August 7th, 1673

Born on August 7th, 1673

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 7th?

August 7th, 1850

The first section of the Great Northern Railway, now the southern section of the East Coast Main Line, opened between London and Peterborough.

August 7th, 1744

Prussia declared its intervention in the War of the Austrian Succession on behalf of Charles VII, beginning the Second Silesian War.

August 7th, 1998

Car bombs exploded simultaneously at the American embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.

August 7th, 1987

Lynne Cox became the first person to swim between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, crossing from Little Diomede to Big Diomede in the Bering Strait in 2 hours and 5 minutes.

August 7th, 1985

Five members of the Bamber family were found murdered at a farmhouse in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, England.

August 7th, 1970

Jonathan Jackson took hostages in a courthouse in Marin County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers, resulting in the deaths of judge Harold Haley and three others.

August 7th, 1955

Hurricane Diane, the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than $1 billion in damages, formed between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde.

August 7th, 1946

The Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the latter was handling the Turkish Straits no longer represented the security interests of its fellow Black Sea nations, escalating the Turkish Straits crisis.

August 7th, 1944

IBM presented the first program-controlled calculator to Harvard University, after which it became known as the Mark I (pictured).

August 7th, 1942

World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi (pictured), Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

August 7th, 1914

The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the region of Alsace from Germany.

August 7th, 1909

Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City with three passengers, Alice Huyler Ramsey arrived in San Francisco to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the contiguous United States.

August 7th, 1897

Mahdist War: Anglo-Egyptian soldiers clashed with Mahdist Sudanese rebels in the Battle of Abu Hamed.

August 7th, 1794

U.S. president George Washington invoked the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

August 7th, 1782

The Badge of Military Merit (pictured), the precursor to the U.S. Purple Heart, was established as a military decoration of the Continental Army.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 7th

Same year
Born in 1673

70

Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington

Prime Minister of Great Britain

*March 18th, 1673, Warwickshire †July 2nd, 1743, London

55

Alexander Menshikov

Russian statesman and general

*November 6th, 1673, Moscow †November 2nd, 1729, Beryozovo

43

Louis de Montfort

French Catholic saint, priest, and confessor

*January 31st, 1673, Montfort-sur-Meu †April 28th, 1716, Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre

86

Georg Wilhelm Kirchmaier

German philologist, philosopher and linguist

*April 29th, 1673, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †August 7th, 1759, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

52

Louis d'Aubusson de La Feuillade

French military officer and a Marshal of France

*January 1st, 1673, Marly-le-Roi †January 1st, 1725, Château de Marly

58

Jacob Paul von Gundling

German historian

*January 1st, 1673, Hersbruck †January 1st, 1731, Potsdam

71

Gottlieb Stolle

German scholar

*February 3rd, 1673, Legnica †March 4th, 1744, Jena

80

Richard Mead

British physician (1673-1754)

*August 11th, 1673, Stepney †February 16th, 1754, London

71

James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos

English politician (1673-1744)

*January 6th, 1673, Herefordshire †August 9th, 1744, Middlesex

68

Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg

Legal Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg

*June 13th, 1673, Amt Neuhaus †October 15th, 1741, Zákupy

49

Claude Gillot

French painter (1673-1722)

*April 28th, 1673, Langres †May 4th, 1722, Paris

63

René Duguay-Trouin

French privateer (1673-1736)

*June 10th, 1673, Saint-Malo †September 27th, 1736, Paris

73

Alessandro Marcello

Italian composer

*August 24th, 1673, Venice †June 19th, 1747, Venice

78

Anton Leodegar Keller

Swiss politician (1673-1752)

*September 13th, 1673, Locarno †January 26th, 1752

76

Gustav Philipp Mörl

German theologian and librarian (1673-1750)

*December 26th, 1673, Nuremberg †May 7th, 1750

77

Jesaias Friedrich Weissenborn

*January 1st, 1673, Schmalkalden †January 1st, 1750, Jena

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1673 is a normal year and no leap year.

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