August 22nd, 1712

Born on August 22nd, 1712

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 113,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 169 days, exactly on October 5th, 2024, people who were born on August 22nd, 1712 will be 114,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 22nd?

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, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation and bringing about 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 Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns race, 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, 1711

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

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.

August 22nd, 1485

Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England at the Battle of Bosworth Field, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses.

August 22nd, 2007

The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.

August 22nd, 2006

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

August 22nd, 2004

Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 22nd?

104

Simone Schaller

American hurdler

*August 22nd, 1912, Manchester †October 20th, 2016, Arcadia

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

75

Chuck Brown

American guitarist, bandleader and singer (1936-2012)

*August 22nd, 1936, Gaston †May 16th, 2012, Baltimore

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

35

Minelli

Romanian singer-songwriter

*August 22nd, 1988, Slobozia

86

Dietmar Kienast

German historian of classical antiquity and university teacher (1925-2012)

*August 22nd, 1925, Berlin †February 13th, 2012, Olching

101

Leni Riefenstahl

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902–2003)

*August 22nd, 1902, Berlin †September 8th, 2003, Pöcking

28

Dua Lipa

English and Albanian singer (born 1995)

*August 22nd, 1995, Westminster

92

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989

*August 22nd, 1904, Guanganzhou †February 19th, 1997, Beijing

52

Richard Armitage

English actor

*August 22nd, 1971, Huncote

91

Ray Bradbury

American author and screenwriter

*August 22nd, 1920, Waukegan †June 5th, 2012, Los Angeles

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

45

James Corden

English actor, comedian, singer and television host

*August 22nd, 1978, Hillingdon

66

Denis Papin

French physicist, mathematician and inventor (*1647 – †1713)

*August 22nd, 1647, Chitenay †August 26th, 1713, London

55

Claude Debussy

French classical composer (1862–1918)

*August 22nd, 1862, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †March 25th, 1918, 16th arrondissement of Paris

50

Laurent Lafitte

French actor

*August 22nd, 1973, Fresnes

40

Theo Bos

Dutch road cyclist and track cyclist

*August 22nd, 1983, Hierden

38

Charles Clerke

British Royal Navy officer

*August 22nd, 1741, Essex †August 22nd, 1779, Kamchatka Peninsula

78

Ron Dante

American musician, songwriter, record producer

*August 22nd, 1945, Staten Island

53

Ricco Groß

German biathlete

*August 22nd, 1970, Bad Schlema

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66

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712–1778)

*June 28th, 1712, Geneva †July 2nd, 1778, Ermenonville

74

Frederick II of Prussia

King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786

*January 24th, 1712, Berlin †August 17th, 1786, Potsdam

80

Francesco Guardi

Italian painter (1712-1793)

*October 5th, 1712, Venice †January 1st, 1793, Venice

67

Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn

Painter (1712-1780)

*February 14th, 1712, Hamburg †January 24th, 1780, Dresden

51

Francesco Algarotti

Italian philosopher (1712-1764)

*December 11th, 1712, Venice †May 3rd, 1764, Pisa

47

Louis-Joseph de Montcalm

French soldier

*February 28th, 1712, Nîmes †September 14th, 1759, Quebec City

45

Johann Gottfried Brendel

German physician

*February 23rd, 1712, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †January 17th, 1758, Göttingen

66

Claude Bourgelat

French veterinary surgeon

*March 27th, 1712, Lyon †January 3rd, 1779, Paris

72

Pietro Chiari

Italian playwright (1712-1785)

*December 25th, 1712, Brescia †August 31st, 1785, Brescia

68

John Fothergill

English physician and plant collector (1712–1780)

*March 8th, 1712, Bainbridge †December 26th, 1780, London

74

John Stanley

English composer and organist

*January 17th, 1712, London †May 19th, 1786, London

73

Fernando de Sousa e Silva

Portuguese cardinal (1712-1786)

*November 27th, 1712, Lisbon †April 11th, 1786, Lisbon

58

George Grenville

Prime Minister of Great Britain (1712-1770)

*October 14th, 1712, Westminster †November 13th, 1770, London

67

Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine

Austrian general (1712-1780)

*December 12th, 1712, Lunéville †July 4th, 1780, Tervuren

73

Richard Glover

English poet and politician (1712-1785)

*January 1st, 1712, London †November 25th, 1785

83

Sayat-Nova

Armenian musician and poet

*June 14th, 1712, Tbilisi †November 22nd, 1795, Haghpat

71

Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lanze

Italian cardinal

*September 1st, 1712, Turin †January 23rd, 1784, Fruttuaria

30

Charles Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

German noble (1712-1743)

*July 18th, 1712, Meiningen †March 28th, 1743, Meiningen

63

Georg Friedrich Schmidt

German engraver and designer (1712–1775)

*January 24th, 1712, Wandlitz †January 25th, 1775, Berlin

46

Vincent de Gournay

French economist and intendant of commerce

*May 28th, 1712, Saint-Malo †June 27th, 1758, Cádiz

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Leap year

Yes: 1712 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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