August 1st, 1632

Born on August 1st, 1632

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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

Same year
Born in 1632

72

John Locke

English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)

*August 29th, 1632, Wrington †October 28th, 1704, High Laver

44

Benedictus de Spinoza

Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)

*November 24th, 1632, Amsterdam †February 21st, 1677, The Hague

54

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Italian-born French composer (1632–1687)

*November 28th, 1632, Florence †March 22nd, 1687, Paris

90

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists

*October 24th, 1632, Delft †August 26th, 1723, Delft

62

Samuel von Pufendorf

German philosopher

*January 8th, 1632, Dorfchemnitz †October 26th, 1694, Berlin

32

Katherine Philips

Anglo-Welsh poet and translator (1632–1664)

*January 1st, 1632, London †June 22nd, 1664, London

74

Kaspar von Stieler

Poet (1632-1707)

*August 2nd, 1632, Erfurt †June 24th, 1707, Jena

77

Esprit Fléchier

French Catholic bishop, preacher and writer

*June 10th, 1632, Pernes-les-Fontaines †February 16th, 1710, Montpellier

57

Michael I Apafi

Hungarian Prince of Transylvania (1632-1690)

*November 3rd, 1632, Gherla †April 15th, 1690, Făgăraș

79

John Houblon

First Governor of the Bank of England,; (1632-1712

*March 13th, 1632, London †January 10th, 1712, London

43

George III, Landgrave of Hesse-Itter

Landgrave of Hesse-Itter from 1661 to 1676

*September 29th, 1632, Darmstadt †July 19th, 1676, Hof Lauterbach

6

Francis Hyacinth of Savoy

Duke of Savoy

*September 14th, 1632, Turin †October 4th, 1638, Turin

18

Simon Philip, Count of Lippe

Count of Lippe-Detmold (1632-1650)

*April 6th, 1632, Detmold †June 19th, 1650, Florence

70

Johann Georg Graevius

German academic

*January 29th, 1632, Naumburg †January 11th, 1703, Utrecht

85

Wang Hui

Chinese painter (1632-1717)

*January 1st, 1632, Changshu †January 1st, 1717, Changshu

42

Claude Lefèbvre

French painter and engraver (1632-1675)

*September 12th, 1632, Fontainebleau †April 25th, 1675, Paris

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: 1632 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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