August 22nd, 1240

Born on August 22nd, 1240

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 286,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 701 days, exactly on June 3rd, 2026, people who were born on August 22nd, 1240 will be 287,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 22nd?

August 22nd, 2015

A former military aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham Airport in southern England, killing eleven people.

August 22nd, 1985

A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation and bringing about changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective.

August 22nd, 1984

The constitution of Singapore was amended to apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates in Parliament, which had hitherto entirely comprised members of the People's Action Party.

August 22nd, 1961

Ida Siekmann jumped from a window in her tenement building trying to flee to West Berlin, becoming the first person to die at the Berlin Wall.

August 22nd, 1914

First World War: A squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards attacked a German scout party, the first engagement of British forces on the Western Front.

August 22nd, 1864

Under the leadership of Henry Dunant and the International Committee of the Red Cross, twelve European states signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing rules for the protection of victims of armed conflict.

August 22nd, 1851

The yacht America won the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns race, later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England.

August 22nd, 1777

American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured).

August 22nd, 1711

Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.

August 22nd, 1642

King Charles I raised the royal standard at Nottingham, marking the beginning of the First English Civil War.

August 22nd, 1639

The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in present-day Chennai, the capital of the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to the East India Company.

August 22nd, 1485

Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England at the Battle of Bosworth Field, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses.

August 22nd, 1153

The fortress of Ascalon was surrendered by the Fatimid Caliphate to an army of crusaders, Templars, and Hospitallers led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem.

August 22nd, 2007

The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.

August 22nd, 2006

Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 22nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 22nd?

104

Simone Schaller

American hurdler

*August 22nd, 1912, Manchester †October 20th, 2016, Arcadia

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

75

Chuck Brown

American guitarist, bandleader and singer (1936-2012)

*August 22nd, 1936, Gaston †May 16th, 2012, Baltimore

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

35

Minelli

Romanian singer-songwriter

*August 22nd, 1988, Slobozia

86

Dietmar Kienast

German historian of classical antiquity and university teacher (1925-2012)

*August 22nd, 1925, Berlin †February 13th, 2012, Olching

28

Dua Lipa

English and Albanian singer (born 1995)

*August 22nd, 1995, Westminster

101

Leni Riefenstahl

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902–2003)

*August 22nd, 1902, Berlin †September 8th, 2003, Pöcking

92

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989

*August 22nd, 1904, Guanganzhou †February 19th, 1997, Beijing

52

Richard Armitage

English actor

*August 22nd, 1971, Huncote

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

91

Ray Bradbury

American author and screenwriter

*August 22nd, 1920, Waukegan †June 5th, 2012, Los Angeles

45

James Corden

English actor, comedian, singer and television host

*August 22nd, 1978, Hillingdon

50

Laurent Lafitte

French actor

*August 22nd, 1973, Fresnes

40

Theo Bos

Dutch road cyclist and track cyclist

*August 22nd, 1983, Hierden

53

Ricco Groß

German biathlete

*August 22nd, 1970, Bad Schlema

55

Claude Debussy

French classical composer (1862–1918)

*August 22nd, 1862, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †March 25th, 1918, 16th arrondissement of Paris

78

Ron Dante

American musician, songwriter, record producer

*August 22nd, 1945, Staten Island

29

Israel Broussard

American actor

*August 22nd, 1994, Gulfport

38

Charles Clerke

British Royal Navy officer

*August 22nd, 1741, Essex †August 22nd, 1779, Kamchatka Peninsula

50

Kristen Wiig

American actress and comedian (born 1973)

*August 22nd, 1973, Canandaigua

71

Rudy Ricciotti

French architect

*August 22nd, 1952, Kouba

53

Jeannette Arndt

German actress and director

*August 22nd, 1970, Berlin

66

Denis Papin

French physicist, mathematician and inventor (*1647 – †1713)

*August 22nd, 1647, Chitenay †August 26th, 1713, London

95

Henri Cartier-Bresson

French photographer (1908–2004)

*August 22nd, 1908, Chanteloup-en-Brie †August 3rd, 2004, Montjustin

87

Werner Stengel

German engineer; roller coaster designer

*August 22nd, 1936, Bochum

70

Louis Martin

Father of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, spouse of and Marie-Azélie Guérin (1823-1894)

*August 22nd, 1823, Bordeaux †July 29th, 1894, Arnières-sur-Iton

59

Mats Wilander

Swedish tennis player

*August 22nd, 1964, Växjö

49

Peter Tauber

German politician

*August 22nd, 1974, Frankfurt

79

Karlheinz Stockhausen

German composer

*August 22nd, 1928, Mödrath †December 5th, 2007, Kürten

39

Diana Sands

American actress (1934–1973)

*August 22nd, 1934, New York City †September 21st, 1973, New York City

64

Mark Williams

English actor, comedian, screenwriter and presenter

*August 22nd, 1959, Bromsgrove

60

Tori Amos

American singer-songwriter and pianist

*August 22nd, 1963, Newton

73

Dorothy Parker

American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967)

*August 22nd, 1893, West End †June 7th, 1967, New York City

37

Keiko Kitagawa

Japanese actress

*August 22nd, 1986, Kobe

66

Steve Davis

English snooker player

*August 22nd, 1957, Plumstead

88

Annie Proulx

American novelist, short story and non-fiction author (b. 1935)

*August 22nd, 1935, Norwich

68

Chiranjeevi

Indian actor

*August 22nd, 1955, Mogalthur

56

Robert Leroux

French fencer

*August 22nd, 1967, Casablanca

26

Lautaro Martínez

Argentine association football player

*August 22nd, 1997, Bahía Blanca

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Leap year

Yes: 1240 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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