August 4th, 1717

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Born on August 4th, 1717 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 4th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 4th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1717)

Born on August 4th, 1717

Weekday

Wednesday

August 4th, 1717 was a Wednesday.

Age

306

People born on August 4th, 1717 will turn 307 this year (2024), in exactly 98 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1717 - August 23rd, 1717

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 112,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 968 days, exactly on December 22nd, 2026, people who were born on August 4th, 1717 will be 113,000 days old!

112,032 Days

16,004 Weeks

3,680 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on August 4th?

August 4th, 2020

A large explosion of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon killed 218 people and caused US$15 billion in damage.

August 4th, 2006

Sri Lankan Civil War: Seventeen employees of the French nongovernmental organization ACF International were massacred in Muttur.

August 4th, 1995

Yugoslav Wars: The Croatian Army initiated Operation Storm, the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence and the largest European land battle since the Second World War.

August 4th, 1993

Yōhei Kōno, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, issued a formal apology for forcing women into sexual slavery during World War II.

August 4th, 1991

An explosion on the Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos ruptured its hull, causing it to sink off the east coast of South Africa, with all 571 people on board rescued.

August 4th, 1983

Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, the president of Upper Volta, was ousted in a coup d'état led by Thomas Sankara.

August 4th, 1972

President Idi Amin announced the expulsion of Asians from Uganda.

August 4th, 1964

Vietnam War: The National Security Agency falsely claimed that a U.S. Navy destroyer was attacked a second time by North Vietnamese vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin, leading Congress to authorize the use of military force.

August 4th, 1914

World War I: Adhering to the terms of the Treaty of London, the United Kingdom declared war on Germany in response to the latter's invasion of Belgium.

August 4th, 1892

Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother were found murdered in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts; Borden was later tried and acquitted for the murders.

August 4th, 1830

American surveyor James Thompson produced the first plat of Chicago for the Illinois and Michigan Canal Commissioners.

August 4th, 1796

French Revolutionary Wars: Commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte (depicted), the French Army of Italy decisively defeated Austrian forces led by Peter Vitus von Quosdanovich at the Battle of Lonato.

August 4th, 1791

The signing of the Treaty of Sistova brought an end to the Austro-Turkish War.

August 4th, 1783

Mount Asama (pictured) in Japan began a climactic eruption, which exacerbated the Great Tenmei famine and led to thousands of deaths.

August 4th, 1704

War of the Spanish Succession: A combined Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles captured Gibraltar (pictured) from Spain.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 4th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 4th?

Barack Obama

President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

*August 4th, 1961, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

Cheryl Seinen

Badminton player

*August 4th, 1995, Roermond

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

Jim-Patrick Müller

German footballer

*August 4th, 1989, Munich

Siegfried Lauffer

German historian of graeco-roman history (1911-1986)

*August 4th, 1911, Stuttgart †April 2nd, 1986, Munich

Johann Gottlob Lehmann

German and Russian mineralogist

*August 4th, 1719, Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel †January 22nd, 1767, Saint Petersburg

Knut Hamsun

Norwegian novelist (1859–1952)

*August 4th, 1859, Vågå †February 19th, 1952, Grimstad

Percy Bysshe Shelley

British Romantic poet (1792–1822)

*August 4th, 1792, Horsham †July 8th, 1822, La Spezia

Guo Zhendong

Chinese badminton player

*August 4th, 1984, Hubei

Antonio Valencia

Ecuadorian association football player

*August 4th, 1985, Nueva Loja

Emily Westwood

Badminton player

*August 4th, 1993, Hemel Hempstead

Alfian Eko Prasetya

Badminton player

*August 4th, 1994, Jakarta

Soo Teck Zhi

Badminton player

*August 4th, 1995, Kelana Jaya

Kittisak Namdash

Badminton player

*August 4th, 1995, Nakhon Phanom

Louis Armstrong

American jazz trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)

*August 4th, 1901, New Orleans †July 6th, 1971, New York City

Samuel Werenfels

Swiss architect

*August 4th, 1720, Basel †September 11th, 1800, Basel

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

American politician (1817-1885)

*August 4th, 1817, Millstone †May 20th, 1885, Newark

Sander Rølvåg

Norwegian male curler

*August 4th, 1990, Sandnessjøen

Audrey Azoulay

French politician and official

*August 4th, 1972, La Celle-Saint-Cloud

John August

American film director and screenwriter

*August 4th, 1970, Boulder

Same year
Born in 1717

David Garrick

British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)

*February 19th, 1717, Hereford †January 20th, 1779, London

Maria Theresa of Austria

Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)

