August 22nd, 1674

Born on August 22nd, 1674

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 127,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 277 days, exactly on February 3rd, 2025, people who were born on August 22nd, 1674 will be 128,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 22nd?

August 22nd, 2015

A former military aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham Airport in southern England, killing eleven people.

August 22nd, 1985

A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation and bringing about changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective.

August 22nd, 1984

The constitution of Singapore was amended to apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates in Parliament, which had hitherto entirely comprised members of the People's Action Party.

August 22nd, 1961

Ida Siekmann jumped from a window in her tenement building trying to flee to West Berlin, becoming the first person to die at the Berlin Wall.

August 22nd, 1914

First World War: A squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards attacked a German scout party, the first engagement of British forces on the Western Front.

August 22nd, 1864

Under the leadership of Henry Dunant and the International Committee of the Red Cross, twelve European states signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing rules for the protection of victims of armed conflict.

August 22nd, 1851

The yacht America won the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns race, later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England.

August 22nd, 1777

American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured).

August 22nd, 1711

Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.

August 22nd, 1642

King Charles I raised the royal standard at Nottingham, marking the beginning of the First English Civil War.

August 22nd, 1639

The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in present-day Chennai, the capital of the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to the East India Company.

August 22nd, 1485

Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England at the Battle of Bosworth Field, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses.

August 22nd, 2007

The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.

August 22nd, 2006

Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.

August 22nd, 2004

Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 22nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 22nd?

104

Simone Schaller

American hurdler

*August 22nd, 1912, Manchester †October 20th, 2016, Arcadia

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

75

Chuck Brown

American guitarist, bandleader and singer (1936-2012)

*August 22nd, 1936, Gaston †May 16th, 2012, Baltimore

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

35

Minelli

Romanian singer-songwriter

*August 22nd, 1988, Slobozia

86

Dietmar Kienast

German historian of classical antiquity and university teacher (1925-2012)

*August 22nd, 1925, Berlin †February 13th, 2012, Olching

66

Denis Papin

French physicist, mathematician and inventor (*1647 – †1713)

*August 22nd, 1647, Chitenay †August 26th, 1713, London

101

Leni Riefenstahl

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902–2003)

*August 22nd, 1902, Berlin †September 8th, 2003, Pöcking

28

Dua Lipa

English and Albanian singer (born 1995)

*August 22nd, 1995, Westminster

92

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989

*August 22nd, 1904, Guanganzhou †February 19th, 1997, Beijing

52

Richard Armitage

English actor

*August 22nd, 1971, Huncote

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

91

Ray Bradbury

American author and screenwriter

*August 22nd, 1920, Waukegan †June 5th, 2012, Los Angeles

45

James Corden

English actor, comedian, singer and television host

*August 22nd, 1978, Hillingdon

55

Claude Debussy

French classical composer (1862–1918)

*August 22nd, 1862, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †March 25th, 1918, 16th arrondissement of Paris

50

Laurent Lafitte

French actor

*August 22nd, 1973, Fresnes

40

Theo Bos

Dutch road cyclist and track cyclist

*August 22nd, 1983, Hierden

78

Ron Dante

American musician, songwriter, record producer

*August 22nd, 1945, Staten Island

53

Ricco Groß

German biathlete

*August 22nd, 1970, Bad Schlema

29

Israel Broussard

American actor

*August 22nd, 1994, Gulfport

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62

Johann Heinrich Wedekind

German painter (1674-1736)

*August 15th, 1674, Tallinn †October 8th, 1736, Saint Petersburg

48

Dimitrie Cantemir

Prince of Moldavia

*October 26th, 1674, Dimitrie Cantemir †August 21st, 1723, Dmitrovsk

50

Marie of Lorraine

Monegasque princess

*August 12th, 1674, Paris †October 30th, 1724, Monaco

44

Nicholas Rowe

English poet, writer (1674-1718)

*June 20th, 1674, Little Barford †December 6th, 1718, London

76

Christian Gottlieb Schwarz

Dr. phil. Universität Leipzig 1699

*November 30th, 1674, Leisnig †November 30th, 1750, Altdorf bei Nürnberg

49

Philippe, Duke of Orléans

Member of the royal family of France, Regent of the Kingdom from 1715 to 1723

*August 2nd, 1674, Saint-Cloud †December 2nd, 1723, Versailles

65

Reinhard Keiser

German opera composer (1674–1739)

*January 9th, 1674, Teuchern †September 12th, 1739, Hamburg

36

Sophie Eleonore von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern

5 Mar 1674 - 14 Jan 1711

*March 5th, 1674, Osterholz †January 14th, 1711, Bad Gandersheim

70

Leopold Herzog von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg

(1674-1744)

*January 12th, 1674, Brzeg †March 4th, 1744, Vienna

76

Pierre Dumage

French organist and composer (1674-1751)

*October 31st, 1674, Beauvais †October 2nd, 1751, Laon

74

Isaac Watts

English hymnwriter, theologian and logician (1674-1748)

*July 17th, 1674, Southampton †November 25th, 1748, London

61

Jean Ranc

French painter born in Montpellier (1674-1735)

*January 28th, 1674, Montpellier †July 1st, 1735, Madrid

80

Count Wenzel Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin

Austrian politician (1674-1754)

*February 26th, 1674, Bělušice †May 2nd, 1754, Prague

31

Prince Christian Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg

Officer in the Brandenburg-Prussian army

*August 20th, 1674, Magdeburg †May 23rd, 1706, Sønderborg

88

Dorothea Christina of Aichelberg

German noblewoman

*January 23rd, 1674, Plön †June 22nd, 1762, Reinfeld

63

Luca Antonio Colomba

Painter (1674-1737)

*November 19th, 1674, Arogno †December 22nd, 1737, Arogno

69

Jean Barbeyrac

French jurist

*March 15th, 1674, Béziers †March 3rd, 1744, Groningen

75

Samuel Lutz

Swiss theologian

*August 10th, 1674, Biglen †May 28th, 1750, Oberdiessbach

84

Georges Polier de Bottens

Swiss pastor & academic

*November 30th, 1674, Lausanne †October 28th, 1759, Lausanne

39

Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

German princess (1674-1713)

*January 22nd, 1674, Gotha †April 18th, 1713, Meiningen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1674 is a normal year and no leap year.

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