August 3rd, 1663

Born on August 3rd, 1663

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 3rd?

August 3rd, 1971

Fighting Dinosaurs, a fossil specimen featuring a Velociraptor and a Protoceratops in combat, was unearthed in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia.

August 3rd, 2009

The last vessels involved in Taurus 09, a Royal Navy training deployment covering 20,400 miles (32,800 km), returned to HMNB Devonport, England.

August 3rd, 1460

James II of Scotland is killed by an exploding cannon at Roxburgh Castle.

August 3rd, 1975

A privately chartered Boeing 707 (aircraft involved pictured) struck a mountain peak and crashed near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.

August 3rd, 1347

Hundred Years' War: The French town of Calais capitulated to English forces after an eleven-month siege, ending the Crécy campaign.

August 3rd, 2005

Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.

August 3rd, 1997

The Sky Tower, then the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened in Auckland, New Zealand.

August 3rd, 1948

Before the House Un-American Activities Committee of the United States House of Representatives, former spy turned government informer Whittaker Chambers accused U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss of being a communist and a Soviet spy.

August 3rd, 1940

World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days.

August 3rd, 1936

African-American athlete Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, dashing Nazi leaders' hopes of Aryan domination at the games.

August 3rd, 1929

Jiddu Krishnamurti (pictured), believed by some Theosophists to be a likely candidate for the messianic "World Teacher", dissolved the Order of the Star, the organisation established to support him.

August 3rd, 1913

An agricultural workers' strike in Wheatland degenerated into a riot, becoming one of the first major farm-labor confrontations in California.

August 3rd, 1903

Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaimed a republic, which existed for ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.

August 3rd, 1857

Indian Rebellion: An eight-day siege of a fortified outbuilding in Arrah occupied by 68 defenders against more than 10,000 men ended when a relief party dispersed the besiegers.

August 3rd, 2023

Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 3rd

Same year
Born in 1663

65

Cotton Mather

American religious minister and scientific writer

*February 12th, 1663, Boston †February 13th, 1728, Boston

64

August Hermann Francke

German Lutheran clergyman, philanthropist and Biblical scholar (1663-1727)

*March 22nd, 1663, Lübeck †June 8th, 1727, Halle (Saale)

42

Guillaume Amontons

French scientific instrument inventor and physicist (1663-1705)

*August 31st, 1663, Paris †October 11th, 1705, Paris

66

Georg Nitsch

German theologian (1663-1729)

*March 12th, 1663, Strelitz-Alt †November 20th, 1729, Gotha

82

Imre Esterházy

Hungarian archbishop (1663–1745)

*November 8th, 1663, Nové Mesto nad Váhom †December 6th, 1745, Bratislava

64

Johann Andreas Eisenbarth

German surgeon (1663-1727)

*March 27th, 1663, Oberviechtach †November 11th, 1727, Hann. Münden

69

Peter Hohmann

Leipzig merchant and town councillor, raised to nobility

*January 1st, 1663, Könnern †January 1st, 1732, Leipzig

47

Louis Carré

Mathematician

*July 26th, 1663, Nangis †April 11th, 1711, Paris

63

Giulio Piazza

Italian cardinal (1663-1726)

*March 13th, 1663, Forlì †April 23rd, 1726, Faenza

74

Curzio Origo

Italian cardinal

*March 13th, 1663, Rome †March 18th, 1737, Rome

72

Frederick William, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

*September 20th, 1663, Hechingen †November 14th, 1735, Hechingen

67

Luca Carlevarijs

Italian baroque painter (1663-1730)

*January 20th, 1663, Udine †February 12th, 1730, Venice

79

Jean-Baptiste Massillon

French Catholic bishop and famous preacher

*June 24th, 1663, Hyères †September 28th, 1742, Beauregard-l'Évêque

69

George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington

Royal Navy admiral (1663-1733)

*January 27th, 1663, Kent †January 17th, 1733, London

50

Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany

Tuscan prince

*August 9th, 1663, Florence †October 31st, 1713, Florence

76

Georg Friedrich Schröer

German theologian

*March 19th, 1663, Jawor †March 23rd, 1739, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

68

Francis Atterbury

British bishop; (1663-1732)

*March 6th, 1663, Middleton †February 22nd, 1732, Paris

82

Tomaso Antonio Vitali

Italian composer and violinist

*March 7th, 1663, Bologna †May 9th, 1745, Modena

86

Rodrigo Caballero y Llanes

Spanish politician

*August 5th, 1663, Valverde del Camino †November 30th, 1749

68

Ferdinand Joseph von Herwarth

*January 1st, 1663, Munich †January 1st, 1731, Munich

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.) which are celebrated on August 3rd.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1663 is a normal year and no leap year.

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