July 2nd, 1721

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People who were born on July 2nd, 1721 celebrate their birthday today! They'll be 303 year(s) old today.

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Born on July 2nd, 1721 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on July 2nd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on July 2nd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (July 1721)

Born on July 2nd, 1721

Weekday

Wednesday

July 2nd, 1721 was a Wednesday.

Age

303

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

June 22nd, 1721 - July 22nd, 1721

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 110,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 331 days, exactly on May 29th, 2025, people who were born on July 2nd, 1721 will be 111,000 days old!

110,669 Days

15,809 Weeks

3,636 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on July 2nd?

July 2nd, 2013

The International Astronomical Union announced that the fourth and fifth moons of Pluto to be discovered would be named Kerberos and Styx, respectively.

July 2nd, 2008

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An Arab man rammed a loader into traffic in Jerusalem, killing three people and injuring 40 others (damage pictured).

July 2nd, 1976

More than a year after the end of the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam officially merged under communist rule to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

July 2nd, 1964

U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, outlawing segregation in schools, at the workplace, and other facilities that served the general public.

July 2nd, 1941

A German SS unit arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania, and began the systematic execution of up to 100,000 people over the next three years.

July 2nd, 1917

Amidst weeks of race riots in East St. Louis, Illinois, white residents burned sections of the city and shot black inhabitants as they escaped the flames.

July 2nd, 1890

The U.S. Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act, the first United States government action to limit monopolies.

July 2nd, 1881

U.S. president James A. Garfield was fatally shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station in Washington, D.C.

July 2nd, 1816

The French frigate Méduse ran aground off the coast of present-day Mauritania, with the survivors escaping on a makeshift raft, depicted in Théodore Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa (pictured).

July 2nd, 1644

First English Civil War: The combined forces of Scottish Covenanters and English Parliamentarians defeated Royalist troops at the Battle of Marston Moor.

July 2nd, 0706

The bodies of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Empress Wu Zetian were interred in the Qianling Mausoleum.

July 2nd, 0626

During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Prince Li Shimin led his forces to assassinate his rival brothers in a coup for the imperial throne of the Tang dynasty.

July 2nd, 2008

Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC.

July 2nd, 2005

The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.

July 2nd, 2002

Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.

Today's Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 2nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 2nd?

Saweetie

American rapper and singer

*July 2nd, 1993, Hayward

Arp Schnitger

German organ builder

*July 2nd, 1648, Brake †July 28th, 1719, Neuenfelde

Felipe Araújo

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*July 2nd, 1995, Goiânia

Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Opera composer (1714–1787)

*July 2nd, 1714, Erasbach †November 15th, 1787, Vienna

Norbert Röttgen

German politician (CDU)

*July 2nd, 1965, Meckenheim

Hermann Hesse

Nobel Prize winning German-Swiss poet, novelist and painter (1877–1962)

*July 2nd, 1877, Calw †August 9th, 1962, Montagnola

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock

German poet, writer and linguist

*July 2nd, 1724, Quedlinburg †March 14th, 1803, Hamburg

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

Hermann Bengtson

German historian

*July 2nd, 1909, Ratzeburg †November 2nd, 1989, Munich

Kristian Eidnes Andersen

Danish composer

*July 2nd, 1966, Faxe

Imelda Marcos

Philippine former First Lady (born 1929)

*July 2nd, 1929, Manila

William Henry Bragg

British scientist (1862–1942)

*July 2nd, 1862, Westward †March 12th, 1942, London

Wisława Szymborska

Polish poet, Nobel Prize winner

*July 2nd, 1923, Kórnik †February 1st, 2012, Kraków

Hans Bethe

German-American nuclear physicist

*July 2nd, 1906, Strasbourg †March 6th, 2005, Ithaca

Patrice Lumumba

Congolese politician and independence leader (1925–1961)

*July 2nd, 1925, Katakokombe †January 17th, 1961, Lubumbashi

Lindsay Lohan

American actress and singer (born 1986)

*July 2nd, 1986, The Bronx

Margot Robbie

Australian actress

*July 2nd, 1990, Dalby

René Lacoste

French tennis player

*July 2nd, 1904, Paris †October 12th, 1996, Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Johnny Weir

American figure skater and television commentator

*July 2nd, 1984, Coatesville

Ron Silver

American actor and activist (1946-2009)

*July 2nd, 1946, Manhattan †March 15th, 2009, Manhattan

Same year
Born in 1721

Tobias Smollett

18th-century poet and author from Scotland

*March 19th, 1721, Cardross †September 17th, 1771, Livorno

Madame de Pompadour

Chief mistress of Louis XV of France (1721-1764)

