August 21st, 1735

Born on August 21st, 1735

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 21st?

August 21st, 2007

BioShock was released in North America, becoming a critical success and a demonstration of video games as an art form.

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 (one pictured) 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 and 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 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 clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

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

Same year
Born in 1735

90

John Adams

President of the United States from 1797 to 1801

*October 30th, 1735, Braintree †July 4th, 1826, Quincy

46

Johann Christian Bach

German composer (1735–1782)

*September 5th, 1735, Leipzig †January 1st, 1782, London

61

Juliane Charlotte Friederike Grimm

(1735-1796)

*August 3rd, 1735, Hanau †December 18th, 1796, Steinau an der Straße

83

Paul Revere

American silversmith and Patriot in the American Revolution

*January 1st, 1735, Boston †May 10th, 1818, Boston

85

François Christophe de Kellermann

French soldier (1735-1820)

*May 28th, 1735, Strasbourg †September 23rd, 1820, Paris

65

Carl Christoph von Hoffmann

German Geheimrat (1735-1801)

*August 6th, 1735, Powidzko †January 9th, 1801, Berlin

69

Franziskus Herzan von Harras

Czech cardinal

*April 5th, 1735, Prague †June 1st, 1804, Vienna

56

George Plater

American politician (1735-1792)

*November 8th, 1735, Sotterley †February 10th, 1792, Annapolis

52

Anton Schweitzer

German composer (1735-1787)

*June 6th, 1735, Coburg †November 23rd, 1787, Gotha

71

Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond

British politician and army officer (1735-1806)

*February 22nd, 1735, London †December 29th, 1806, Goodwood House

57

Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

German composer

*February 25th, 1735, Grossenbehringen †December 1st, 1792, Weimar

84

Ursula Wolf-Zellweger

Schweizer Mäzenin (1735-1820)

*July 20th, 1735, Lyon †May 11th, 1820, Trogen

56

Isaac Low

American politician (1735-1791)

*April 13th, 1735, Piscataway †July 25th, 1791, Isle of Wight

68

Christoph Andreae

German entrepreneur

*September 8th, 1735, Mülheim †August 3rd, 1804, Mülheim

79

Blasius Hueber

(1735-1814)

*February 1st, 1735, Tyrol †April 4th, 1814, Inzing

79

Jean Pierre Erman

German historian

*March 1st, 1735, Berlin †August 11th, 1814, Berlin

63

Caspar Frederik Harsdorff

Danish architect (1735-1799)

*May 26th, 1735, Copenhagen †May 24th, 1799, Copenhagen

47

Princess Maria Christina of Saxony

Princess of Saxony and an Abbess

*February 12th, 1735, Warsaw †November 19th, 1782, Château de Brumath

69

Jacob Baden

Danish linguist

*May 4th, 1735, Vordingborg †July 5th, 1804, Copenhagen

55

Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

German princess (1735-1791)

*June 24th, 1735, Coburg †February 18th, 1791, Unterschwaningen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1735 is a normal year and no leap year.

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