May 11th, 1769

Born on May 11th, 1769

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 11th?

May 11th, 2022

Myanmar civil war: Government troops killed 37 unarmed civilians in Mondaingbin.

May 11th, 2013

Two car bombs by unknown perpetrators exploded in Reyhanlı, Turkey, resulting in 52 killed and 140 injured.

May 11th, 2011

An earthquake registering Mw 5.1, the worst to hit the region for more than 50 years, struck near Lorca, Spain.

May 11th, 2010

Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party after failing to strike a coalition agreement with the Liberal Democrats.

May 11th, 1998

India began the Pokhran-II nuclear-weapons test, its first since the Smiling Buddha test 24 years earlier.

May 11th, 1997

Deep Blue (pictured) defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.

May 11th, 1981

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, the first megamusical, opened at the New London Theatre.

May 11th, 1970

Lubbock, Texas, was struck by a tornado that left 26 people dead.

May 11th, 1928

After a week-long standoff punctuated by military clashes, Japanese forces captured the city of Jinan, Shandong in China.

May 11th, 1910

Glacier National Park was established in the U.S. state of Montana.

May 11th, 1894

In response to a 28-percent wage cut, 4,000 Pullman Palace Car Company workers went on strike in Illinois, bringing rail traffic west of Chicago to a halt.

May 11th, 1889

Bandits attacked a U.S. Army paymaster's escort in the Arizona Territory, stealing more than $28,000.

May 11th, 1880

A land dispute between the Southern Pacific Railroad and settlers in Hanford, California, turned deadly when a gun battle broke out, leaving seven dead.

May 11th, 1858

Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted as the 32nd U.S. state.

May 11th, 1813

William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth departed westward from Sydney on an expedition to become the first confirmed Europeans to cross the Blue Mountains (depicted).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 11th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 11th?

84

Salvador Dalí

Spanish artist (1904-1989)

*May 11th, 1904, Figueres †January 23rd, 1989, Figueres

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

34

Katrin Neudolt

Austrian badminton player

*May 11th, 1989, Mödling

69

Richard Feynman

American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)

*May 11th, 1918, Queens †February 15th, 1988, Los Angeles

31

Thibaut Courtois

Belgian association football player

*May 11th, 1992, Bree

101

Irving Berlin

American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)

*May 11th, 1888, Talačyn †September 22nd, 1989, New York City

19

Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari

Badminton player

*May 11th, 2004, Purwokerto

45

Natasha Richardson

British actress (1963–2009)

*May 11th, 1963, Marylebone †March 18th, 2009, Upper East Side

27

Fernando Daniel

Portuguese singer-songwriter

*May 11th, 1996, Estarreja

39

Andrés Iniesta

Spanish association football player

*May 11th, 1984, Fuentealbilla

37

Abou Diaby

French association football player

*May 11th, 1986, Aubervilliers

78

Mikhail Sholokhov

Soviet writer (1905-1984)

*May 11th, 1905, Kruzhilin †February 21st, 1984, Vyoshenskaya

87

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)

*May 11th, 1752, Gotha †January 22nd, 1840, Göttingen

82

János Batsányi

Hungarian poet

*May 11th, 1763, Tapolca †May 12th, 1845, Linz

63

Jesper Asholt

Danish actor

*May 11th, 1960, Silkeborg

52

Alberto Rodríguez Librero

Spanish film director

*May 11th, 1971, Seville

82

Jacques Brugnon

French tennis player (1895-1978)

*May 11th, 1895, Paris †March 20th, 1978, Paris

83

Haroun Tazieff

French volcanologist, geologist (1914-1998)

*May 11th, 1914, Warsaw †February 2nd, 1998, 4th arrondissement of Paris

70

Boyd Gaines

American actor

*May 11th, 1953, Atlanta

72

Edsger W. Dijkstra

Dutch computer scientist

*May 11th, 1930, Rotterdam †August 6th, 2002, Nuenen

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51

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

*August 15th, 1769, Ajaccio †May 5th, 1821, Longwood House

89

Alexander von Humboldt

Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)

*September 14th, 1769, Berlin †May 6th, 1859, Berlin

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

40

Jean Lannes

Marshal of France (1769-1809)

*April 10th, 1769, Lectoure †May 31st, 1809, Kaiserebersdorf

54

André-Jacques Garnerin

Inventor of the frameless parachute

*January 31st, 1769, Paris †August 18th, 1823, Paris

40

John Shortland

Royal Navy officer born 1769

*September 5th, 1769, England †January 21st, 1810

75

Ivan Krylov

Russian writer (1769-1844)

*February 2nd, 1769, Moscow †November 9th, 1844, Saint Petersburg

46

Michel Ney

French military commander

*January 10th, 1769, Saarlouis †December 7th, 1815, Paris

60

Thomas Lawrence

English portrait painter (1769–1830)

*April 13th, 1769, Bristol †January 7th, 1830, London

75

Laurent Mourguet

French puppeteer (1769-1844)

*March 3rd, 1769, Lyon †December 30th, 1844, Vienne

80

Muhammad Ali of Egypt

Albanian Ottoman commander and Wali of Egypt and Sudan (1769–1849)

*March 4th, 1769, Kavala †August 2nd, 1849, Alexandria

62

Georges Cuvier

French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)

*August 23rd, 1769, Montbéliard †May 13th, 1832, Paris

70

William Smith

Geologist credited with the first nationwide map (1769-1839)

*March 23rd, 1769, Churchill †August 28th, 1839, Northampton

90

Ernst Moritz Arndt

German historian, writer and politician (1769-1860)

*December 26th, 1769, Gross Schoritz †January 29th, 1860, Bonn

55

Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769-1824)

*May 6th, 1769, Florence †June 18th, 1824, Florence

84

Józef Elsner

Polish composer and conductor

*June 1st, 1769, Grodków †April 18th, 1854, Warsaw

70

Friedrich von der Decken

German diplomat (1769-1840)

*May 25th, 1769, Langwedel †May 22nd, 1840, Salzgitter-Ringelheim

92

Jacques Félix Jan de La Hamelinaye

French officer

*February 22nd, 1769, Montauban-de-Bretagne †April 14th, 1861, Rennes

67

James Pleasants

Governor of Virginia, 1822-1825

*October 24th, 1769, Powhatan County †November 9th, 1836, Goochland County

88

Ole Andreas Lindeman

Norwegian musician

*January 17th, 1769, Surnadal Municipality †February 26th, 1857, Trondheim

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