August 5th, 1667

Born on August 5th, 1667

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What happened on August 5th?

August 5th, 2015

Environmental Protection Agency personnel accidentally caused a spillage of 3 million gallons (11 ML) of mine waste water and tailings trapped inside the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado, U.S.

August 5th, 2011

NASA launched the Juno probe to Jupiter as part of the New Frontiers program.

August 5th, 1993

Wizards of the Coast released Magic: The Gathering, the first trading card game.

August 5th, 1981

U.S. president Ronald Reagan fired the 11,345 striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization en masse.

August 5th, 1962

American actress and model Marilyn Monroe was found dead of a barbiturate overdose in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles.

August 5th, 1916

First World War: The British Empire's Sinai and Palestine campaign began with a victory at the Battle of Romani.

August 5th, 1888

Bertha Benz made the first long-distance automobile trip, driving 106 km (66 mi) from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany, in a Benz Patent-Motorwagen (pictured).

August 5th, 1816

Sir John Barrow, secretary at the Admiralty, rejected a proposal to use Francis Ronalds's electrical telegraph, deeming it "wholly unnecessary".

August 5th, 1772

Russia, Prussia and Habsburg Austria began the First Partition of Poland, whose primary motive was to restore the regional balance of power in Eastern Europe.

August 5th, 1716

Austro-Turkish War: The Ottoman army were defeated in their attempt to capture the Habsburgs-controlled Petrovaradin Fortress despite having double the number of soldiers.

August 5th, 1689

Beaver Wars: Aggravated by increased French incursions into their territory, a large force of Mohawk warriors substantially destroyed the settlement of Lachine in present-day Quebec.

August 5th, 1278

King Alfonso X of Castile was forced to abandon the Siege of Algeciras, the first of many on the city during the Spanish Reconquista.

August 5th, 1100

Henry I (pictured) was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

August 5th, 2008

The New England Revolution win the 2008 North American SuperLiga final against the Houston Dynamo.

August 5th, 2021

Australia's second most populous state Victoria enters its sixth COVID-19 lockdown, enacting stage four restrictions statewide in reaction to six new COVID-19 cases recorded that morning.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 5th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 5th?

39

Helene Fischer

German singer

*August 5th, 1984, Krasnoyarsk

86

Ernst Rodenwaldt

German racial hygienist, university teacher and military physician (1878-1965)

*August 5th, 1878, Berlin †June 4th, 1965, Ruhpolding

35

Mizuki Fujii

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1988, Ashikita

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

60

Vitus Bering

Danish explorer

*August 5th, 1681, Horsens †December 8th, 1741, Bering Island

82

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)

*August 5th, 1930, Wapakoneta †August 25th, 2012, Cincinnati

38

Salomon Kalou

Ivorian association football player

*August 5th, 1985, Oumé

56

Erik Selin

Swedish billionaire property developer, and CEO

*August 5th, 1967, Gothenburg

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

81

Michael Ballhaus

German cinematographer

*August 5th, 1935, Berlin †April 12th, 2017, Berlin

55

Marine Le Pen

French politician (born 1968)

*August 5th, 1968, Neuilly-sur-Seine

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

26

Niels Henrik Abel

Norwegian mathematician (1802–1829)

*August 5th, 1802, Nedstrand †April 6th, 1829, Froland Municipality

92

Joan Hickson

British actress

*August 5th, 1906, Kingsthorpe †October 17th, 1998, Wivenhoe

84

Elisabeth Voigt

German lab technician and painter (1893-1977)

*August 5th, 1893, Leipzig †November 8th, 1977, Leipzig

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

39

Kaare Dybvad Bek

Danish politician

*August 5th, 1984, Holbæk

28

Choi Sol-gyu

South Korean badminton player

*August 5th, 1995, Seoul

65

Hastomo Arbi

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1958, Kota Kudus

60

Mark Strong

British actor

*August 5th, 1963, London

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Born in 1667

77

Jonathan Swift

Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)

*November 30th, 1667, Dublin †October 19th, 1745, Dublin

80

Johann Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1667-1748)

*July 27th, 1667, Basel †January 1st, 1748, Basel

72

Maria Anna of Neuburg

Queen consort of Spain (1667-1740)

*October 28th, 1667, Benrath Palace †July 16th, 1740, Guadalajara

87

Abraham de Moivre

French mathematician (*1667 – †1754)

*May 26th, 1667, Vitry-le-François †November 27th, 1754, London

80

Hieronymus von Erlach

Swiss politician (1667-1748)

*March 31st, 1667, Bern †February 28th, 1748, Bern

71

Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Landgrave (1667-1739)

*December 15th, 1667, Gotha †September 12th, 1739, Einhausen

75

Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal

British duchess

*December 25th, 1667, Emden †May 10th, 1743, London

51

Christoph Ludwig Agricola

German landscape painter (1667-1719)

*November 5th, 1667, Regensburg †August 8th, 1719, Regensburg

50

Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*October 25th, 1667, Rudolstadt †June 24th, 1718, Rudolstadt

40

Hieronymus Dathe

German author and theologian

*February 4th, 1667, Hamburg †June 14th, 1707, Annaberg-Buchholz

72

Pietro Ottoboni

Catholic cardinal

*July 2nd, 1667, Venice †February 29th, 1740, Rome

33

Asano Naganori

Daimyō of the Akō Domain; immortalized in Chūshingura

*September 28th, 1667, Edo †April 21st, 1701, Shiba

66

Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri

Italian mathematician

*August 31st, 1667, Sanremo †October 25th, 1733, Milan

59

Zacharias von Wolf

German officer and engineer

*February 7th, 1667, Bremen †April 5th, 1726, Kiel

16

Louis, Count of Vermandois

French nobleman, legitimate son of Louis XIV, admiral of France

*October 2nd, 1667, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †November 18th, 1683, Flanders

69

Sophie Christiane of Wolfstein

Countess of Wolfstein by birth, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth by marriage (1667-1737)

*October 24th, 1667, Mühlhausen †August 23rd, 1737, Fredensborg Palace

75

Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici

Wife of Johann Wilhelm Palatine Elector (1667-1743)

*August 11th, 1667, Florence †February 18th, 1743, Florence

54

Jacques-Ignace Parrocel

French painter born in Avignon (1667-1722)

*June 27th, 1667, Avignon †January 1st, 1722, Mons

79

Carlo Maria Marini

Italian cardinal

*March 13th, 1667, Genoa †January 16th, 1747, Genoa

55

Elizabeth Seymour, Duchess of Somerset

English heiress (1667-1722)

*January 26th, 1667, Petworth House †November 24th, 1722, Northumberland House

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1667 is a normal year and no leap year.

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