August 2nd, 1731

Born on August 2nd, 1731

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 1731

78

Henry Cavendish

British natural philosopher, scientist, and an important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist

*October 10th, 1731, Nice †February 24th, 1810, London

70

Erasmus Darwin

English physician (1731-1802)

*December 12th, 1731, Elston †April 18th, 1802, Breadsall

70

Martha Washington

First Lady of the United States from 1789 to 1797

*June 13th, 1731, Chestnut Grove †May 22nd, 1802, Mount Vernon

35

Marie Josèphe of Saxony

Dauphine of France (1731-1767)

*November 4th, 1731, Dresden †March 13th, 1767, Palace of Versailles

71

James Kinsey

American politician

*March 22nd, 1731, Philadelphia †January 4th, 1803

79

Franz Anton Bagnato

German architect (1731-1810)

*June 15th, 1731, Altshausen †June 18th, 1810, Altshausen

71

Ignazio Busca

Catholic cardinal (1731-1803)

*August 31st, 1731, Milan †July 12th, 1803, Rome

62

Ramón de la Cruz

Spanish writer (1731-1794)

*March 28th, 1731, Madrid †March 5th, 1794, Madrid

83

Robert Treat Paine

American lawyer and judge, signer of the US Declaration of Independence (1731-1814)

*March 11th, 1731, Boston †May 11th, 1814, Boston

59

Johann August Dathe

German theologian and linguist (1731-1791)

*July 4th, 1731, Weißenfels †March 17th, 1791, Leipzig

71

Anton von Störck

Austrian pharmacologist (1731-1803)

*February 21st, 1731, Bad Saulgau †January 23rd, 1803, Vienna

63

Johann Ernst Heinsius

German painter (1731-1794)

*May 21st, 1731, Ilmenau †October 18th, 1794, Erfurt

78

Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

German princess

*September 24th, 1731, Coburg †August 2nd, 1810, Schwerin

73

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan

Royal Navy admiral (1731-1804)

*July 1st, 1731, Angus †August 4th, 1804, Northumberland

61

Angelo Emo

Venetian noble and admiral (1731-1792)

*January 3rd, 1731, Venice †March 3rd, 1792, Valletta

55

Francisco Javier Clavijero

Mesoamericanist, 1731-1787

*September 9th, 1731, Veracruz †April 2nd, 1787, Bologna

71

Maria Fortunata d'Este

Italian noble

*November 24th, 1731, Modena †September 21st, 1803, Venice

64

Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg (1731-1795)

*January 6th, 1731, Frankfurt †May 20th, 1795, Ludwigsburg

76

Francis Gundaker of Colloredo-Mansfeld

Politician (1731-1807)

*May 28th, 1731, Vienna †October 27th, 1807, Vienna

64

Samuel Huntington

American statesman; 18th Governor of Connecticut (1731-1796)

*July 16th, 1731, Windham †January 5th, 1796, Norwich

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Public holidays on August 2nd

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

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1731 is a normal year and no leap year.

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