August 21st, 1651

Born on August 21st, 1651

Age in days, weeks and months
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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 1651

79

Christoph von Steiger

Swiss politician (1651–1731)

*November 23rd, 1651, Bern †August 18th, 1731, Bern

43

Juana Inés de la Cruz

Mexican writer, philosopher, composer and poet

*November 12th, 1651, Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz †April 17th, 1695, Mexico City

63

François Fénelon

French archbishop, theologian and writer (1651–1715)

*August 6th, 1651, Sainte-Mondane †January 7th, 1715, Cambrai

71

André Dacier

French scholar (1651-1722)

*April 6th, 1651, Castres †September 18th, 1722, Paris

80

Christian Vater

German botanist, physician, and university teacher (1651–1732)

*November 16th, 1651, Jüterbog †October 6th, 1732, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

65

John Somers, 1st Baron Somers

British Baron

*March 4th, 1651, Claines †April 26th, 1716, North Mymms

87

Samuel Bernard

French financier

*October 29th, 1651, Sancerre †January 18th, 1739, Paris

34

Charles II, Elector Palatine

Elector Palatine from 1680 to 1685

*March 31st, 1651, Heidelberg †May 26th, 1685, Heidelberg

65

Engelbert Kaempfer

German botanist (1651–1716)

*September 16th, 1651, Lemgo †November 2nd, 1716, Lieme

67

Georg Friedrich Meinhart

German theologian (1651-1718)

*April 4th, 1651, Ohrdruf †April 10th, 1718, Arnstadt

80

Balthasar Permoser

German sculptor (1651-1732)

*August 13th, 1651, Traunstein †February 18th, 1732, Dresden

68

Francis Daniel Pastorius

German-born American educator, lawyer, poet, and public official

*September 26th, 1651, Sommerhausen †November 30th, 1719, Germantown

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1651 is a normal year and no leap year.

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