August 21st, 1684

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Born on August 21st, 1684 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 21st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 21st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1684)

Born on August 21st, 1684

Weekday

Monday

August 21st, 1684 was a Monday.

Age

339

People born on August 21st, 1684 will turn 340 this year (2024), in exactly 49 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1684 - August 23rd, 1684

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 124,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 867 days, exactly on November 17th, 2026, people who were born on August 21st, 1684 will be 125,000 days old!

124,133 Days

17,733 Weeks

4,078 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 21st?

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 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–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 the command of 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 risings: Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

August 21st, 1689

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 21st?

Elīza Tīruma

Latvian luger

*August 21st, 1990, Sigulda

Malynda Hale

Musical artist

*August 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter

*August 21st, 1986, Sherwood Content

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

*August 21st, 1916, Wallingford †November 3rd, 2005, Northwood

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

William IV

King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 1830 to 1837

*August 21st, 1765, Buckingham Palace †June 20th, 1837, Windsor Castle

Hermann Hammerschmidt

*August 21st, 1887, Cottbus †November 30th, 1944

Alizée

French singer (born 1984)

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

*August 21st, 1988, Leszno, Warsaw West County

Sergey Brin

American billionaire businessman (born 1973)

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

Melvin Van Peebles

American filmmaker

*August 21st, 1932, Chicago †September 21st, 2021, Manhattan

Wilhelm Ostwald

Baltic German chemist

*August 21st, 1853, Riga †April 4th, 1932, Großbothen

Clarence Williams III

American actor (1939–2021)

*August 21st, 1939, New York City †June 4th, 2021, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 1684

Johann David Köhler

German historian (1684–1755)

*January 18th, 1684, Colditz †March 10th, 1755, Göttingen

Catherine I of Russia

Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727

*April 5th, 1684, Krustpils †May 6th, 1727, Saint Petersburg

Ludvig Holberg

Danish-Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684–1754)

*December 3rd, 1684, Bergen †January 28th, 1754, Copenhagen

Jean-Antoine Watteau

French painter (1684-1721)

*October 10th, 1684, Valenciennes †July 18th, 1721, Nogent-sur-Marne

Francesco Durante

Italian composer

*March 31st, 1684, Frattamaggiore †September 30th, 1755, Naples

Maria Barbara Bach

First wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach

*October 20th, 1684, Gehren †July 7th, 1720, Köthen

Jean Astruc

Professor of medicine:Montpellier/Paris/wrote the first great treatise on syphilis/venereal diseases (1684-1766)

*March 19th, 1684, Sauve †May 5th, 1766, Paris

Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin

German general

*October 26th, 1684, Löwitz †May 6th, 1757, Prague

Johann Ludwig Kübel

German politician (1684-1753)

*September 21st, 1684, Heilbronn †September 7th, 1753, Heilbronn

Edward Vernon

Royal Navy admiral (1684-1757)

*November 12th, 1684, Westminster †October 30th, 1757, Nacton

Ippolito Desideri

Italian tibetologist (1684-1733)

*December 21st, 1684, Pistoia †April 14th, 1733, Rome

Frans Decker

Dutch painter (1684-1751)

*March 17th, 1684, Haarlem †November 28th, 1751, Haarlem

Georg Engelhard Schröder

Swedish artist (1684-1750)

*May 31st, 1684, Stockholm †May 17th, 1750, Stockholm

Wilhelmine von Grävenitz

German noblewoman, favorite and royal mistress of Duke Eberhard Ludwig of Württemberg

*January 1st, 1684, Schwerin †October 21st, 1744, Berlin

Johann Jacob Dillenius

German botanist (1684-1747)

*December 12th, 1684, Darmstadt †April 2nd, 1747, Oxford

Christoph Starke

German theologian

*March 10th, 1684, Bad Freienwalde †December 12th, 1744, Drezdenko

Axel Erik Roos

Swedish politician

*May 25th, 1684, Västergötland †December 14th, 1765

Alessio de Marchis

Landscape Painter (1684-1752)

*January 1st, 1684, Naples †August 1st, 1752, Urbino

Ditlev Revenfeld

Danish military personnel

*January 1st, 1684, Sandbjerg †July 18th, 1746

Philipp Otto Grumbkow

(1684-1752)

*May 12th, 1684, Runowo, Pomeranian Voivodeship †August 26th, 1752, Berlin

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXI.VIII.MDCLXXXIV

21.8.1684

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1684 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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August 1684

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August 21st, 1684

Born on August 21st, 1684

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 124,000 days old!

124,133 Days

17,733 Weeks

4,078 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 21st?

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

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

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 21st?

Same year Born in 1684

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Abraham of Smolensk (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Euprepius of Verona

Maximilian of Antioch

Our Lady of Knock

Pope Pius X

Sidonius Apollinaris

August 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)

Youth Day (Morocco)

World Senior Citizen's Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

21.8.1684

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August 1684

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
31		1	2	3	4	5	6
32	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
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35	28	29	30	31