August 12th, 1722

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Born on August 12th, 1722 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 12th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 12th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1722)

Born on August 12th, 1722

Weekday

Wednesday

August 12th, 1722 was a Wednesday.

Age

301

People born on August 12th, 1722 will turn 302 this year (2024), in exactly 103 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 799 days, exactly on July 9th, 2026, people who were born on August 12th, 1722 will be 111,000 days old!

110,201 Days

15,743 Weeks

3,620 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on August 12th?

August 12th, 2016

The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the first beer festival in North Korea.

August 12th, 2000

Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine of the Russian Navy, suffered an on-board explosion and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise with 118 lives lost.

August 12th, 1990

Near Faith, South Dakota, American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed Sue (pictured).

August 12th, 1985

Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, killing 520 of 524 people on board in the world's worst single-aircraft aviation disaster.

August 12th, 1969

The Troubles: Riots erupted in the neighbourhood of Bogside in Derry, and spread across much of Northern Ireland.

August 12th, 1952

Thirteen Jewish poets were executed in Moscow for espionage based on false confessions.

August 12th, 1945

An official administrative history of the Manhattan Project, written by American physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth, was released to the public days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

August 12th, 1944

World War II: In Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy, the Waffen-SS and the Brigate Nere murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees and burned their bodies.

August 12th, 1914

World War I: Belgian troops won a victory at the Battle of Halen, but were ultimately unable to stop the German invasion of the country.

August 12th, 1883

The last known quagga (colourised example pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam.

August 12th, 1881

Franco-American children as young as seven years old commenced a strike against Cabot Mill of Brunswick, Maine. The Mill had to shut down operations for three days.

August 12th, 1099

Crusades: Fatimid forces under al-Afdal Shahanshah began retreating to Egypt after the Battle of Ascalon, concluding the First Crusade.

August 12th, 1323

The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.

August 12th, 1164

Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.

August 12th, 1121

Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 12th

Born on August 12th, 1722

Giuseppe Baldrighi

Italian painter (1722-1803)

*August 12th, 1722, Stradella †January 22nd, 1803, Parma

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 12th?

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

Lee Yang

Taiwanese badminton player

*August 12th, 1995, Taipei

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

Erwin Schrödinger

Austrian physicist (1887–1961)

*August 12th, 1887, Vienna †January 4th, 1961, Vienna

Toby Penty

English badminton player

*August 12th, 1992, Walton-on-Thames

Jean-Jacques Ampère

French philologist

*August 12th, 1800, Lyon †March 27th, 1864, Pau

Andrea Dakó

Badminton player

*August 12th, 1972, Budapest

Klara Hitler

Mother of Adolf Hitler

*August 12th, 1860, Weitra †December 21st, 1907, Urfahr

Khris Middleton

American basketball player

*August 12th, 1991, Charleston

Jean Nouvel

French architect (b.1945)

*August 12th, 1945, Fumel

Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

*August 12th, 1977, Georgsmarienhütte

George Soros

Hungarian-American investor and philanthropist (born 1930)

*August 12th, 1930, Budapest

Dana Ivey

American actress

*August 12th, 1941, Atlanta

Tanita Tikaram

British singer-songwriter

*August 12th, 1969, Münster

Jacinto Benavente

Spanish writer (1866-1954)

*August 12th, 1866, Murcia †July 14th, 1954, Málaga

Pete Sampras

American tennis player

*August 12th, 1971, Washington, D.C.

Wissam Ben Yedder

Tunisian and French association football player

*August 12th, 1990, Sarcelles

Matthijs de Ligt

Dutch association football player

*August 12th, 1999, Leiderdorp

Rebecca Gayheart

American actress

*August 12th, 1971, Hazard

Helena Blavatsky

Russian occult writer

*August 12th, 1831, Dnipro †April 26th, 1891, London

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 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 12th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XII.VIII.MDCCXXII

12.8.1722

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 12th, 1722

Born on August 12th, 1722

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

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

110,201 Days

15,743 Weeks

3,620 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 12th?

The state-owned Taedonggang Brewing Company inaugurated the first beer festival in North Korea.

Kursk, an Oscar-class submarine of the Russian Navy, suffered an on-board explosion and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise with 118 lives lost.

Near Faith, South Dakota, American paleontologist Sue Hendrickson found one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons, nicknamed Sue (pictured).

Japan Air Lines Flight 123 crashed into Mount Takamagahara in Gunma Prefecture, killing 520 of 524 people on board in the world's worst single-aircraft aviation disaster.

The Troubles: Riots erupted in the neighbourhood of Bogside in Derry, and spread across much of Northern Ireland.

Thirteen Jewish poets were executed in Moscow for espionage based on false confessions.

An official administrative history of the Manhattan Project, written by American physicist Henry DeWolf Smyth, was released to the public days after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

World War II: In Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy, the Waffen-SS and the Brigate Nere murdered about 560 local villagers and refugees and burned their bodies.

World War I: Belgian troops won a victory at the Battle of Halen, but were ultimately unable to stop the German invasion of the country.

The last known quagga (colourised example pictured), a subspecies of the plains zebra, died at Natura Artis Magistra, a zoo in Amsterdam.

Franco-American children as young as seven years old commenced a strike against Cabot Mill of Brunswick, Maine. The Mill had to shut down operations for three days.

Crusades: Fatimid forces under al-Afdal Shahanshah began retreating to Egypt after the Battle of Ascalon, concluding the First Crusade.

The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.

Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.

Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 12th

Born on August 12th, 1722

Italian painter (1722-1803)

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 12th?

Same year Born in 1722

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 12th

Euplius

Eusebius of Milan

Herculanus of Brescia

Pope Innocent XI

Jænberht

Muiredach (or Murtagh)

Porcarius II

August 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Glorious Twelfth (United Kingdom)

HM the Queen Mother's Birthday and National Mother's Day (Thailand)

International Youth Day (United Nations)

Russian Air Force Day (Russia)

Russian Railway Troops Day (Russia)

Sea Org Day (Scientology)

World Elephant Day (International)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

12.8.1722

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 August 12th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 12th?

Same year
Born in 1722

Calendar
August 1722

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