August 6th, 1667

Born on August 6th, 1667

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What happened on August 6th?

August 6th, 2013

A gas leak caused an explosion that collapsed a building and led to the deaths of 22 people in Rosario, Argentina.

August 6th, 2011

A series of riots broke out in several London boroughs and in cities and towns across England in response to the shooting of Mark Duggan by Metropolitan Police officers.

August 6th, 2010

Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.

August 6th, 2008

Mauritanian president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high-ranking generals that he had dismissed from office several hours earlier.

August 6th, 1997

Korean Air Flight 801 crashed into a hill on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam, killing 228 of the 254 people aboard.

August 6th, 1996

Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001 (pictured), discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive.

August 6th, 1991

British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee posted a public invitation to collaborate on a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessible via the Internet, known as the World Wide Web.

August 6th, 1965

U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disfranchisement of African Americans.

August 6th, 1945

World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (mushroom cloud pictured), killing about 70,000 people instantly.

August 6th, 1892

The Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company was founded in Antwerp to exploit natural rubber in the Congo Free State.

August 6th, 1777

The Battle of Oriskany, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War, was fought about 6 mi (10 km) east of Fort Stanwix, New York.

August 6th, 0686

Second Fitna: Pro-Alid forces defeated the Umayyad Caliphate in the Battle of Khazir, allowing them to take control of Mosul in present-day Iraq.

August 6th, 1944

World War II: Allied forces attacked German fortifications at Saint-Malo, France, beginning the Battle of Saint-Malo (pictured).

August 6th, 1623

After the death of Gregory XV, a papal conclave in Rome elected Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII.

August 6th, 1585

Toyotomi Hideyoshi is officially appointed kampaku (Imperial Regent).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 6th

Same year
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

87

Abraham de Moivre

French mathematician (*1667 – †1754)

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

72

Maria Anna of Neuburg

Queen consort of Spain (1667-1740)

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

80

Felice Torelli

Italian painter (1667-1748)

*September 9th, 1667, Verona †June 11th, 1748, Bologna

40

Hieronymus Dathe

German author and theologian

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

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

82

Jean Henri Huguetan Gyldensteen

(1667-1749)

*March 30th, 1667, Lyon †June 14th, 1749, Copenhagen

79

Carlo Maria Marini

Italian cardinal

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

68

Antoine Rivalz

French painter (1667-1735)

*March 12th, 1667, Toulouse †December 11th, 1735, Toulouse

51

Christoph Ludwig Agricola

German landscape painter (1667-1719)

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

70

Johann Ortwin Westenberg

German author

*May 28th, 1667, Neuenhaus †June 30th, 1737, Leiden

52

David Hoyer

German painter (1667-1720)

*August 9th, 1667, Lichtenau †May 27th, 1720, Leipzig

75

Carlo Gaetano Stampa

Cardinal Archbishop of Milan

*November 1st, 1667, Milan †December 23rd, 1742, Milan

75

Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici

Wife of Johann Wilhelm Palatine Elector (1667-1743)

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

50

Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*October 15th, 1667, Rudolstadt †June 24th, 1718, Rudolstadt

72

Pietro Ottoboni

Catholic cardinal

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

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

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

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