May 15th, 1791

Born on May 15th, 1791

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What happened on May 15th, 1791?

May 15th, 1791

French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution

What else happened on May 15th?

May 15th, 2010

Three days before her seventeenth birthday, Jessica Watson arrived in Sydney after sailing non-stop and unassisted around the world.

May 15th, 2004

Arsenal became the first football team in England's top flight to finish a season undefeated since Preston North End did so in 1888–1889.

May 15th, 1990

Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet was sold at auction at Christie's in New York for US$82.5 million, making it the world's most expensive painting at the time.

May 15th, 1972

The Ryukyu Islands were returned to Japan by the United States, and the U.S. occupation government was abolished.

May 15th, 1966

Disapproving of General Tôn Thất Đính's handling of the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese prime minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ ordered an attack on his forces and ousted Đính from his post.

May 15th, 1957

The United Kingdom tested its first hydrogen bomb over Malden Island in Operation Grapple.

May 15th, 1953

Don Murphy organized the first pinewood derby, an event for Cub Scouts of the Boy Scouts of America where wooden cars built by the scouts are raced.

May 15th, 1945

The British Army directed fleeing Croatian soldiers to surrender to the Yugoslav Partisans, beginning the Bleiburg repatriations.

May 15th, 1916

Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas.

May 15th, 1911

Mexican Revolution: A force of Maderistas captured Torreón and proceeded to massacre 303 of the city's Chinese residents.

May 15th, 1904

Russo-Japanese War: The Japanese battleships Hatsuse and Yashima sank after striking several mines off Port Arthur, China.

May 15th, 1869

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton founded the National Woman Suffrage Association, breaking away from the American Equal Rights Association which they had also previously founded.

May 15th, 1864

American Civil War: A small Confederate force, which included cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, forced the Union Army out of the Shenandoah Valley.

May 15th, 1855

Thieves stole 224 pounds (102 kg) of gold from a train travelling from London to Folkestone, England.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 15th

Born on May 15th, 1791

74

Floris Adriaan van Hall

Dutch politician (1791-1866)

*May 15th, 1791, Amsterdam †March 29th, 1866, The Hague

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Who's birthday is on May 15th?

58

Martin Sonneborn

German satirist, journalist and politician

*May 15th, 1965, Göttingen

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

46

Pierre Curie

French physicist (1859-1906)

*May 15th, 1859, Paris †April 19th, 1906, Paris

75

Hermann Wilhelm Bödeker

German pastor (1799-1875)

*May 15th, 1799, Osnabrück †January 5th, 1875, Hanover

81

Johann Nepomuk von Fuchs

German chemist and mineralogist (1774-1856)

*May 15th, 1774, Bavarian Forest †March 5th, 1856, Munich

62

Michael William Balfe

Irish composer

*May 15th, 1808, Dublin †October 20th, 1870, Hertfordshire

28

Victoria Williams

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1995, Sheffield

86

Klemens von Metternich

Austrian diplomat and statesman

*May 15th, 1773, Koblenz †June 11th, 1859, Vienna

53

Mika Vainio

Finnish electronic musician

*May 15th, 1963, Helsinki †April 12th, 2017, Trouville-sur-Mer

23

Carolina Ponce

Argentinian Beach handball player

*May 15th, 2000, Ensenada

23

Caterina Benedetti

Argentinian handball player

*May 15th, 2000, Buenos Aires

76

Wilhelm von Opel

Member of the German Opel family

*May 15th, 1871, Rüsselsheim am Main †May 2nd, 1948, Wiesbaden

60

Grete Mogensen

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1963, Skive

33

Sannatasah Saniru

Malaysian badminton player

*May 15th, 1990, Sabah

78

Inga Ålenius

Swedish actress (1938-2017)

*May 15th, 1938, Stockholm †April 24th, 2017, Helsingborg

25

Sun Feixiang

Chinese badminton player

*May 15th, 1998, Yichang

28

Yu Igarashi

Japanese badminton player

*May 15th, 1995, Yamagata Prefecture

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

26

Ousmane Dembélé

French footballer

*May 15th, 1997, Vernon

26

Fachryza Abimanyu

Badminton player

*May 15th, 1997, Jakarta

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Born in 1791

75

Michael Faraday

English scientist

*September 22nd, 1791, Newington Butts †August 25th, 1867, Hampton Court Palace

77

James Buchanan

President of the United States from 1857 to 1861

*April 23rd, 1791, Cove Gap †June 1st, 1868, Lancaster

79

Charles Babbage

English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer (1791-1871)

*December 26th, 1791, London †October 18th, 1871, Marylebone

80

Samuel Finley Breese Morse

American inventor and painter (1791–1872)

*April 27th, 1791, Charlestown †April 2nd, 1872, New York City

69

Eugène Scribe

French dramatist and librettist (1791-1861)

*December 24th, 1791, Paris †February 20th, 1861, Paris

81

Charles Knight

British publisher, editor and author

*March 15th, 1791, Windsor †March 9th, 1873, Addlestone

77

Ida von der Groeben

German writer (1791-1868)

*January 17th, 1791, Kwidzyn †March 4th, 1868, Hoheneck

73

Bernard Pierre Magnan

Marshal of France (1791-1865)

*December 7th, 1791, Paris †May 29th, 1865, Paris

66

Carl Czerny

Austrian composer and pianist (1791-1857)

*February 21st, 1791, Vienna †July 15th, 1857, Vienna

81

Franz Grillparzer

Austrian dramatist and poet (1791-1872)

*January 15th, 1791, Vienna †January 21st, 1872, Vienna

72

Giacomo Meyerbeer

German-French composer

*September 5th, 1791, Tasdorf †May 2nd, 1864, Paris

76

Franz Bopp

German linguist (1791-1861)

*September 14th, 1791, Mainz †October 23rd, 1867, Berlin

32

Théodore Géricault

French painter (1791-1824)

*September 26th, 1791, Rouen †January 26th, 1824, Paris

65

Vincenzo Tineo

Italian botanist (1791-1856)

*February 27th, 1791, Palermo †July 25th, 1856, Palermo

69

Rosalie Caron

French painter (1791-1860)

*July 27th, 1791, Senlis †December 8th, 1860, 3rd arrondissement of Paris

56

Marie Louise I, Duchess of Parma

Empress Consort of France (1810–1814) and Monarch of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla (1814-1847)

*December 12th, 1791, Vienna †December 17th, 1847, Parma

68

István Széchenyi

Hungarian nobleman, writer, politician and national revivalist

*September 21st, 1791, Vienna †April 8th, 1860, Döbling

76

Norman Williams

American politician (1791-1868)

*October 6th, 1791, Woodstock †January 12th, 1868, Woodstock

92

Peter Cooper

American politician and businessman (1791-1883)

*February 12th, 1791, New York City †April 4th, 1883, New York City

74

Henryk Rzewuski

Polish writer (1791-1866)

*May 3rd, 1791, Slavuta †February 28th, 1866, Chudniv

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1791 is a normal year and no leap year.

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