August 22nd, 1676

Born on August 22nd, 1676

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 244 days, exactly on February 4th, 2027, people who were born on August 22nd, 1676 will be 128,000 days old!

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What happened on August 22nd?

August 22nd, 2006

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

August 22nd, 2003

Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court of Alabama building.

August 22nd, 1962

An assassination attempt orchestrated by the OAS takes place against Charles de Gaulle, although he is uninjured.

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 at Manchester Airport, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation, and leading to 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 race for the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns (trophy pictured), 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

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

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

Same year
Born in 1676

68

Robert Walpole

British statesman and art collector, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745)

*August 26th, 1676, Houghton †March 18th, 1745, St James's

53

Marco Ricci

Italian painter, engraver and stage designer (1676-1730)

*June 5th, 1676, Belluno †January 21st, 1730, Venice

76

Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon

French royal

*November 8th, 1676, Paris †January 23rd, 1753, Paris

61

Johann Heinrich Burckhard

German physician

*August 5th, 1676, Sulzbach-Rosenberg †May 3rd, 1738, Wolfenbüttel

77

Marc de Beauvau

French politician

*April 2nd, 1676, Nancy †March 10th, 1754, Haroué

70

Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

German nobleman; ruler of Anhalt-Dessau and Prussian army officer

*July 3rd, 1676, Dessau †April 9th, 1747, Dessau

70

Philip Johan von Strahlenberg

Swedish officer and geographer

*January 1st, 1676, Stralsund †November 30th, 1746, Halmstad

68

Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans

French princess (1676-1744)

*September 13th, 1676, Saint-Cloud †December 23rd, 1744, Commercy

73

Alberto de Churriguera

Spanish architect (1676-1750)

*August 7th, 1676, Madrid †February 27th, 1750, Orgaz

57

Eberhard Ludwig I, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg

*September 18th, 1676, Stuttgart †October 31st, 1733, Ludwigsburg

85

Stanisław Poniatowski

Castellan of Kraków (1676-1762)

*September 15th, 1676, Chojnik, Lesser Poland Voivodeship †August 29th, 1762, Ryki

77

Jacopo Riccati

Italian mathematician (1676-1754)

*May 28th, 1676, Venice †April 15th, 1754, Treviso

79

César Chesneau Dumarsais

Early eighteenth century French philosopher and grammarian

*July 17th, 1676, Marseille †June 11th, 1756, Paris

86

Caspar Abel

Theologian, historian, poet

*July 14th, 1676, Hindenburg †January 11th, 1763, Westdorf

55

Michael Heinrich Reinhard

*October 18th, 1676, Hildburghausen †January 1st, 1732, Weißenfels

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Leap year

Yes: 1676 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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