August 21st, 1656

Born on August 21st, 1656

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 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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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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