August 1st, 1650

Born on August 1st, 1650

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 137,000 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

Same year
Born in 1650

51

William III of England

King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1702

*November 14th, 1650, The Hague †March 8th, 1702, Kensington Palace

53

Steven Blankaart

Dutch entomologist

*October 24th, 1650, Middelburg †February 23rd, 1704, Amsterdam

64

William Dampier

British pirate and explorer (1651-1715)

*November 30th, 1650, East Coker †January 1st, 1715, London

72

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

English soldier and statesman (1650-1722)

*May 26th, 1650, Musbury †June 16th, 1722, Cumberland Lodge

64

Ferdinand Christoph Harpprecht

German jurist and university teacher (1650-1714)

*June 3rd, 1650, Tübingen †November 9th, 1714, Tübingen

47

Frederick Casimir Kettler

Duke of Courland

*July 6th, 1650, Jelgava †January 22nd, 1698, Jelgava

66

Johann Martin Veith

Swiss draughtsperson (1650-1717)

*May 9th, 1650, Schaffhausen †April 14th, 1717, Schaffhausen

50

Georg Bose

German merchant

*January 25th, 1650, Leipzig †July 23rd, 1700, Leipzig

59

Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild

German noble (1650-1710)

*November 19th, 1650, Gotha †May 13th, 1710, Römhild

69

Luigi Priuli

Italian cardinal (1650-1720)

*September 15th, 1650, Venice †March 15th, 1720, Rome

58

Anne Jules de Noailles

Second Duke of Noailles

*February 5th, 1650, Paris †October 2nd, 1708, Versailles

67

Domenico Martinelli

Italian architect (1650-1718)

*November 30th, 1650, Lucca †September 11th, 1718, Lucca

37

Nell Gwyn

Royal mistress (1650-1687)

*February 2nd, 1650, London †November 14th, 1687, London

54

Marian Schirmer

*November 21st, 1650, Brunn am Gebirge †June 27th, 1705, Vienna

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

No: With 365 days 1650 is a normal year and no leap year.

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