February 5th, 1861

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Born on February 5th, 1861 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 5th, 1861?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 5th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1861)

Born on February 5th, 1861

Weekday

Tuesday

February 5th, 1861 was a Tuesday.

Age

163

People born on February 5th, 1861 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 163 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1861 - February 19th, 1861

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 384 days, exactly on May 16th, 2025, people who were born on February 5th, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!

59,616 Days

8,516 Weeks

1,958 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 5th, 1861?

February 5th, 1861

In a speech before the U.S. Congress, Representative John Edward Bouligny refused to join his fellow Louisiana congressmen in heeding the state's secession convention and resigning.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress

What else happened on February 5th?

February 5th, 2009

The United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal ran aground (pictured) on a coral reef off the island of Oahu.

February 5th, 2008

Eighty-seven tornadoes occurred over the course of the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak across multiple U.S. states, causing 56 deaths and over $1 billion in damage.

February 5th, 2004

At least 21 cockle-gatherers were drowned by an incoming tide in Morecambe Bay, England, prompting the establishment of the British government's Gangmasters Licensing Authority.

February 5th, 2000

Second Chechen War: As the Battle of Grozny came to a close, Russian forces summarily executed at least 60 civilians in Grozny's Novye Aldi suburb.

February 5th, 1958

After a mid-air collision with a fighter plane during a practice exercise off Tybee Island, Georgia, a U.S. Air Force bomber jettisoned a Mark 15 nuclear bomb, which was presumed lost.

February 5th, 1923

Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford made 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class score.

February 5th, 1917

The U.S. Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson's veto to pass the Immigration Act of 1917, establishing new restrictions on immigrants, including the wholesale ban of people from much of Asia.

February 5th, 1913

Claudio Monteverdi's last opera, L'incoronazione di Poppea, was performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years.

February 5th, 1909

Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced his invention of Bakelite (production device pictured), the world's first synthetic plastic.

February 5th, 1869

Prospectors in Moliagul, Australia, discovered the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the Welcome Stranger.

February 5th, 1818

Charles XIV John (pictured) succeeded to the thrones of Sweden and Norway as the first monarch of the House of Bernadotte.

February 5th, 1637

Ninety-eight sales for rare tulip bulbs were recorded on the last day of tulip mania, a speculative bubble in the Dutch Republic.

February 5th, 2019

Pope Francis became the first pope to celebrate a papal Mass in the Arabian Peninsula.

February 5th, 1985

The mayors of Carthage and Rome signed a symbolic peace treaty to officially end the Third Punic War, 2,134 years after it began.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 5th

Born on February 5th, 1861

August von Parseval

German aviator (1861-1942)

*February 5th, 1861, Frankenthal †February 22nd, 1942, Berlin

Bernhard Schneider

German composer

*February 5th, 1861, Milstrich †November 25th, 1948, Varnsdorf

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 5th?

Dirk Stikker

Politician and badminton player (1897-1979)

*February 5th, 1897, Winschoten †December 23rd, 1979, Wassenaar

Neymar

Brazilian association football player

*February 5th, 1992, Mogi das Cruzes

Fireboy DML

Nigerian singer

*February 5th, 1995, Ogun State

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese footballer (born 1985)

*February 5th, 1985, Funchal

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

Joris-Karl Huysmans

French novelist and art critic

*February 5th, 1848, Paris †May 12th, 1907, Paris

Larry Hillman

Canadian ice hockey player

*February 5th, 1937, Kirkland Lake †June 3rd, 2022

Tom Wilkinson

English actor (1948–2023)

*February 5th, 1948, Leeds †December 30th, 2023, London

Laura Linney

American actress (born 1964)

*February 5th, 1964, Manhattan

Michael Sheen

Welsh actor

*February 5th, 1969, Newport

H. R. Giger

Swiss artist (1940–2014)

*February 5th, 1940, Chur †May 12th, 2014, Zürich

Paul Nevermann

German politician (1902-1979)

*February 5th, 1902, Klein Flottbek †March 22nd, 1979, Puerto de la Cruz

Carlos Tevez

Argentine association football player

*February 5th, 1984, Buenos Aires

Daniel Balavoine

French recording artist; singer-songwriter (1952–1986)

*February 5th, 1952, Alençon †January 14th, 1986, Gourma-Rharous

Thekla Carola Wied

German actress

*February 5th, 1944, Wrocław

Chinedu Ede

German association football player

*February 5th, 1987, Berlin

Frank Pagelsdorf

German association football player and manager

*February 5th, 1958, Hanover

Samuel Sánchez

Spanish former professional road bicycle racer

*February 5th, 1978, Oviedo

David Wiesner

American children's illustrator and writer

*February 5th, 1956, Bridgewater Township

Abhishek Bachchan

Indian actor and film producer (Born 1976)

*February 5th, 1976, Mumbai

Same year
Born in 1861

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata

Fridtjof Nansen

Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)

*October 10th, 1861, Vestre Aker †May 13th, 1930, Polhøgda

Nellie Melba

Australian opera singer

*May 19th, 1861, Melbourne †February 23rd, 1931, Sydney

Friedrich Simon Archenhold

German astronomer

*October 2nd, 1861, Lichtenau †October 14th, 1939, Berlin

Georges Méliès

French film maker and illusionist (1861–1938)

