August 21st, 1557

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Born on August 21st, 1557 – 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 1557)

Born on August 21st, 1557

Weekday

Wednesday

August 21st, 1557 was a Wednesday.

Age

466

People born on August 21st, 1557 will turn 467 this year (2024), in exactly 116 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1557 - August 23rd, 1557

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 170,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 547 days, exactly on October 26th, 2025, people who were born on August 21st, 1557 will be 171,000 days old!

170,453 Days

24,350 Weeks

5,600 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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 City

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

Hermann Hammerschmidt

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

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

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

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

Melvin Van Peebles

American filmmaker

*August 21st, 1932, Chicago †September 21st, 2021, Manhattan

Mohammed

King of Morocco since 1999

*August 21st, 1963, Rabat

Clarence Williams III

American actor (1939–2021)

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

Same year
Born in 1557

Feodor I of Russia

Tsar of Russia (1557-1598)

*May 31st, 1557, Pereslavl-Zalessky †January 7th, 1598, Moscow

Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor; (1557-1619)

*February 24th, 1557, Vienna †March 20th, 1619, Vienna

Martin Behm

German theologian and writer (1557-1622)

*September 16th, 1557, Lubań †February 5th, 1622, Lubań

Jacques Mauduit

French composer

*September 16th, 1557, Paris †August 21st, 1627, Paris

Vittoria Accoramboni

Italian noble (1557-1585)

*February 15th, 1557, Gubbio †December 22nd, 1585, Padua

Frederick, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein

German Count Palantine

*April 11th, 1557, Meisenheim †December 17th, 1597, Schloss Friedrichsburg

Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel

English nobleman and Catholic saint (1557-1595)

*June 28th, 1557, London †October 19th, 1595, London

Ernst Cothmann

German university teacher (1557-1624)

*December 6th, 1557, Lemgo †April 13th, 1624, Rostock

Agostino Carracci

Bolognese painter of the Baroque (1557-1602)

*August 16th, 1557, Bologna †March 22nd, 1602, Parma

Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

Queen consort of Denmark and Norway

*September 4th, 1557, Wismar †October 14th, 1631, Nykøbing Falster

Anne Howard, Countess of Arundel

English countess and poet

*March 21st, 1557, Carlisle †April 19th, 1630, Shifnal

Stephen Bocskay

Prince of Transylvania (1557–1606)

*January 1st, 1557, Cluj-Napoca †December 29th, 1606, Košice

Alfonso Fontanelli

Italian composer

*February 15th, 1557, Reggio Emilia †February 11th, 1622, Rome

György Thurzó

Palatine of Hungary (1557-1616)

*September 2nd, 1557, Lietava †December 26th, 1616, Bytča

Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg

*August 19th, 1557, Montbéliard †January 29th, 1608, Stuttgart

Casimir VI, Duke of Pomerania

Non-reigning Duke of Pomerania and Lutheran Administrator of Cammin Prince-Bishopric (1557-1605)

*March 22nd, 1557, Wolgast †May 10th, 1605, Darłowo

Lew Sapieha

Polish–Lithuanian noble (1557-1633)

*April 4th, 1557, Astroŭna †July 7th, 1633, Vilnius

Leandro Bassano

Italian painter (1557-1622)

*June 10th, 1557, Bassano del Grappa †April 15th, 1622, Venice

Sibylle of Jülich-Cleves-Berg

Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg by birth and by marriage Margravine of Burgau

*August 26th, 1557, Kleve †January 1st, 1628, Günzburg

Georg Huber

(1557-1642)

*January 1st, 1557, St. Gallen †August 29th, 1642

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.MDLVII

21.8.1557

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1557 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1557

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August 21st, 1557

Born on August 21st, 1557

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 170,000 days old!

170,453 Days

24,350 Weeks

5,600 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?

Same year Born in 1557

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

21.8.1557

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 170,000 days old!

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

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

Same year
Born in 1557

Calendar
August 1557

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