May 3rd, 1759

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Born on May 3rd, 1759 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 3rd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 3rd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1759)

Born on May 3rd, 1759

Weekday

Thursday

May 3rd, 1759 was a Thursday.

Age

264

People born on May 3rd, 1759 will turn 265 this year (2024), in exactly 5 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1759 - May 21st, 1759

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 96,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 215 days, exactly on November 29th, 2024, people who were born on May 3rd, 1759 will be 97,000 days old!

96,785 Days

13,826 Weeks

3,179 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 3rd?

May 3rd, 2021

Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses.

May 3rd, 2007

Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has never been found.

May 3rd, 1999

A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.

May 3rd, 1971

Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.

May 3rd, 1963

Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses and dogs against civil-rights protesters, bringing scrutiny on racial segregation in the southern United States.

May 3rd, 1960

The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks premiered, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 performances across 42 years.

May 3rd, 1947

A new Constitution of Japan went into effect, providing for a parliamentary system of government, guaranteeing certain fundamental rights, and relegating the Japanese monarchy to a purely ceremonial role.

May 3rd, 1945

Second World War: The German ocean liner Cap Arcona, afloat in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of concentration camp survivors on board, was attacked and sunk by the Royal Air Force.

May 3rd, 1942

Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enabling them to threaten and intercept supply and communication routes between the United States and Australasia.

May 3rd, 1939

Subhas Chandra Bose formed the All India Forward Bloc, a faction within the Indian National Congress, in opposition to Gandhi's tactics of nonviolence.

May 3rd, 1921

Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern Ireland.

May 3rd, 1920

Russian Civil War: Relying on Red Army troops in neighboring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat in Georgia.

May 3rd, 1915

The oldest Royal Air Force station in continuous operation, RAF Northolt, opened as home to No. 4 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron.

May 3rd, 1913

Raja Harishchandra (scene pictured), the first Indian feature-length film, was released.

May 3rd, 1855

A group of American mercenaries led by William Walker set sail from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 3rd?

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

Robert Osborne

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

*May 3rd, 1932, Colfax †March 6th, 2017, New York City

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

Bing Crosby

American singer and actor (1903–1977)

*May 3rd, 1903, Tacoma †October 14th, 1977, Alcobendas

August von Kotzebue

German dramatist and writer

*May 3rd, 1761, Weimar †March 23rd, 1819, Mannheim

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès

French priest and statesman (1748-1836)

*May 3rd, 1748, Fréjus †June 20th, 1836, Paris

Niccolò Machiavelli

Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)

*May 3rd, 1469, Florence †June 21st, 1527, Sant'Andrea in Percussina

Rebecca Hall

English-born British actress and filmmaker

*May 3rd, 1982, London

Bernhard von Bülow

German and Prussian politician

*May 3rd, 1849, Klein Flottbek †October 28th, 1929, Rome

Amy Ryan

American actress (born 1968)

*May 3rd, 1968, Flushing

Katrin Göring-Eckardt

German politician

*May 3rd, 1966, Friedrichroda

David H. Koch

American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)

*May 3rd, 1940, Wichita †August 23rd, 2019, Southampton

Bobby Cannavale

American actor (born 1970)

*May 3rd, 1970, Union City

Élie Metchnikoff

Immunologist, embryologist, biologist, Nobel laureat

*May 3rd, 1845, Ivanivka †July 2nd, 1916, Paris

James Brown

American musician (1933–2006)

*May 3rd, 1933, Barnwell †December 25th, 2006, Atlanta

Jan Paweł Gawlik

*May 3rd, 1924, Lviv †March 22nd, 2017, Kraków

Princess Élisabeth of France

French Princess, Sister of King Louis XVI, Martyr and Servant of God

*May 3rd, 1764, Versailles †May 10th, 1794, Paris

Gernot Erler

German politician

*May 3rd, 1944, Meissen

Ben Elton

British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director

*May 3rd, 1959, Catford

Same year
Born in 1759

Friedrich Schiller

German poet, philosopher, historian and playwright (1759–1805)

*November 10th, 1759, Marbach am Neckar †May 9th, 1805, Weimar

Robert Burns

Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)

*January 25th, 1759, Alloway †July 21st, 1796, Dumfries

Mary Wollstonecraft

English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)

