August 2nd, 1656

Born on August 2nd, 1656

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 919 days, exactly on December 10th, 2028, people who were born on August 2nd, 1656 will be 136,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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

Same year
Born in 1656

85

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

*November 8th, 1656, Haggerston †January 14th, 1742, Greenwich

66

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

Sculptor and architect from Austria (1656-1723)

*July 20th, 1656, Graz †April 5th, 1723, Vienna

53

Sebastian Gercken

German politician

*June 15th, 1656, Magdeburg †February 8th, 1710, Lübeck

69

Nikita Demidov

Russian businessman (1656-1725)

*March 26th, 1656, Tula †November 17th, 1725, Tula

69

Nicolaas Hartsoeker

Dutch mathematician and physicist (1656-1725)

*March 26th, 1656, Gouda †December 10th, 1725, Utrecht

7

Guru Har Krishan

The eighth Sikh Guru

*July 7th, 1656, Kiratpur Sahib †March 30th, 1664, Delhi

71

José Antonio de Gaztañeta

Spanish admiral

*August 11th, 1656, Mutriku †February 5th, 1728, Madrid

88

Léon Potier de Gesvres

French archbishop (1656-1744)

*August 15th, 1656, Paris †November 12th, 1744, Versailles

30

Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg

Duches of Saxe-Altenburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt

*January 14th, 1656, Altenburg †January 22nd, 1686, Weißenfels

76

Claude de Forbin Gardane

Army soldier but also senior French naval officer, member of the noble house of Forbin, Forbin Gardane branch ; Admiral and General of the King of Siam

*August 6th, 1656, Gardanne †March 4th, 1733, Marseille

50

Luigi Omodei

Spanish Catholic cardinal

*May 20th, 1656, Madrid †August 18th, 1706, Rome

65

Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein

(1656-1721) Prince of Liechtenstein

*May 28th, 1656, Wilfersdorf Castle †October 11th, 1721, Vienna

70

Jan Frans van Douven

Dutch painter (1656-1727)

*March 2nd, 1656, Roermond †January 1st, 1727, Düsseldorf

60

Anton Egon, Prince of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg

Princely Landgrave of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg and Governor of the Electorate of Saxony

*April 23rd, 1656, Munich †October 10th, 1716, Wermsdorf

75

Giacomo Serpotta

Sicilian Rococo sculptor and stuccoist

*March 10th, 1656, Palermo †February 26th, 1732, Palermo

78

Juan de Goyeneche

Spanish journalist (1656-1735)

*October 12th, 1656, Arizkun †April 12th, 1735, Nuevo Baztán

81

Benoît de Maillet

French naturalists, biologist and diplomat (1656-1738)

*April 12th, 1656, Saint-Mihiel †January 30th, 1738, Marseille

66

Guillaume Dubois

French cardinal and politician (1656-1723)

*September 6th, 1656, Brive-la-Gaillarde †August 10th, 1723, Palace of Versailles

89

Nicolas de Largillière

French painter (1656–1746)

*October 10th, 1656, Paris †March 20th, 1746, Paris

64

John Leake

English naval officer and politician (1656-1720)

*July 4th, 1656, Rotherhithe †August 21st, 1720, Greenwich

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Public holidays on August 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Romani genocide-related observances, including) which are celebrated on August 2nd.

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Leap year

Yes: 1656 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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