May 1st, 1762

Born on May 1st, 1762

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 1st?

May 1st, 2016

The evacuation of nearly 88,000 people began when a wildfire swept through Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, and burned for another 14 months, becoming the costliest disaster in Canadian history.

May 1st, 1991

In Major League Baseball, Rickey Henderson broke the record for stolen bases on the same night that Nolan Ryan broke his own record for no-hitters.

May 1st, 1974

Argentine president Juan Perón expelled Montoneros from a demonstration in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, forcing the group to become a clandestine organization.

May 1st, 1950

Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

May 1st, 1947

Sicilian separatist Salvatore Giuliano and his gang fired into a crowd of May Day marchers near Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily, killing 11 and wounding 33.

May 1st, 1945

Second World War: British and Indian forces conducted a successful airborne assault on a Japanese artillery battery during the advance to liberate Rangoon, Burma.

May 1st, 1941

Citizen Kane, a widely acclaimed film by actor and director Orson Welles, premiered.

May 1st, 1931

New York City's Empire State Building, at the time the tallest building in the world, opened.

May 1st, 1900

A dust explosion at a coal mine near Scofield, Utah, U.S., killed at least 200 miners.

May 1st, 1885

The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opened for business.

May 1st, 1884

Moses Fleetwood Walker (pictured), the last African American in Major League Baseball until Jackie Robinson, played his first game for the Toledo Blue Stockings.

May 1st, 1794

War of the Pyrenees: France regained nearly all the land it lost to Spain the previous year with its victory in the Second Battle of Boulou.

May 1st, 1786

The Marriage of Figaro (audio featured), an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna.

May 1st, 1776

The secret society known as the Order of Illuminati was founded by Adam Weishaupt and Adolph Freiherr Knigge in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany.

May 1st, 1707

Under the terms of the Acts of Union, the Kingdoms of England and Scotland merged to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, with a single parliament and government based in Westminster.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 1st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 1st?

83

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

British Field Marshal, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1828–1830, 1834

*May 1st, 1769, Dublin †September 14th, 1852, Walmer Castle

57

Olaf Thon

German association football player and manager

*May 1st, 1966, Gelsenkirchen

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

58

Gunnar Beck

German EU lawyer and legal philosopher

*May 1st, 1965, Düsseldorf

55

Lisa Campbell

Australian badminton player

*May 1st, 1968, Frankston

56

Benjamin Henry Latrobe

British-American architect (1764–1820)

*May 1st, 1764, Fulneck Moravian Settlement †September 3rd, 1820, New Orleans

21

Jesita Putri Miantoro

Badminton player

*May 1st, 2002, Depok City

82

Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Spanish scientist (1852-1934)

*May 1st, 1852, Petilla de Aragón †October 17th, 1934, Madrid

36

Leonardo Bonucci

Italian association football player

*May 1st, 1987, Viterbo

41

Darijo Srna

Croatian association football player

*May 1st, 1982, Metković

62

Jan van Aken

German activist for Greenpeace and politician with the Left Party

*May 1st, 1961, Reinbek

77

Joanna Lumley

English actress and former model

*May 1st, 1946, Srinagar

70

Otto Sidow

German politician (SPD)

*May 1st, 1857, Friesack †September 6th, 1927, Brandenburg an der Havel

51

Julie Benz

American actress

*May 1st, 1972, Pittsburgh

64

Yasmina Reza

French actor and writer

*May 1st, 1959, Paris

84

Hilaire de Chardonnet

French engineer

*May 1st, 1839, Besançon †March 11th, 1924, Paris

76

Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano

French statesman and journalist (1763-1839)

*May 1st, 1763, Dijon †May 13th, 1839, Paris

40

Fran Vázquez

Basketball player

*May 1st, 1983, Saramagal

31

Sammy Ameobi

English-Nigerian footballer (born 1992)

*May 1st, 1992, Newcastle upon Tyne

78

Karl Friedrich von Gaertner

German botanist (1772-1850)

*May 1st, 1772, Göppingen †September 1st, 1850, Calw

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51

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

German philosopher (1762–1814)

*May 19th, 1762, Rammenau †January 27th, 1814, Berlin

80

Constanze Mozart

Austrian singer

*January 5th, 1762, Zell im Wiesental †March 6th, 1842, Salzburg

78

Karl Stülpner

German soldier

*September 30th, 1762, Scharfenstein †September 24th, 1841, Scharfenstein

67

George IV of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1820 to 1830

*August 12th, 1762, St James's Palace †June 26th, 1830, Windsor Castle

65

Cécile Stanislas Xavier de Girardin

French politician and general (1762-1827)

*January 19th, 1762, Lunéville †February 26th, 1827, former 2nd arrondissement of Paris

47

Johann Baptist Wessely

Czech violinist and composer

*June 24th, 1762, Hluboká nad Vltavou †June 1st, 1810, Ballenstedt

82

Edmund Ignatius Rice

Founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers

*June 1st, 1762, Callan †August 29th, 1844, Waterford

33

Stephen Storace

British composer

*April 4th, 1762, London †March 19th, 1796, London

74

Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

German physician

*August 12th, 1762, Bad Langensalza †August 25th, 1836, Berlin

84

Johann Melchior Mohr

Swiss politician and priest (1762-1846)

*April 28th, 1762, Lucerne †May 25th, 1846, Lucerne

63

Walter Leake

American politician (1762-1825)

*May 25th, 1762, Albemarle County †November 17th, 1825, Mississippi

80

Giuseppe Nicolini

Italian composer (1762-1842)

*January 29th, 1762, Piacenza †December 18th, 1842, Piacenza

73

George Colman the Younger

English dramatist and writer (1762-1836)

*October 21st, 1762, London †October 17th, 1836, London

51

Alexey Bobrinsky

(1762-1813)

*April 11th, 1762, Saint Petersburg †June 20th, 1813, Bogoroditsk

71

Giovanni Aldini

Physicist

*April 10th, 1762, Bologna †January 17th, 1834, Milan

44

Traugott Karl August Vogt

German physician

*December 2nd, 1762, Gorsleben †July 21st, 1807, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

49

Spencer Perceval

19th-century prime minister of the United Kingdom (1762–1812)

*November 1st, 1762, Mayfair †May 11th, 1812, Westminster

68

William Branch Giles

American politician (1762-1830)

*August 12th, 1762, Amelia County †December 4th, 1830, Amelia County

31

André Chénier

French poet

*October 30th, 1762, Istanbul †July 25th, 1794, Paris

80

Samuel Morey

American engineer

*October 23rd, 1762, Hebron †April 17th, 1843

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 1st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Commemoration of the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat following the foundation of Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti , International Workers' Day or Labour Day , May Day) which are celebrated on May 1st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1762 is a normal year and no leap year.

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