February 5th, 1780

On this page

Born on February 5th, 1780 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 5th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 5th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1780)

Born on February 5th, 1780

Weekday

Saturday

February 5th, 1780 was a Saturday.

Age

244

People born on February 5th, 1780 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 244 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1780 - February 19th, 1780

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 89,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 798 days, exactly on July 5th, 2026, people who were born on February 5th, 1780 will be 90,000 days old!

89,202 Days

12,743 Weeks

2,930 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 5th?

February 5th, 2009

The United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal ran aground (pictured) on a coral reef off the island of Oahu.

February 5th, 2008

Eighty-seven tornadoes occurred over the course of the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak across multiple U.S. states, causing 56 deaths and over $1 billion in damage.

February 5th, 2004

At least 21 cockle-gatherers were drowned by an incoming tide in Morecambe Bay, England, prompting the establishment of the British government's Gangmasters Licensing Authority.

February 5th, 2000

Second Chechen War: As the Battle of Grozny came to a close, Russian forces summarily executed at least 60 civilians in Grozny's Novye Aldi suburb.

February 5th, 1958

After a mid-air collision with a fighter plane during a practice exercise off Tybee Island, Georgia, a U.S. Air Force bomber jettisoned a Mark 15 nuclear bomb, which was presumed lost.

February 5th, 1923

Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford made 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class score.

February 5th, 1917

The U.S. Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson's veto to pass the Immigration Act of 1917, establishing new restrictions on immigrants, including the wholesale ban of people from much of Asia.

February 5th, 1913

Claudio Monteverdi's last opera, L'incoronazione di Poppea, was performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years.

February 5th, 1909

Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced his invention of Bakelite (production device pictured), the world's first synthetic plastic.

February 5th, 1869

Prospectors in Moliagul, Australia, discovered the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the Welcome Stranger.

February 5th, 1861

In a speech before the U.S. Congress, Representative John Edward Bouligny refused to join his fellow Louisiana congressmen in heeding the state's secession convention and resigning.

February 5th, 1818

Charles XIV John (pictured) succeeded to the thrones of Sweden and Norway as the first monarch of the House of Bernadotte.

February 5th, 1637

Ninety-eight sales for rare tulip bulbs were recorded on the last day of tulip mania, a speculative bubble in the Dutch Republic.

February 5th, 2019

Pope Francis became the first pope to celebrate a papal Mass in the Arabian Peninsula.

February 5th, 1985

The mayors of Carthage and Rome signed a symbolic peace treaty to officially end the Third Punic War, 2,134 years after it began.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 5th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 5th?

Dirk Stikker

Politician and badminton player (1897-1979)

*February 5th, 1897, Winschoten †December 23rd, 1979, Wassenaar

Neymar

Brazilian association football player

*February 5th, 1992, Mogi das Cruzes

Fireboy DML

Nigerian singer

*February 5th, 1995, Ogun State

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese footballer (born 1985)

*February 5th, 1985, Funchal

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

Joris-Karl Huysmans

French novelist and art critic

*February 5th, 1848, Paris †May 12th, 1907, Paris

Tom Wilkinson

English actor (1948–2023)

*February 5th, 1948, Leeds †December 30th, 2023, London

Laura Linney

American actress (born 1964)

*February 5th, 1964, Manhattan

Michael Sheen

Welsh actor

*February 5th, 1969, Newport

Robert Peel

British Prime Minister, Conservative statesman, and art collector (1788–1850)

*February 5th, 1788, Ramsbottom †July 2nd, 1850, Westminster

Carlos Tevez

Argentine association football player

*February 5th, 1984, Buenos Aires

H. R. Giger

Swiss artist (1940–2014)

*February 5th, 1940, Chur †May 12th, 2014, Zürich

Daniel Balavoine

French recording artist; singer-songwriter (1952–1986)

*February 5th, 1952, Alençon †January 14th, 1986, Gourma-Rharous

Chinedu Ede

German association football player

*February 5th, 1987, Berlin

Thekla Carola Wied

German actress

*February 5th, 1944, Wrocław

Samuel Sánchez

Spanish former professional road bicycle racer

*February 5th, 1978, Oviedo

Frank Pagelsdorf

German association football player and manager

*February 5th, 1958, Hanover

David Wiesner

American children's illustrator and writer

*February 5th, 1956, Bridgewater Township

Abhishek Bachchan

Indian actor and film producer (Born 1976)

*February 5th, 1976, Mumbai

Same year
Born in 1780

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

French painter (1780-1867)

*August 29th, 1780, Montauban †January 14th, 1867, Paris

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville

French admiral and explorer (1729–1811)

*November 12th, 1780, Paris †August 31st, 1811, Marseille

Johannes van den Bosch

Dutch general and statesman (1780–1844)

*February 2nd, 1780, Herwijnen †January 28th, 1844, The Hague

Carl von Clausewitz

German-Prussian general and military theorist

*June 1st, 1780, Burg †November 16th, 1831, Wrocław

Ranjit Singh

First Maharaja of the Sikh Empire (1780–1839))

*November 13th, 1780, Gujranwala †June 27th, 1839, Lahore Fort

Heinrich Friedrich Thomas Schmidt

*January 17th, 1780, Berlin †November 30th, 1844

Pauline Bonaparte

French princess

*October 20th, 1780, Ajaccio †June 9th, 1825, Florence

Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner

German chemist

*December 13th, 1780, Hof †March 24th, 1849, Jena

Charles Nodier

French author (1780–1844)

