August 7th, 1722

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Born on August 7th, 1722 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 7th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 7th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1722)

Born on August 7th, 1722

Weekday

Friday

August 7th, 1722 was a Friday.

Age

301

People born on August 7th, 1722 will turn 302 this year (2024), in exactly 100 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1722 - August 23rd, 1722

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 796 days, exactly on July 4th, 2026, people who were born on August 7th, 1722 will be 111,000 days old!

110,204 Days

15,743 Weeks

3,620 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 7th?

August 7th, 1998

Car bombs exploded simultaneously at the American embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.

August 7th, 1987

Lynne Cox became the first person to swim between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, crossing from Little Diomede to Big Diomede in the Bering Strait in 2 hours and 5 minutes.

August 7th, 1985

Five members of the Bamber family were found murdered at a farmhouse in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, England.

August 7th, 1970

Jonathan Jackson kidnapped Harold Haley, a judge in Marin County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers, including Jackson's brother George.

August 7th, 1955

Hurricane Diane, the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than $1 billion in damages, formed between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde.

August 7th, 1946

The Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the latter was handling the Turkish Straits no longer represented the security interests of its fellow Black Sea nations, escalating the Turkish Straits crisis.

August 7th, 1944

IBM presented the first program-controlled calculator to Harvard University, after which it became known as the Mark I.

August 7th, 1942

World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi (pictured), Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

August 7th, 1914

The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the region of Alsace from Germany.

August 7th, 1909

Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City with three passengers, Alice Huyler Ramsey arrived in San Francisco to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the contiguous United States.

August 7th, 1897

Mahdist War: Anglo-Egyptian soldiers clashed with Mahdist Sudanese rebels in the Battle of Abu Hamed.

August 7th, 1794

U.S. president George Washington invoked the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

August 7th, 1782

The Badge of Military Merit (pictured), the precursor to the U.S. Purple Heart, was established as a military decoration of the Continental Army.

August 7th, 1679

Le Griffon (depicted), a barque built by René-Robert de La Salle, began its journey to be the first sailing ship to navigate the upper Great Lakes.

August 7th, 1461

Ming Chinese general Cao Qin staged a failed coup against the Tianshun Emperor.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 7th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 7th?

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

*August 7th, 1909, Swift Current †October 17th, 1981, Toronto

Mariah Angeliq

American singer

*August 7th, 1999, Miami

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

Charlize Theron

South African and American actress and producer

*August 7th, 1975, Benoni

Sigfried Held

German association football player and manager

*August 7th, 1942, Bruntál

Jordan Torunarigha

German association football player

*August 7th, 1997, Chemnitz

John Glover

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Kingston

Harald Effenberg

German actor and voice actor

*August 7th, 1957, Pätz

Manfred Lefkes

German association football player

*August 7th, 1959, Cologne

Ulrich Salchow

Swedish figure skater

*August 7th, 1877, Copenhagen †April 19th, 1949, Hedvig Eleonora parish

Valter Birsa

Slovenian footballer

*August 7th, 1986, Šempeter pri Gorici

Elinor Ostrom

American political economist (1933-2012)

*August 7th, 1933, Los Angeles †June 12th, 2012, Bloomington

Simon Yates

British road and track racing cyclist

*August 7th, 1992, Bury

Kyler Skibidi Murray

American football and baseball player (born 1997)

*August 7th, 1997, Bedford

Mata Hari

Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and spy (1876-1917)

*August 7th, 1876, Leeuwarden †October 15th, 1917, Vincennes

Stefan Heße

German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Archbishop of Hamburg

*August 7th, 1966, Cologne

Sofia Rotaru

Soviet and Ukrainian musician, singer, songwriter, actress, author of Moldovan origin

*August 7th, 1947, Marshyntsi

Catalina Denis

Colombian actor and model

*August 7th, 1995, Colombia

Same year
Born in 1722

Christopher Smart

English poet, hymnwriter, editor

*April 11th, 1722, Shipbourne †May 21st, 1771, London

Thomas Jenkins

British dealer in antiquities (1722-1798)

*December 21st, 1722, East Devon †May 15th, 1798, Yarmouth

Johann Christian Brand

Austrian painter and engraver

*March 6th, 1722, Vienna †June 12th, 1795, Vienna

Pietro Nardini

Italian composer and violinist

*April 12th, 1722, Livorno †May 7th, 1793, Florence

Jacob Reinbold Spielmann

French chemist and pharmacist

*March 31st, 1722, Strasbourg †September 9th, 1783, Strasbourg

Otto Hermann von Vietinghoff

German geheimrat and writer (1722-1792)

