August 21st, 1680

Born on August 21st, 1680

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What happened on August 21st, 1680?

August 21st, 1680

Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_peoples

What else 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.

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

Same year
Born in 1680

55

Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1735

*May 19th, 1680, Bevern †September 13th, 1735, Salzdahlum

90

Claude Guillaume Testu de Balincourt

French soldier and marshal of France (1680 – 1770)

*March 18th, 1680, Paris †May 12th, 1770, Paris

60

John Abernethy

Irish Presbyterian minister

*January 1st, 1680, Coleraine †January 1st, 1740, Dublin

40

Christian Friedrich Hunold

German poet

*September 29th, 1680, Wandersleben †August 16th, 1721, Halle (Saale)

64

Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki

Polish-Lithuanian noble (1680-1744)

*May 13th, 1680, Lviv †September 18th, 1744, Merkinė

66

Barthold Heinrich Brockes

German poet

*September 22nd, 1680, Hamburg †January 16th, 1747, Hamburg

88

Anna Canalis di Cumiana

Wife of the King of Savoy

*April 23rd, 1680, Turin †April 13th, 1769, Pinerolo

66

Catherine Opalińska

Polish queen (1680-1747)

*October 13th, 1680, Poznań †March 19th, 1747, Lunéville

50

Nicholas Mavrocordatos

Phanariote Prince of Wallachia, Grand Dragoman of the Gate (1680-1730)

*May 3rd, 1680, Constantinople †September 3rd, 1730, Bucharest

74

Angelo Maria Querini

Italian cardinal

*March 30th, 1680, Venice †January 6th, 1755, Brescia

55

Gottlob Friedrich Jenichen

German historian and theologian (1680-1735)

*March 26th, 1680, Eutritzsch †September 17th, 1735, Leipzig

74

Philippe Néricault Destouches

French playwright (1680-1754)

*April 9th, 1680, Tours †July 4th, 1754, Fortoiseau Castle

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Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on August 21st.

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Leap year

Yes: 1680 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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