*May 13th, 1717, Vienna †November 29th, 1780, Vienna

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)

*November 16th, 1717, Paris †October 29th, 1783, Paris

Ferdinand Stosch

German theologian (1717–1780)

*December 30th, 1717, Liebenberg †June 3rd, 1780, Detmold

Pedro III of Portugal

King of Portugal

*July 5th, 1717, Lisbon †May 25th, 1786, Sintra

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library

*December 9th, 1717, Stendal †June 8th, 1768, Trieste

Pius VI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799

*December 25th, 1717, Cesena †August 29th, 1799, Valence

Horace Walpole

English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician (1717-1797)

*September 24th, 1717, London †March 2nd, 1797, London

Mustafa III

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774

*January 28th, 1717, Constantinople †January 21st, 1774, Constantinople

Jean Dugain

French slave hunter and explorer

*February 23rd, 1717, Saint-Denis †January 1st, 1787

Louis François, Prince of Conti

French noble and art collector (1717-1776)

*August 13th, 1717, Paris †August 2nd, 1776, Paris

George Augustus Eliott

1st Lord Heathfield and Baron of Gibraltar, Army General, Governor of Gibraltar; (1717-1790)

*December 25th, 1717, Roxburghshire †July 6th, 1790, Aachen

Cardinal de Soubise

Catholic cardinal

*December 1st, 1717, Paris †June 28th, 1756, Saverne

Luis de Unzaga

Spanish colonial governor and administrator (1717-1793)

*April 6th, 1717, Málaga †June 21st, 1793, Málaga

Richard Owen Cambridge

British poet

*February 14th, 1717, London †September 17th, 1802, Richmond

Norbert Grund

Czech painter (1717-1767)

*December 4th, 1717, Prague †July 17th, 1767, Prague

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

British Army officer (1717-1797)

*January 29th, 1717, Riverhead †August 3rd, 1797, Montreal Park

Philipp Erasmus Reich

German publisher

*December 1st, 1717, Laubach †December 3rd, 1787, Leipzig

Johann Augustin Dietelmair

*January 1st, 1717, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1785

Johann Stamitz

Czech composer and violinist

*June 19th, 1717, Havlíčkův Brod †March 27th, 1757, Mannheim

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 4th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 4th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

IV.VIII.MDCCXVII

4.8.1717

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1717 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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August 4th, 1717

Born on August 4th, 1717

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 112,000 days old!

112,032 Days

16,004 Weeks

3,680 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 4th?

A large explosion of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon killed 218 people and caused US$15 billion in damage.

Sri Lankan Civil War: Seventeen employees of the French nongovernmental organization ACF International were massacred in Muttur.

Yugoslav Wars: The Croatian Army initiated Operation Storm, the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence and the largest European land battle since the Second World War.

Yōhei Kōno, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, issued a formal apology for forcing women into sexual slavery during World War II.

An explosion on the Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos ruptured its hull, causing it to sink off the east coast of South Africa, with all 571 people on board rescued.

Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, the president of Upper Volta, was ousted in a coup d'état led by Thomas Sankara.

President Idi Amin announced the expulsion of Asians from Uganda.

Vietnam War: The National Security Agency falsely claimed that a U.S. Navy destroyer was attacked a second time by North Vietnamese vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin, leading Congress to authorize the use of military force.

World War I: Adhering to the terms of the Treaty of London, the United Kingdom declared war on Germany in response to the latter's invasion of Belgium.

Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother were found murdered in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts; Borden was later tried and acquitted for the murders.

American surveyor James Thompson produced the first plat of Chicago for the Illinois and Michigan Canal Commissioners.

French Revolutionary Wars: Commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte (depicted), the French Army of Italy decisively defeated Austrian forces led by Peter Vitus von Quosdanovich at the Battle of Lonato.

The signing of the Treaty of Sistova brought an end to the Austro-Turkish War.

Mount Asama (pictured) in Japan began a climactic eruption, which exacerbated the Great Tenmei famine and led to thousands of deaths.

War of the Spanish Succession: A combined Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles captured Gibraltar (pictured) from Spain.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 4th

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Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 4th

Aristarchus

Euphronius

Blessed Frédéric Janssoone

John Vianney

Molua (or Lua)

Raynerius of Split

Sithney, patron saint of mad dogs

August 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Coast Guard Day (United States)

Constitution Day (Cook Islands); first Monday in August

Matica slovenská Day (Slovakia)

Barack Obama Day in Illinois in the United States

2020 Beirut explosion commemoration day in Lebanon

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

4.8.1717

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 112,000 days old!

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Calendar
August 1717

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