August 6th, 1734

Born on August 6th, 1734

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What happened on August 6th?

August 6th, 2013

A gas leak caused an explosion that collapsed a building and led to the deaths of 22 people in Rosario, Argentina.

August 6th, 2011

A series of riots broke out in several London boroughs and in cities and towns across England in response to the shooting of Mark Duggan by Metropolitan Police officers.

August 6th, 2010

Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.

August 6th, 2008

Mauritanian president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high-ranking generals that he had dismissed from office several hours earlier.

August 6th, 1997

Korean Air Flight 801 crashed into a hill on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam, killing 228 of the 254 people aboard.

August 6th, 1996

Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001 (pictured), discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive.

August 6th, 1991

British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee posted a public invitation to collaborate on a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessible via the Internet, known as the World Wide Web.

August 6th, 1965

U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disfranchisement of African Americans.

August 6th, 1945

World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (mushroom cloud pictured), killing about 70,000 people instantly.

August 6th, 1892

The Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company was founded in Antwerp to exploit natural rubber in the Congo Free State.

August 6th, 1777

The Battle of Oriskany, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War, was fought about 6 mi (10 km) east of Fort Stanwix, New York.

August 6th, 0686

Second Fitna: Pro-Alid forces defeated the Umayyad Caliphate in the Battle of Khazir, allowing them to take control of Mosul in present-day Iraq.

August 6th, 1944

World War II: Allied forces attacked German fortifications at Saint-Malo, France, beginning the Battle of Saint-Malo (pictured).

August 6th, 1623

After the death of Gregory XV, a papal conclave in Rome elected Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII.

August 6th, 1585

Toyotomi Hideyoshi is officially appointed kampaku (Imperial Regent).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 6th

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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Leap year

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

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