August 2nd, 1462

Born on August 2nd, 1462

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 205,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 830 days, exactly on August 5th, 2026, people who were born on August 2nd, 1462 will be 206,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 2nd?

August 2nd, 1973

A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.

August 2nd, 1947

Star Dust, a British South American Airways airliner, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes; its wreckage was not found until 1998.

August 2nd, 1939

Leo Szilard (pictured) penned a letter, signed by Albert Einstein and addressed to U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that Germany may develop atomic bombs, leading to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.

August 2nd, 1932

At the California Institute of Technology, American physicist Carl David Anderson proved the existence of antimatter with the discovery of the positron, for which he would receive the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics.

August 2nd, 1923

Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States after Warren G. Harding suffered a fatal heart attack.

August 2nd, 1920

Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari (pictured) was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn.

August 2nd, 1916

An explosion, blamed on Austro-Hungarian saboteurs, sank the Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci.

August 2nd, 1870

One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in the Tower Subway, a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London.

August 2nd, 1790

The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214.

August 2nd, 1100

While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men.

August 2nd, 0461

Unpopular among the Senate aristocracy for his reforming efforts, Roman emperor Majorian was deposed by Ricimer and executed five days later.

January 1st, 1970

An allied army led by Philip II of Macedon overcame the forces of city-states led by Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over the majority of ancient Greece.

August 2nd, 1945

World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.

August 2nd, 1943

World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.

August 2nd, 1939

Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 2nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 2nd?

31

Charli XCX

English singer-songwriter

*August 2nd, 1992, Cambridge

46

Florian Stetter

German actor

*August 2nd, 1977, Munich

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

29

Tang Yuanting

Chinese badminton player

*August 2nd, 1994, Nanning

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

88

Dora Boothby

English badminton and tennis player

*August 2nd, 1881, Finchley †February 22nd, 1970, Hammersmith

81

Peter O'Toole

British actor (1932–2013)

*August 2nd, 1932, Leeds †December 14th, 2013, Wellington Hospital, London

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

55

Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

35

Rosario Maddaloni

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Torre del Greco

34

Xing Aiying

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1989, Jiangsu

32

Niclas Nøhr

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1991, Vordingborg

31

Kira Kattenbeck

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1992, Steinfurt

30

Tam Chun Hei

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1993, Hong Kong

28

Victor Svendsen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1995, Hjørring

27

Citra Putri Sari Dewi

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Jakarta

24

Elavenil Valarivan

Indian sport shooter

*August 2nd, 1999, Cuddalore

59

Mary-Louise Parker

American actress (born 1964)

*August 2nd, 1964, Fort Jackson

68

Muriel Robin

French actress and comedian

*August 2nd, 1955, Montbrison

Same year
Born in 1462

52

Louis XII of France

King of France

*June 27th, 1462, Blois †January 1st, 1515, Paris

62

Pietro Pomponazzi

Italian philosopher (1462 – 1525)

*September 16th, 1462, Mantua †May 18th, 1525, Bologna

50

Andrea da Murano

Italian painter (1462-1512)

*January 1st, 1462, Murano †January 1st, 1512, Castelfranco Veneto

60

Piero di Cosimo

Italian painter (1462-1522)

*January 2nd, 1462, Florence †April 12th, 1522, Florence

68

Joanna la Beltraneja

Castillian infanta and queen, then queen consort of Portugal too

*February 28th, 1462, Madrid †April 12th, 1530, Lisbon

54

Johannes Trithemius

German writer

*February 1st, 1462, Trittenheim †December 13th, 1516, Würzburg

84

Konrad Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden

German renaissance humanist and canon

*September 8th, 1462, Abtsgmünd †February 6th, 1547, Dillingen an der Donau

73

Johannes Manardus

Italian physician (1462-1536)

*July 24th, 1462, Ferrara †March 8th, 1536, Ferrara

73

Piero de Ponte

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

*August 26th, 1462, Asti †November 18th, 1535, Birgu

66

Edzard I, Count of East Frisia

Count of East Frisia

*January 15th, 1462, Greetsiel †February 14th, 1528, Emden

80

Baccio d'Agnolo

Italian woodcarver, sculptor and architect

*May 19th, 1462, Florence †March 6th, 1543, Florence

84

Roberto Pucci

Catholic cardinal

*November 30th, 1462, Florence †January 17th, 1547, Rome

68

Jeonghyeon

Queen; Korean royal consort

*June 25th, 1462, Joseon †August 22nd, 1530, Gyeongbokgung

42

Philip II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg

*May 31st, 1462, Hanau †August 22nd, 1504, Babenhausen

51

Alexander

Duke and Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and Count of Veldenz

*November 26th, 1462, Palatinate-Zweibrücken †October 21st, 1514, Zweibrücken

44

Engelbert, Count of Nevers

French noble

*September 26th, 1462, Kleve †November 21st, 1506

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Public holidays on August 2nd

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1462 is a normal year and no leap year.

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