August 1st, 1628

Born on August 1st, 1628

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 145,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 673 days, exactly on April 26th, 2028, people who were born on August 1st, 1628 will be 146,000 days old!

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What happened on August 1st?

August 1st, 2009

A shooting at a branch of the Israeli LGBT organization the Aguda in Tel Aviv resulted in two deaths.

August 1st, 2007

Bridge 9340, carrying Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, United States, suffered a catastrophic failure and collapsed (aftermath pictured), killing 13 people and injuring 145 others.

August 1st, 2004

Nearly 400 people died in a supermarket fire in Asunción, Paraguay, when exits were locked to prevent people from stealing merchandise.

August 1st, 1991

U.S. president George H. W. Bush delivered a speech in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev warning against independence from the Soviet Union.

August 1st, 1984

Commercial peat cutters discovered a preserved bog body, now known as Lindow Man (head pictured), at Lindow Moss in Cheshire, England.

August 1st, 1981

"Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles became the first music video broadcast on the American cable television network MTV.

August 1st, 1971

The Concert for Bangladesh, a pair of benefit concerts organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar for refugees of the Bangladesh genocide, took place at Madison Square Garden in New York.

August 1st, 1946

Several days of anti-Jewish rioting began in Bratislava, instigated by former Slovak partisans opposed to the restitution of Jewish property after the Holocaust in Slovakia.

August 1st, 1911

Harriet Quimby became the first woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator certificate.

August 1st, 1892

Jef Denyn hosted the world's first carillon concert at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen, Belgium.

August 1st, 1876

Colorado was admitted as the 38th U.S. state.

August 1st, 1842

Three days of rioting erupted after a parade in Philadelphia, celebrating the end of slavery in the West Indies, was attacked by a mob.

August 1st, 1814

Britain celebrated a Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of the Battle of the Nile.

August 1st, 1801

First Barbary War: USS Enterprise, an American schooner, captured the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of Libya.

August 1st, 1798

French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile, between a British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson and a French fleet under François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, began at Aboukir Bay off the Egyptian coast.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 1st

Born on August 1st, 1628

55

Johann Adam Schertzer

German theologian (1628-1683)

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

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

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

63

John Page

Virginian planter, merchant and politician (1628–1692)

*December 26th, 1628, Sudbury †January 23rd, 1692

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 1st

Fixed holidays (Emancipation Day is commemorated in many parts of the former British Empire, which marks the day the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into effect which abolished chattel slavery in the British Empire, Christian feast day, The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere) which are celebrated on August 1st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

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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