August 31st, 1669

Born on August 31st, 1669

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What happened on August 31st?

August 31st, 2019

A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.

August 31st, 2016

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff was removed from office following her impeachment on charges of criminal administrative misconduct.

August 31st, 2002

Typhoon Rusa made landfall in Goheung as the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, killing at least 236 people.

August 31st, 1997

Diana, Princess of Wales (pictured), her partner Dodi Fayed, and their driver were killed in a car crash in Paris.

August 31st, 1969

On the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival 1969, attended by approximately 150,000 people over three days, Bob Dylan appeared in his first gig in three years.

August 31st, 1959

A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu (pictured), younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, failed to kill Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia.

August 31st, 1942

The Matagorda hurricane, the most intense and costliest tropical cyclone of the 1942 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing $26.5 million in damages and eight deaths.

August 31st, 1941

World War II: A detachment of Chetniks captured the town of Loznica in German-occupied Serbia.

August 31st, 1940

Second World War: Two Royal navy destroyers were lost to mines and two other vessels damaged off Texel, Netherlands, killing around 300 men.

August 31st, 1939

Nazi forces, posing as Poles, staged an attack against the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany, creating an excuse to invade Poland the next day.

August 31st, 1907

Russia and the United Kingdom signed the Anglo-Russian Convention, defining their respective spheres of interest in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet.

August 31st, 1897

Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the Kinetoscope, a precursor to the modern movie projector.

August 31st, 1888

The body of Mary Ann Nichols, the alleged first victim of an unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper (pictured), was found in Buck's Row, London.

August 31st, 1876

Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire was deposed after a reign of 93 days on grounds of mental illness.

August 31st, 1218

Al-Kamil became the fourth sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 31st

Same year
Born in 1669

23

Maria Antonia of Austria

Archduchess of Austria (1669-1692)

*January 18th, 1669, Vienna †December 24th, 1692, Vienna

63

Alamanno Salviati

Italian cardinal (1669-1733)

*March 21st, 1669, Florence †February 24th, 1733, Rome

57

Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym

First ruling Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1669-1727)

*June 28th, 1669, Bernburg †May 17th, 1727, Bad Ems

36

George of Hesse-Darmstadt

Governor of Gibraltar (1669-1705)

*April 25th, 1669, Darmstadt †September 14th, 1705, Barcelona

57

Aurora Sanseverino

Italian noblewoman, poet, actress, patron

*April 28th, 1669, Grumento Nova †July 2nd, 1726, Piedimonte Matese

42

Philip William of Brandenburg-Schwedt

First Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt and governor of Magdeburg from 1692 to 1711

*May 19th, 1669, Königsberg †December 19th, 1711, Schwedt Palace

49

Leonhard Christoph Sturm

German mathematician (1669-1719)

*November 5th, 1669, Altdorf bei Nürnberg †June 6th, 1719, Blankenburg

58

Pietro Priuli

Italian cardinal

*March 14th, 1669, Venice †January 22nd, 1728, Venice

61

Friederike Elisabeth of Saxe-Eisenach

(1669-1730)

*May 5th, 1669, Altenkirchen (Westerwald) †November 12th, 1730, Bad Langensalza

63

Louis Marchand

French keyboardist and composer

*February 2nd, 1669, Lyon †February 17th, 1732, Paris

72

Magnus Julius De la Gardie

Swedish general and statesman (1669-1741)

*April 14th, 1669, Stockholm †April 28th, 1741, Stockholm

49

Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł

Polish prince (1669-1719)

*November 27th, 1669, Kraków †August 2nd, 1719, Biała Podlaska

58

Anne Marie d'Orléans

Queen Consort of Sardinia (1669-1728)

*August 27th, 1669, Saint-Cloud †August 26th, 1728, Villa della Regina

80

Isaak Steiger

Swiss politician (1669-1749)

*March 7th, 1669, Aarburg †December 20th, 1749, Bern

88

Friedrich Wilhelm von Dossow

German general

*December 17th, 1669, Myślibórz †March 28th, 1758, Neuruppin

71

Urban Gottfried Siber

German theologian

*December 12th, 1669, Bad Schandau †June 15th, 1741, Leipzig

33

Charlotte Marie of Saxe-Jena

German noblewoman

*December 20th, 1669, Jena †January 6th, 1703, Gräfentonna

67

Kada no Azumamaro

Poet

*February 3rd, 1669, Fushimi Inari-taisha †August 8th, 1736

70

Gisela Agnes of Rath

Countess of Nienburg; regent of the Principality of Anhalt-Köthen (1669-1740)

*October 9th, 1669 †March 12th, 1740, Nienburg (Saale)

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1669 is a normal year and no leap year.

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