August 22nd, 1711

Born on August 22nd, 1711

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What happened on August 22nd, 1711?

August 22nd, 1711

Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_expedition_(1711)

August 22nd, 1711

Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne's_War

What else happened on August 22nd?

August 22nd, 2006

Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to accept the medal.

August 22nd, 2003

Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court of Alabama building.

August 22nd, 1962

An assassination attempt orchestrated by the OAS takes place against Charles de Gaulle, although he is uninjured.

August 22nd, 2015

A former military aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham Airport in southern England, killing eleven people.

August 22nd, 1985

A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M at Manchester Airport, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation, and leading to changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective.

August 22nd, 1984

The constitution of Singapore was amended to apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates in Parliament, which had hitherto entirely comprised members of the People's Action Party.

August 22nd, 1961

Ida Siekmann jumped from a window in her tenement building trying to flee to West Berlin, becoming the first person to die at the Berlin Wall.

August 22nd, 1914

First World War: A squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards attacked a German scout party, the first engagement of British forces on the Western Front.

August 22nd, 1864

Under the leadership of Henry Dunant and the International Committee of the Red Cross, twelve European states signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing rules for the protection of victims of armed conflict.

August 22nd, 1851

The yacht America won the race for the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns (trophy pictured), later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England.

August 22nd, 1777

American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured).

August 22nd, 1642

King Charles I raised the royal standard at Nottingham, marking the beginning of the First English Civil War.

August 22nd, 1639

The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in present-day Chennai, the capital of the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to the East India Company.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 22nd

Same year
Born in 1711

65

David Hume

Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian

*April 26th, 1711, Edinburgh †August 25th, 1776, Edinburgh

49

Edward Boscawen

Royal Navy admiral (1711-1761)

*August 19th, 1711, Tregothnan †January 10th, 1761, Surrey

87

Qianlong Emperor

Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799)

*September 25th, 1711, Beijing †February 7th, 1799, Beijing

66

Laura Bassi

Italian physicist (1711-1778)

*October 31st, 1711, Bologna †February 20th, 1778, Bologna

40

William IV, Prince of Orange

Hereditary stadtholder of the Netherlands (1711-1751)

*September 1st, 1711, Leeuwarden †October 22nd, 1751, Huis ten Bosch

83

Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg

Bohemian nobleman (1711-1794)

*February 2nd, 1711, Vienna †June 27th, 1794, Vienna

82

Francisco Pérez Bayer

Spanish writer (1711-1794)

*November 11th, 1711, Valencia †January 27th, 1794, Valencia

75

Princess Amelia of Great Britain

Princess of Great Britain (1711-1786)

*June 10th, 1711, Herrenhausen Palace †October 31st, 1786, Soho

67

Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple

First Lord of the Admiralty (1711-1779)

*September 26th, 1711, Wotton Underwood †September 12th, 1779, London

29

Sidonia Hedwig Zäunemann

German poet

*January 15th, 1711, Erfurt †December 11th, 1740, Plaue

72

Agustín de Jáuregui

Spanish colonial governor (1711-1784)

*May 17th, 1711, Lekaroz †April 29th, 1784, Lima

74

Kitty Clive

British actress (1711-1785)

*November 5th, 1711, London †December 6th, 1785, London

77

François Jacquier

French Franciscan mathematician and physicist

*June 7th, 1711, Vitry-le-François †July 5th, 1788, Rome

38

Baron Franz von der Trenck

Austrian soldier (1711-1749)

*January 1st, 1711, Reggio Calabria †October 14th, 1749, Brno

60

Andrés Piquer

Spanish writer (1711-1772)

*November 6th, 1711, Fórnoles †August 3rd, 1772, Madrid

69

Noël Hallé

French painter and printmaker (1711-1781)

*September 2nd, 1711, Paris †June 5th, 1781, Paris

73

Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg

German prince-bishop and duke of Oldenburg (1711-1785)

*September 20th, 1711, Gottorf Castle †July 6th, 1785, Oldenburg

45

Peter Karl Christoph von Keith

Prussian confidant of Frederick the Great (1711–1756)

*May 24th, 1711, Poborowo †December 27th, 1756, Berlin

77

Gaetano Latilla

Italian opera composer

*January 12th, 1711, Bari †January 15th, 1788, Naples

70

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

French writer, editor

*April 26th, 1711, Rouen †September 8th, 1781, Avallon

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No: With 365 days 1711 is a normal year and no leap year.

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