May 1st, 1820

Born on May 1st, 1820

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 74,000 days old!

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What happened on May 1st, 1820?

May 1st, 1820

Execution of the Cato Street Conspirators, who plotted to kill the British Cabinet and Prime Minister Lord Liverpool.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_Street_Conspiracy

What else happened on May 1st?

May 1st, 2016

The evacuation of nearly 88,000 people began when a wildfire swept through Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, and burned for another 14 months, becoming the costliest disaster in Canadian history.

May 1st, 1991

In Major League Baseball, Rickey Henderson broke the record for stolen bases on the same night that Nolan Ryan broke his own record for no-hitters.

May 1st, 1974

Argentine president Juan Perón expelled Montoneros from a demonstration in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, forcing the group to become a clandestine organization.

May 1st, 1950

Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

May 1st, 1947

Sicilian separatist Salvatore Giuliano and his gang fired into a crowd of May Day marchers near Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily, killing 11 and wounding 33.

May 1st, 1945

Second World War: British and Indian forces conducted a successful airborne assault on a Japanese artillery battery during the advance to liberate Rangoon, Burma.

May 1st, 1941

Citizen Kane, a widely acclaimed film by actor and director Orson Welles, premiered.

May 1st, 1931

New York City's Empire State Building, at the time the tallest building in the world, opened.

May 1st, 1900

A dust explosion at a coal mine near Scofield, Utah, U.S., killed at least 200 miners.

May 1st, 1885

The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opened for business.

May 1st, 1884

Moses Fleetwood Walker (pictured), the last African American in Major League Baseball until Jackie Robinson, played his first game for the Toledo Blue Stockings.

May 1st, 1794

War of the Pyrenees: France regained nearly all the land it lost to Spain the previous year with its victory in the Second Battle of Boulou.

May 1st, 1786

The Marriage of Figaro (audio featured), an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna.

May 1st, 1776

The secret society known as the Order of Illuminati was founded by Adam Weishaupt and Adolph Freiherr Knigge in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 1st

Born on May 1st, 1820

69

Henry Yule

Scottish orientalist

*May 1st, 1820, Inveresk †December 30th, 1889, London

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Who's birthday is on May 1st?

57

Olaf Thon

German association football player and manager

*May 1st, 1966, Gelsenkirchen

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

58

Gunnar Beck

German EU lawyer and legal philosopher

*May 1st, 1965, Düsseldorf

82

Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Spanish scientist (1852-1934)

*May 1st, 1852, Petilla de Aragón †October 17th, 1934, Madrid

76

Henry Ayers

Australian politician (1821-1897)

*May 1st, 1821, Portsea Island †June 11th, 1897, Adelaide

84

Hilaire de Chardonnet

French engineer

*May 1st, 1839, Besançon †March 11th, 1924, Paris

55

Lisa Campbell

Australian badminton player

*May 1st, 1968, Frankston

83

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

British Field Marshal, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1828–1830, 1834

*May 1st, 1769, Dublin †September 14th, 1852, Walmer Castle

21

Jesita Putri Miantoro

Badminton player

*May 1st, 2002, Depok City

70

Otto Sidow

German politician (SPD)

*May 1st, 1857, Friesack †September 6th, 1927, Brandenburg an der Havel

65

Julius von Haast

German-born New Zealand geologist (1822-1887)

*May 1st, 1822, Bonn †August 16th, 1887, Christchurch

36

Leonardo Bonucci

Italian association football player

*May 1st, 1987, Viterbo

41

Darijo Srna

Croatian association football player

*May 1st, 1982, Metković

62

Jan van Aken

German activist for Greenpeace and politician with the Left Party

*May 1st, 1961, Reinbek

77

Joanna Lumley

English actress and former model

*May 1st, 1946, Srinagar

69

George Inness

American landscape painter (1825-1894)

*May 1st, 1825, Newburgh †August 3rd, 1894, Bridge of Allan

69

Guido Gezelle

Belgian poet, journalist, teacher, monastery director and priest

*May 1st, 1830, Bruges †November 27th, 1899, Bruges

64

Yasmina Reza

French actor and writer

*May 1st, 1959, Paris

51

Julie Benz

American actress

*May 1st, 1972, Pittsburgh

72

Johann Jakob Balmer

Swiss mathematician

*May 1st, 1825, Lausen †March 12th, 1898, Basel

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Born in 1820

65

Georg Curtius

German classical scholar and philologist (1820-1885)

*April 16th, 1820, Lübeck †August 12th, 1885, Jelenia Góra

74

Friedrich Engels

German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)

*November 28th, 1820, Barmen †August 5th, 1895, London

90

Florence Nightingale

English social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing (1820-1910)

*May 12th, 1820, Florence †August 13th, 1910, London

63

Gustave Le Gray

French photographer

*August 30th, 1820, Villiers-le-Bel †July 29th, 1884, Cairo

49

Henry Jarvis Raymond

American journalist and politician (1820–1869)

*January 24th, 1820, Livingston County †June 18th, 1869, New York City

83

Herbert Spencer

English philosopher and political theorist (1820–1903)

*April 27th, 1820, Derby †December 8th, 1903, Brighton

52

David Kalisch

German writer (1820-1872)

*February 23rd, 1820, Wrocław †August 21st, 1872, Berlin

84

Charles Moore

Australian botanist (1820-1905)

*May 10th, 1820, Dundee †April 30th, 1905, Sydney

61

Edmond Membrée

French composer (1820-1882)

*November 14th, 1820, Valenciennes †September 10th, 1882, Domont

67

Jenny Lind

Swedish classical singer

*October 6th, 1820, Stockholm †November 2nd, 1887, Malvern

56

Donald McLean

New Zealand politician and government official (1820–1877)

*October 27th, 1820, Tiree †January 5th, 1877, Napier

86

Susan B. Anthony

American women's rights activist

*February 15th, 1820, Adams †March 13th, 1906, Rochester

81

Cornelius Gurlitt

German composer (1820-1901)

*February 10th, 1820, Altona †June 17th, 1901, Altona

89

Nadar

French photographer and balloonist (1820–1910)

*April 6th, 1820, rue Saint-Honoré †March 20th, 1910, avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt

94

Fanny Crosby

19th century Christian hymnist

*March 24th, 1820, Brewster †February 12th, 1915, Bridgeport

52

William John Macquorn Rankine

Civil engineer

*July 5th, 1820, Edinburgh †December 24th, 1872, Glasgow

69

Émile Augier

French writer (1820-1889)

*September 17th, 1820, Valence †October 25th, 1889, Villa Augier

69

Dion Boucicault

Irish actor and dramatist

*December 26th, 1820, Dublin †September 18th, 1890, New York City

57

Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

King of Sardinia-Piemont and Italy (1849-1878)

*March 14th, 1820, Turin †January 9th, 1878, Rome

29

Anne Brontë

British novelist and poet (1820-1849)

*January 17th, 1820, Thornton †May 28th, 1849, Scarborough

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 1st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Commemoration of the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat following the foundation of Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti , International Workers' Day or Labour Day , May Day) which are celebrated on May 1st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1820 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).

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