August 2nd, 1633

Born on August 2nd, 1633

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 2nd?

August 2nd, 1971

The English rock band the Who released Who's Next, their only album to top the UK charts.

August 2nd, 1973

A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.

August 2nd, 1947

Star Dust, a British South American Airways airliner, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes; its wreckage was not found until 1998.

August 2nd, 1939

Leo Szilard (pictured) penned a letter, signed by Albert Einstein and addressed to U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that Germany may develop atomic bombs, leading to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.

August 2nd, 1932

At the California Institute of Technology, American physicist Carl David Anderson proved the existence of antimatter with the discovery of the positron, for which he would receive the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics.

August 2nd, 1923

Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States after Warren G. Harding suffered a fatal heart attack.

August 2nd, 1920

Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari (pictured) was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn alleged to contain attacks on the ruling dynasty.

August 2nd, 1916

An explosion, blamed on Austro-Hungarian saboteurs, sank the Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci.

August 2nd, 1870

One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in the Tower Subway (interior depicted), a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London.

August 2nd, 1790

The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214.

August 2nd, 1100

While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men.

August 2nd, 0461

Unpopular among the Senate aristocracy for his reforming efforts, Roman emperor Majorian was deposed by Ricimer and executed five days later.

January 1st, 1970

An allied army led by Philip II of Macedon overcame the forces of city-states led by Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over the majority of ancient Greece.

August 2nd, 1914

The French army's general headquarters was activated in anticipation of war with Germany.

August 2nd, 1945

World War II: The Potsdam Conference ends.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 2nd

Same year
Born in 1633

67

James II of England

King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1633–1701)

*October 14th, 1633, London †September 5th, 1701, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

73

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

French military engineer

*April 30th, 1633, Saint-Léger-Vauban †March 30th, 1707, Paris

70

Samuel Pepys

English diarist and administrator (1633–1703)

*February 23rd, 1633, City of London †May 26th, 1703, Clapham

32

Abbas II of Persia

The seventh Safavid king (1642–1666)

*December 20th, 1633, Qazvin †October 26th, 1666, Damghan

54

Geminiano Montanari

Italian astronomer (1633-1687)

*June 1st, 1633, Modena †October 13th, 1687, Padua

48

Charles Eugene, 2nd Duke of Arenberg

Belgian noble (1633-1681)

*May 8th, 1633, Brussels metropolitan area †June 25th, 1681, Mons

76

Martin Hanke

German historian

*February 15th, 1633, Borna †April 20th, 1709, Wrocław

51

Christian von Stökken

German writer (1633-1684)

*August 15th, 1633, Rendsburg †September 4th, 1684, Rendsburg

82

Benedetto Gennari II

Italian painter (1633-1715)

*October 19th, 1633, Cento †December 9th, 1715, Bologna

74

Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

German general, Landgraf of Hesse-Homburg

*March 30th, 1633, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe †January 24th, 1708, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

65

Johann Heinrich Heidegger

Swiss theologian

*July 1st, 1633, Bäretswil †July 18th, 1698, Zürich

71

Johann Christoph Wagenseil

German Christian Hebraist

*November 26th, 1633, Nuremberg †October 9th, 1705, Altdorf bei Nürnberg

85

Georg Christoph Petri von Hartenfels

German physician (1633-1718)

*February 13th, 1633, Erfurt †December 6th, 1718, Erfurt

88

Gerhard Wolter Molanus

German theologian

*November 1st, 1633, Hamelin †September 7th, 1722, Hanover

62

Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

Last Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and last Administrator of Ratzeburg

*February 26th, 1633, Güstrow †October 26th, 1695, Güstrow

43

Sebastian Knüpfer

German composer

*September 6th, 1633, Aš †October 10th, 1676, Leipzig

71

Paolo Boccone

Italian Botanist (1633-1704)

*April 24th, 1633, Palermo †December 22nd, 1704, Altofonte

60

Charles Patin

French physician (1633-1693)

*February 23rd, 1633, Paris †October 10th, 1693, Padua

78

Philippus van Limborch

Dutch theologian

*June 19th, 1633, Amsterdam †April 30th, 1712, Amsterdam

69

Jan de Baen

Dutch painter (1633-1702)

*February 20th, 1633, Haarlem †March 1st, 1702, The Hague

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Public holidays on August 2nd

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1633 is a normal year and no leap year.

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