August 2nd, 1729

Born on August 2nd, 1729

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 107,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 348 days, exactly on April 12th, 2025, people who were born on August 2nd, 1729 will be 108,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 2nd?

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.

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, 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, 1945

World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.

August 2nd, 1943

World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. president, saves all but two of his crew.

August 2nd, 1939

Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 2nd?

31

Charli XCX

English singer-songwriter

*August 2nd, 1992, Cambridge

46

Florian Stetter

German actor

*August 2nd, 1977, Munich

35

Arun Vishnu

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Kozhikode

29

Tang Yuanting

Chinese badminton player

*August 2nd, 1994, Nanning

27

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Indonesian badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Banyuwangi

88

Dora Boothby

English badminton and tennis player

*August 2nd, 1881, Finchley †February 22nd, 1970, Hammersmith

48

Xu Huaiwen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1975, Guiyang

81

Peter O'Toole

British actor (1932–2013)

*August 2nd, 1932, Leeds †December 14th, 2013, Wellington Hospital, London

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

55

Thomas Lund

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1968, Aarhus

35

Rosario Maddaloni

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1988, Torre del Greco

34

Xing Aiying

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1989, Jiangsu

32

Niclas Nøhr

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1991, Vordingborg

31

Kira Kattenbeck

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1992, Steinfurt

30

Tam Chun Hei

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1993, Hong Kong

28

Victor Svendsen

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1995, Hjørring

27

Citra Putri Sari Dewi

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1996, Jakarta

24

Elavenil Valarivan

Indian sport shooter

*August 2nd, 1999, Cuddalore

59

Mary-Louise Parker

American actress (born 1964)

*August 2nd, 1964, Fort Jackson

64

Bernhard Ernst von Bülow

Danish and German politician (1815-1879)

*August 2nd, 1815, Cismar †October 20th, 1879, Frankfurt

Same year
Born in 1729

67

Catherine II of Russia

Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796

*April 21st, 1729, Szczecin †November 17th, 1796, Saint Petersburg

52

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729–1781)

*January 22nd, 1729, Kamenz †February 15th, 1781, Brunswick

68

Edmund Burke

Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)

*January 12th, 1729, Dublin †July 9th, 1797, Beaconsfield

56

Moses Mendelssohn

German-Jewish philosopher and theologian (1729–1786)

*September 6th, 1729, Dessau †January 4th, 1786, Berlin

83

Johannes le Francq van Berkhey

Dutch author and illustrator (1729-1812)

*January 23rd, 1729, Leiden †March 13th, 1812, Leiden

94

Charles Thomson

American patriot leader (1729-1824)

*November 29th, 1729, Maghera †August 16th, 1824, Lower Merion Township

44

Florian Leopold Gassmann

Austrian composer

*May 3rd, 1729, Most †January 21st, 1774, Vienna

56

Antonio Sacchini

Italian composer (1730–1786)

*November 30th, 1729, Florence †November 30th, 1785, Paris

70

Giuseppe Parini

Italian poet

*May 23rd, 1729, Bosisio Parini †August 15th, 1799, Milan

64

František Xaver Pokorný

Czech violinist and composer

*December 20th, 1729, Městec Králové †July 2nd, 1794, Regensburg

65

John Penn

Last governor of colonial Pennsylvania

*July 14th, 1729, London †February 9th, 1795, Philadelphia

84

William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe

British General in the American War of Independence (1729-1814)

*August 10th, 1729, London †July 12th, 1814, Plymouth

72

Giuseppe Sarti

Italian opera composer (1729–1802)

*December 1st, 1729, Faenza †July 28th, 1802, Berlin

70

Lazzaro Spallanzani

Italian priest, biologist and physiologist (1729-1799)

*January 12th, 1729, Scandiano †February 11th, 1799, Pavia

36

Louis, Dauphin of France

French Dauphin (1729-1765)

*September 4th, 1729, Palace of Versailles †December 20th, 1765, Fontainebleau

69

Johann Reinhold Forster

German naturalist (1729–1798)

*October 22nd, 1729, Tczew †December 9th, 1798, Halle (Saale)

48

Anton Cajetan Adlgasser

German organist and composer

*October 1st, 1729, Inzell †December 22nd, 1777, Salzburg

46

Jean Étienne Bernard Clugny de Nuits

French colonial administrator (1729-1776)

*November 20th, 1729, Sainte-Rose †October 18th, 1776, Paris

60

Philipp Christian Bunsen

(1729-1790)

*October 1st, 1729, Bad Arolsen †February 10th, 1790, Frankfurt

34

Fyodor Volkov

Russian actor and founder of the first permanent Russian theater (1729-1763)

*February 9th, 1729, Kostroma †April 4th, 1763, Moscow

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Public holidays on August 2nd

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1729 is a normal year and no leap year.

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