August 21st, 1691

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Born on August 21st, 1691 – 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 1691)

Born on August 21st, 1691

Weekday

Tuesday

August 21st, 1691 was a Tuesday.

Age

332

People born on August 21st, 1691 will turn 333 this year (2024), in exactly 51 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1691 - August 23rd, 1691

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 121,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 425 days, exactly on August 30th, 2025, people who were born on August 21st, 1691 will be 122,000 days old!

121,575 Days

17,367 Weeks

3,994 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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

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

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

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 1691

Richard Challoner

Roman Catholic bishop (1691-1781)

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

Joachim Arndt Saltzmann

German gardener (1691-1771)

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

Johann Matthias Gesner

German classical scholar and schoolmaster (1691–1761)

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

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Holy Roman Empress consort (1691-1750)

*August 28th, 1691, Brunswick †December 21st, 1750, Vienna

Edward Cave

British publisher

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

Agostino Masucci

Italian painter (1691-1758)

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

Ulrich Friedrich von Suhm

German diplomat

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

Paul Egell

German sculptor and plasterer (1691-1752)

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

Johann Thomas Wagner

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

Giovanni Paolo Panini

Italian painter and architect (1691–1765)

*June 17th, 1691, Piacenza †October 21st, 1765, Rome

Pierre-Herman Dosquet

Catholic bishop

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

Johann Gottlieb Tamitius

Organ builder (1691-1769)

*February 9th, 1691, Dresden †March 26th, 1769, Zittau

Jan Francisci

Slovak organist and composer

*June 14th, 1691, Banská Bystrica †April 27th, 1758, Banská Bystrica

Peter Scheemakers

Flemish sculptor

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

Michael Adolf Siebenhaar

German painter (1691-1751)

*March 18th, 1691, Staßfurt †June 15th, 1751, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Josef Antonín Planický

Czech composer, choirmaster and singer

*November 27th, 1691, Manětín †September 17th, 1732, Freising

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Petro Kalnyshevsky

Ukrainian cossack

*January 1st, 1691, Romny Raion †October 31st, 1803, Solovetsky Islands

Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz

Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (1691-1743)

*March 20th, 1691, Schloss Moritzburg †March 17th, 1743, Kassel

Johann Caspar Wetzel

German author and theologian

*February 22nd, 1691, Meiningen †August 6th, 1755, Meiningen

Franz Joseph Spiegler

German painter (1691-1757)

*April 5th, 1691, Wangen im Allgäu †April 15th, 1757, Constance

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.MDCXCI

21.8.1691

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XC = 90

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

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

Calendar
August 1691

August 1691

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August 21st, 1691

Born on August 21st, 1691

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 121,000 days old!

121,575 Days

17,367 Weeks

3,994 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 1691

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

21.8.1691

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 121,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Calendar
August 1691

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31			1	2	3	4	5
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35	27	28	29	30	31