August 11th, 1720

Born on August 11th, 1720

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 111,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 253 days, exactly on April 4th, 2027, people who were born on August 11th, 1720 will be 112,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 11th?

August 11th, 1999

A tornado struck downtown Salt Lake City, damaging 120 homes and injuring over 100 people.

August 11th, 1979

Two Aeroflot passenger jets collided in mid-air near Dniprodzerzhynsk in the Ukrainian SSR, killing all 178 people on both aircraft.

August 11th, 1977

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiated an investigation into the alleged vulnerability of the Ford Pinto (example pictured) to fuel leakage and fire in a rear-end collision.

August 11th, 1973

At a party in New York City, Jamaican musician DJ Kool Herc (pictured) began rapping during an extended break, laying the foundation for hip hop music.

August 11th, 1952

King Talal of Jordan was forced to abdicate due to mental illness and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein.

August 11th, 1945

Amid rumors of kidnappings of children by Jews in Kraków, a crowd of Poles took part in a pogrom, resulting in at least one death.

August 11th, 1929

The first Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic, the oldest and largest African-American parade in the United States, was held in Chicago.

August 11th, 1786

Francis Light founded George Town (city hall pictured), the first British settlement in Southeast Asia and the present-day capital of the Malaysian state of Penang.

August 11th, 1492

The first conclave to be held in the Sistine Chapel elected Roderic Borja as Pope Alexander VI to succeed Innocent VIII.

August 11th, 1309

Reconquista: Aragonese forces led by King James II landed on the coast of Almería, beginning an ultimately unsuccessful siege of the city, then held by the Emirate of Granada.

August 11th, 1975

The Timorese Democratic Union launched a coup in Portuguese Timor, starting the East Timorese civil war.

August 11th, 1991

Nickelodeon's first line of "Nicktoons" (Doug, Rugrats & Ren & Stimpy) premiere on the channel.

August 11th, 2023

Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

August 11th, 2006

The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.

August 11th, 1992

The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 11th

Born on August 11th, 1720

72

Martin Gerbert

German scholar

*August 11th, 1720, Horb am Neckar †May 13th, 1793, St. Blasien

Same year
Born in 1720

85

Carlo Gozzi

Italian playwright (1720-1806)

*December 13th, 1720, Venice †April 4th, 1806, Venice

57

Anna Maria Mozart

Mother of Maria Anna ("Nannerl") and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

*December 25th, 1720, St. Gilgen †July 3rd, 1778, Paris

77

Vilna Gaon

Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797)

*April 23rd, 1720, Sialiec †October 9th, 1797, Vilnius

77

Heraclius II of Georgia

Georgian monarch; King of Kakheti (1744–62), King of Kartli and Kakheti (1762–98)

*November 7th, 1720, Telavi †January 11th, 1798, Telavi

30

Sakuramachi

Emperor of Japan (1720-1750)

*February 8th, 1720, Kyoto †May 28th, 1750, Kyoto

71

Heinrich Friedrich Delius

German physician, naturalist and chemist (1720-1791)

*July 8th, 1720, Wernigerode †October 22nd, 1791, Erlangen

55

Christoph Friedrich Schott

German theologian

*April 13th, 1720, Burgstetten †June 18th, 1775, Tübingen

57

Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen

Painter, engraver and draughtsman (1720-1778)

*August 17th, 1720, Valenciennes †January 4th, 1778, City of Brussels

72

Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin

French politician (1720-1792)

*March 24th, 1720, Périgueux †September 16th, 1792, Spa

57

Samuel Foote

British dramatist

*January 27th, 1720, Truro †October 21st, 1777, Dover

51

John Woolman

American Quaker preacher and writer

*October 19th, 1720, New Jersey †October 7th, 1772, York

83

Gian Francesco Albani

Catholic cardinal (1775–1803)

*February 26th, 1720, Rome †September 15th, 1803, Rome

82

Johann Joachim Busch

German architect

*September 18th, 1720, Schwerin †December 27th, 1802, Plau am See

67

José de Gálvez

Spanish lawyer (1720-1787)

*January 2nd, 1720, Macharaviaya †June 17th, 1787, Aranjuez

75

Sarah Scott

British writer

*September 21st, 1720, Yorkshire †November 3rd, 1795, Norwich

48

Friedrich Wilhelm von Oppel

German university teacher (1720-1769)

*May 4th, 1720, Krebs †February 4th, 1769, Freiberg

79

Nicolas-Henri Jardin

French architect in Denmark (1720-1799)

*March 22nd, 1720, Bussy-Saint-Martin †August 31st, 1799, Paris

72

Gilbert White

18th-century English priest and naturalist; (1720-1793)

*July 18th, 1720, Selborne †June 26th, 1793, Selborne

83

Henrik Adam Brockenhuus

Danish courtier, local administrator in Zealand

*May 30th, 1720, Hamar Municipality †June 11th, 1803, Jungshovedgaard

58

Charles De Geer

Swedish entomologist, industrialist and civil servant (1720-1778)

*February 10th, 1720, Finspång †March 7th, 1778, Stockholm

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Leap year

Yes: 1720 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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