July 8th, 1628

Born on July 8th, 1628

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What happened on July 8th?

July 8th, 2022

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe (pictured) was assassinated with an improvised firearm due to resentment against the Unification Church.

July 8th, 1990

West Germany won the FIFA World Cup final against defending champions Argentina, with Andreas Brehme scoring the game's only goal.

July 8th, 2021

Head of a Bear (pictured) sold at auction in London for a total of £8.8 million, a record for a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.

July 8th, 2014

In the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-final at the Mineirão, Germany defeated Brazil 7–1 (players pictured), breaking several tournament records.

July 8th, 2003

Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashed near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.

July 8th, 1994

Upon the death of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il (pictured) became the supreme leader of North Korea.

July 8th, 1980

Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashed near Almaty International Airport in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan) killing all 166 people on board.

July 8th, 1966

King Mwambutsa IV of Burundi was deposed in a coup d'état by his son, Prince Charles Ndizi.

July 8th, 1965

Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 was destroyed by a bomb near 100 Mile House, Canada, killing 52.

July 8th, 1962

Following student protests at Rangoon University, Burmese general Ne Win ordered the demolition of the historic students' union building.

July 8th, 1950

Korean War: American troops withdrew from Cheonan, in modern-day South Korea, after suffering heavy casualties from a North Korean attack.

July 8th, 1947

Following reports of the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Forces personnel near Roswell, New Mexico, the military stated that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon.

July 8th, 1874

Members of the North-West Mounted Police at Fort Dufferin began their March West, their first journey to the Canadian Prairies.

July 8th, 1776

The United States Declaration of Independence received its first formal public reading, in Philadelphia.

July 8th, 1758

French and Indian War: French forces defeated the British at Fort Carillon in the British colony of New York.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 8th

Same year
Born in 1628

75

Charles Perrault

French author (1628-1703)

*January 12th, 1628, Paris †May 16th, 1703, Paris

66

Marcello Malpighi

Italian physician (1628-1694)

*March 10th, 1628, Crevalcore †November 29th, 1694, Rome

74

Dominique Bouhours

French literary critic

*May 15th, 1628, Paris †May 27th, 1702, Paris

91

Carlo Cignani

Italian painter (1628-1719)

*May 15th, 1628, Bologna †September 8th, 1719, Forlì

51

Guillaume Courtois

French painter of the Late Baroque (1628-1679)

*January 1st, 1628, Franche-Comté †June 15th, 1679, Rome

24

Marek Sobieski

Polish nobleman

*May 24th, 1628, Zolochiv †June 3rd, 1652, Chetvertinivka

78

Oswald Onghers

Flemish painter (1628-1706)

*October 5th, 1628, Mechelen †December 24th, 1706, Würzburg

86

Conrad von Rosen

French general of baltic origin

*September 29th, 1628, Livonia †August 3rd, 1715, Bollwiller

55

Johann Adam Schertzer

German theologian (1628-1683)

*August 1st, 1628, Cheb †December 23rd, 1683, Leipzig

55

Cornelis Speelman

Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (1628-1684)

*March 2nd, 1628, Rotterdam †January 11th, 1684, Jakarta

81

Alvise II Mocenigo

Doge of Venice (1628-1709)

*January 3rd, 1628, Venice †May 6th, 1709, Venice

66

Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé

French noble (1628-1694)

*February 25th, 1628, Brézé †April 16th, 1694, Châteauroux

56

Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Queen consort of Denmark and Norway

*March 24th, 1628, Herzberg am Harz †February 20th, 1685, Copenhagen

86

César d'Estrées

Catholic cardinal (1628-1714)

*February 5th, 1628, Paris †December 18th, 1714, Paris

51

Frans Burman

Dutch theologian (1628-1679)

*January 13th, 1628, Leiden †November 12th, 1679, Utrecht

86

Constantin Christian Dedekind

German poet, dramatist and composer

*April 2nd, 1628, Reinsdorf †January 1st, 1715, Dresden

86

Daniel Papebroch

Flemish Jesuit hagiographer (1628–1714)

*March 17th, 1628, Antwerp †June 28th, 1714, Antwerp

65

August Friedrich Mockel

German politician (1628-1694)

*December 2nd, 1628, Schwäbisch Hall †August 8th, 1694, Heilbronn

72

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath

English Royalist soldier and statesman

*August 29th, 1628, Kilkhampton †August 22nd, 1701

72

Tokugawa Mitsukuni

Daimyo of the early Edo period; 2nd lord of Mito (1628-1701)

*July 11th, 1628, Mito †January 14th, 1701

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Leap year

Yes: 1628 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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