May 14th, 1861

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Born on May 14th, 1861 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 14th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 14th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1861)

Born on May 14th, 1861

Weekday

Tuesday

May 14th, 1861 was a Tuesday.

Age

162

People born on May 14th, 1861 will turn 163 this year (2024), in exactly 20 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1861 - May 21st, 1861

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 485 days, exactly on August 22nd, 2025, people who were born on May 14th, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!

59,515 Days

8,502 Weeks

1,955 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

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What happened on May 14th?

May 14th, 2008

On the day of the UEFA Cup Final, violence erupted between football hooligan supporters of both teams and the Greater Manchester Police, resulting in 39 arrests and 39 injured officers.

May 14th, 1980

Salvadoran Civil War: Refugees trying to flee El Salvador across the Sumpul River to Honduras were attacked by both Salvadoran and Honduran forces, resulting in at least 300 deaths.

May 14th, 1951

Trains ran on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since its preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.

May 14th, 1948

David Ben-Gurion publicly read the Israeli Declaration of Independence at Independence Hall in Tel Aviv.

May 14th, 1943

Second World War: Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, killing 268 people aboard.

May 14th, 1940

World War II: The bulk of Dutch forces surrendered to the German Wehrmacht, ending the Battle of the Netherlands.

May 14th, 1939

In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and twenty-one days.

May 14th, 1931

Five people were killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers opened fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.

May 14th, 1878

The last witchcraft trial in the United States opened in Salem, Massachusetts.

May 14th, 1868

Boshin War: Troops of the Tokugawa shogunate withdrew from the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle and retreated north towards Nikkō and Aizu.

May 14th, 1863

American Civil War: Union troops captured Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.

May 14th, 1857

Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma.

May 14th, 1856

Major Henry C. Wayne arrived in Indianola, Texas, with 34 camels to form the short-lived United States Camel Corps (pictured).

May 14th, 1804

Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the Corps of Discovery left Camp Dubois near present-day Hartford, Illinois, to begin the first overland expedition to the West Coast of the United States and back.

May 14th, 1264

Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes (monument pictured) and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 14th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 14th?

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

*May 14th, 1921, Christiania †April 29th, 2007, Oslo

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

Mark Zuckerberg

American internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

John Charles Fields

Canadian mathematician (1863–1932)

*May 14th, 1863, Hamilton †August 9th, 1932, Toronto

Cate Blanchett

Australian actor (born 1969)

*May 14th, 1969, Melbourne

Tim Roth

English actor (born 1961)

*May 14th, 1961, Dulwich

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

Kurt Eisner

German politician and journalist (1867-1919)

*May 14th, 1867, Berlin †February 21st, 1919, Munich

Franz-Georg Rössler

German Esperantist

*May 14th, 1949, Ruppertsberg †March 17th, 2017, Dudenhofen

Norodom Sihamoni

King of Cambodia

*May 14th, 1953, Phnom Penh

Siân Phillips

British actress (1933-)

*May 14th, 1933, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Simonetta Sommaruga

Politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

*May 14th, 1960, Zug

Vilém Mrštík

Czech writer (1863–1912)

*May 14th, 1863, Jimramov †March 2nd, 1912, Diváky

Adam Stefan Sapieha

Catholic cardinal (1867–1951)

*May 14th, 1867, Krasiczyn †July 21st, 1951, Kraków

Nigel Reo-Coker

English association football player (born 1984)

*May 14th, 1984, Southwark

Bertie Charles Forbes

American journalist

*May 14th, 1880, New Deer †May 6th, 1954, New York City

Magnus Hirschfeld

German physician and sexologist (1868–1935)

*May 14th, 1868, Kołobrzeg †May 14th, 1935, Nice

Max Herrmann

German theatrologist

*May 14th, 1865, Berlin †November 17th, 1942, Theresienstadt concentration camp

Robert Zemeckis

American filmmaker (born 1952)

*May 14th, 1952, Chicago

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

Maximilian von Spee

German admiral

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

Georges Méliès

French film maker and illusionist (1861–1938)

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

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 May 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 14th.

Earliest day on which the first day of Sanja Matsuri can fall, while May 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third weekend of May. (Sensō-ji, Tokyo)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanja_Matsuri

Flag Day (Paraguay)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Day

Hastings Banda's Birthday (Malawi)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Malawi

National Unification Day (Liberia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Liberia

The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival. (Izumo-taisha)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo-taisha

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIV.V.MDCCCLXI

14.5.1861

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

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

Calendar
May 1861

May 1861

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May 14th, 1861

Born on May 14th, 1861

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

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

59,515 Days

8,502 Weeks

1,955 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 14th?

On the day of the UEFA Cup Final, violence erupted between football hooligan supporters of both teams and the Greater Manchester Police, resulting in 39 arrests and 39 injured officers.

Salvadoran Civil War: Refugees trying to flee El Salvador across the Sumpul River to Honduras were attacked by both Salvadoran and Honduran forces, resulting in at least 300 deaths.

Trains ran on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since its preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.

David Ben-Gurion publicly read the Israeli Declaration of Independence at Independence Hall in Tel Aviv.

Second World War: Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, killing 268 people aboard.

World War II: The bulk of Dutch forces surrendered to the German Wehrmacht, ending the Battle of the Netherlands.

In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and twenty-one days.

Five people were killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers opened fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.

The last witchcraft trial in the United States opened in Salem, Massachusetts.

Boshin War: Troops of the Tokugawa shogunate withdrew from the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle and retreated north towards Nikkō and Aizu.

American Civil War: Union troops captured Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.

Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma.

Major Henry C. Wayne arrived in Indianola, Texas, with 34 camels to form the short-lived United States Camel Corps (pictured).

Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the Corps of Discovery left Camp Dubois near present-day Hartford, Illinois, to begin the first overland expedition to the West Coast of the United States and back.

Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes (monument pictured) and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 14th

Same Day Who's birthday is on May 14th?

Same year Born in 1861

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 14th

Boniface of Tarsus

Matthias the Apostle (Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion)

Michael Garicoïts

Mo Chutu of Lismore (Roman Catholic Church)

Victor and Corona

May 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which the first day of Sanja Matsuri can fall, while May 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third weekend of May. (Sensō-ji, Tokyo)

Flag Day (Paraguay)

Hastings Banda's Birthday (Malawi)

National Unification Day (Liberia)

The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival. (Izumo-taisha)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

14.5.1861

Legend

Leap year

Calendar May 1861

May 1861

Date of birth

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

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 14th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 14th?

Same year
Born in 1861

Calendar
May 1861

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
18			1	2	3	4	5
19	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
20	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
21	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
22	27	28	29	30	31