August 21st, 1475

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Born on August 21st, 1475 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 21st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 21st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1475)

Born on August 21st, 1475

Weekday

Saturday

August 21st, 1475 was a Saturday.

Age

548

People born on August 21st, 1475 will turn 549 this year (2024), in exactly 49 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1475 - August 23rd, 1475

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 200,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 530 days, exactly on December 15th, 2025, people who were born on August 21st, 1475 will be 201,000 days old!

200,470 Days

28,638 Weeks

6,586 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 21st?

August 21st, 2015

Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting.

August 21st, 2013

Syrian civil war: Areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in Ghouta, Damascus, were attacked by rockets (launcher pictured) containing sarin, killing at least 281 people.

August 21st, 1986

A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.

August 21st, 1963

South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.

August 21st, 1945

American physicist Harry Daghlian accidentally dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a plutonium bomb core, exposing himself to neutron radiation and later becoming the first Manhattan Project fatality due to a criticality accident.

August 21st, 1944

World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy.

August 21st, 1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army lost the Battle of the Tenaru, the first of its three major land offensives during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

August 21st, 1911

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (pictured) was stolen from the Louvre by museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years later.

August 21st, 1858

The first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas (both pictured), candidates for an Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate, was held in Ottawa, Illinois.

August 21st, 1808

Peninsular War: British–Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.

August 21st, 1789

The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.

August 21st, 1717

Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

August 21st, 1716

Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: Ottoman forces suddenly abandoned their siege of Corfu, allowing the Republic of Venice to preserve its rule over the Ionian Islands.

August 21st, 1689

Jacobite risings: Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

August 21st, 1689

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 21st?

Elīza Tīruma

Latvian luger

*August 21st, 1990, Sigulda

Malynda Hale

Musical artist

*August 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter

*August 21st, 1986, Sherwood Content

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

*August 21st, 1916, Wallingford †November 3rd, 2005, Northwood

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

Alizée

French singer (born 1984)

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

*August 21st, 1988, Leszno, Warsaw West County

Hermann Hammerschmidt

*August 21st, 1887, Cottbus †November 30th, 1944

Sergey Brin

American billionaire businessman (born 1973)

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

William IV

King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 1830 to 1837

*August 21st, 1765, Buckingham Palace †June 20th, 1837, Windsor Castle

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

Clarence Williams III

American actor (1939–2021)

*August 21st, 1939, New York City †June 4th, 2021, Los Angeles

Frédéric Mitterrand

French writer, director, television host and politician

*August 21st, 1947, 16th arrondissement of Paris †March 21st, 2024

Hayden Panettiere

American actress, model, singer, and activist

*August 21st, 1989, Palisades

Same year
Born in 1475

Michelangelo

Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet (1475–1564)

*March 6th, 1475, Caprese Michelangelo †February 18th, 1564, Rome

Leo X

Son of Lorenzo de' Medici fia, pope from 1513 to 1521

*December 11th, 1475, Florence †December 1st, 1521, Rome

Sebastiano Serlio

Italian architect and painter (1475-1554)

*September 6th, 1475, Bologna †November 30th, 1553, Fontainebleau

Thomas Murner

German writer (1475-1537)

*December 24th, 1475, Obernai †November 30th, 1536, Obernai

Giovanni di Bernardo Rucellai

Renaissance humanist, grandson of Giovanni di Paolo Rucellai

*October 20th, 1475, Florence †April 3rd, 1525, Rome

Cesare Borgia

Duke of Romagna and former Catholic cardinal

*September 13th, 1475, Subiaco †March 12th, 1507, Viana

Sebastian Cabot

Venetian explorer and mapmaker in the service of Spain and England

*November 30th, 1475, Venice †November 30th, 1556, London

Clemens Sender

German historian

*November 23rd, 1475, Lauingen †February 26th, 1537, Augsburg

Jean de Selve

French diplomat

*April 17th, 1475, Limousin †December 10th, 1529, Paris

Beatrice d’Este

Duchess of Milan and Bari, virago and woman of state

*June 29th, 1475, Ferrara †January 3rd, 1497, Milan

Crinitus

Italian humanist

*January 9th, 1475, Florence †July 5th, 1507, Florence

Jean de Witte

Bishop in the 16th century

*August 6th, 1475, Bruges †August 15th, 1540, Bruges

Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy

French nobleman and politician

*September 6th, 1475, Haute-Savoie †May 13th, 1519, Montpellier

Giovanni Piccolomini

Catholic cardinal

*October 9th, 1475, Siena †November 21st, 1537, Siena

Giuliano Bugiardini

Italian painter

*January 29th, 1475, Florence †February 17th, 1554, Florence

Afonso, Prince of Portugal

Prince heir apparent, son of John II of Portugal

*May 18th, 1475, Lisbon †July 13th, 1491, Tagus River

Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick

English Earl

*February 25th, 1475, Warwick Castle †November 28th, 1499, Tower Hill

Anne of York

Fifth daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville

*November 2nd, 1475, Palace of Westminster †November 23rd, 1511

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on August 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXI.VIII.MCDLXXV

21.8.1475

Legend

M = 1000

CD = 400

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1475 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1475

August 1475

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August 21st, 1475

Born on August 21st, 1475

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 200,000 days old!

200,470 Days

28,638 Weeks

6,586 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 21st?

Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting.

Syrian civil war: Areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in Ghouta, Damascus, were attacked by rockets (launcher pictured) containing sarin, killing at least 281 people.

A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.

South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.

American physicist Harry Daghlian accidentally dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a plutonium bomb core, exposing himself to neutron radiation and later becoming the first Manhattan Project fatality due to a criticality accident.

World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy.

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army lost the Battle of the Tenaru, the first of its three major land offensives during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (pictured) was stolen from the Louvre by museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years later.

The first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas (both pictured), candidates for an Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate, was held in Ottawa, Illinois.

Peninsular War: British–Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.

The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.

Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: Ottoman forces suddenly abandoned their siege of Corfu, allowing the Republic of Venice to preserve its rule over the Ionian Islands.

Jacobite risings: Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 21st?

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Abraham of Smolensk (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Euprepius of Verona

Maximilian of Antioch

Our Lady of Knock

Pope Pius X

Sidonius Apollinaris

August 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)

Youth Day (Morocco)

World Senior Citizen's Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

21.8.1475

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 200,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

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Same year
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Calendar
August 1475

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
30							1
31	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
32	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
33	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
34	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
35	30	31