August 21st, 1607

Born on August 21st, 1607

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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 1607

70

Anna Maria van Schurman

Dutch painter (1607-1678)

*November 5th, 1607, Cologne †May 4th, 1678, Wiuwert

69

Paul Gerhardt

German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer (1607-1676)

*March 12th, 1607, Gräfenhainichen †May 27th, 1676, Lübben (Spreewald)

63

Andreas Heinrich Bucholtz

German writer, poet, theologian and translator

*November 25th, 1607, Schöningen †May 20th, 1671, Brunswick

44

James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby

English Royalist peer (1607-1651)

*January 31st, 1607, Knowsley Hall †October 15th, 1651, Bolton

63

Antonio Barberini

Italian cardinal (1607-1671), nephew of Pope Urban VIII

*August 5th, 1607, Rome †August 3rd, 1671, Nemi

39

Isaac Jogues

Beatified Martyred Jesuit Priest

*January 15th, 1607, Orléans †October 18th, 1646, Auriesville

68

Christian Hoburg

German theologian

*July 23rd, 1607, Lüneburg †October 29th, 1675, Altona

77

Innico Caracciolo

17th-century Roman Catholic cardinal

*March 7th, 1607, Naples †January 30th, 1685, Naples

27

Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst

Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1607-1634)

*September 25th, 1607, Zerbst †September 26th, 1634, Hitzacker

80

Brandanus Daetrius

German theologian

*June 4th, 1607, Hamburg †January 1st, 1688, Wolfenbüttel

60

Johann von Rist

German poet and dramatist

*March 8th, 1607, Hamburg †August 31st, 1667, Wedel

69

Michiel de Ruyter

Dutch admiral (1607-1676)

*March 24th, 1607, Vlissingen †April 29th, 1676, Syracuse

69

Wenceslaus Hollar

Czech cartographer, painter of nature, portrait painter and engraver

*July 13th, 1607, Prague †March 25th, 1677, London

63

Sebastian von Rostock

German bishop (1607-1671)

*August 24th, 1607, Grodków †June 9th, 1671, Wrocław

54

John Kemény

Prince of Transylvania (1607-1662)

*December 14th, 1607, Bichiș †January 23rd, 1662, Daneș

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1607 is a normal year and no leap year.

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