May 3rd, 1806

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Born on May 3rd, 1806 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 3rd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 3rd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1806)

Born on May 3rd, 1806

Weekday

Saturday

May 3rd, 1806 was a Saturday.

Age

217

People born on May 3rd, 1806 will turn 218 this year (2024), in exactly 7 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1806 - May 21st, 1806

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 79,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 383 days, exactly on May 14th, 2025, people who were born on May 3rd, 1806 will be 80,000 days old!

79,617 Days

11,373 Weeks

2,615 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on May 3rd?

May 3rd, 2021

Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses.

May 3rd, 2007

Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has never been found.

May 3rd, 1999

A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.

May 3rd, 1971

Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.

May 3rd, 1963

Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses and dogs against civil-rights protesters, bringing scrutiny on racial segregation in the southern United States.

May 3rd, 1960

The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks premiered, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 performances across 42 years.

May 3rd, 1947

A new Constitution of Japan went into effect, providing for a parliamentary system of government, guaranteeing certain fundamental rights, and relegating the Japanese monarchy to a purely ceremonial role.

May 3rd, 1945

Second World War: The German ocean liner Cap Arcona, afloat in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of concentration camp survivors on board, was attacked and sunk by the Royal Air Force.

May 3rd, 1942

Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enabling them to threaten and intercept supply and communication routes between the United States and Australasia.

May 3rd, 1939

Subhas Chandra Bose formed the All India Forward Bloc, a faction within the Indian National Congress, in opposition to Gandhi's tactics of nonviolence.

May 3rd, 1921

Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern Ireland.

May 3rd, 1920

Russian Civil War: Relying on Red Army troops in neighboring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat in Georgia.

May 3rd, 1915

The oldest Royal Air Force station in continuous operation, RAF Northolt, opened as home to No. 4 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron.

May 3rd, 1913

Raja Harishchandra (scene pictured), the first Indian feature-length film, was released.

May 3rd, 1855

A group of American mercenaries led by William Walker set sail from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

Born on May 3rd, 1806

Felipe Santiago Salaverry

President of Peru (1806-1836)

*May 3rd, 1806, Lima †February 19th, 1836, Arequipa

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 3rd?

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

Robert Osborne

American film historian and actor (1932–2017)

*May 3rd, 1932, Colfax †March 6th, 2017, New York City

Bing Crosby

American singer and actor (1903–1977)

*May 3rd, 1903, Tacoma †October 14th, 1977, Alcobendas

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

Bernhard von Bülow

German and Prussian politician

*May 3rd, 1849, Klein Flottbek †October 28th, 1929, Rome

Élie Metchnikoff

Immunologist, embryologist, biologist, Nobel laureat

*May 3rd, 1845, Ivanivka †July 2nd, 1916, Paris

Francisco Armero Peñaranda

Spanish politician (1804-1866)

*May 3rd, 1804, Fuentes de Andalucía †July 2nd, 1866, Seville

Rebecca Hall

English-born British actress and filmmaker

*May 3rd, 1982, London

Niccolò Machiavelli

Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)

*May 3rd, 1469, Florence †June 21st, 1527, Sant'Andrea in Percussina

Amy Ryan

American actress (born 1968)

*May 3rd, 1968, Flushing

David H. Koch

American billionaire heir and businessman (1940–2019)

*May 3rd, 1940, Wichita †August 23rd, 2019, Southampton

Katrin Göring-Eckardt

German politician

*May 3rd, 1966, Friedrichroda

Bobby Cannavale

American actor (born 1970)

*May 3rd, 1970, Union City

James Brown

American musician (1933–2006)

*May 3rd, 1933, Barnwell †December 25th, 2006, Atlanta

Jan Paweł Gawlik

*May 3rd, 1924, Lviv †March 22nd, 2017, Kraków

Gernot Erler

German politician

*May 3rd, 1944, Meissen

Ben Elton

British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director

*May 3rd, 1959, Catford

Hans Michelbach

German politician

*May 3rd, 1949, Gemünden am Main

Jeffrey C. Hall

American geneticist and chronobiologist

*May 3rd, 1945, Brooklyn

Same year
Born in 1806

John Stuart Mill

British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)

*May 20th, 1806, London Borough of Islington †May 8th, 1873, Avignon

Karl Ernst Georges

German teacher and classical philologist

*December 26th, 1806, Gotha †August 25th, 1895, Gotha

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

British poet, author

*March 6th, 1806, Coxhoe Hall †June 29th, 1861, Florence

Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle

Swiss scientist (1806-1893)

*October 27th, 1806, Paris †April 4th, 1893, Geneva

Augustus De Morgan

British mathematician, philosopher and university teacher (1806–1871)

*June 27th, 1806, Madurai †March 18th, 1871, London

Flora Hastings

Noblewoman; British aristocrat and lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria's mother (1806-1839)

