May 18th, 1830

Born on May 18th, 1830

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 18th?

May 18th, 2013

Mark Carson, an openly gay man, was murdered in a hate crime incident in New York City, prompting a 1,500-person march against anti-LGBTQ violence.

May 18th, 2018

Cubana de Aviación Flight 0972 crashed near Santiago de las Vegas shortly after takeoff from José Martí International Airport, killing 112 of the 113 people on board.

May 18th, 2005

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion publicly debuted at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

May 18th, 2009

The Sri Lanka Army killed Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader and founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, to bring an end to the 26-year Sri Lankan civil war.

May 18th, 2006

The Parliament of Nepal unanimously voted to strip King Gyanendra of many of his powers.

May 18th, 1996

Ireland won the Eurovision song contest for the seventh time, the highest number of wins for any country before Sweden tied it in 2023.

May 18th, 1965

Eli Cohen, a spy who is credited with gathering significant intelligence used by Israel during the Six-Day War, was publicly hanged in Syria.

May 18th, 1955

Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ended.

May 18th, 1952

First Indochina War: Viet Minh forces overran a French and Laotian garrison at Muong Khoua, leaving only four survivors.

May 18th, 1944

The Soviet Union forcibly deported hundreds of thousands of Crimean Tatars to the Uzbek SSR and elsewhere in the country.

May 18th, 1936

In a crime that captivated Japan, Sada Abe strangled her lover, cut off his genitals, and carried them around with her for several days until her arrest.

May 18th, 1933

U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act establishing the Tennessee Valley Authority to stimulate the economic development of the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly impacted by the Great Depression.

May 18th, 1927

Disgruntled school board treasurer Andrew Kehoe set off explosives with timers and a rifle, causing the Bath School disaster in the Bath Consolidated School in Michigan, killing 44 people in the deadliest mass murder in a school in United States history.

May 18th, 1863

American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant led his Army of the Tennessee across the Big Black River in preparation for the Siege of Vicksburg.

May 18th, 1695

An earthquake measuring .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Ms7.8 struck Shanxi Province in northern China, resulting in at least 52,600 deaths.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 18th

Born on May 18th, 1830

84

Karl Goldmark

Hungarian-born Viennese composer (1830–1915)

*May 18th, 1830, Keszthely †January 2nd, 1915, Vienna

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Born in 1830

55

Emily Dickinson

American poet (1830-1886)

*December 10th, 1830, Amherst †May 15th, 1886, Amherst

74

Louise Michel

French author and anarchist (1830-1905)

*May 29th, 1830, Vroncourt-la-Côte †January 9th, 1905, Marseille

83

Frédéric Mistral

Provençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige

*September 8th, 1830, Maillane †March 25th, 1914, Maillane

83

Addison Brown

United States federal judge, astronomer and botanist (1830-1913)

*February 21st, 1830, West Newbury †April 9th, 1913, New York City

69

Romain Bussine

French opera singer (1830–1899)

*November 4th, 1830, Paris †December 20th, 1899, Paris

72

Luigi Cremona

Italian mathematician (1830-1903)

*December 7th, 1830, Pavia †June 10th, 1903, Rome

73

Camille Pissarro

Danish-French painter (1830-1903)

*July 10th, 1830, Charlotte Amalie †November 13th, 1903, Paris

86

Franz Joseph I of Austria

Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1830-1916)

*August 18th, 1830, Schönbrunn Palace †November 21st, 1916, Schönbrunn Palace

73

Julius von Horst

Austrian general and politician, Minister of Defence 1871-1880

*April 12th, 1830, Sibiu †February 6th, 1904, Graz

66

Augusto Barazzuoli

Italian politician

*August 15th, 1830, Monticiano †December 10th, 1896, Florence

69

Guido Gezelle

Belgian poet, journalist, teacher, monastery director and priest (1830–1899)

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

64

Christina Rossetti

English poet

*December 5th, 1830, London †December 29th, 1894, London

73

Harriet Lane

First Lady of the United States from 1857 to 1861

*May 9th, 1830, Mercersburg †July 3rd, 1903, Narragansett

75

Carmine Crocco

Italian brigand

*June 5th, 1830, Rionero in Vulture †June 18th, 1905, Portoferraio

85

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Austrian writer

*September 13th, 1830, Schloss Zdislawitz †March 12th, 1916, Vienna

73

Eduard Lassen

Composer, conductor (1830-1904)

*April 13th, 1830, Copenhagen †January 15th, 1904, Weimar

51

Ignacio Suárez Llanos

Spanish painter (1830-1881)

*July 31st, 1830, Gijón †December 25th, 1881, Madrid

47

Narciso Serra

Spanish playwright

*February 24th, 1830, Madrid †September 26th, 1877, Madrid

55

Michael Hahn

American politician (1830-1886)

*November 24th, 1830, Klingenmünster †March 15th, 1886, Washington, D.C.

86

Henry Wallis

English Pre-Raphaelite painter, writer and collector (1830–1916)

*February 21st, 1830, London †December 20th, 1916, Surrey

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1830 is a normal year and no leap year.

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