August 28th, 1739

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Born on August 28th, 1739 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
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What happened on August 28th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 28th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1739)

Born on August 28th, 1739

Weekday

Friday

August 28th, 1739 was a Friday.

Age

284

People born on August 28th, 1739 will turn 285 this year (2024), in exactly 125 days .

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

August 24th, 1739 - September 23rd, 1739

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 103,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 30 days, exactly on May 25th, 2024, people who were born on August 28th, 1739 will be 104,000 days old!

103,970 Days

14,852 Weeks

3,415 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on August 28th?

August 28th, 2021

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line opens for service

August 28th, 2003

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

August 28th, 1993

The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.

August 28th, 1987

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

August 28th, 1973

Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; during the incident the hostages had bonded with their captors, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.

August 28th, 1963

American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

August 28th, 1955

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

August 28th, 1950

In tennis, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

August 28th, 1914

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight.

August 28th, 1909

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

August 28th, 1833

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

August 28th, 1830

Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

August 28th, 1789

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

August 28th, 1640

Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.

August 28th, 1619

Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Born on August 28th, 1739

Agostino Accorimboni

Italian composer

*August 28th, 1739, Rome †August 13th, 1818, Rome

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 28th?

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

*August 28th, 1749, Frankfurt †March 22nd, 1832, Weimar

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author (1828–1910)

*August 28th, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana †November 7th, 1910, Astapovo

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

*August 28th, 1797, Brzeg †August 1st, 1840, Athens

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

*August 28th, 1928, Remscheid †June 9th, 2009, Seehausen am Staffelsee

Dietz-Otto Edzard

German Assyriologist

*August 28th, 1930, Bremen †June 2nd, 2004, Munich

Heinrich Heydemann

German classical archaeologist

*August 28th, 1842, Greifswald †September 10th, 1890, Halle (Saale)

Carsten Jancker

German association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1974, Grevesmühlen

Andreas Peter Bernstorff

Danish politician (1735-1797)

*August 28th, 1735, Hanover †June 21st, 1797, Copenhagen

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

*August 28th, 1867, Foggia †November 12th, 1948, Milan

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

*August 28th, 1923, Berlin †January 14th, 2015, Berlin

Johan Tobias Sergel

Swedish sculptor (1740-1814)

*August 28th, 1740, Stockholm †February 26th, 1814, Stockholm

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

*August 28th, 1829, Witten †August 9th, 1891, Koblenz-Horchheim

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

*August 28th, 1929, Miami †December 2nd, 1995, Los Angeles

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

Adelheid Amalie Gallitzin

German princess

*August 28th, 1748, Berlin †April 27th, 1806, Münster

Nick E. Tarabay

Lebanese and American actor

*August 28th, 1975, Beirut

Same year
Born in 1739

Camillo Marcolini

German noble (1739-1814)

*April 2nd, 1739, Fano †July 10th, 1814, Prague

George Clinton

Vice president of the United States from 1805 to 1812

*July 26th, 1739, Little Britain †April 20th, 1812, Washington, D.C.

Grigory Potemkin

Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791)

*September 13th, 1739, Chizhevo †October 5th, 1791, Iași

Friedrich Wilhelm Rust

German violinist and composer

*July 6th, 1739, Wörlitz †February 28th, 1796, Dessau

Georges Jacob

French master joiner in seats, wood engraver, cabinet-maker 1739-1814

*July 6th, 1739, Cheny †July 5th, 1814, Paris

Juan de Villanueva

Spanish architect (1739–1811)

*September 15th, 1739, Madrid †August 22nd, 1811, Madrid

Charles François Dumouriez

French general (1739–1823)

*January 26th, 1739, Cambrai †March 14th, 1823, Turville

Giovanni Francesco Fromond

*September 17th, 1739, Cremona †July 16th, 1785, Cremona

William Hewson

British physiologist

*November 14th, 1739, Hexham †May 1st, 1774, London

Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart

French architect

*February 15th, 1739, Paris †June 6th, 1813, Paris

Henrik Gabriel Porthan

Finnish historian (1739-1804)

*November 8th, 1739, Viitasaari †March 16th, 1804, Turku

Paine Wingate

American politician (1739-1838)

*May 14th, 1739, Amesbury †March 7th, 1838, Stratham

Pedro Ramón Palacios Gil Arratia

Venezuelan priest, music educator

*January 17th, 1739, Guatire †January 1st, 1799, Caracas

Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance

French politician, linguist and translator (1739-1824)

*March 19th, 1739, Saint-Sauveur-Lendelin †June 14th, 1824, Sainte-Mesme

Allen Jones

American statesman, 1739-1798

*December 24th, 1739, Edgecombe County †November 10th, 1798, Northampton County

Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours

French writer, economist, and government official (1739–1817)

*December 14th, 1739, Paris †August 7th, 1817, Delaware

James Anderson

Scottish economist

*May 23rd, 1739, Edinburgh †October 15th, 1808, West Ham

Jean Nicolas Houchard

French general

*January 24th, 1739, Forbach †November 17th, 1793, Paris

George Mathews

American politician (1739-1812)

*August 30th, 1739, Augusta County †August 30th, 1812, Augusta

Karl von Zinzendorf

Austrian politician (1739-1813)

*January 5th, 1739, Dresden †January 5th, 1813, Vienna

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.VIII.MDCCXXXIX

28.8.1739

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1739 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1739

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August 28th, 1739

Born on August 28th, 1739

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 103,000 days old!

103,970 Days

14,852 Weeks

3,415 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 28th?

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line opens for service

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; during the incident the hostages had bonded with their captors, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.

American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

In tennis, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight.

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.

Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Born on August 28th, 1739

Italian composer

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 28th?

Same year Born in 1739

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 28th

Alexander of Constantinople

Augustine of Hippo

Edmund Arrowsmith

Hermes

Moses the Black

August 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

National Grandparents Day (Mexico)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

28.8.1739

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 103,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

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Same year
Born in 1739

Calendar
August 1739

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