August 6th, 1703

Born on August 6th, 1703

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 6th?

August 6th, 2013

A gas leak caused an explosion that collapsed a building and led to the deaths of 22 people in Rosario, Argentina.

August 6th, 2011

A series of riots broke out in several London boroughs and in cities and towns across England in response to the shooting of Mark Duggan by Metropolitan Police officers.

August 6th, 2010

Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.

August 6th, 2008

Mauritanian president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high-ranking generals that he had dismissed from office several hours earlier.

August 6th, 1997

Korean Air Flight 801 crashed into a hill on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam, killing 228 of the 254 people aboard.

August 6th, 1996

Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001 (pictured), discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive.

August 6th, 1991

British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee posted a public invitation to collaborate on a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessible via the Internet, known as the World Wide Web.

August 6th, 1965

U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disfranchisement of African Americans.

August 6th, 1945

World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (mushroom cloud pictured), killing about 70,000 people instantly.

August 6th, 1892

The Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company was founded in Antwerp to exploit natural rubber in the Congo Free State.

August 6th, 1777

The Battle of Oriskany, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War, was fought about 6 mi (10 km) east of Fort Stanwix, New York.

August 6th, 0686

Second Fitna: Pro-Alid forces defeated the Umayyad Caliphate in the Battle of Khazir, allowing them to take control of Mosul in present-day Iraq.

August 6th, 1944

World War II: Allied forces attacked German fortifications at Saint-Malo, France, beginning the Battle of Saint-Malo (pictured).

August 6th, 1623

After the death of Gregory XV, a papal conclave in Rome elected Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII.

August 6th, 1585

Toyotomi Hideyoshi is officially appointed kampaku (Imperial Regent).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 6th

Same year
Born in 1703

72

Robert James

British physician

*August 23rd, 1703, Staffordshire †March 23rd, 1776, London

87

John Wesley

Founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)

*June 17th, 1703, Epworth †March 2nd, 1791, St Luke's

78

José Francisco de Isla

Spanish writer (1703-1781)

*April 24th, 1703, Cistierna †November 2nd, 1781, Bologna

54

Jonathan Edwards

Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (1703-1758)

*October 5th, 1703, East Windsor †March 22nd, 1758, Princeton

78

Giovanni Ottavio Manciforte Sperelli

Italian cardinal

*February 22nd, 1703, Assisi †June 5th, 1781, Rome

63

Justus Juncker

German painter (1703–1767)

*July 24th, 1703, Mainz †June 15th, 1767, Frankfurt

76

Luisa Bergalli

Poet, librettist and writer

*April 14th, 1703, Venice †July 18th, 1779, Venice

65

Cajsa Warg

Swedish housekeeper and author

*March 23rd, 1703, Örebro †February 5th, 1769, Stockholm

59

John Theodore of Bavaria

Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal

*September 3rd, 1703, Munich †January 27th, 1763, Liège

54

Christoph Timotheus Seidel

German theologian and professor

*September 20th, 1703, Schönberg †May 30th, 1758, Helmstedt

59

Nicolas René Berryer

French jurist (1703-1762)

*March 4th, 1703, Paris †August 15th, 1762, Versailles

72

William Battie

British physician

*September 1st, 1703, Devon †June 13th, 1776, London

80

Jean-François Séguier

French astronomer and botanist (1703-1784)

*November 25th, 1703, Nîmes †September 1st, 1784, Nîmes

39

Christian Weise

German theologian

*October 5th, 1703, Leipzig †April 25th, 1743, Leipzig

56

James DeLancey

Chief justice, lieutenant governor, and twice acting governor of the province of New York

*November 27th, 1703, New York City †July 30th, 1760, New York City

57

Franz Christoph Janneck

Austrian painter (1703-1761)

*October 3rd, 1703, Graz †January 13th, 1761, Mariahilf

71

Levin Friedrich von Bismarck

German politician (1703-1774)

*October 3rd, 1703, Krevese †October 15th, 1774, Tangerhütte

64

Antoine Deparcieux

French mathematician

*October 28th, 1703, Peyremale †September 2nd, 1768, Paris

61

Gilbert Tennent

American minister

*February 5th, 1703, County Armagh †July 23rd, 1764, Philadelphia

66

Guillaume-François Rouelle

French chemist (1703-1770)

*September 15th, 1703, Mathieu †August 3rd, 1770, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1703 is a normal year and no leap year.

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