Born on May 31st, 1788
Weekday
Saturday
May 31st, 1788 was a Saturday.
Zodiac
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Gemini (The Twins)
May 22nd, 1788 - June 21st, 1788
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 86,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 836 days, exactly on August 12th, 2026, people who were born on May 31st, 1788 will be 87,000 days old!
86,164 Days
12,309 Weeks
2,830 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on May 31st?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 31st
Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 31st?
72 Walt Whitman
American poet, essayist and journalist
*May 31st, 1819, West Hills †March 26th, 1892, Camden
88 Saint-John Perse
French poet and diplomat
*May 31st, 1887, Pointe-à-Pitre †September 20th, 1975, Hyères_(Kiel_34.594).jpg "Bernhard Hassenstein")
93 Bernhard Hassenstein
German biologist
*May 31st, 1922, Potsdam †April 16th, 2016, Freiburg im Breisgau
99 Maurice Allais
French economist (1911–2010)
*May 31st, 1911, Paris †October 9th, 2010, Saint-Cloud
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81 Pius XI
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939
*May 31st, 1857, Desio †February 10th, 1939, Vatican City.JPG "Brooke Shields")
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101 Bernard Lewis
British-American historian (1916–2018)
*May 31st, 1916, London †May 19th, 2018, Voorhees Township
Émile-Joseph-Maurice Chevé
French music theorist (1804-1864)
*May 31st, 1804, Douarnenez †August 21st, 1864, Fontenay-le-Comte
Same year
Born in 1788
36 Lord Byron
English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
*January 22nd, 1788, London †April 19th, 1824, Missolonghi
72 Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788–1860)
*February 22nd, 1788, Gdańsk †September 21st, 1860, Frankfurt
74 Boniface de Castellane
Marshal of France (1788-1862)
*March 26th, 1788, Paris †September 16th, 1862, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon
39 Augustin-Jean Fresnel
French engineer and physicist (1788-1827)
*May 10th, 1788, Broglie †July 14th, 1827, Ville-d'AvrayGodefroy Engelmann
French-German lithographer (1788-1839)
*August 17th, 1788, Mulhouse †April 25th, 1839, MulhouseRobert Peel
British Prime Minister, Conservative statesman, and art collector (1788–1850)
*February 5th, 1788, Ramsbottom †July 2nd, 1850, Westminster
90 Sarah Josepha Hale
American writer and editor
*October 24th, 1788, Newport †April 30th, 1879, Philadelphia
63 Margaret Taylor
First Lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850
*September 21st, 1788, Calvert County †August 14th, 1852, Mississippi
71 Walenty Zwierkowski
*February 20th, 1788, Mokrzesz †December 15th, 1859, 10th arrondissement of Paris
89 Antoine César Becquerel
French scientist and pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena (1788-1878)
*March 7th, 1788, Châtillon-Coligny †January 18th, 1878, 5th arrondissement of ParisFrancesco Maria Avellino
Italian archaeologist, numismatist, art historian, legal historian, economist and academic (1788-1850)
*August 14th, 1788, Naples †January 9th, 1850, Naples
62 Ludwig von Wohlgemuth
Austrian general (1788-1851)
*May 25th, 1788, Vienna †April 18th, 1851, Pest
75 Charles Robert Cockerell
English architect, archaeologist, and writer
*April 27th, 1788, London †September 17th, 1863, London
76 Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
Archaeologist (1788-1865)
*December 29th, 1788, Copenhagen †May 21st, 1865, Copenhagen
79 Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes
French archaeologist (1788-1868)
*September 10th, 1788, Perthes †August 5th, 1868, Abbeville
78 William Thomas Brande
British chemist; succeeded Humphry Davy as Professor of Chemistry at the Royal Institution, 1813
*January 11th, 1788, London †February 11th, 1866, Tunbridge WellsBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on May 31st
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 31st.
Anniversary of Royal Brunei Malay Regiment (Brunei)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Brunei_Land_ForcesVisitation of Mary (Western Christianity)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visitation_(Christianity)May 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_31_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)The beginning of Gawai Dayak (Dayaks in Sarawak, Malaysia and West Kalimantan, Indonesia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawai_DayakWorld No Tobacco Day (International)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_No_Tobacco_DayDate as a Roman numeral / digit
31.5.1788
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1788 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).