August 2nd, 1724

Born on August 2nd, 1724

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 2nd?

August 2nd, 1971

The English rock band the Who released Who's Next, their only album to top the UK charts.

August 2nd, 1973

A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.

August 2nd, 1947

Star Dust, a British South American Airways airliner, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes; its wreckage was not found until 1998.

August 2nd, 1939

Leo Szilard (pictured) penned a letter, signed by Albert Einstein and addressed to U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that Germany may develop atomic bombs, leading to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.

August 2nd, 1932

At the California Institute of Technology, American physicist Carl David Anderson proved the existence of antimatter with the discovery of the positron, for which he would receive the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics.

August 2nd, 1923

Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States after Warren G. Harding suffered a fatal heart attack.

August 2nd, 1920

Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari (pictured) was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn alleged to contain attacks on the ruling dynasty.

August 2nd, 1916

An explosion, blamed on Austro-Hungarian saboteurs, sank the Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci.

August 2nd, 1870

One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in the Tower Subway (interior depicted), a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London.

August 2nd, 1790

The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214.

August 2nd, 1100

While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men.

August 2nd, 0461

Unpopular among the Senate aristocracy for his reforming efforts, Roman emperor Majorian was deposed by Ricimer and executed five days later.

January 1st, 1970

An allied army led by Philip II of Macedon overcame the forces of city-states led by Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over the majority of ancient Greece.

August 2nd, 1914

The French army's general headquarters was activated in anticipation of war with Germany.

August 2nd, 1945

World War II: The Potsdam Conference ends.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 2nd

Same year
Born in 1724

79

Immanuel Kant

German philosopher (1724–1804)

*April 22nd, 1724, Königsberg †February 12th, 1804, Königsberg

65

Frances Brooke

English novelist, essayist, playwright and translator (1724-1789)

*January 12th, 1724, Claypole †January 23rd, 1789, Sleaford

78

Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock

German poet, writer and linguist

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

27

Louise of Great Britain

Daughter of George II of Great Britain; Queen consort of Denmark and Norway

*December 7th, 1724, Leicester House †December 19th, 1751, Christiansborg Palace

74

Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria

German nobleman and elector (1724-1799)

*December 11th, 1724, Drogenbos †February 16th, 1799, Nymphenburg Palace

63

Georg Nicolaus von Lübbers

German aristocrat

*April 6th, 1724, Hamburg †January 17th, 1788, Stockelsdorf

41

Jane Colden

American botanist (1724-1766)

*March 27th, 1724, New York City †March 10th, 1766, New York City

69

Per Krafft the Elder

Swedish artist (1724-1793)

*January 16th, 1724, Arboga †November 7th, 1793, Klara Church Parish

48

George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle

British soldier and nobleman (1724-1772)

*April 5th, 1724, London †October 13th, 1772, London

72

Franz Anton Maulbertsch

Austrian artist (1724-1796)

*June 7th, 1724, Langenargen †August 8th, 1796, Vienna

83

George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend

British Field Marshal and Marquess (1724-1807)

*February 28th, 1724, London †September 14th, 1807, Raynham Hall

26

Frederick IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg

*April 15th, 1724, Braunfels †February 7th, 1751, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

75

Johann Julius Walbaum

German physician, naturalist and taxonomist (1724-1799)

*June 30th, 1724, Wolfenbüttel †August 21st, 1799, Lübeck

69

Marcantonio Colonna

Italian cardinal (1724-1793)

*August 16th, 1724, Rome †December 4th, 1793, Rome

81

Christopher Gadsden

American soldier and politician (1724-1805)

*February 16th, 1724, Charleston †August 28th, 1805, Charleston

76

Noël Le Mire

French designer

*November 20th, 1724, Rouen †March 21st, 1801, Paris

84

Dionysius van de Wijnpersse

Dutch theologian and university professor

*March 18th, 1724, Middelburg †October 8th, 1808, Leiden

80

Christopher Anstey

English writer and poet, 1724-1805

*October 31st, 1724, Brinkley †August 3rd, 1805, Bath

91

Jacques-René Tenon

French surgeon

*February 21st, 1724, Sépeaux †January 16th, 1816, Paris

83

Giovanni Battista Cirri

Italian musician

*October 1st, 1724, Forlì †June 11th, 1808, Forlì

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Romani genocide-related observances, including) which are celebrated on August 2nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1724 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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