May 11th, 1807

Born on May 11th, 1807

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

May 11th, 2022

Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed while reporting on an Israel Defense Forces raid on the Jenin refugee camp.

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, 1820

HMS Beagle (pictured), the ship that would take Charles Darwin on his voyage, was launched.

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 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 (performers pictured), 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.

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

Born on May 11th, 1807

39

Carl Bagger

Danish writer (1807–1846)

*May 11th, 1807, Copenhagen †October 25th, 1846, Odense

Same year
Born in 1807

75

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American poet and educator (1807–1882)

*February 27th, 1807, Portland †March 24th, 1882, Cambridge

96

Ernest Legouvé

French dramatist (1807–1903)

*February 14th, 1807, Paris †March 14th, 1903, 2nd arrondissement of Paris

87

Giacomo Durando

Italian general and statesman (1807-1894)

*February 4th, 1807, Mondovì †August 21st, 1894, Rome

79

Sebastiano Tecchio

Italian politician (1807-1886)

*January 3rd, 1807, Vicenza †January 24th, 1886, Venice

84

Jules Grévy

French statesman and lawyer (1807–1891)

*August 15th, 1807, Mont-sous-Vaudrey †September 9th, 1891, Mont-sous-Vaudrey

66

Louis Agassiz

Swiss-American naturalist (1807–1873)

*May 28th, 1807, Môtiers †December 14th, 1873, Cambridge

91

Wilford Woodruff

President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1807-1898)

*March 1st, 1807, Farmington †September 2nd, 1898, Salt Lake City

69

Josephine of Leuchtenberg

Swedish queen (1807-1876)

*March 14th, 1807, Milan †June 7th, 1876, Stockholm

79

Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

American historical editor, politician and diplomat from Massachusetts (1807-1886)

*August 18th, 1807, Boston †November 21st, 1886, Boston

29

Emily Donelson

Niece of U.S. President Andrew Jackson

*June 1st, 1807, Donelson †December 19th, 1836, Nashville

70

Patricio de la Escosura

Spanish writer (1807-1878)

*November 5th, 1807, Madrid †January 22nd, 1878, Madrid

84

John Greenleaf Whittier

American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery (1807-1892)

*December 17th, 1807, Haverhill †September 7th, 1892, Hampton Falls

40

Robert Blum

German democratic politician (1807-1848)

*November 10th, 1807, Cologne †November 9th, 1848, Brigittenau

81

James Lambdin

Painter

*May 10th, 1807, Pittsburgh †January 1st, 1889, Philadelphia

69

Julius Schweikert

German physician (1807–1876)

*April 8th, 1807, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †April 25th, 1876, Moscow

68

Karol Libelt

Polish philosopher, publicist, revolutionary and politician (1807-1875)

*April 8th, 1807, Poznań †June 9th, 1875, Brdów

75

Theobald von Rizy

Austrian jurist and politician

*February 11th, 1807, Vienna †May 18th, 1882, Vienna

62

Karl von Rothkirch-Panthen

Austrian politician, Chairman of Bohemian Diet (1807-1870)

*December 2nd, 1807, Sokolica, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship †March 31st, 1870, Prague

86

Moritz Abraham Stern

German mathematician (1807-1894)

*June 29th, 1807, Frankfurt †January 30th, 1894, Zurich

68

Marietta Brambilla

Italian singer and opera singer (1807-1875)

*June 6th, 1807, Cassano d'Adda †November 6th, 1875, Milan

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1807 is a normal year and no leap year.

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