August 5th, 1691

Born on August 5th, 1691

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What happened on August 5th?

August 5th, 2013

A python killed two boys in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada.

August 5th, 2015

United States Environmental Protection Agency personnel accidentally caused a spillage (aftermath pictured) of 3 million gallons (11 million litres) of mine waste water and tailings trapped inside the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado.

August 5th, 2011

NASA launched the Juno probe to Jupiter as part of the New Frontiers program.

August 5th, 1993

Wizards of the Coast released Magic: The Gathering, the first trading card game.

August 5th, 1984

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft crashed while attempting to land in Dhaka, killing 49 people in the deadliest aviation accident in Bangladeshi history.

August 5th, 1981

U.S. president Ronald Reagan fired the 11,345 striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization en masse.

August 5th, 1962

American actress and model Marilyn Monroe was found dead of a barbiturate overdose in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles.

August 5th, 1916

First World War: The British Empire's Sinai and Palestine campaign began with a victory at the Battle of Romani.

August 5th, 1888

Bertha Benz made the first long-distance automobile trip, driving 106 km (66 mi) from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany, in a Benz Patent-Motorwagen.

August 5th, 1816

Sir John Barrow, secretary at the Admiralty, rejected a proposal to use Francis Ronalds's electrical telegraph, deeming it "wholly unnecessary".

August 5th, 1772

Russia, Prussia and Habsburg Austria began the First Partition of Poland, with the primary motive to restore the regional balance of power in Eastern Europe.

August 5th, 1716

Austro-Turkish War: The Ottoman army were defeated in their attempt to capture the Habsburgs-controlled Petrovaradin Fortress despite having double the number of soldiers.

August 5th, 1689

Beaver Wars: Aggravated by increased French incursions into their territory, a large force of Mohawk warriors substantially destroyed the settlement of Lachine in present-day Quebec.

August 5th, 1278

King Alfonso X of Castile was forced to abandon the Siege of Algeciras, the first of many on the city during the Spanish Reconquista.

August 5th, 1100

Henry I was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 5th

Same year
Born in 1691

89

Richard Challoner

Roman Catholic bishop (1691-1781)

*August 29th, 1691, Lewes †January 12th, 1781, London

90

Friedrich Albrecht Augusti

German theologian and clergyman of Jewish descent (1691-1782)

*June 30th, 1691, Frankfurt (Oder) †May 13th, 1782, Eschenbergen

46

Alessandro Galilei

Florentine architect (1691-1737)

*August 25th, 1691, Florence †December 21st, 1737, Rome

86

Pierre-Herman Dosquet

Catholic bishop

*March 4th, 1691, Liège †March 4th, 1777, Paris

49

Ulrich Friedrich von Suhm

German diplomat

*April 29th, 1691, Dresden †November 8th, 1740, Saint Petersburg

77

Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

*April 5th, 1691, Darmstadt †October 17th, 1768, Darmstadt

80

Joachim Arndt Saltzmann

German gardener (1691-1771)

*June 3rd, 1691, Grabow †August 13th, 1771, Charlottenburg

90

Peter Scheemakers

Flemish sculptor

*January 16th, 1691, Antwerp †September 12th, 1781, Antwerp

76

Arthur Onslow

Speaker of the British House of Commons

*October 1st, 1691, Kensington †February 17th, 1768, London

60

Paul Egell

German sculptor and plasterer (1691-1752)

*April 9th, 1691, Waibstadt †January 10th, 1752, Mannheim

62

Edward Cave

British publisher

*February 27th, 1691, Newton †January 10th, 1754, Clerkenwell

67

Agostino Masucci

Italian painter (1691-1758)

*January 1st, 1691, Rome †October 19th, 1758, Rome

70

Johann Matthias Gesner

German classical scholar and schoolmaster (1691–1761)

*April 9th, 1691, Roth †August 3rd, 1761, Göttingen

66

Johann Peter Reusch

*August 15th, 1691, Almersbach †June 5th, 1758, Jena

77

Johann Thomas Wagner

*May 25th, 1691, Gebsattel †January 7th, 1769, Theres

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1691 is a normal year and no leap year.

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