November 2nd, 1709

Born on November 2nd, 1709

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

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What happened on November 2nd?

November 2nd, 2016

The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians in the 2016 World Series, ending the longest championship drought in Major League Baseball history.

November 2nd, 2008

Lewis Hamilton (pictured) overtook Timo Glock in the final corners of the Brazilian Grand Prix to win the Formula One championship by one point.

November 2nd, 2007

In Tbilisi, Georgia, tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the allegedly corrupt government of president Mikheil Saakashvili.

November 2nd, 2000

As members of Expedition 1, American astronaut William Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko (all pictured) became the first resident crew to arrive at the International Space Station.

November 2nd, 1997

Tropical Storm Linda made landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.

November 2nd, 1990

Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting merged to form BSkyB, currently the largest pay-TV broadcaster in Europe.

November 2nd, 1984

The serial killer Velma Barfield became the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1962.

November 2nd, 1963

President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam was assassinated, marking the culmination of a coup d'état led by Dương Văn Minh.

November 2nd, 1960

In the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, publisher Penguin Books was acquitted of obscenity for the publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence.

November 2nd, 1949

The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ended with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.

November 2nd, 1943

World War II: A U.S. Navy task force turned away an Imperial Japanese Navy formation at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, thus protecting the landings at Cape Torokina.

November 2nd, 1932

The Australian military began a "war against emus", flightless native birds blamed for widespread damage to crops in Western Australia.

November 2nd, 1917

The British government issued the Balfour Declaration in support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small Jewish minority.

November 2nd, 0619

Emperor Gaozu of Tang allowed the assassination of a khagan of the Western Turkic Khaganate by Eastern Turkic rivals, one of the earliest events in the Tang campaigns against the Western Turks.

November 2nd, 1880

James A. Garfield was elected as president of the United States; the election is the closest to date by popular vote margin.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 2nd

Same year
Born in 1709

41

Julien Offray de La Mettrie

French physician and philosopher

*December 12th, 1709, Saint-Malo †November 11th, 1751, Potsdam

75

Samuel Johnson

English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)

*September 18th, 1709, Lichfield †December 13th, 1784, London

73

Jacques de Vaucanson

French inventor of mechanical automata

*February 24th, 1709, Grenoble †November 21st, 1782, Paris

45

Johann Georg Gmelin

German and Russian scientist (1709-1755)

*August 10th, 1709, Tübingen †May 20th, 1755, Tübingen

62

Louis de Bourbon, Count of Clermont

French noble (1709-1771)

*June 15th, 1709, Versailles †June 16th, 1771, Paris

65

Domingo de Basavilbaso

Argentinian businessperson (1709-1775)

*September 1st, 1709, Laudio/Llodio †May 9th, 1775, Buenos Aires

98

Jean-Baptiste de Belloy

Catholic cardinal (1709-1808)

*October 9th, 1709, France †June 10th, 1808, Paris

60

Francesco Araja

Italian composer

*June 25th, 1709, Naples †January 1st, 1770, Bologna

73

Hans Ulrich Grubenmann

Swiss builder

*June 23rd, 1709, Teufen †January 22nd, 1783, Teufen

76

Gabriel Bonnot de Mably

French philosopher, historian, and writer (1709–1785)

*March 14th, 1709, Grenoble †April 2nd, 1785, Paris

22

Louise of Anhalt-Dessau

Princess consort of Anhalt-Bernburg

*August 21st, 1709, Dessau †July 29th, 1732, Bernburg

79

Frederick Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1709-1788)

*August 21st, 1709, Schwedt/Oder †December 12th, 1788, Schwedt/Oder

72

Joachim Martin Falbe

German Painter (1709-1782)

*June 11th, 1709, Berlin †March 22nd, 1782, Berlin

74

Charles Collé

French writer

*April 14th, 1709, Paris †November 3rd, 1783, Paris

64

George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

British politician

*January 17th, 1709, Hagley †August 24th, 1773, Hagley

73

Andreas Sigismund Marggraf

German chemist (1709-1782)

*March 3rd, 1709, Berlin †August 7th, 1782, Berlin

67

Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset

French poet (1709-1777)

*August 29th, 1709, Amiens †June 16th, 1777, Amiens

82

Frobenius Forster

Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey St. Emmeram, Regensburg

*August 30th, 1709, Königsfeld (Wolnzach) †October 1st, 1791, Regensburg

71

Christian Ernst Friederici

Organ builder (1709-1780)

*March 7th, 1709, Meerane †May 4th, 1780, Gera

79

John Cleland

British writer (1709-1789)

*September 24th, 1709, Kingston upon Thames †January 23rd, 1789, City of Westminster

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1709 is a normal year and no leap year.

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