*December 3rd, 1722, Riga †June 24th, 1792, Saint Petersburg

John Pitcairn

British Marine officer during the American Revolutionary War

*December 28th, 1722, Fife †June 17th, 1775, Boston

Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana

Catholic cardinal (1722-1804)

*September 22nd, 1722, León †April 14th, 1804, Rome

Charles Yorke

British politician and Lord Chancellor; (1722-1770)

*December 30th, 1722, London †January 20th, 1770, London

Jean-Pierre de Bougainville

French philologist (1722-1763)

*December 1st, 1722, Paris †June 22nd, 1763, Loches

Samuel Adams

American statesman, political philosopher, governor of Massachusetts and Founding Father of the United States (1722-1803)

*September 27th, 1722, Boston †October 2nd, 1803, Boston

Regina Mingotti

Italian singer and opera singer

*February 6th, 1722, Naples †October 1st, 1808, Neuburg an der Donau

Gerhard Schøning

Norwegian historian

*May 2nd, 1722, Lofoten †July 18th, 1780, Copenhagen

Georg Benda

Czech composer

*June 30th, 1722, Benátky nad Jizerou †November 6th, 1795, Bad Köstritz

Edmund Nelson

English Anglican priest; father of Horatio Nelson

*March 19th, 1722, Cambridge †April 26th, 1802, Bath

Johann Paul Reinhard

*December 17th, 1722, Hildburghausen †January 1st, 1779

Hryhorii Skovoroda

Ukrainian philosopher (1722–1794)

*November 22nd, 1722, Chornukhy †November 9th, 1794, Skovorodynivka

Friedrich Christian I, Elector of Saxony

Elector of Saxony (1722-1763)

*September 5th, 1722, Dresden †December 17th, 1763, Dresden

Louis de Chénier

French shopkeeper, diplomat and writer

*June 8th, 1722, Limoux †May 15th, 1796, Paris

Vinzenz Orsini und Rosenberg

(1722-1794)

*December 27th, 1722, Klagenfurt †July 3rd, 1794, Klagenfurt

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 7th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VII.VIII.MDCCXXII

7.8.1722

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1722 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1722

August 1722

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August 7th, 1722

Born on August 7th, 1722

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

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

110,204 Days

15,743 Weeks

3,620 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 7th?

Car bombs exploded simultaneously at the American embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.

Lynne Cox became the first person to swim between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, crossing from Little Diomede to Big Diomede in the Bering Strait in 2 hours and 5 minutes.

Five members of the Bamber family were found murdered at a farmhouse in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, England.

Jonathan Jackson kidnapped Harold Haley, a judge in Marin County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers, including Jackson's brother George.

Hurricane Diane, the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than $1 billion in damages, formed between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde.

The Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the latter was handling the Turkish Straits no longer represented the security interests of its fellow Black Sea nations, escalating the Turkish Straits crisis.

IBM presented the first program-controlled calculator to Harvard University, after which it became known as the Mark I.

World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi (pictured), Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the region of Alsace from Germany.

Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City with three passengers, Alice Huyler Ramsey arrived in San Francisco to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the contiguous United States.

Mahdist War: Anglo-Egyptian soldiers clashed with Mahdist Sudanese rebels in the Battle of Abu Hamed.

U.S. president George Washington invoked the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

The Badge of Military Merit (pictured), the precursor to the U.S. Purple Heart, was established as a military decoration of the Continental Army.

Le Griffon (depicted), a barque built by René-Robert de La Salle, began its journey to be the first sailing ship to navigate the upper Great Lakes.

Ming Chinese general Cao Qin staged a failed coup against the Tianshun Emperor.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 7th

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 7th?

Same year Born in 1722

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 7th

Assyrian Martyrs Day (Assyrian community)

Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia)

Albert of Trapani

Cajetan of Thienna

Carpophorus and companions

Dometius of Persia

Donatus of Arezzo

Donatus of Besançon

Donatus of Muenstereifel

John Mason Neale and Catherine Winkworth (Episcopal Church (USA))

Nantovinus

Pope Sixtus II

August 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Filseta (Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church)

Emancipation Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Republic Day (Ivory Coast)

Youth Day (Kiribati)

National Purple Heart Day (United States)