*April 27th, 1759, Spitalfields †September 10th, 1797, Somers Town

Georges Danton

French revolutionary (1759–1794)

*October 26th, 1759, Arcis-sur-Aube †April 5th, 1794, Paris

William Wilberforce

English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)

*August 24th, 1759, Wilberforce House †July 29th, 1833, London

Bruno Franz Leopold Liebermann

German theologian

*October 12th, 1759, Molsheim †November 15th, 1844, Strasbourg

William Pitt the Younger

British statesman (1759–1806)

*May 28th, 1759, Kent †January 23rd, 1806, London

James Edward Smith

English botanist (1759-1828)

*December 2nd, 1759, Norwich †March 17th, 1828, Norwich

Louis François Antoine Arbogast

French mathematician

*October 8th, 1759, Mutzig †April 18th, 1803, Strasbourg

Johann Georg von Dillis

German artist

*December 26th, 1759, Dorfen †September 28th, 1841, Munich

Thomas Andrew Knight

British botanist (1759-1838)

*August 12th, 1759, Ludlow †May 11th, 1838, London

Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein

Prince of Liechtenstein (1759-1805)

*May 14th, 1759, Vienna †March 24th, 1805, Vienna

François Andrieux

French man of letters and playwright (1759-1833)

*May 6th, 1759, Strasbourg †May 10th, 1833, former 10th arrondissement of Paris

Christian Leberecht Vogel

German painter and art historian (1759-1816)

*April 6th, 1759, Dresden †April 11th, 1816, Dresden

Maria Theresia von Paradis

Austrian musician and composer (1759–1824)

*May 15th, 1759, Vienna †February 1st, 1824, Vienna

Claude Lecourbe

French general during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1759-1815)

*February 22nd, 1759, Besançon †October 22nd, 1815, Belfort

Adrien Duport

French politician (1759-1798)

*February 24th, 1759, Paris †July 6th, 1798, Gais

Israel Smith

American judge and politician (1759–1810)

*April 4th, 1759, Suffield †December 2nd, 1810, Rutland

Friedrich August Wolf

German philologist

*February 15th, 1759, Hainrode †August 8th, 1824, Marseille

Markus Vetsch

(1759-1813)

*September 21st, 1759, Grabs †December 19th, 1813, Grabs

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Finding of the Holy Cross-related observances) which are celebrated on May 3rd.

Fiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)

Finding of the Holy Cross-related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_de_las_Cruces

International Sun Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Day

World Press Freedom Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

III.V.MDCCLIX

3.5.1759

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1759 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
May 1759

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May 3rd, 1759

Born on May 3rd, 1759

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 96,000 days old!

96,785 Days

13,826 Weeks

3,179 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 3rd?

Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses.

Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has never been found.

A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.

Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.

Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses and dogs against civil-rights protesters, bringing scrutiny on racial segregation in the southern United States.

The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks premiered, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 performances across 42 years.

A new Constitution of Japan went into effect, providing for a parliamentary system of government, guaranteeing certain fundamental rights, and relegating the Japanese monarchy to a purely ceremonial role.

Second World War: The German ocean liner Cap Arcona, afloat in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of concentration camp survivors on board, was attacked and sunk by the Royal Air Force.

Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enabling them to threaten and intercept supply and communication routes between the United States and Australasia.

Subhas Chandra Bose formed the All India Forward Bloc, a faction within the Indian National Congress, in opposition to Gandhi's tactics of nonviolence.

Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern Ireland.

Russian Civil War: Relying on Red Army troops in neighboring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat in Georgia.

The oldest Royal Air Force station in continuous operation, RAF Northolt, opened as home to No. 4 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron.

Raja Harishchandra (scene pictured), the first Indian feature-length film, was released.

A group of American mercenaries led by William Walker set sail from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 3rd?

Same year Born in 1759

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 3rd

Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Antonia and Alexander

Juvenal of Narni

Moura (Coptic Church)

Philip and James the Lesser

Pope Alexander I

Sarah the Martyr (Coptic Church)

The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland

Theodosius of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church)

May 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Memorial Day (Japan)

Constitution Day (Poland)

Fiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)

International Sun Day

World Press Freedom Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

3.5.1759

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 96,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

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Same year
Born in 1759

Calendar
May 1759

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