August 21st, 1728

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Born on August 21st, 1728 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 21st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 21st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1728)

Born on August 21st, 1728

Weekday

Saturday

August 21st, 1728 was a Saturday.

Age

295

People born on August 21st, 1728 will turn 296 this year (2024), in exactly 111 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1728 - August 23rd, 1728

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 108,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 999 days, exactly on January 26th, 2027, people who were born on August 21st, 1728 will be 109,000 days old!

108,001 Days

15,428 Weeks

3,548 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on August 21st?

August 21st, 2015

Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting.

August 21st, 2013

Syrian civil war: Areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in Ghouta, Damascus, were attacked by rockets (launcher pictured) containing sarin, killing at least 281 people.

August 21st, 1986

A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.

August 21st, 1963

South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.

August 21st, 1945

American physicist Harry Daghlian accidentally dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a plutonium bomb core, exposing himself to neutron radiation and later becoming the first Manhattan Project fatality due to a criticality accident.

August 21st, 1944

World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy.

August 21st, 1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army lost the Battle of the Tenaru, the first of its three major land offensives during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

August 21st, 1911

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (pictured) was stolen from the Louvre by museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years later.

August 21st, 1858

The first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas (both pictured), candidates for an Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate, was held in Ottawa, Illinois.

August 21st, 1808

Peninsular War: British–Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.

August 21st, 1789

The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.

August 21st, 1717

Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

August 21st, 1716

Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: Ottoman forces suddenly abandoned their siege of Corfu, allowing the Republic of Venice to preserve its rule over the Ionian Islands.

August 21st, 1689

Jacobite risings: Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

August 21st, 1689

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 21st?

Elīza Tīruma

Latvian luger

*August 21st, 1990, Sigulda

Malynda Hale

Musical artist

*August 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter

*August 21st, 1986, Sherwood Content

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

*August 21st, 1916, Wallingford †November 3rd, 2005, Northwood

William IV

King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 1830 to 1837

*August 21st, 1765, Buckingham Palace †June 20th, 1837, Windsor Castle

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

Hermann Hammerschmidt

*August 21st, 1887, Cottbus †November 30th, 1944

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

*August 21st, 1988, Leszno, Warsaw West County

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

Melvin Van Peebles

American filmmaker

*August 21st, 1932, Chicago †September 21st, 2021, Manhattan

Wilhelm Ostwald

Baltic German chemist

*August 21st, 1853, Riga †April 4th, 1932, Großbothen

Mohammed

King of Morocco since 1999

*August 21st, 1963, Rabat

Same year
Born in 1728

James Cook

British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)

*October 27th, 1728, Marton †February 14th, 1779, Kealakekua Bay

Johann Georg Büsch

German mathematician

*January 3rd, 1728, Altenmedingen †August 5th, 1800, Hamburg

Peter III of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1728–1762)

*February 10th, 1728, Kiel †July 6th, 1762, Ropsha

Oliver Goldsmith

Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician (d. 1774)

*November 10th, 1728, Elphin †April 4th, 1774, London

Georg Wilhelm Bauernfeind

German painter, university teacher (1728-1763)

*November 16th, 1728, Nuremberg †August 29th, 1763, Indian Ocean

Johann Heinrich Lambert

German mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1728-1777)

*August 26th, 1728, Mulhouse †September 25th, 1777, Berlin

Joseph Black

British chemist (1728-1799)

*April 16th, 1728, Bordeaux †December 6th, 1799, Edinburgh

Matthew Boulton

English manufacturer, industrialist 1728-1809, business partner of James Watt

*September 3rd, 1728, Birmingham †August 17th, 1809, Birmingham

Karl Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden

German noble (1728-1811)

*November 22nd, 1728, Karlsruhe †June 10th, 1811, Karlsruhe

Peter Frederik Suhm

Danish-Norwegian historian (1728-1798)

*October 18th, 1728, Copenhagen †September 7th, 1798, Øverød

Pietro Arduino

Italian botanist (1728-1805)

*July 18th, 1728, Caprino Veronese †April 13th, 1805, Padua

Ferdinando Galiani

Italian economist

*December 2nd, 1728, Chieti †October 30th, 1787, Naples

Nicolas Ozanne

French naval engineer

*January 12th, 1728, Brest †January 3rd, 1811, Paris

Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi

Italian opera composer (1728–1804)

*December 9th, 1728, Massa †November 19th, 1804, Rome

Jean Dussaulx

French politician (1728-1799)

*December 28th, 1728, Chartres †March 16th, 1799, Paris

Justus Claproth

German lawyer

*December 28th, 1728, Kassel †February 20th, 1805, Göttingen

Christiana Büsching

German writer

*December 11th, 1728, Köthen †April 22nd, 1777, Berlin

John Stark

American Revolutionary War general from New Hampshire

*August 28th, 1728, Londonderry †May 8th, 1822, Manchester

Johann Adam Hiller

German composer and conductor (1728–1804)

*December 25th, 1728, Osiek Łużycki †June 16th, 1804, Leipzig

John Hunter

Scottish surgeon (1728-1793)

*February 13th, 1728, East Kilbride †October 16th, 1793, London

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on August 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXI.VIII.MDCCXXVIII

21.8.1728

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1728 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).

Calendar
August 1728

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August 21st, 1728

Born on August 21st, 1728

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 108,000 days old!

108,001 Days

15,428 Weeks

3,548 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 21st?

Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting.

Syrian civil war: Areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in Ghouta, Damascus, were attacked by rockets (launcher pictured) containing sarin, killing at least 281 people.

A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.

South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.

American physicist Harry Daghlian accidentally dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a plutonium bomb core, exposing himself to neutron radiation and later becoming the first Manhattan Project fatality due to a criticality accident.

World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy.

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army lost the Battle of the Tenaru, the first of its three major land offensives during the Guadalcanal Campaign.

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (pictured) was stolen from the Louvre by museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years later.

The first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas (both pictured), candidates for an Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate, was held in Ottawa, Illinois.

Peninsular War: British–Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.

The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.

Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: Ottoman forces suddenly abandoned their siege of Corfu, allowing the Republic of Venice to preserve its rule over the Ionian Islands.

Jacobite risings: Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 21st?

Same year Born in 1728

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Abraham of Smolensk (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Euprepius of Verona

Maximilian of Antioch

Our Lady of Knock

Pope Pius X

Sidonius Apollinaris

August 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)

Youth Day (Morocco)

World Senior Citizen's Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

21.8.1728

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 108,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Same year
Born in 1728

Calendar
August 1728

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
31							1
32	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
33	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
34	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
35	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
36	30	31