August 2nd, 1734

Born on August 2nd, 1734

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 1734

47

Taksin

King of Siam

*April 17th, 1734, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya †April 7th, 1782, Thon Buri

80

Franz Anton Mesmer

German physician

*May 23rd, 1734, Iznang †March 5th, 1815, Meersburg

62

Joseph Wright of Derby

18th-century British painter (1734-1797)

*September 3rd, 1734, Derby †August 29th, 1797, Derby

58

Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

German prince

*August 8th, 1734, Szczecin †March 3rd, 1793, Luxembourg

68

Charles Alexandre de Calonne

French statesman and art collector (1734-1802)

*January 20th, 1734, Douai †October 29th, 1802, Paris

67

George Romney

English painter (1734-1802)

*December 26th, 1734, Dalton-in-Furness †November 15th, 1802, Kendal

52

Christoph Sonnleithner

Solicitor and composer

*May 28th, 1734, Szeged †December 25th, 1786, Vienna

57

Pedro López de Lerena

Spanish politician (1734-1792)

*May 5th, 1734, Valdemoro †January 2nd, 1792, Madrid

61

Allard Hulshoff

Dutch theologian and author

*February 20th, 1734, Groningen †July 30th, 1795, Amsterdam

78

Carlo Luca Pozzi

Swiss sculptor (1734-1812)

*October 19th, 1734, Bruzella †December 12th, 1812, Castel San Pietro

59

Ramón Pignatelli

Spanish 18th century politician

*April 18th, 1734, Zaragoza †June 30th, 1793, Zaragoza

72

Robert Morris

American financier and Founding Father of the United States (1734-1806)

*January 20th, 1734, Liverpool †May 9th, 1806, Philadelphia

82

Adrian Zingg

Swiss painter (1734-1816)

*April 15th, 1734, St. Gallen †May 26th, 1816, Leipzig

59

Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier

French organist and composer

*June 28th, 1734, Abbeville †May 6th, 1794, Paris

77

Franz Anton von Weber

German musician, bandmaster and theater director

*September 26th, 1734, Zell im Wiesental †April 16th, 1812, Mannheim

79

Louis François II de Bourbon

Prince of Conti

*September 1st, 1734, Paris †March 13th, 1814, Barcelona

40

William Small

Scottish physician and professor of natural philosophy

*October 13th, 1734, Angus †February 25th, 1775, Birmingham

86

Maciej Kamieński

Polish composer (1734-1821)

*October 13th, 1734, Sopron †January 25th, 1821, Warsaw

62

Francis Lightfoot Lee

American politician (1734-1797)

*October 14th, 1734, Stratford Hall †January 11th, 1797, Richmond County

68

José Cornide

Spanish writer (1734-1803)

*April 25th, 1734, A Coruña †February 22nd, 1803, Madrid

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Public holidays on August 2nd

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1734 is a normal year and no leap year.

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