*February 11th, 1806, Loudoun Castle †July 5th, 1839, London

Benito Juárez

President of Mexico (1806-1872)

*March 21st, 1806, San Pablo Guelatao †July 18th, 1872, Mexico City

Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre

Swiss artist (1806-1874)

*May 2nd, 1806, Chevilly †May 5th, 1874, Paris

Ferdinand Gustav Kühne

German author

*December 21st, 1806, Magdeburg †April 20th, 1888, Dresden

Michele Amari

Italian patriot and arabist

*July 7th, 1806, Palermo †July 16th, 1889, Florence

Manfredo Fanti

Italian general (1806-1865)

*February 23rd, 1806, Carpi †April 5th, 1865, Florence

Alexander Ivanov

Russian artist (1806-1858)

*July 16th, 1806, Saint Petersburg †July 3rd, 1858, Saint Petersburg

Max Stirner

German philosopher (1806-1856)

*October 25th, 1806, Bayreuth †June 26th, 1856, Berlin

Hans Victor von Unruh

Prussian and German politician (1806-1886)

*March 28th, 1806, Sovetsk †February 4th, 1886, Dessau

Preston King

American politician

*October 14th, 1806, Ogdensburg †November 12th, 1865, New York Harbor

Gilbert Duprez

French tenor, singing teacher and minor composer

*December 6th, 1806, former 6th arrondissement of Paris †September 23rd, 1896, rue de la Tour

Catherine Labouré

French Daughter of Charity and saint

*May 2nd, 1806, Fain-lès-Moutiers †December 31st, 1876, 12th arrondissement of Paris

Heinrich Aemilius August Danz

German jurist (1806-1881)

*December 11th, 1806, Jena †May 17th, 1881, Jena

Emilia Plater

Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman

*November 13th, 1806, Vilnius †December 23rd, 1831, Vainežeris

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther

German artist (1806-1882)

*January 13th, 1806, Munich †March 23rd, 1882, Munich

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Finding of the Holy Cross-related observances) which are celebrated on May 3rd.

Fiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)

Finding of the Holy Cross-related observancesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_de_las_Cruces

International Sun Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Day

World Press Freedom Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

III.V.MDCCCVI

3.5.1806

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1806 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
May 1806

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May 3rd, 1806

Born on May 3rd, 1806

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 79,000 days old!

79,617 Days

11,373 Weeks

2,615 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 3rd?

Twenty-six people are killed and ninety-eight are injured after an elevated section of the Mexico City Metro collapses.

Three-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal; she has never been found.

A Doppler on Wheels team measured the fastest winds recorded on Earth, at 301 ± 20 mph (484 ± 32 km/h), in a tornado near Bridge Creek, Oklahoma.

Erich Honecker became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the governing party of East Germany.

Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses and dogs against civil-rights protesters, bringing scrutiny on racial segregation in the southern United States.

The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks premiered, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 performances across 42 years.

A new Constitution of Japan went into effect, providing for a parliamentary system of government, guaranteeing certain fundamental rights, and relegating the Japanese monarchy to a purely ceremonial role.

Second World War: The German ocean liner Cap Arcona, afloat in the Bay of Lübeck with thousands of concentration camp survivors on board, was attacked and sunk by the Royal Air Force.

Second World War: Japanese forces began an invasion of Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands, enabling them to threaten and intercept supply and communication routes between the United States and Australasia.

Subhas Chandra Bose formed the All India Forward Bloc, a faction within the Indian National Congress, in opposition to Gandhi's tactics of nonviolence.

Under the British Government of Ireland Act, Ireland was partitioned into two self-governing territories, Northern and Southern Ireland.

Russian Civil War: Relying on Red Army troops in neighboring Azerbaijan, the Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat in Georgia.

The oldest Royal Air Force station in continuous operation, RAF Northolt, opened as home to No. 4 Reserve Aeroplane Squadron.

Raja Harishchandra (scene pictured), the first Indian feature-length film, was released.

A group of American mercenaries led by William Walker set sail from San Francisco to conquer Nicaragua.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

Born on May 3rd, 1806

President of Peru (1806-1836)

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 3rd?

Same year Born in 1806

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 3rd

Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Antonia and Alexander

Juvenal of Narni

Moura (Coptic Church)

Philip and James the Lesser

Pope Alexander I

Sarah the Martyr (Coptic Church)

The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland

Theodosius of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox Church)

May 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Memorial Day (Japan)

Constitution Day (Poland)

Fiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)

International Sun Day

World Press Freedom Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

3.5.1806

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 79,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 3rd?

Same year
Born in 1806

Calendar
May 1806

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
18				1	2	3	4
19	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
20	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
21	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
22	26	27	28	29	30	31