August 3rd, 1524

Born on August 3rd, 1524

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 3rd?

August 3rd, 1971

Fighting Dinosaurs, a fossil specimen featuring a Velociraptor and a Protoceratops in combat, was unearthed in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia.

August 3rd, 2009

The last vessels involved in Taurus 09, a Royal Navy training deployment covering 20,400 miles (32,800 km), returned to HMNB Devonport, England.

August 3rd, 1460

James II of Scotland is killed by an exploding cannon at Roxburgh Castle.

August 3rd, 1975

A privately chartered Boeing 707 (aircraft involved pictured) struck a mountain peak and crashed near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.

August 3rd, 1347

Hundred Years' War: The French town of Calais capitulated to English forces after an eleven-month siege, ending the Crécy campaign.

August 3rd, 2005

Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.

August 3rd, 1997

The Sky Tower, then the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened in Auckland, New Zealand.

August 3rd, 1948

Before the House Un-American Activities Committee of the United States House of Representatives, former spy turned government informer Whittaker Chambers accused U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss of being a communist and a Soviet spy.

August 3rd, 1940

World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days.

August 3rd, 1936

African-American athlete Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, dashing Nazi leaders' hopes of Aryan domination at the games.

August 3rd, 1929

Jiddu Krishnamurti (pictured), believed by some Theosophists to be a likely candidate for the messianic "World Teacher", dissolved the Order of the Star, the organisation established to support him.

August 3rd, 1913

An agricultural workers' strike in Wheatland degenerated into a riot, becoming one of the first major farm-labor confrontations in California.

August 3rd, 1903

Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaimed a republic, which existed for ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.

August 3rd, 1857

Indian Rebellion: An eight-day siege of a fortified outbuilding in Arrah occupied by 68 defenders against more than 10,000 men ended when a relief party dispersed the besiegers.

August 3rd, 2023

Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 3rd

Same year
Born in 1524

39

Rani Durgavati

Queen regent of Gondwana (1524–1564)

*October 5th, 1524, Banda district †June 24th, 1564, Achalpur

62

Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg

Duchess consort of Mecklenburg

*October 14th, 1524, Denmark †October 15th, 1586, Gedser

65

François Hotman

French jurisconsult

*August 23rd, 1524, Paris †February 12th, 1590, Basel

82

Adolph Occo III

German doctor and scholar (1526-1606)

*October 17th, 1524, Augsburg †October 28th, 1606, Augsburg

61

Ottavio Farnese

Duke of Parma (1524-1586)

*October 9th, 1524, Valentano †September 18th, 1586, Parma

75

Johann Latomus

Catholic priest and chronicler from Frankfurt am Main

*January 24th, 1524, Frankfurt †January 1st, 1600, Frankfurt

60

Giovanni Francesco Commendone

Catholic cardinal (1523-1585)

*March 17th, 1524, Venice †December 26th, 1584, Padua

59

Thomas Erastus

Swiss Calvinist theologian and physician

*September 7th, 1524, Baden †December 31st, 1583, Basel

62

Johannes Vischer

German physician and university teacher

*December 19th, 1524, Wemding †April 21st, 1587, Tübingen

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.) which are celebrated on August 3rd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1524 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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