August 2nd, 1646

Born on August 2nd, 1646

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

Born on August 2nd, 1646

68

Jean du Casse

French admiral and buccaneer

*August 2nd, 1646, Saubusse †June 25th, 1715, Bourbon-l'Archambault

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Born in 1646

70

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)

*July 1st, 1646, Leipzig †November 14th, 1716, Hanover

73

John Flamsteed

English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal

*August 19th, 1646, Denby †December 31st, 1719, Burstow

53

Christian V of Denmark

King of Denmark and Norway (1646-1699)

*April 15th, 1646, Flensburg †August 25th, 1699, Copenhagen

38

Elena Cornaro Piscopia

Venetian philosopher (1646–1684)

*June 5th, 1646, Venice †July 26th, 1684, Padua

62

Jules Hardouin-Mansart

French Baroque architect

*April 16th, 1646, Paris †May 11th, 1708, Marly-le-Roi

68

Antoine Galland

French orientalist, numismatist and translator (1646–1715)

*April 4th, 1646, Rollot †February 17th, 1715, Paris

37

Maria Francisca of Savoy

Queen of Portugal

*June 21st, 1646, Paris †December 27th, 1683, Lisbon

68

Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert

French law-maker and a Jansenist

*February 17th, 1646, Rouen †October 10th, 1714, Rouen

62

Magnus Daniel Omeis

German author (1646-1708)

*September 6th, 1646, Nuremberg †November 22nd, 1708, Altdorf bei Nürnberg

72

Robert Daniell

American politician

*April 20th, 1646, Cardigan †May 1st, 1718, Daniel Island

45

Frederick I of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

First Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1646-1691)

*June 15th, 1646, Gotha †August 2nd, 1691, Friedrichswerth

87

Marguerite Perier

French nun, daughter of Blaise Pascal

*April 6th, 1646, Clermont-Ferrand †April 14th, 1733, Clermont-Ferrand

57

Joseph Parrocel

French painter (1646-1704)

*October 3rd, 1646, Brignoles †March 1st, 1704, Paris

58

Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné

French salonnière and countess

*October 10th, 1646, Paris †August 13th, 1705, Marseille

82

Jean Hardouin

French classical scholar (1646-1729)

*December 23rd, 1646, Quimper †September 3rd, 1729, Paris

62

Robert Bolling

American planter and merchant 1646 - 1709

*December 26th, 1646, London †July 17th, 1709

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1646 is a normal year and no leap year.

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