*December 29th, 1721, Paris †April 15th, 1764, Versailles

Jean-Philippe Baratier

German scholar (1721-1740)

*January 19th, 1721, Schwabach †October 5th, 1740, Halle (Saale)

Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes

French statesman (1721-1794)

*December 6th, 1721, Paris †April 22nd, 1794, Paris

Roger Sherman

Early American lawyer and politician, Founding Father of the United States (1721-1793)

*April 19th, 1721, Newton †July 23rd, 1793, New Haven

John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1721-1767)

*January 8th, 1721, Rudolstadt †July 10th, 1767, Rudolstadt

Mark Akenside

English poet and physician

*November 9th, 1721, Newcastle upon Tyne †June 23rd, 1770, London

Domenico Corvi

Italian painter (1721-1803)

*September 16th, 1721, Viterbo †July 22nd, 1803, Rome

Christian Gotthelf von Gutschmid

German politician (1721-1798)

*December 12th, 1721, Kahren †December 30th, 1798, Dresden

Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz

German general

*February 3rd, 1721, Kalkar †August 27th, 1773, Oława

Franz Anton Knittel

German theologian

*April 3rd, 1721, Salzdahlum †December 10th, 1792, Wolfenbüttel

Johann Samuel Diterich

German Archdeacon and parson (1721-1797)

*January 1st, 1721, Berlin †January 1st, 1797, Berlin

Eliphalet Dyer

American judge and politician

*September 14th, 1721, Windham †May 13th, 1807, Windham

James Elphinston

British linguist

*December 6th, 1721, Edinburgh †October 8th, 1809

Friedrich Samuel Zickler

*November 14th, 1721, Rödigsdorf †April 23rd, 1779, Jena

Bernardo Bellotto

Italian artist

*January 30th, 1721, Venice †November 17th, 1780, Warsaw

Robert Strange

Scottish engraver

*July 14th, 1721, Kirkwall †July 5th, 1792, London

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford

British politician (1721-1803)

*August 4th, 1721, Swynnerton †October 26th, 1803, Trentham Gardens

Philipp Friedrich Gmelin

German professor of botany and chemistry (1721-1768)

*August 19th, 1721, Tübingen †May 9th, 1768, Tübingen

Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

German noble (1721-1774)

*March 9th, 1721, Ribeauvillé †March 30th, 1774, Darmstadt

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 2nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

II.VII.MDCCXXI

2.7.1721

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1721 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
July 1721

July 1721

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July 2nd, 1721

Birthday!

Born on July 2nd, 1721

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 110,000 days old!

110,669 Days

15,809 Weeks

3,636 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on July 2nd?

The International Astronomical Union announced that the fourth and fifth moons of Pluto to be discovered would be named Kerberos and Styx, respectively.

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An Arab man rammed a loader into traffic in Jerusalem, killing three people and injuring 40 others (damage pictured).

More than a year after the end of the Vietnam War, North and South Vietnam officially merged under communist rule to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, outlawing segregation in schools, at the workplace, and other facilities that served the general public.

A German SS unit arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania, and began the systematic execution of up to 100,000 people over the next three years.

Amidst weeks of race riots in East St. Louis, Illinois, white residents burned sections of the city and shot black inhabitants as they escaped the flames.

The U.S. Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act, the first United States government action to limit monopolies.

U.S. president James A. Garfield was fatally shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station in Washington, D.C.

The French frigate Méduse ran aground off the coast of present-day Mauritania, with the survivors escaping on a makeshift raft, depicted in Théodore Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa (pictured).

First English Civil War: The combined forces of Scottish Covenanters and English Parliamentarians defeated Royalist troops at the Battle of Marston Moor.

The bodies of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Empress Wu Zetian were interred in the Qianling Mausoleum.

During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Prince Li Shimin led his forces to assassinate his rival brothers in a coup for the imperial throne of the Tang dynasty.

Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC.

The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.

Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.

Today's Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 2nd

Same Day Who's birthday is on July 2nd?

Same year Born in 1721

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 2nd

Aberoh and Atom (Coptic Church)

Bernardino Realino

Feast of the Visitation (Anglicanism; Levoča at Mariánska hora)

Monegundis

Otto of Bamberg

Oudoceus

Martinian and Processus

Pishoy (Coptic Church)

Stephen III of Moldavia

July 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Flag Day (Curaçao)

Palio di Provenzano (Siena, Italy)

Police Day (Azerbaijan)