August 21st, 1622

Born on August 21st, 1622

Age in days, weeks and months
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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 1622

51

Molière

French playwright and actor (1622–1673)

*January 15th, 1622, Paris †February 17th, 1673, Paris

81

Vincenzo Viviani

Italian scientist (1622-1703)

*April 5th, 1622, Florence †September 22nd, 1703, Florence

57

Karl Heinrich von Metternich-Winneburg

Archbishop (1622-1679)

*January 1st, 1622, Koblenz †January 1st, 1679, Aschaffenburg

68

Jacques Savary

French writer

*September 22nd, 1622, Doué-la-Fontaine †October 7th, 1690, Paris

76

Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

German field marshal and last Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1622-1698)

*August 3rd, 1622, Neuenstein †December 26th, 1698, Frankfurt

44

Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili

Catholic cardinal

*February 21st, 1622, Naples †July 26th, 1666, Palazzo Pamphilj

66

Joseph-Antoine de La Barre

Governor of New France

*February 21st, 1622, Valois †May 4th, 1688, Paris

43

Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg and Brunswick-Lüneburg

*February 25th, 1622, Herzberg am Harz †March 15th, 1665, Celle

78

Friedrich Ulrich Calixt

German theologian

*March 8th, 1622, Helmstedt †January 13th, 1701, Helmstedt

62

Jakob Thomasius

German philosopher (1622-1684)

*August 27th, 1622, Leipzig †September 9th, 1684, Leipzig

32

Carel Fabritius

Painter from the Northern Netherlands

*February 1st, 1622, Middenbeemster †October 12th, 1654, Delft

88

Robert Treat

English soldier, governor of the Connecticut Colony

*February 23rd, 1622, Pitminster †July 12th, 1710, Milford

42

Johannes Clauberg

German philosopher (1622-1665)

*February 24th, 1622, Solingen †January 31st, 1665, Duisburg

52

Cort Adeler

Naval commander, merchant

*December 16th, 1622, Brevik †November 5th, 1675, Copenhagen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1622 is a normal year and no leap year.

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