Born on August 5th, 1717
Weekday
Thursday
August 5th, 1717 was a Thursday.
Zodiac
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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 969 days, exactly on December 23rd, 2026, people who were born on August 5th, 1717 will be 113,000 days old!
112,031 Days
16,004 Weeks
3,680 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on August 5th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 5th
Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 5th?
86 Ernst Rodenwaldt
German racial hygienist, university teacher and military physician (1878-1965)
*August 5th, 1878, Berlin †June 4th, 1965, Ruhpolding
82 Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
*August 5th, 1930, Wapakoneta †August 25th, 2012, Cincinnati.JPG "Salomon Kalou"){kind=small}
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26 Niels Henrik Abel
Norwegian mathematician (1802–1829)
*August 5th, 1802, Nedstrand †April 6th, 1829, Froland Municipality.jpg "Michael Ballhaus")
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68 Tommaso Maria Ghilini
Italian catholic cardinal and archbishop
*August 5th, 1718, Alessandria †April 3rd, 1787, Turin
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29 Thomas Lynch
Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence from South Carolina (1749-1779)
*August 5th, 1749, Georgetown County †January 1st, 1779, Atlantic OceanElisabeth Voigt
German lab technician and painter (1893-1977)
*August 5th, 1893, Leipzig †November 8th, 1977, Leipzig
Same year
Born in 1717
61 David Garrick
British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)
*February 19th, 1717, Hereford †January 20th, 1779, London
63 Maria Theresa of Austria
Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)
*May 13th, 1717, Vienna †November 29th, 1780, Vienna
65 Jean le Rond d'Alembert
French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)
*November 16th, 1717, Paris †October 29th, 1783, Paris
62 Ferdinand Stosch
German theologian (1717–1780)
*December 30th, 1717, Liebenberg †June 3rd, 1780, Detmold,_c._1760-70_-_Vieira_Lusitano_(Pal%C3%A1cio_Nacional_de_Queluz).png "Pedro III of Portugal")
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50 Johann Joachim Winckelmann
German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library
*December 9th, 1717, Stendal †June 8th, 1768, TriestePius VI
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799
*December 25th, 1717, Cesena †August 29th, 1799, Valence
79 Horace Walpole
English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician (1717-1797)
*September 24th, 1717, London †March 2nd, 1797, LondonMustafa III
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774
*January 28th, 1717, Constantinople †January 21st, 1774, ConstantinopleJean Dugain
French slave hunter and explorer
*February 23rd, 1717, Saint-Denis †January 1st, 1787
58 Louis François, Prince of Conti
French noble and art collector (1717-1776)
*August 13th, 1717, Paris †August 2nd, 1776, Paris
72 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
76 Luis de Unzaga
Spanish colonial governor and administrator (1717-1793)
*April 6th, 1717, Málaga †June 21st, 1793, Málaga
80 Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
British Army officer (1717-1797)
*January 29th, 1717, Riverhead †August 3rd, 1797, Montreal Park
Johann Stamitz
Czech composer and violinist
*June 19th, 1717, Havlíčkův Brod †March 27th, 1757, MannheimBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on August 5th
Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 5th.
Albrecht Dürer, Matthias Grünewald, and Lucas Cranach the Elder (Episcopal Church (USA))
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_DürerDedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major (Catholic Church)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedication_of_the_Basilica_of_Saint_Mary_MajorAugust 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_5_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Independence Day (Burkina Faso)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Burkina_FasoVictory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and the Day of Croatian defenders (Croatia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(Croatia)Date as a Roman numeral / digit
5.8.1717
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
No: With 365 days 1717 is a normal year and no leap year.