August 21st, 1673

Born on August 21st, 1673

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 21st?

August 21st, 2007

BioShock was released in North America, becoming a critical success and a demonstration of video games as an art form.

August 21st, 2015

Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting.

August 21st, 2013

Syrian civil war: Areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in Ghouta, Damascus, were attacked by rockets (launcher pictured) containing sarin, killing at least 281 people.

August 21st, 1986

A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.

August 21st, 1963

South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas (one pictured) across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.

August 21st, 1945

American physicist Harry Daghlian accidentally dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a plutonium bomb core, exposing himself to neutron radiation and later becoming the first Manhattan Project fatality due to a criticality accident.

August 21st, 1944

World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy.

August 21st, 1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army lost the Battle of the Tenaru, the first of its three major land offensives during the Guadalcanal campaign.

August 21st, 1911

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (pictured) was stolen from the Louvre by museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years later.

August 21st, 1858

The first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas (both pictured), candidates for an Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate, was held in Ottawa, Illinois.

August 21st, 1808

Peninsular War: British and Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.

August 21st, 1789

The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.

August 21st, 1717

Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

August 21st, 1716

Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: Ottoman forces suddenly abandoned their siege of Corfu, allowing the Republic of Venice to preserve its rule over the Ionian Islands.

August 21st, 1689

Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

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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