August 28th, 1703

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Born on August 28th, 1703 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 28th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 28th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1703)

Born on August 28th, 1703

Weekday

Tuesday

August 28th, 1703 was a Tuesday.

Age

320

People born on August 28th, 1703 will turn 321 this year (2024), in exactly 115 days .

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

August 24th, 1703 - September 23rd, 1703

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 117,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 871 days, exactly on September 23rd, 2026, people who were born on August 28th, 1703 will be 118,000 days old!

117,129 Days

16,732 Weeks

3,848 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on August 28th?

August 28th, 2021

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line opens for service

August 28th, 2003

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

August 28th, 1993

The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.

August 28th, 1987

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

August 28th, 1973

Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; during the incident the hostages had bonded with their captors, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.

August 28th, 1963

American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

August 28th, 1955

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

August 28th, 1950

In tennis, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

August 28th, 1914

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight.

August 28th, 1909

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

August 28th, 1833

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

August 28th, 1830

Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

August 28th, 1789

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

August 28th, 1640

Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.

August 28th, 1619

Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 28th?

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

*August 28th, 1749, Frankfurt †March 22nd, 1832, Weimar

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author (1828–1910)

*August 28th, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana †November 7th, 1910, Astapovo

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

*August 28th, 1797, Brzeg †August 1st, 1840, Athens

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

*August 28th, 1928, Remscheid †June 9th, 2009, Seehausen am Staffelsee

Dietz-Otto Edzard

German Assyriologist

*August 28th, 1930, Bremen †June 2nd, 2004, Munich

Heinrich Heydemann

German classical archaeologist

*August 28th, 1842, Greifswald †September 10th, 1890, Halle (Saale)

Anton Peter Příchovský von Příchovice

Roman-Catholic archbishop (1707-1793)

*August 28th, 1707, Svojšín †April 14th, 1793, Prague

Carsten Jancker

German association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1974, Grevesmühlen

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

*August 28th, 1923, Berlin †January 14th, 2015, Berlin

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

*August 28th, 1867, Foggia †November 12th, 1948, Milan

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

*August 28th, 1929, Miami †December 2nd, 1995, Los Angeles

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

*August 28th, 1829, Witten †August 9th, 1891, Koblenz-Horchheim

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

Nick E. Tarabay

Lebanese and American actor

*August 28th, 1975, Beirut

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Holy Roman Empress consort (1691-1750)

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

Kevin McNaughton

British footballer (born 1982)

*August 28th, 1982, Dundee

Same year
Born in 1703

Robert James

British physician

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

John Wesley

Founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)

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

Jonathan Edwards

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

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

François Boucher

French painter (1703-1770)

*September 29th, 1703, Paris †May 30th, 1770, Paris

Gilbert Tennent

American minister

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

Antoine Deparcieux

French mathematician

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

Guillaume-François Rouelle

French chemist (1703-1770)

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

László Amade

Hungarian poet, soldier (1703-1764)

*March 12th, 1703, Gabčíkovo †December 22nd, 1764, Horný Bar

Władysław Aleksander Łubieński

Catholic archbishop

*November 1st, 1703, Galicia †June 21st, 1767, Gniezno

Marie Leszczyńska

Queen Consort of France

*June 23rd, 1703, Trzebnica †June 24th, 1768, Palace of Versailles

Johann Gottfried Schaumburg

*April 18th, 1703, Zerbst †May 25th, 1746, Jena

Peter Warren

Royal Navy admiral (1703-1752)

*March 10th, 1703, Meath †July 29th, 1752, Dublin

Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein

Jesuit missionary

*August 18th, 1703, Ljubljana †October 29th, 1774, Beijing

José Francisco de Isla

Spanish writer (1703-1781)

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

Theophilus Cibber

English writer (1703-1758)

*November 26th, 1703, London †October 1st, 1758, Irish Sea

Elias Dollhopf

German painter (1703-1773)

*January 13th, 1703, Tachov †December 12th, 1773, Horní Slavkov

Georg Andreas Sorge

German composer

*March 21st, 1703, Mellenbach-Glasbach †April 4th, 1778, Bad Lobenstein

Johann Gottlieb Graun

German composer and violinist

*October 27th, 1703, Wahrenbrück †October 27th, 1771, Berlin

Johann Baptist Regondi

Italian sculptor (1703-1762)

*June 24th, 1703, Kaisersteinbruch †March 18th, 1762, Kaisersteinbruch

Lorenzo Ricci

Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1703-1775)

*August 2nd, 1703, Florence †November 24th, 1775, Rome

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.VIII.MDCCIII

28.8.1703

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

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

Calendar
August 1703

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August 28th, 1703

Born on August 28th, 1703

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 117,000 days old!

117,129 Days

16,732 Weeks

3,848 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 28th?

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line opens for service

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; during the incident the hostages had bonded with their captors, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.

American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

In tennis, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight.

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.

Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 28th?

Same year Born in 1703

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 28th

Alexander of Constantinople

Augustine of Hippo

Edmund Arrowsmith

Hermes

Moses the Black

August 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

National Grandparents Day (Mexico)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

28.8.1703

Legend

Leap year

Calendar August 1703

August 1703

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 117,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 28th?

Same year
Born in 1703

Calendar
August 1703

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31			1	2	3	4	5
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