August 22nd, 1727

Born on August 22nd, 1727

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 109,000 days old!

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What happened on August 22nd?

August 22nd, 2006

Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to accept the medal.

August 22nd, 2003

Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court of Alabama building.

August 22nd, 1962

An assassination attempt orchestrated by the OAS takes place against Charles de Gaulle, although he is uninjured.

August 22nd, 2015

A former military aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham Airport in southern England, killing eleven people.

August 22nd, 1985

A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M at Manchester Airport, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation, and leading to changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective.

August 22nd, 1984

The constitution of Singapore was amended to apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates in Parliament, which had hitherto entirely comprised members of the People's Action Party.

August 22nd, 1961

Ida Siekmann jumped from a window in her tenement building trying to flee to West Berlin, becoming the first person to die at the Berlin Wall.

August 22nd, 1914

First World War: A squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards attacked a German scout party, the first engagement of British forces on the Western Front.

August 22nd, 1864

Under the leadership of Henry Dunant and the International Committee of the Red Cross, twelve European states signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing rules for the protection of victims of armed conflict.

August 22nd, 1851

The yacht America won the race for the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns (trophy pictured), later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England.

August 22nd, 1777

American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured).

August 22nd, 1711

Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.

August 22nd, 1642

King Charles I raised the royal standard at Nottingham, marking the beginning of the First English Civil War.

August 22nd, 1639

The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in present-day Chennai, the capital of the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to the East India Company.

August 22nd, 1485

At the Battle of Bosworth Field, Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses.

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

Born on August 22nd, 1727

51

Johann Joseph Gassner

Austrian priest

*August 22nd, 1727, Bludenz †January 1st, 1779, Kirchroth

Same year
Born in 1727

79

Michel Adanson

French naturalist (1727-1806)

*April 7th, 1727, Aix-en-Provence †August 3rd, 1806, Paris

90

Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin

Chemist, physician and botanist from the Netherlands (1727-1817)

*February 16th, 1727, Leiden †October 26th, 1817, Vienna

44

Justine Favart

French opera singer

*June 14th, 1727, Avignon †April 21st, 1772, Paris

52

Tommaso Traetta

Italian composer

*March 30th, 1727, Bitonto †April 6th, 1779, Venice

76

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Italian painter and engraver

*August 30th, 1727, Venice †March 3rd, 1804, Venice

32

Louise Élisabeth of France

French princess

*August 14th, 1727, Versailles †December 6th, 1759, Versailles

65

Elizabeth Griffith

Welsh-Irish writer

*October 11th, 1727, Glamorgan †January 5th, 1793, Kildare

75

Henry XXX of Reuss-Gera

(1727-1802)

*April 24th, 1727, Gera †April 26th, 1802, Gera

67

Friedrich Hartmann Graf

German composer (1727-1795)

*August 23rd, 1727, Rudolstadt †August 19th, 1795, Augsburg

32

François Thurot

French privateer, merchant naval captain and smuggler

*July 22nd, 1727, Nuits-Saint-Georges †February 28th, 1760, Isle of Man

69

Pasquale Anfossi

Italian opera composer

*April 5th, 1727, Taggia †February 1st, 1797, Rome

56

Nano Nagle

Foundress of Presentation Sisters

*November 30th, 1727, County Cork †April 20th, 1784, Cork

84

Pierre Laujon

French playwright and chansonnier

*January 13th, 1727, Paris †July 13th, 1811, Paris

54

Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold

Count of Lippe (1727-1782)

*June 12th, 1727, Detmold †May 1st, 1782, Detmold

86

Martin Bachofen

(1727-1814)

*March 23rd, 1727, Basel †February 10th, 1814, Basel

60

Ludwig Joseph von Welden

German priest, Prince-Bishop of Freising

*May 11th, 1727, Hochaltingen †March 15th, 1788, Freising

70

Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov

Russian Minister of Education, one of the founders of the Moscow University (1755)

*November 1st, 1727, Moscow †November 15th, 1797, Saint Petersburg

66

Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne

Catholic cardinal (1727-1794)

*October 9th, 1727, Paris †February 16th, 1794, Sens

24

Christian Renatus von Zinzendorf

German hymnwriter

*September 19th, 1727, Herrnhut †May 28th, 1752, London

91

Salomon Hirzel

Swiss politician, historian and writer (1727-1818)

*May 13th, 1727, Zürich †November 15th, 1818, Zürich

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1727 is a normal year and no leap year.

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