August 3rd, 1641

Born on August 3rd, 1641

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What happened on August 3rd?

August 3rd, 1971

Fighting Dinosaurs, a fossil specimen featuring a Velociraptor and a Protoceratops in combat, was unearthed in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia.

August 3rd, 2009

The last vessels involved in Taurus 09, a Royal Navy training deployment covering 20,400 miles (32,800 km), returned to HMNB Devonport, England.

August 3rd, 1460

James II of Scotland is killed by an exploding cannon at Roxburgh Castle.

August 3rd, 1975

A privately chartered Boeing 707 (aircraft involved pictured) struck a mountain peak and crashed near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.

August 3rd, 1347

Hundred Years' War: The French town of Calais capitulated to English forces after an eleven-month siege, ending the Crécy campaign.

August 3rd, 2005

Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.

August 3rd, 1997

The Sky Tower, then the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened in Auckland, New Zealand.

August 3rd, 1948

Before the House Un-American Activities Committee of the United States House of Representatives, former spy turned government informer Whittaker Chambers accused U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss of being a communist and a Soviet spy.

August 3rd, 1940

World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days.

August 3rd, 1936

African-American athlete Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, dashing Nazi leaders' hopes of Aryan domination at the games.

August 3rd, 1929

Jiddu Krishnamurti (pictured), believed by some Theosophists to be a likely candidate for the messianic "World Teacher", dissolved the Order of the Star, the organisation established to support him.

August 3rd, 1913

An agricultural workers' strike in Wheatland degenerated into a riot, becoming one of the first major farm-labor confrontations in California.

August 3rd, 1903

Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaimed a republic, which existed for ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.

August 3rd, 1857

Indian Rebellion: An eight-day siege of a fortified outbuilding in Arrah occupied by 68 defenders against more than 10,000 men ended when a relief party dispersed the besiegers.

August 3rd, 2023

Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 3rd

Same year
Born in 1641

64

Samuel Bottschild

German artist (1641–1706)

*July 30th, 1641, Sangerhausen †May 29th, 1706, Dresden

79

Robert Knox

English sea captain for the British East India Company

*February 8th, 1641, London †June 19th, 1720, London

88

Johann Georg Seidenbusch

German priest (1641-1729)

*April 5th, 1641, Munich †December 10th, 1729, Aufhausen

76

Nicolaes Witsen

Mayor of Amsterdam (1641-1717)

*May 8th, 1641, Amsterdam †August 10th, 1717, Amsterdam

56

Beat Fischer

Politician (1641-1698)

*May 23rd, 1641, Bern †March 23rd, 1698, Bern

76

Fernando de Alencastre, 1st Duke of Linares

Soldier and viceroy

*April 15th, 1641, Spain †June 3rd, 1717, Mexico City

70

Nehemiah Grew

English plant anatomist and physiologist (1641-1712)

*September 26th, 1641, Warwickshire †March 25th, 1712, London

50

François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois

Secretary of State for War under Louis XIV (1641-1691)

*January 18th, 1641, Paris †July 16th, 1691, Versailles

53

Christian Albert I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

*February 3rd, 1641, Gottorf Castle †January 6th, 1695, Gottorf Castle

69

Albert Anton, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*November 14th, 1641, Rudolstadt †December 15th, 1710, Rudolstadt

50

Dudley North

English politician and businessman (1641-1692)

*May 16th, 1641, Westminster †December 31st, 1691, London

52

Johann Weikhard von Valvasor

Carnolian scientist

*May 28th, 1641, Ljubljana †September 19th, 1693, Krško

81

Robert Sibbald

Scottish physician and antiquary (1641-1722)

*April 15th, 1641, Edinburgh †August 9th, 1722, Edinburgh

38

Tokugawa Ietsuna

Tokugawa shogun (1641-1680)

*September 7th, 1641, Edo Castle †June 4th, 1680, Edo Castle

78

Anthonie Heinsius

Grand Pensionary of Holland (1641-1720)

*November 23rd, 1641, Delft †August 3rd, 1720, The Hague

72

Hans Wachtmeister

Swedish count, admiral and governor-general (1641-1714)

*December 24th, 1641, Stockholm †February 15th, 1714, Stockholm

66

Konrad Samuel Schurzfleisch

German librarian and historian (1641-1708)

*December 3rd, 1641, Korbach †July 7th, 1708, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

74

Hans Rudolf Tschudi

(1641-1716)

*October 11th, 1641, Gretschins †June 24th, 1716

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.) which are celebrated on August 3rd.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1641 is a normal year and no leap year.

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