August 21st, 1573

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Born on August 21st, 1573 – 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 1573)

Born on August 21st, 1573

Weekday

Tuesday

August 21st, 1573 was a Tuesday.

Age

450

People born on August 21st, 1573 will turn 451 this year (2024), in exactly 111 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1573 - August 23rd, 1573

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 164,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 386 days, exactly on May 23rd, 2025, people who were born on August 21st, 1573 will be 165,000 days old!

164,614 Days

23,516 Weeks

5,408 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

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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

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

Hermann Hammerschmidt

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

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 1573

Simon Marius

German astronomer

*January 10th, 1573, Gunzenhausen †December 26th, 1624, Ansbach

Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria

Wittelsbach ruler of Bavaria and prince-elector (Kurfürst) of the Holy Roman Empire

*April 17th, 1573, Munich †September 27th, 1651, Ingolstadt

Giulio Cesare Procaccini

Italian painter, sculptor and engraver (1574-1625)

*November 30th, 1573, Bologna †November 14th, 1625, Milan

Elias Holl

German architect

*February 28th, 1573, Augsburg †January 6th, 1646, Augsburg

William Laud

Archbishop of Canterbury

*October 7th, 1573, Reading †January 10th, 1645, Tower Hill

Odoardo Farnese

Catholic cardinal

*December 6th, 1573, Parma †February 21st, 1626, Parma

Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême

French writer

*May 8th, 1573, Barraux †September 24th, 1650, Paris

Nicolas Coeffeteau

French theologian, poet and historian, was born at Saint-Calais

*November 30th, 1573, Saint-Calais †April 21st, 1623, Paris

Inigo Jones

16th/17th-century English architect; (1573-1652)

*July 15th, 1573, London †June 21st, 1652, London

Thomas Francken

Flemish painter (c.1574-c.1625)

*November 30th, 1573, Antwerp †November 30th, 1648, Antwerp

Ernest Casimir I, Count of Nassau-Dietz

Count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadtholder of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe (1574-1632)

*December 22nd, 1573, Dillenburg †June 2nd, 1632, Roermond

Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland

Queen consort of Poland and Sweden

*August 16th, 1573, Graz †February 10th, 1598, Warsaw

Andries de Witt

Grand Pensionary of Holland (1573-1637)

*June 16th, 1573, Dordrecht †November 26th, 1637, Dordrecht

Giovanni Battista Crespi

Painter, sculptor and architect (1574-1632)

*December 23rd, 1573, Romagnano Sesia †October 23rd, 1632, Milan

Ambrosius Bosschaert

Flemish-Dutch flower painter (1573-1621)

*January 18th, 1573, Antwerp †January 1st, 1621, The Hague

Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Duchess consort of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1573-1626)

*September 4th, 1573, Koldinghus †July 19th, 1626, Brunswick

Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt

Abbess of Gernrode, Electress of Saxony, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg

*March 12th, 1573, Dessau †November 3rd, 1616, Sønderborg

Margaret of Brunswick-Lüneburg

German noble

*April 6th, 1573, Celle †August 7th, 1643, Celle

Miguel de la Fuente

Spanish catholic priest (1573-1626)

*February 28th, 1573, Valladolid †November 30th, 1625, Toledo

Christina of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

Queen consort of Sweden (1573-1625)

*April 12th, 1573, Kiel †December 8th, 1625, Gripsholm Castle

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.MDLXXIII

21.8.1573

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1573 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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August 21st, 1573

Born on August 21st, 1573

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 164,000 days old!

164,614 Days

23,516 Weeks

5,408 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 1573

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

21.8.1573

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 164,000 days old!

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

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Same year
Born in 1573

Calendar
August 1573

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