September 10th, 1721

Born on September 10th, 1721

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on September 10th?

September 10th, 2025

American political activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an event at Utah Valley University.

September 10th, 1858

George Mary Searle discovered the asteroid 55 Pandora (pictured) from the Dudley Observatory near Albany, New York; it was his only asteroid discovery.

September 10th, 1622

Fifty-five Christians were executed in Nagasaki during the Great Genna Martyrdom, part of persecution towards Christians in Japan by the Tokugawa shogunate.

September 10th, 1845

John Doubleday completed a "masterly" restoration of the Portland Vase (pictured), which had been smashed into hundreds of pieces seven months prior.

September 10th, 2008

CERN's Large Hadron Collider (section pictured), the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, first began operations beneath the France–Switzerland border.

September 10th, 1724

Johann Sebastian Bach led the first performance of Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, a chorale cantata based on a passion hymn by Johann Rist.

September 10th, 2000

British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held captive by the militant group the West Side Boys, contributing to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.

September 10th, 1990

Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, one of the largest churches in the world, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.

September 10th, 1983

Typhoon Ellen dissipated after destroying hundreds of homes across Hong Kong and the Philippines.

September 10th, 1974

After centuries of Portuguese rule, the country of Guinea-Bissau was formally recognized as independent.

September 10th, 1961

At the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, German driver Wolfgang von Trips's car collided with another, causing it to become airborne and crash into a side barrier, killing him and 15 spectators.

September 10th, 1960

Running barefoot in the marathon event at the Rome Olympics, Abebe Bikila became the first athlete from sub-Saharan Africa to win an Olympic gold medal.

September 10th, 1946

While riding a train to Darjeeling, India, Sister Teresa Bojaxhiu, later Mother Teresa (pictured), experienced what she later described as the "call within the call", directing her to "leave the convent and help the poor while living among them".

September 10th, 1945

Mike the Headless Chicken was decapitated on a farm in Colorado; he survived another 18 months as part of sideshows before choking to death.

September 10th, 1937

Led by the United Kingdom and France, nine nations met at the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 10th

Same year
Born in 1721

50

Tobias Smollett

18th-century poet and author from Scotland

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

42

Madame de Pompadour

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

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

82

Edmund Pendleton

American politician (1721-1803)

*September 9th, 1721, Caroline County †October 23rd, 1803, Caroline County

66

Benjamin Wilson

British painter and scientist (1721-1788)

*June 21st, 1721, Leeds †June 6th, 1788, London

85

John Reid

British Army officer, composer, and flautist (1721–1807)

*February 13th, 1721, Perthshire †February 6th, 1807, London

86

Fredrik Henrik af Chapman

Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (1721-1808)

*September 9th, 1721, Gothenburg †August 19th, 1808, Karlskrona city community

61

Anna Dorothea Therbusch

Painter from Prussia (1721-1782)

*July 23rd, 1721, Berlin †November 9th, 1782, Berlin

46

Philipp Friedrich Gmelin

German professor of botany and chemistry (1721-1768)

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

87

David Zeisberger

American missionary

*April 11th, 1721, Suchdol nad Odrou †November 17th, 1808, Ohio

59

Johann de Kalb

American general (1721-1780)

*June 19th, 1721, Hüttendorf †August 19th, 1780, Camden

70

Placidus Fixlmillner

Austrian monk-astronomer

*May 28th, 1721, Upper Austria †August 27th, 1791, Kremsmünster

81

Domenico Corvi

Italian painter (1721-1803)

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

71

Franz Anton Knittel

German theologian

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

72

Roger Sherman

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

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

85

Eliphalet Dyer

American judge and politician

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

52

Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz

German general

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

46

John Frederick, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (1721-1767)

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

76

Johann Samuel Diterich

German Archdeacon and parson (1721-1797)

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

77

Christian Gotthelf von Gutschmid

German politician (1721-1798)

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

48

Mark Akenside

English poet and physician

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

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Leap year

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

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