*December 8th, 1861, Paris †January 21st, 1938, Paris

Maximilian von Spee

German admiral

*June 22nd, 1861, Copenhagen †December 8th, 1914, South Atlantic Ocean

Armando Diaz

Italian general (1861-1928)

*December 5th, 1861, Naples †February 29th, 1928, Rome

Marie von Miller

German painter (1861–1933)

*February 22nd, 1861, Munich †August 18th, 1933, Starnberg

Mehmed VI

Last sultan of the Ottoman Empire

*January 14th, 1861, Istanbul †May 16th, 1926, Sanremo

Franz Xaver Engelhart

German composer, priest and choir director

*March 4th, 1861, Geiselhöring †July 14th, 1924, Regensburg

Johannes Angern

*June 13th, 1861, Germany †September 10th, 1938, Berlin

Frederick Jackson Turner

American historian (1861-1932)

*November 14th, 1861, Portage †March 14th, 1932, San Marino

Victor Horta

Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau

*January 6th, 1861, Ghent †September 8th, 1947, City of Brussels

Rudolf Steiner

Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)

*February 25th, 1861, Donji Kraljevec †March 30th, 1925, Dornach

Lou Andreas-Salomé

German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author

*February 12th, 1861, Saint Petersburg †February 5th, 1937, Göttingen

Charles Édouard Guillaume

Swiss physicist (1861-1938)

*February 15th, 1861, Fleurier †June 13th, 1938, Sèvres

Pauline Johnson

Canadian poet and performer

*March 10th, 1861, Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation †March 7th, 1913, Vancouver

Luigi Facta

Italian politician (1861-1930)

*September 13th, 1861, Pinerolo †November 5th, 1930, Pinerolo

José Rizal

Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)

*June 19th, 1861, Calamba †December 30th, 1896, Manila

Ludwig Fulda

German writer

*November 30th, 1861, Frankfurt †March 30th, 1939, Berlin

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 5th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 5th.

26 Martyrs of Japan (in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Anglican Church in Japan)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/26_Martyrs_of_Japan

February 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_5_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)

Constitution Day (Mexico)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Mexico

Crown Princess Mary's birthday (Denmark)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Denmark

Kashmir Solidarity Day (Pakistan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_Solidarity_Day

Liberation Day (San Marino)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino

Runeberg's Birthday (Finland)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Ludvig_Runeberg

Unity Day (Burundi)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Burundi

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

V.II.MDCCCLXI

5.2.1861

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1861 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1861

February 1861

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

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February 5th, 1861

Born on February 5th, 1861

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 59,000 days old!

59,616 Days

8,516 Weeks

1,958 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 5th, 1861?

In a speech before the U.S. Congress, Representative John Edward Bouligny refused to join his fellow Louisiana congressmen in heeding the state's secession convention and resigning.

What else happened on February 5th?

The United States Navy guided missile cruiser Port Royal ran aground (pictured) on a coral reef off the island of Oahu.

Eighty-seven tornadoes occurred over the course of the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak across multiple U.S. states, causing 56 deaths and over $1 billion in damage.

At least 21 cockle-gatherers were drowned by an incoming tide in Morecambe Bay, England, prompting the establishment of the British government's Gangmasters Licensing Authority.

Second Chechen War: As the Battle of Grozny came to a close, Russian forces summarily executed at least 60 civilians in Grozny's Novye Aldi suburb.

After a mid-air collision with a fighter plane during a practice exercise off Tybee Island, Georgia, a U.S. Air Force bomber jettisoned a Mark 15 nuclear bomb, which was presumed lost.

Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford made 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class score.

The U.S. Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson's veto to pass the Immigration Act of 1917, establishing new restrictions on immigrants, including the wholesale ban of people from much of Asia.

Claudio Monteverdi's last opera, L'incoronazione di Poppea, was performed theatrically for the first time in more than 250 years.

Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announced his invention of Bakelite (production device pictured), the world's first synthetic plastic.

Prospectors in Moliagul, Australia, discovered the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the Welcome Stranger.

Charles XIV John (pictured) succeeded to the thrones of Sweden and Norway as the first monarch of the House of Bernadotte.

Ninety-eight sales for rare tulip bulbs were recorded on the last day of tulip mania, a speculative bubble in the Dutch Republic.

Pope Francis became the first pope to celebrate a papal Mass in the Arabian Peninsula.

The mayors of Carthage and Rome signed a symbolic peace treaty to officially end the Third Punic War, 2,134 years after it began.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 5th

Born on February 5th, 1861

German aviator (1861-1942)

German composer

Same Day Who's birthday is on February 5th?

Same year Born in 1861

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 5th

Adelaide of Vilich

Agatha of Sicily

Avitus of Vienne

Bertulf (Bertoul) of Renty

Ingenuinus (Jenewein)

Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson (Episcopal Church (United States))

26 Martyrs of Japan (in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Anglican Church in Japan)

February 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (Mexico)

Crown Princess Mary's birthday (Denmark)

Kashmir Solidarity Day (Pakistan)

Liberation Day (San Marino)

Runeberg's Birthday (Finland)

Unity Day (Burundi)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

5.2.1861

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