August 31st, 1657

Born on August 31st, 1657

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 76 days, exactly on July 18th, 2024, people who were born on August 31st, 1657 will be 134,000 days old!

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What happened on August 31st?

August 31st, 2019

A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.

August 31st, 2016

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff was removed from office following her impeachment on charges of criminal administrative misconduct.

August 31st, 2002

Typhoon Rusa made landfall in Goheung as the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, killing at least 236 people.

August 31st, 1997

Diana, Princess of Wales (pictured), her partner Dodi Fayed, and their driver were killed in a car crash in Paris.

August 31st, 1969

On the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival 1969, an event attended by approximately 150,000 people over three days, Bob Dylan appeared in his first gig in three years.

August 31st, 1959

A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, failed to kill Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia.

August 31st, 1942

The Matagorda hurricane, the most intense and costliest tropical cyclone of the 1942 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing $26.5 million in damages and eight deaths.

August 31st, 1941

World War II: A detachment of Chetniks captured the town of Loznica in German-occupied Serbia.

August 31st, 1940

Second World War: Two Royal navy destroyers were lost to mines and two other vessels damaged off Texel, Netherlands, killing around 300 men.

August 31st, 1939

Nazi forces, posing as Poles, staged an attack against the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany, creating an excuse to invade Poland the next day.

August 31st, 1907

Russia and the United Kingdom signed the Anglo-Russian Convention, defining their respective spheres of interest in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet.

August 31st, 1897

Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the Kinetoscope, a precursor to the modern movie projector.

August 31st, 1888

The body of Mary Ann Nichols, the alleged first victim of an unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper (depicted), was found in Buck's Row, London.

August 31st, 1876

Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire was deposed after a reign of 93 days on grounds of mental illness.

August 31st, 1218

Al-Kamil became the fourth sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 31st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 31st?

73

Hermann von Helmholtz

German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894)

*August 31st, 1821, Potsdam †September 8th, 1894, Charlottenburg

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

74

Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

*August 31st, 1949, Philadelphia

75

Holger Osieck

German association football player and manager

*August 31st, 1948, Duisburg

81

Maria Montessori

Italian pedagogue and physician

*August 31st, 1870, Chiaravalle †May 6th, 1952, Noordwijk

71

Herbert Reul

German politician (CDU)

*August 31st, 1952, Langenfeld

49

Marc Webb

American music video and film director

*August 31st, 1974, Bloomington

22

Amanda Anisimova

American tennis player

*August 31st, 2001, Freehold Township

52

Chris Tucker

American actor and comedian

*August 31st, 1971, Atlanta

83

Roland Culver

Actor (1900-1984)

*August 31st, 1900, Highgate †March 1st, 1984, Henley-on-Thames

83

Warren Berlinger

American actor

*August 31st, 1937, Brooklyn †December 2nd, 2020, Valencia

41

Pepe Reina

Spanish association football player

*August 31st, 1982, Madrid

67

Tsai Ing-wen

President of Taiwan since 2016

*August 31st, 1956, Zhongshan District

52

Charmaine Craig

American actress

*August 31st, 1971, United States of America

69

Robert Kocharyan

Second President of Armenia

*August 31st, 1954, Khankendi

38

Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi crown prince and Minister of Defense (born 1985)

*August 31st, 1985, Riyadh

27

Fabio Jakobsen

Dutch cyclist

*August 31st, 1996, Gorinchem

82

Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948 (1880-1962)

*August 31st, 1880, Noordeinde Palace †November 28th, 1962, Het Loo Palace

53

Queen Rania of Jordan

Queen Consort of Jordan

*August 31st, 1970, Kuwait City

72

William Saroyan

Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (1908-1981)

*August 31st, 1908, Fresno †May 18th, 1981, Fresno

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Born in 1657

78

Jean Leclerc

Genevan theologian and biblical scholar (1657-1736)

*March 29th, 1657, Geneva †January 8th, 1736, Amsterdam

55

Frederick I of Prussia

1657 – 1713, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia in personal union (Brandenburg-Prussia)

*July 11th, 1657, Königsberg †February 25th, 1713, Berlin

83

Samuel Werenfels

Swiss theologian

*March 1st, 1657, Basel †June 1st, 1740, Basel

79

Domenico Rossi

Swiss architect (1657-1737)

*December 28th, 1657, Morcote †March 8th, 1737, Venice

68

Michel Richard Delalande

French composer

*December 15th, 1657, Paris †June 18th, 1726, Versailles

68

Arai Hakuseki

Japanese scholar and official (1657–1725)

*March 24th, 1657, Edo †June 29th, 1725, Sendagaya

59

Samuel Faber

German historian

*March 3rd, 1657, Altdorf bei Nürnberg †April 10th, 1716, Nuremberg

69

Maria Anna Lindmayr

German nun

*September 24th, 1657, Munich †December 6th, 1726, Munich

54

Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein

Art collector and prince of Liechtenstein (1657-1712)

*August 16th, 1657, Brno †June 16th, 1712, Vienna

14

Frederick William III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

Last Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

*July 12th, 1657, Altenburg †April 14th, 1672, Altenburg

46

Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia

Russian tsarevna (1657–1704)

*September 27th, 1657, Moscow †July 14th, 1704, Moscow

99

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

French writer and philosopher of the enlightenment (1657–1757)

*February 11th, 1657, Rouen †January 9th, 1757, Paris

89

Francesco Solimena

Italian painter (1657-1747)

*October 4th, 1657, Serino †April 3rd, 1747, Naples

85

Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni

Italian organist and composer

*March 18th, 1657, Rieti †February 1st, 1743, Rome

46

Anna Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg

Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg

*November 12th, 1657, Weimar †June 24th, 1704, Quedlinburg

66

Pieter Schuyler

British colonial military leader, acting governor of New York 1657-1724

*September 17th, 1657, Albany †February 19th, 1724, Albany

79

William Wake

Archbishop of Canterbury (1657-1737)

*January 26th, 1657, Blandford Forum †January 24th, 1737, Lambeth Palace

17

Auguste Magdalene of Hessen-Darmstadt

German noble and poet

*March 6th, 1657, Darmstadt †September 1st, 1674, Darmstadt

39

Prince Hendrik Casimir II, Prince of Nassau-Dietz

Stadholder of Friesland and Groningen (1657-1696)

*January 18th, 1657, The Hague †March 25th, 1696, Leeuwarden

44

Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons

Italian prince (1657-1702)

*December 15th, 1657, Paris †August 14th, 1702, Landau in der Pfalz

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1657 is a normal year and no leap year.

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