August 2nd, 1661

Born on August 2nd, 1661

Age in days, weeks and months
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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 1661

51

Jahandar Shah

Mughal emperor (1661-1713)

*May 9th, 1661, Deccan Plateau †February 12th, 1713, Delhi

60

Antoine Coypel

French painter (1661-1722)

*April 11th, 1661, Paris †January 7th, 1722, Paris

48

Johann Georg Neumann

German historian and theologian (1661-1709)

*May 1st, 1661, Mörz (Planetal) †September 5th, 1709, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

85

Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg

German art collector (1661-1747)

*August 8th, 1661, Emden †March 14th, 1747, Verona

46

Georg Pasch

German theologian

*September 23rd, 1661, Gdańsk †September 30th, 1707, Kiel

54

Madre Vitória da Encarnação

Catholic religious woman of the order of the Poor Clares, 17th century, born in Salvador, Bahia

*March 6th, 1661, Salvador †July 19th, 1715, Salvador

45

Georg Joseph Kamel

Czech pharmacist, botanist and missionary (1661-1706)

*April 21st, 1661, Brno †May 2nd, 1706, Manila

69

Paul Anton

German author and theologian

*February 12th, 1661, Hirschfelde †October 20th, 1730, Halle (Saale)

82

Alexandre-François Desportes

French painter (1661–1743)

*February 24th, 1661, Champigneulles †April 20th, 1743, Paris

81

Melchior de Polignac

French diplomat and cardinal (1661-1742)

*October 11th, 1661, Lavoûte-sur-Loire †November 20th, 1742, Paris

58

Erdmuthe Dorothea of Saxe-Zeitz

Consort of Duke Christian II of Saxe-Merseburg

*November 13th, 1661, Naumburg †April 29th, 1720, Merseburg

44

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

French soldier, ship captain, explorer, and founder of Louisiana (1661-1706)

*July 16th, 1661, Montreal †July 9th, 1706, Havana

70

Antonio I, Prince of Monaco

Monegasque prince (1661-1731)

*January 25th, 1661, Paris †February 20th, 1731, Monaco

45

Takarai Kikaku

Japanese poet

*August 11th, 1661, Edo †April 1st, 1707, Edo

80

Charles Rollin

French historian and educator (1661–1741)

*January 30th, 1661, Paris †September 14th, 1741, Paris

64

Paul de Rapin

French historian

*March 25th, 1661, Castres †April 25th, 1725, Wesel

58

Sukjong of Joseon

19th King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history

*August 15th, 1661, Changdeokgung †June 8th, 1720, Gyeonghuigung

77

Christian Wermuth

German medallist

*December 16th, 1661, Altenburg †December 3rd, 1739, Gotha

62

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer

English politician (1661-1724)

*December 5th, 1661, London †May 21st, 1724, London

89

Christopher Polhem

Swedish inventor (1661-1751)

*December 18th, 1661, Tingstäde †August 30th, 1751, Stockholm

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Public holidays on August 2nd

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1661 is a normal year and no leap year.

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