American lawyer and politician (1756-1820)

*June 20th, 1756, Cumberland †November 29th, 1820, South Carolina

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Leap year

Yes: 1756 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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