August 5th, 1654

Born on August 5th, 1654

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 135,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 5th?

August 5th, 2013

A python killed two boys in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada.

August 5th, 2015

United States Environmental Protection Agency personnel accidentally caused a spillage (aftermath pictured) of 3 million gallons (11 million litres) of mine waste water and tailings trapped inside the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado.

August 5th, 2011

NASA launched the Juno probe to Jupiter as part of the New Frontiers program.

August 5th, 1993

Wizards of the Coast released Magic: The Gathering, the first trading card game.

August 5th, 1984

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft crashed while attempting to land in Dhaka, killing 49 people in the deadliest aviation accident in Bangladeshi history.

August 5th, 1981

U.S. president Ronald Reagan fired the 11,345 striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization en masse.

August 5th, 1962

American actress and model Marilyn Monroe was found dead of a barbiturate overdose in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles.

August 5th, 1916

First World War: The British Empire's Sinai and Palestine campaign began with a victory at the Battle of Romani.

August 5th, 1888

Bertha Benz made the first long-distance automobile trip, driving 106 km (66 mi) from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany, in a Benz Patent-Motorwagen.

August 5th, 1816

Sir John Barrow, secretary at the Admiralty, rejected a proposal to use Francis Ronalds's electrical telegraph, deeming it "wholly unnecessary".

August 5th, 1772

Russia, Prussia and Habsburg Austria began the First Partition of Poland, with the primary motive to restore the regional balance of power in Eastern Europe.

August 5th, 1716

Austro-Turkish War: The Ottoman army were defeated in their attempt to capture the Habsburgs-controlled Petrovaradin Fortress despite having double the number of soldiers.

August 5th, 1689

Beaver Wars: Aggravated by increased French incursions into their territory, a large force of Mohawk warriors substantially destroyed the settlement of Lachine in present-day Quebec.

August 5th, 1278

King Alfonso X of Castile was forced to abandon the Siege of Algeciras, the first of many on the city during the Spanish Reconquista.

August 5th, 1100

Henry I was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 5th

Same year
Born in 1654

62

Heinrich Georg Neuss

German pastor, preacher and theologian

*January 1st, 1654, Elbingerode †January 1st, 1716, Wernigerode

58

Joshua Barnes

British classical scholar (1654-1712)

*January 10th, 1654, London †August 3rd, 1712, Cambridgeshire

53

Michiel de Swaen

Southern Dutch playwright and poet

*January 20th, 1654, Dunkirk †May 3rd, 1707, Dunkirk

67

Tommaso Bonaventura della Gherardesca

Count of the noble Florentine family of the Gherardesca

*July 24th, 1654, Florence †September 21st, 1721, Florence

73

Nicodemus Tessin the Younger

Swedish architect (1654-1728)

*May 23rd, 1654, Nyköping †April 10th, 1728, Stockholm

73

Agostino Steffani

Italian ecclesiastic, diplomat and composer

*July 25th, 1654, Castelfranco Veneto †February 12th, 1728, Frankfurt

73

Jakob Abbadie

French Protestant minister and writer, Dean of Killaloe in Ireland

*January 1st, 1654, Nay †September 25th, 1727, Marylebone

53

Gottlob Friedrich Seligmann

German theologian

*November 21st, 1654, Hainewalde †December 24th, 1707, Dresden

64

Sophie Amalie Moth

Danish noblewoman

*March 28th, 1654, Copenhagen †January 17th, 1719, Jomfruens Egede

64

Heinrich Rüdiger von Ilgen

German diplomat and politician (1654-1718)

*September 30th, 1654, Petershagen †December 6th, 1718, Britz

60

Giuseppe Passeri

Italian painter (1654-1714)

*March 12th, 1654, Rome †November 2nd, 1714, Rome

79

Danylo Apostol

Hetman of the Ukrainian Cossacks

*December 14th, 1654, Velyki Sorochyntsi †January 17th, 1734, Velyki Sorochyntsi

72

Andreas Gärtner

German astronomer

*December 24th, 1654, Quatitz/Chwaćicy †February 2nd, 1727, Dresden

71

Johann Adolf von Anhalt-Zerbst

German poet

*December 2nd, 1654, Zerbst †March 19th, 1726, Zerbst

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1654 is a normal year and no leap year.

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