August 22nd, 1614

Born on August 22nd, 1614

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What happened on August 22nd, 1614?

August 22nd, 1614

Fettmilch Uprising: Jews are expelled from Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, following the plundering of the Judengasse.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fettmilch_uprising

What else happened on August 22nd?

August 22nd, 2006

Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to accept the medal.

August 22nd, 2003

Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court of Alabama building.

August 22nd, 1962

An assassination attempt orchestrated by the OAS takes place against Charles de Gaulle, although he is uninjured.

August 22nd, 2015

A former military aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham Airport in southern England, killing eleven people.

August 22nd, 1985

A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M at Manchester Airport, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation, and leading to changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective.

August 22nd, 1984

The constitution of Singapore was amended to apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates in Parliament, which had hitherto entirely comprised members of the People's Action Party.

August 22nd, 1961

Ida Siekmann jumped from a window in her tenement building trying to flee to West Berlin, becoming the first person to die at the Berlin Wall.

August 22nd, 1914

First World War: A squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards attacked a German scout party, the first engagement of British forces on the Western Front.

August 22nd, 1864

Under the leadership of Henry Dunant and the International Committee of the Red Cross, twelve European states signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing rules for the protection of victims of armed conflict.

August 22nd, 1851

The yacht America won the race for the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns (trophy pictured), later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England.

August 22nd, 1777

American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured).

August 22nd, 1711

Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.

August 22nd, 1642

King Charles I raised the royal standard at Nottingham, marking the beginning of the First English Civil War.

August 22nd, 1639

The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in present-day Chennai, the capital of the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to the East India Company.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 22nd

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

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

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