Birth anniversary

Hannes Alfvén

Born on May 30, 1908

118

Years ago

119th anniversary next

The 119th anniversary falls on May 30, 2027, in 218 days.

Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén (Swedish:; 30 May 1908 – 2 April 1995) was a Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). He described the class of MHD waves now known as Alfvén waves.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Explore

Share this anniversary

Related people4

1265–1321

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (Italian:; most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri; c. May 1265 – September 14, 1321), widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

LiteratureDied aged 56

View profile

Photo: Sandro Botticelli · Public domain

1694–1778

Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet (French:; 21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his pen name Voltaire (US also; French:), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

LiteratureDied aged 84

View profile

Photo: Nicolas de Largillière · CC0

1412–1431

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc; Middle French: Jehanne Darc; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and securing the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

MilitaryDied aged 19

View profile

Photo: Clément de Fauquembergue · Public domain

1577–1640

Peter Paul Rubens

Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ROO-bənz; Dutch:; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

ArtDied aged 62

View profile

Photo: Peter Paul Rubens · Public domain