August 21st, 1590

Born on August 21st, 1590

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 159,000 days old!

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What happened on August 21st?

August 21st, 2007

BioShock was released in North America, becoming a critical success and a demonstration of video games as an art form.

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 (one pictured) 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 and 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 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 clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

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

Same year
Born in 1590

86

Clement X

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1670 to 1676

*July 13th, 1590, Rome †July 22nd, 1676, Rome

53

Johannes Steuber

German theologian (1590-1643)

*January 16th, 1590, Schwickartshausen †February 5th, 1643, Marburg

64

David Blondel

French minister and theologian

*September 25th, 1590, Châlons-en-Champagne †April 6th, 1655, Amsterdam

51

Johann Matthäus Meyfart

German theologian and writer

*November 9th, 1590, Jena †January 26th, 1642, Erfurt

59

Manuel de Faria e Sousa

Portuguese writer and historian (1590-1649)

*March 18th, 1590, Pombeiro de Ribavizela †June 3rd, 1649, Madrid

86

Anne Clifford

Noblewoman; English countess (1590-1676)

*January 30th, 1590, Skipton Castle †March 22nd, 1676, Brougham Castle

68

Johannes Crocius

German protestant theologian (1590-1659)

*July 28th, 1590, Bad Laasphe †July 1st, 1659, Marburg

70

Daniel Seghers

Flemish painter and Jesuit (1590-1661)

*December 3rd, 1590, Antwerp †November 2nd, 1661, Antwerp

72

William Pynchon

Founder of Springfield, Massachusetts 1590-1662

*October 11th, 1590, Springfield †October 29th, 1662

59

Owen Roe O'Neill

Irish soldier

*January 1st, 1590, County Armagh †November 6th, 1649, Cavan

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1590 is a normal year and no leap year.

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