July 22nd, 1721

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Born on July 22nd, 1721 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on July 22nd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on July 22nd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (July 1721)

Born on July 22nd, 1721

Weekday

Tuesday

July 22nd, 1721 was a Tuesday.

Age

302

People born on July 22nd, 1721 will turn 303 this year (2024), in exactly 85 days .

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

June 23rd, 1721 - July 22nd, 1721

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 416 days, exactly on June 18th, 2025, people who were born on July 22nd, 1721 will be 111,000 days old!

110,584 Days

15,797 Weeks

3,633 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on July 22nd?

July 22nd, 2002

The Israel Defense Forces bombed the home of Salah Shehade, the leader of the military arm of the Palestinian organization Hamas, killing him, his family and neighboring civilians.

July 22nd, 1991

American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after police discovered human remains in his apartment.

July 22nd, 1975

Stanley Forman took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photo Fire Escape Collapse, which spurred action to improve the safety of fire escapes across the United States.

July 22nd, 1963

The United Kingdom granted self-government to Sarawak.

July 22nd, 1954

A limited state of martial law was declared in Russell County, Alabama, due to organized crime.

July 22nd, 1944

World War II: In opposition to the London-based government-in-exile, the Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation was proclaimed to govern territory recaptured from Nazi Germany.

July 22nd, 1894

Jules-Albert de Dion (pictured) finished first in the world's first motor race, but did not win as his steam-powered car was against the rules.

July 22nd, 1864

American Civil War: Confederate forces unsuccessfully attacked Union troops at the Battle of Atlanta.

July 22nd, 1802

Gia Long (pictured) conquered Hanoi and unified modern-day Vietnam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.

July 22nd, 1691

Williamite forces defeated the Jacobites at the Battle of Aughrim, the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.

July 22nd, 1298

First War of Scottish Independence: English forces led by Edward I defeated William Wallace's Scottish troops at the Battle of Falkirk.

July 22nd, 1209

A crusader army captured Béziers, France, and massacred the city's inhabitants in the first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.

July 22nd, 0838

Arab–Byzantine wars: The forces of the Abbasid Caliphate defeated Byzantine troops led by Emperor Theophilos at the Battle of Anzen, near present-day Dazman, Turkey.

July 22nd, 2019

Chandrayaan-2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan-1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover.

July 22nd, 2013

Dingxi earthquakes: A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.

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

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

Selena Gomez

American singer and actress (born 1992)

*July 22nd, 1992, Grand Prairie

Marília Mendonça

Brazilian singer, songwriter and instrumentalist (1995–2021)

*July 22nd, 1995, Cristianópolis †November 5th, 2021, Piedade de Caratinga

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

Thomas Kraft

German footballer

*July 22nd, 1988, Kirchen

Gregor Mendel

Silesian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)

*July 22nd, 1822, Hynčice †January 6th, 1884, Brno

Petra Uhlig

East German handball player

*July 22nd, 1954, Penig

Samuel Colt

19th-century American industrialist and inventor (1814–1862)

*July 22nd, 1814, Hartford †January 10th, 1862, Hartford

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

Janusz Korczak

Polish-Jewish educator and physician (1878– 1942)

*July 22nd, 1878, Warsaw †August 7th, 1942, Treblinka extermination camp

Mireille Mathieu

French singer

*July 22nd, 1946, Avignon

Jakub Bitman

Badminton player

*July 22nd, 1988, Prague

Denyse Julien

Badminton player

*July 22nd, 1960, Rouyn-Noranda

Hirari Mizui

Badminton player

*July 22nd, 2000, Nara Prefecture

Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari

Indonesian badminton player

*July 22nd, 1987, Temanggung

Alan Menken

American composer (born 1949)

*July 22nd, 1949, New Rochelle

Danny Glover

American actor, film director and political activist

*July 22nd, 1946, San Francisco

César Ferioli

Spanish, Italian rooted comic book artist.

*July 22nd, 1959, Barcelona

Felix Stephensen

Norwegian poker player

*July 22nd, 1990, Oslo

Iwona Niedźwiedź

Polish handball player

*July 22nd, 1979, Nowy Sącz

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

Robert Strange

Scottish engraver

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

Bernardo Bellotto

Italian artist

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

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 22nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 22nd.

Earliest day on which Parents' Day can fall, while 28 July is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Sunday in July. (United States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parents'_Day

National Press Day (Azerbaijan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Azerbaijan

Pi Approximation Day, see also March 14

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day

Ratcatcher's Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratcatcher's_Day

Revolution Day (The Gambia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_Gambia

Sarawak Independence Day (Sarawak, Malaysia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXII.VII.MDCCXXI

22.7.1721

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 22nd, 1721

Born on July 22nd, 1721

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

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

110,584 Days

15,797 Weeks

3,633 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on July 22nd?

The Israel Defense Forces bombed the home of Salah Shehade, the leader of the military arm of the Palestinian organization Hamas, killing him, his family and neighboring civilians.

American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after police discovered human remains in his apartment.

Stanley Forman took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photo Fire Escape Collapse, which spurred action to improve the safety of fire escapes across the United States.

The United Kingdom granted self-government to Sarawak.

A limited state of martial law was declared in Russell County, Alabama, due to organized crime.

World War II: In opposition to the London-based government-in-exile, the Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation was proclaimed to govern territory recaptured from Nazi Germany.

Jules-Albert de Dion (pictured) finished first in the world's first motor race, but did not win as his steam-powered car was against the rules.

American Civil War: Confederate forces unsuccessfully attacked Union troops at the Battle of Atlanta.

Gia Long (pictured) conquered Hanoi and unified modern-day Vietnam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.

Williamite forces defeated the Jacobites at the Battle of Aughrim, the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.

First War of Scottish Independence: English forces led by Edward I defeated William Wallace's Scottish troops at the Battle of Falkirk.

A crusader army captured Béziers, France, and massacred the city's inhabitants in the first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade.

Arab–Byzantine wars: The forces of the Abbasid Caliphate defeated Byzantine troops led by Emperor Theophilos at the Battle of Anzen, near present-day Dazman, Turkey.

Chandrayaan-2, the second lunar exploration mission developed by Indian Space Research Organisation after Chandrayaan-1 is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in a GSLV Mark III M1. It consists of a lunar orbiter, and also included the Vikram lander, and the Pragyan lunar rover.

Dingxi earthquakes: A series of earthquakes in Dingxi, China, kills at least 89 people and injures more than 500 others.

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

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

Same year Born in 1721

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 22nd

Birthday of the Late King Sobhuza (Eswatini)

Abd-al-Masih

Joseph of Tiberias (or of Palestine)

Markella

Mary Magdalene

Nohra (Maronite Church)

July 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which Parents' Day can fall, while 28 July is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Sunday in July. (United States)

National Press Day (Azerbaijan)

Pi Approximation Day, see also March 14

Ratcatcher's Day

Revolution Day (The Gambia)

Sarawak Independence Day (Sarawak, Malaysia)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

22.7.1721

Legend

Leap year

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

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

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

Same year
Born in 1721

Calendar
July 1721

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
27		1	2	3	4	5	6
28	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
29	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
30	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
31	28	29	30	31