August 21st, 1707

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Born on August 21st, 1707 – 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 1707)

Born on August 21st, 1707

Weekday

Sunday

August 21st, 1707 was a Sunday.

Age

316

People born on August 21st, 1707 will turn 317 this year (2024), in exactly 114 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1707 - August 23rd, 1707

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 115,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 331 days, exactly on March 26th, 2025, people who were born on August 21st, 1707 will be 116,000 days old!

115,669 Days

16,524 Weeks

3,800 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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

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

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 City

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

Hermann Hammerschmidt

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

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

Pierre Nicolas d'Incarville

French botanist (1706-1757)

*August 21st, 1706, Louviers †June 12th, 1757, Beijing

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

Same year
Born in 1707

Carl Linnaeus

Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)

*May 23rd, 1707, Råshult †January 10th, 1778, Linnaeus Hammarby

Leonhard Euler

Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)

*April 15th, 1707, Basel †September 18th, 1783, Saint Petersburg

Carlo Goldoni

Italian playwright (1707-1793)

*February 25th, 1707, Venice †February 6th, 1794, Paris

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

French natural historian (1707-1788)

*September 7th, 1707, Montbard †April 15th, 1788, Paris

Louis I of Spain

King of Spain

*August 25th, 1707, Madrid †August 31st, 1724, Madrid

Anton Peter Příchovský von Příchovice

Roman-Catholic archbishop (1707-1793)

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

Magdalena Sibylla Rieger

German writer (1707-1786)

*December 29th, 1707, Maulbronn †December 31st, 1786, Stuttgart

Michel Corrette

French organist and composer

*April 10th, 1707, Rouen †January 21st, 1795, Paris

Stephen Hopkins

Signer of Declaration of Independence (1707-1785)

*March 7th, 1707, Providence †July 13th, 1785, Providence

Charles Wesley

English Methodist and hymn writer (1707-1788)

*December 18th, 1707, Epworth †March 29th, 1788, London

John Pringle

Scottish physician

*April 10th, 1707, Roxburghshire †January 18th, 1782, London

Johann Julius Hecker

German educator

*December 2nd, 1707, Werden †June 24th, 1768, Berlin

Johann August Ernesti

German theologian

*August 4th, 1707, Bad Tennstedt †September 11th, 1781, Leipzig

Pietro Rotari

Italian painter of Baroque period (1707–1762)

*September 30th, 1707, Verona †August 31st, 1762, Saint Petersburg

Johann Amman

Swiss-Russian botanist (1707-1741)

*December 22nd, 1707, Schaffhausen †December 4th, 1741, Saint Petersburg

Johann Christian Senckenberg

German doctor

*February 28th, 1707, Frankfurt †November 15th, 1772, Frankfurt

Henry Fielding

English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754)

*April 22nd, 1707, Sharpham †October 8th, 1754, Lisbon

Friedrich Grimm

German theologian

*March 11th, 1707, Hanau †March 20th, 1777, Steinau an der Straße

Frederick, Prince of Wales

Heir apparent to the British throne from 1727 until his death

*January 31st, 1707, Hanover †March 20th, 1751, Leicester House

Wytze Foppes Dongjuma

Dutch mathematician

*September 16th, 1707, Dongjum †August 2nd, 1778, Leeuwarden

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.MDCCVII

21.8.1707

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1707 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1707

August 1707

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August 21st, 1707

Born on August 21st, 1707

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 115,000 days old!

115,669 Days

16,524 Weeks

3,800 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?

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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

21.8.1707

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Birthdays
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Same year
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Calendar
August 1707

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
31	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
32	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
33	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
34	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
35	29	30	31