August 3rd, 1664

Born on August 3rd, 1664

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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 1664

62

John Vanbrugh

English architect and dramatist

*January 24th, 1664, City of London †March 26th, 1726, London

88

Giulio Alberoni

Italian cardinal, statesman (1664-1752)

*May 21st, 1664, Fiorenzuola d'Arda †June 26th, 1752, Piacenza

86

Rachel Ruysch

Dutch painter (1664-1750)

*June 3rd, 1664, The Hague †August 12th, 1750, Amsterdam

39

Mustafa II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1664-1703)

*June 5th, 1664, Edirne †December 1st, 1703, Istanbul

68

Daniel Nebel

Botanist (1664-1733)

*September 24th, 1664, Heidelberg †March 15th, 1733, Mannheim

81

Pierre Taffin

*March 6th, 1664, Ghent †December 12th, 1745, Valenciennes

48

Philip Reinhard, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

Count of Hanau-Münzenberg

*January 1st, 1664, Rheinau †January 1st, 1712, Philippsruhe Castle

67

Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg

Archbishop and Prince-Elector of Mainz and Trier, Prince-Bishop of Worms and Wrocław, Hochmeister of the Teutonic Order

*July 18th, 1664, Neuburg an der Donau †April 6th, 1732, Wrocław

66

Bernardo Maria Conti

Italian cardinal

*March 29th, 1664, Rome †April 23rd, 1730, Rome

86

János Pálffy

Austrian field marshal (1664-1751)

*August 20th, 1664, Červený Kameň Castle †March 24th, 1751, Bratislava

74

Anton Maria Maragliano

Italian artist (1664-1739)

*September 18th, 1664, Santa Margherita Ligure †March 7th, 1739, Genoa

57

Matthew Prior

British diplomat, poet (1664-1721)

*July 21st, 1664, London †September 18th, 1721, Wimpole

83

Franz Joachim Beich

German artist (1665-1748)

*November 30th, 1664, Ravensburg †October 16th, 1748, Munich

57

Heinrich Leonhard Schurzfleisch

German librarian and historian (1664-1722)

*November 11th, 1664, Korbach †July 13th, 1722, Weimar

78

Lars Roberg

Swedish physician (1664-1742)

*January 24th, 1664, Stockholm †May 21st, 1742, Helga Trefaldighet

53

Johann Paul Hebenstreit

German moral philosopher and theologian (1664-1718)

*June 25th, 1664, Neustadt an der Orla †May 6th, 1718, Erfurt

44

François Louis, Prince of Conti

French prince

*April 30th, 1664, Paris †February 9th, 1709, Paris

72

David Oppenheim

Czech rabbi

*January 1st, 1664, Worms †September 12th, 1736, Prague

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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

Yes: 1664 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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