May 23rd, 1819

Born on May 23rd, 1819

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 23rd?

May 23rd, 2008

The International Court of Justice awarded the Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca to Singapore, resolving a 29-year-old territorial dispute in the Singapore Strait.

May 23rd, 1999

Professional wrestler Owen Hart died immediately before a match after dropping 70 feet (21 m) onto the ring during a botched entrance.

May 23rd, 1974

The Airbus A300, the first twin-engined wide-body airliner, went into service with Air France.

May 23rd, 1939

The U.S. Navy submarine Squalus sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, during tests, causing 26 men to drown.

May 23rd, 1895

Backed by Samuel J. Tilden, the Astor Library and the Lenox Library agreed to merge and form the New York Public Library.

May 23rd, 1873

The North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was established to bring law and order to and assert Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Territories.

May 23rd, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson defeated a Union force at the Battle of Front Royal in Virginia, taking around 700 prisoners.

May 23rd, 1706

War of the Spanish Succession: The Grand Alliance armies routed the Franco-Spanish-Bavarian army in Ramillies, present-day Belgium.

May 23rd, 1555

Gian Pietro Carafa became Pope Paul IV, beginning a tumultuous four-year papacy during which the Papal States suffered a serious military defeat.

May 23rd, 1533

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, annulled Henry VIII's marriage to his first wife Catherine of Aragon (pictured), beginning events that would culminate in the English Reformation.

May 23rd, 1430

Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc (pictured) was captured by Burgundian forces at the Siege of Compiègne.

May 23rd, 1949

Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.

May 23rd, 1948

Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.

May 23rd, 1945

World War II: Germany's Flensburg Government under Karl Dönitz is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.

May 23rd, 1939

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 23rd

Born on May 23rd, 1819

60

Robert Latane Montague

American politician (1819-1880)

*May 23rd, 1819, Middlesex County †March 2nd, 1880

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 23rd?

70

Carl Linnaeus

Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)

*May 23rd, 1707, Råshult †January 10th, 1778, Linnaeus Hammarby

31

Jordan Rakei

New Zealander-Australian musician, singer, songwriter and record producer

*May 23rd, 1992, Hamilton

35

Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Danish actress

*May 23rd, 1988, Copenhagen

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

90

Gayatri Devi

Maharani of Jaipur and Indian politician (1919–2009)

*May 23rd, 1919, London †July 29th, 2009, Jaipur

32

Lena Meyer-Landrut

German singer

*May 23rd, 1991, Hanover

40

Margaret Fuller

American writer and women's activist (1810–1850)

*May 23rd, 1810, Cambridge †July 19th, 1850, Fire Island

90

Joan Collins

English actress, author and columnist

*May 23rd, 1933, London

75

Apollon Maykov

Russian poet and translator (1821-1897)

*May 23rd, 1821, Moscow †March 8th, 1897, Saint Petersburg

56

Wotan Wilke Möhring

German actor

*May 23rd, 1967, Detmold

65

Lea DeLaria

American actor, comedian and singer

*May 23rd, 1958, Belleville

72

Ludwig Schwarz

Astronomer

*May 23rd, 1822, Gdańsk †September 17th, 1894, Tartu

77

John Payne

American actor 1912-1989

*May 23rd, 1912, Roanoke †December 6th, 1989, Malibu

72

Anatoly Karpov

Russian chess player

*May 23rd, 1951, Zlatoust

65

Thomas Bestvater

Swiss actor

*May 23rd, 1958, Herrliberg

36

Bray Wyatt

American professional wrestler (1987–2023)

*May 23rd, 1987, Brooksville †August 24th, 2023, Clermont

71

Lorenzo Sawyer

American judge

*May 23rd, 1820, Le Roy †September 7th, 1891, San Francisco

48

Otto Lilienthal

German aviation pioneer (1848-1896)

*May 23rd, 1848, Anklam †August 10th, 1896, Berlin

82

John Bardeen

American physicist and engineer

*May 23rd, 1908, Madison †January 30th, 1991, Boston

46

Hans Frank

German lawyer, Nazi politician, General Governor of Nazi occupied Poland and convicted war criminal (1900-1946)

*May 23rd, 1900, Karlsruhe †October 16th, 1946, Nuremberg

Same year
Born in 1819

81

Victoria

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901

*May 24th, 1819, Kensington Palace †January 22nd, 1901, Osborne House

90

Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb

Faroese folklorist and linguist, Lutheran clergyman

*March 25th, 1819, Sandavágur †April 8th, 1909, Copenhagen

71

Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll

German classical philologist

*January 16th, 1819, Sechshelden †June 19th, 1890, Weilburg

61

Jacques Offenbach

German-born French composer (1819–1880)

*June 20th, 1819, Cologne †October 5th, 1880, Paris

72

Herman Melville

American writer and poet (1819–1891)

*August 1st, 1819, Manhattan †September 28th, 1891, New York City

72

Walt Whitman

American poet, essayist and journalist

*May 31st, 1819, West Hills †March 26th, 1892, Camden

70

Gottfried Keller

Swiss poet and writer of German literature (1819-1890)

*July 19th, 1819, Zürich †July 15th, 1890, Zürich

61

George Eliot

English novelist, essayist, poet and journalist (1819–1880)

*November 22nd, 1819, Nuneaton †December 22nd, 1880, London

76

Peter Dickel

German organ builder

*September 18th, 1819, Treisbach †June 27th, 1896, Treisbach

93

Harriet Tubman

African-American abolitionist and humanitarian

*November 30th, 1819, Dorchester County †March 10th, 1913, Auburn

42

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Prince consort of the United Kingdom (1840-1861)

*August 26th, 1819, Schloss Rosenau †December 14th, 1861, Windsor Castle

83

Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet

British mathematician and physicist (1819–1903)

*August 13th, 1819, County Sligo †February 1st, 1903, Cambridge

76

Clara Schumann

German musician and composer

*September 13th, 1819, Leipzig †May 20th, 1896, Frankfurt

76

Hippolyte Fizeau

French physicist (1819-1896)

*September 23rd, 1819, Paris †September 18th, 1896, Jouarre (Seine-et-Marne). Le petit cloître de l’abbaye

78

Theodor Fontane

German novelist and poet (1819-1898)

*December 30th, 1819, Neuruppin †September 20th, 1898, Berlin

86

Joseph Merklin

German organ builder (1819-1905)

*February 17th, 1819, Rheinhausen †July 10th, 1905, Nancy

53

Stanisław Moniuszko

Polish composer

*May 5th, 1819, Ubiel †June 4th, 1872, Warsaw

30

Báb

Founder of the religion Bábism, for the Bahai Predecessor of Bahāʾullāh

*October 20th, 1819, Shiraz †July 9th, 1850, Tabriz

70

Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate

Dutch writer 1819-1889

*December 23rd, 1819, The Hague †December 24th, 1889, Amsterdam

81

Edward Stafford

Prime Minister of New Zealand (1819-1901)

*April 23rd, 1819, Edinburgh †February 14th, 1901, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1819 is a normal year and no leap year.

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