August 28th, 1347

Born on August 28th, 1347

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 247,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 847 days, exactly on August 28th, 2026, people who were born on August 28th, 1347 will be 248,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 28th?

August 28th, 2021

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line opens for service

August 28th, 2003

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

August 28th, 1993

The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.

August 28th, 1987

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

August 28th, 1973

Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; during the incident the hostages had bonded with their captors, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.

August 28th, 1963

American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

August 28th, 1955

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

August 28th, 1950

In tennis, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

August 28th, 1914

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight.

August 28th, 1909

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

August 28th, 1833

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

August 28th, 1830

Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

August 28th, 1789

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

August 28th, 1640

Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.

August 28th, 1619

Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 28th?

82

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author (1828–1910)

*August 28th, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana †November 7th, 1910, Astapovo

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

82

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

*August 28th, 1749, Frankfurt †March 22nd, 1832, Weimar

42

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

*August 28th, 1797, Brzeg †August 1st, 1840, Athens

29

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

80

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

*August 28th, 1928, Remscheid †June 9th, 2009, Seehausen am Staffelsee

73

Dietz-Otto Edzard

German Assyriologist

*August 28th, 1930, Bremen †June 2nd, 2004, Munich

49

Carsten Jancker

German association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1974, Grevesmühlen

48

Heinrich Heydemann

German classical archaeologist

*August 28th, 1842, Greifswald †September 10th, 1890, Halle (Saale)

91

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

*August 28th, 1923, Berlin †January 14th, 2015, Berlin

27

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

81

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

*August 28th, 1867, Foggia †November 12th, 1948, Milan

58

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

66

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

*August 28th, 1929, Miami †December 2nd, 1995, Los Angeles

54

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

48

Nick E. Tarabay

Lebanese and American actor

*August 28th, 1975, Beirut

41

Kevin McNaughton

British footballer (born 1982)

*August 28th, 1982, Dundee

40

Manuela Mölgg

Italian alpine skier

*August 28th, 1983, Bruneck

61

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

*August 28th, 1829, Witten †August 9th, 1891, Koblenz-Horchheim

79

José Eduardo dos Santos

President of Angola from 1979 to 2017

*August 28th, 1942, Luanda †July 8th, 2022, Barcelona

Same year
Born in 1347

33

Catherine of Siena

Italian Dominican saint (1347-1380)

*March 25th, 1347, Siena †April 29th, 1380, Rome

47

Dorothea of Montau

Hermitess and visionary

*February 6th, 1347, Mątowy Wielkie †June 25th, 1394, Kwidzyn

46

Alberto d'Este

Marquis of Ferrara and Modena

*February 27th, 1347, Emilia-Romagna †July 30th, 1393, Ferrara

15

Frederick III, Duke of Austria

Austrian duke

*March 31st, 1347, Vienna †December 10th, 1362, Vienna

27

John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

English noble

*August 29th, 1347, Sutton Valence Castle †April 16th, 1375, Picardy

65

Margaret of Durazzo

Queen of Naples and Hungary

*July 28th, 1347, Naples †August 6th, 1412, Baronissi

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Public holidays on August 28th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1347 is a normal year and no leap year.

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