August 23rd, 1113

Born on August 23rd, 1113

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 333,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 614 days, exactly on February 7th, 2028, people who were born on August 23rd, 1113 will be 334,000 days old!

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What happened on August 23rd?

August 23rd, 1960

Congo Crisis: In order to stop the secession of South Kasai from the Republic of Congo, Armée Nationale Congolaise forces launched an invasion of South Kasai.

August 23rd, 1954

The Cruise of the Kings, a royal cruise organised by the Queen Consort of Greece, Frederica of Hanover, departed from Marseille, France.

August 23rd, 2010

A former Philippine National Police officer hijacked a tourist bus in Manila, holding its occupants hostage for nearly eleven hours and killing eight of them before being killed by police himself.

August 23rd, 2006

Natascha Kampusch (pictured), who had been abducted at the age of ten in Vienna, escaped from her captor's house in Strasshof an der Nordbahn after more than eight years in captivity.

August 23rd, 1989

Singing Revolution: Approximately two million people joined hands to form a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres (419.7 mi) across the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet republics to demonstrate their desire for independence.

August 23rd, 1944

King Michael dismissed the pro-Axis government of General Ion Antonescu, placing Romania on the side of the Allies for the remainder of World War II.

August 23rd, 1943

Second World War: A decisive Soviet victory against German forces at the Battle of Kursk gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.

August 23rd, 1939

Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (pictured), a ten-year mutual non-aggression treaty, which also secretly divided northern and eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence.

August 23rd, 1933

The Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane made landfall in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and went on to cause at least 47 deaths in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region.

August 23rd, 1914

In their first major action of the First World War, the British Expeditionary Force engaged German troops in Mons, Belgium.

August 23rd, 1898

The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departed London.

August 23rd, 1873

The Albert Bridge, spanning the River Thames in London, opened to traffic.

August 23rd, 1775

King George III issued a proclamation that declared elements of the American colonies of Great Britain to be in a state of "open and avowed rebellion".

August 23rd, 1514

Ottoman forces defeated the Safavids at the Battle of Chaldiran, gaining control of eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq.

August 23rd, 1305

William Wallace, a leader of Scottish resistance against England during the Wars of Scottish Independence, was hanged, drawn and quartered.

Public holidays on August 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism or Black Ribbon Day) which are celebrated on August 23rd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1113 is a normal year and no leap year.

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