August 21st, 1650

Born on August 21st, 1650

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

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What happened on August 21st?

August 21st, 2007

BioShock was released in North America, becoming a critical success and a demonstration of video games as an art form.

August 21st, 2015

Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting.

August 21st, 2013

Syrian civil war: Areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in Ghouta, Damascus, were attacked by rockets (launcher pictured) containing sarin, killing at least 281 people.

August 21st, 1986

A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.

August 21st, 1963

South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas (one pictured) across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.

August 21st, 1945

American physicist Harry Daghlian accidentally dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a plutonium bomb core, exposing himself to neutron radiation and later becoming the first Manhattan Project fatality due to a criticality accident.

August 21st, 1944

World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy.

August 21st, 1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army lost the Battle of the Tenaru, the first of its three major land offensives during the Guadalcanal campaign.

August 21st, 1911

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (pictured) was stolen from the Louvre by museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years later.

August 21st, 1858

The first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas (both pictured), candidates for an Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate, was held in Ottawa, Illinois.

August 21st, 1808

Peninsular War: British and Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.

August 21st, 1789

The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.

August 21st, 1717

Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

August 21st, 1716

Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: Ottoman forces suddenly abandoned their siege of Corfu, allowing the Republic of Venice to preserve its rule over the Ionian Islands.

August 21st, 1689

Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

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

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Public holidays on August 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on August 21st.

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Leap year

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

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