*April 29th, 1780, Besançon †January 27th, 1844, Paris

Karl Nesselrode

Russian diplomat (1780-1862)

*December 14th, 1780, Lisbon †March 23rd, 1862, Saint Petersburg

Richard Mentor Johnson

Vice president of the United States from 1837 to 1841

*October 17th, 1780, Louisville †November 19th, 1850, Frankfort

Hinrich Lichtenstein

German physician, explorer, botanist and zoologist (1780-1857)

*January 10th, 1780, Hamburg †September 3rd, 1857, Kiel

Angelica Catalani

Italian opera singer

*May 10th, 1780, Senigallia †June 13th, 1849, Paris

Iver Hesselberg

Norwegian priest, politician and author (1780-1844)

*December 16th, 1780, Drammen Municipality †August 19th, 1844, Christiania

Heinrich Christian Schumacher

German-Danish astronomer (1780-1850)

*September 3rd, 1780, Bad Bramstedt †December 28th, 1850, Altona

Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean

French general, then entomologist, 19th century

*August 10th, 1780, Amiens †March 17th, 1845, Paris

John Wilson Croker

Anglo-Irish politician and statesman (1780-1857)

*December 20th, 1780, Galway †August 10th, 1857, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

Jean-Frédéric de Turckheim

French politician and private banker (1780-1850)

*December 10th, 1780, Strasbourg †December 13th, 1850, Paris

Julie Philipault

French painter

*May 9th, 1780, Paris †November 30th, 1833, Paris

Théophile Marion Dumersan

French writer

*January 4th, 1780, Plou †April 13th, 1849, 2nd arrondissement of Paris

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 5th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 5th.

26 Martyrs of Japan (in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Anglican Church in Japan)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/26_Martyrs_of_Japan

February 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_5_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)

Constitution Day (Mexico)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Mexico

Crown Princess Mary's birthday (Denmark)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Denmark

Kashmir Solidarity Day (Pakistan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_Solidarity_Day

Liberation Day (San Marino)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino

Runeberg's Birthday (Finland)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Ludvig_Runeberg

Unity Day (Burundi)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Burundi

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

V.II.MDCCLXXX

5.2.1780

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1780 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).

Calendar
February 1780

February 1780

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

Date of birth

Try another date

Your birthday is more than just a day in the calendar!

04. February 1780

January 1780

05. February 1779
05. February 1775
05. February 1770
05. February 1730
05. February 1680
05. February 1580

06. February 1780

March 1780

05. February 1781
05. February 1785
05. February 1790
05. February 1830
05. February 1880
05. February 1980

February 5th, 1780

Born on February 5th, 1780

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 89,000 days old!

89,202 Days

12,743 Weeks

2,930 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 5th?

The United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal ran aground (pictured) on a coral reef off the island of Oahu.

Eighty-seven tornadoes occurred over the course of the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak across multiple U.S. states, causing 56 deaths and over $1 billion in damage.

At least 21 cockle-gatherers were drowned by an incoming tide in Morecambe Bay, England, prompting the establishment of the British government's Gangmasters Licensing Authority.

Second Chechen War: As the Battle of Grozny came to a close, Russian forces summarily executed at least 60 civilians in Grozny's Novye Aldi suburb.

After a mid-air collision with a fighter plane during a practice exercise off Tybee Island, Georgia, a U.S. Air Force bomber jettisoned a Mark 15 nuclear bomb, which was presumed lost.

Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford made 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class score.

The U.S. Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson's veto to pass the Immigration Act of 1917, establishing new restrictions on immigrants, including the wholesale ban of people from much of Asia.

Claudio Monteverdi's last opera, L'incoronazione di Poppea, was performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years.

Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced his invention of Bakelite (production device pictured), the world's first synthetic plastic.

Prospectors in Moliagul, Australia, discovered the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the Welcome Stranger.

In a speech before the U.S. Congress, Representative John Edward Bouligny refused to join his fellow Louisiana congressmen in heeding the state's secession convention and resigning.

Charles XIV John (pictured) succeeded to the thrones of Sweden and Norway as the first monarch of the House of Bernadotte.

Ninety-eight sales for rare tulip bulbs were recorded on the last day of tulip mania, a speculative bubble in the Dutch Republic.

Pope Francis became the first pope to celebrate a papal Mass in the Arabian Peninsula.

The mayors of Carthage and Rome signed a symbolic peace treaty to officially end the Third Punic War, 2,134 years after it began.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 5th

Same Day Who's birthday is on February 5th?

Same year Born in 1780

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 5th

Adelaide of Vilich

Agatha of Sicily

Avitus of Vienne

Bertulf (Bertoul) of Renty

Ingenuinus (Jenewein)

Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson (Episcopal Church (United States))

26 Martyrs of Japan (in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Anglican Church in Japan)

February 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (Mexico)

Crown Princess Mary's birthday (Denmark)

Kashmir Solidarity Day (Pakistan)

Liberation Day (San Marino)

Runeberg's Birthday (Finland)

Unity Day (Burundi)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

5.2.1780

Legend

Leap year

Calendar February 1780

February 1780

Date of birth

Try another date

Try another date

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 89,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 5th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 5th?

Same year
Born in 1780

Calendar
February 1780