August 2nd, 1614

Born on August 2nd, 1614

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 2nd?

August 2nd, 1971

The English rock band the Who released Who's Next, their only album to top the UK charts.

August 2nd, 1973

A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.

August 2nd, 1947

Star Dust, a British South American Airways airliner, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes; its wreckage was not found until 1998.

August 2nd, 1939

Leo Szilard (pictured) penned a letter, signed by Albert Einstein and addressed to U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that Germany may develop atomic bombs, leading to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.

August 2nd, 1932

At the California Institute of Technology, American physicist Carl David Anderson proved the existence of antimatter with the discovery of the positron, for which he would receive the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics.

August 2nd, 1923

Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States after Warren G. Harding suffered a fatal heart attack.

August 2nd, 1920

Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari (pictured) was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn alleged to contain attacks on the ruling dynasty.

August 2nd, 1916

An explosion, blamed on Austro-Hungarian saboteurs, sank the Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci.

August 2nd, 1870

One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in the Tower Subway (interior depicted), a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London.

August 2nd, 1790

The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214.

August 2nd, 1100

While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men.

August 2nd, 0461

Unpopular among the Senate aristocracy for his reforming efforts, Roman emperor Majorian was deposed by Ricimer and executed five days later.

January 1st, 1970

An allied army led by Philip II of Macedon overcame the forces of city-states led by Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over the majority of ancient Greece.

August 2nd, 1914

The French army's general headquarters was activated in anticipation of war with Germany.

August 2nd, 1945

World War II: The Potsdam Conference ends.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 2nd

Same year
Born in 1614

58

John Wilkins

Secretary of the Royal Society and Bishop of Chester

*February 14th, 1614, Fawsley †November 19th, 1672, London

77

Marc'Antonio Pasqualini

Italian opera singer and composer (1614-1691)

*April 25th, 1614, Rome †July 3rd, 1691, Rome

76

Hieronymus van Beverningh

Dutch diplomat and politician (1614-1690)

*April 25th, 1614, Gouda †October 30th, 1690, Warmond

66

Martin Geier

German theologian

*April 24th, 1614, Leipzig †September 12th, 1680, Freiberg

58

Franciscus Sylvius

Physician and chemist of Leyden, Netherlands

*March 15th, 1614, Hanau †November 19th, 1672, Leiden

71

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey

Anglo-Irish royalist statesman who served as Lord Privy Seal 1673–1682

*July 10th, 1614, Dublin †April 6th, 1686, London

65

Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

Administrator of the archbishopric of Magdeburg (1614-1680)

*August 13th, 1614, Dresden †June 4th, 1680, Halle (Saale)

48

Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria

Austrian archduke (1614-1662)

*January 5th, 1614, Wiener Neustadt †November 20th, 1662, Vienna

72

Henry More

English philosopher (1614–1687)

*October 12th, 1614, Grantham †September 1st, 1687, Cambridge

67

Jahanara Begum

Padshah Begum and Mughal Princess (1614-1681)

*April 2nd, 1614, Agra †September 16th, 1681, Delhi

59

Helena Fourment

Second wife of Peter Paul Rubens (1614-1673)

*April 11th, 1614, Antwerp †July 15th, 1673, City of Brussels

46

Martino Martini

Italian Jesuit missionary, cartographer and historian (1614-1661)

*September 20th, 1614, Trento †June 6th, 1661, Hangzhou

50

Henry II of Lorraine, Duke of Guise

Duke of Guise

*April 4th, 1614, Paris †June 2nd, 1664, Paris

59

Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg (1614-1674)

*December 16th, 1614, Stuttgart †July 2nd, 1674, Stuttgart

71

Gustaf Otto Stenbock

Swedish politician (1614-1685)

*September 7th, 1614, Länghems församling †September 24th, 1685, Stockholm

85

Sigmund von Erlach

Swiss politician (1614-1699)

*October 3rd, 1614, Bern †December 7th, 1699

52

Sebastián Martínez

Spanish baroque painter (c.1615-1667)

*November 30th, 1614, Jaén †October 13th, 1667, Madrid

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Romani genocide-related observances, including) which are celebrated on August 2nd.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1614 is a normal year and no leap year.

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