August 3rd, 1742

Born on August 3rd, 1742

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What happened on August 3rd?

August 3rd, 1971

Fighting Dinosaurs, a fossil specimen featuring a Velociraptor and a Protoceratops in combat, was unearthed in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia.

August 3rd, 2009

The last vessels involved in Taurus 09, a Royal Navy training deployment covering 20,400 miles (32,800 km), returned to HMNB Devonport, England.

August 3rd, 1460

James II of Scotland is killed by an exploding cannon at Roxburgh Castle.

August 3rd, 1975

A privately chartered Boeing 707 (aircraft involved pictured) struck a mountain peak and crashed near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.

August 3rd, 1347

Hundred Years' War: The French town of Calais capitulated to English forces after an eleven-month siege, ending the Crécy campaign.

August 3rd, 2005

Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.

August 3rd, 1997

The Sky Tower, then the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened in Auckland, New Zealand.

August 3rd, 1948

Before the House Un-American Activities Committee of the United States House of Representatives, former spy turned government informer Whittaker Chambers accused U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss of being a communist and a Soviet spy.

August 3rd, 1940

World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days.

August 3rd, 1936

African-American athlete Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, dashing Nazi leaders' hopes of Aryan domination at the games.

August 3rd, 1929

Jiddu Krishnamurti (pictured), believed by some Theosophists to be a likely candidate for the messianic "World Teacher", dissolved the Order of the Star, the organisation established to support him.

August 3rd, 1913

An agricultural workers' strike in Wheatland degenerated into a riot, becoming one of the first major farm-labor confrontations in California.

August 3rd, 1903

Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaimed a republic, which existed for ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.

August 3rd, 1857

Indian Rebellion: An eight-day siege of a fortified outbuilding in Arrah occupied by 68 defenders against more than 10,000 men ended when a relief party dispersed the besiegers.

August 3rd, 2023

Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 3rd

Same year
Born in 1742

68

Jean Baptiste Treilhard

French judge and diplomat (1742-1810)

*January 3rd, 1742, Brive-la-Gaillarde †December 5th, 1810, Paris

75

Jean Cesar Godeffroy

Merchant from Hamburg (1742-1818)

*October 16th, 1742, Hamburg †May 7th, 1818, Hamburg

43

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

*December 9th, 1742, Stralsund †May 21st, 1786, Köping

76

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

*December 16th, 1742, Rostock †September 12th, 1819, Krobielowice

56

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

German scientist, satirist

*July 1st, 1742, Ober-Ramstadt †February 24th, 1799, Göttingen

90

Ramón Lázaro de Dou y de Bassols

Spanish jurist

*January 1st, 1742, Barcelona †January 1st, 1832, Cervera

44

Arthur Middleton

American politician, signer of the Declaration of Independence. (1742-1787)

*June 26th, 1742, Charleston †January 1st, 1787, Province of South Carolina

81

James Gandon

British architect (1742-1823)

*February 20th, 1742, London †December 24th, 1823, Lucan

83

Franz Wenzel, Graf von Kaunitz-Rietberg

Austrian general

*July 2nd, 1742, Vienna †December 19th, 1825, Vienna

38

Johann Heinrich Waser

Swiss mathematician (1742-1780)

*April 1st, 1742, Zürich †May 27th, 1780, Zürich

55

Gunning Bedford

American politician 1742-1797

*April 7th, 1742, New Castle County †September 30th, 1797, New Castle

72

Christian Friedrich Duttenhofer

German theologian

*February 3rd, 1742, Nürtingen †March 18th, 1814, Heilbronn

60

Christian Gottlieb Geyser

German painter (1742-1803)

*August 20th, 1742, Görlitz †March 24th, 1803, Eutritzsch

77

Josias von Qualen

German provost

*April 20th, 1742, Osdorf †October 29th, 1819, Itzehoe

59

Pierre Roussel

French physician (1742-1802)

*September 29th, 1742, Ax-les-Thermes †September 19th, 1802, Châteaudun

79

Roch-Ambroise Cucurron Sicard

French abbé and instructor of the deaf

*September 20th, 1742, Le Fousseret †May 10th, 1822, former 12th arrondissement of Paris

73

José de Iturrigaray

Viceroy of New Spain (1742-1815)

*June 27th, 1742, Cádiz †August 22nd, 1815, Madrid

48

William Hooper

American politician (1742-1790)

*June 28th, 1742, Boston †October 14th, 1790, Hillsborough

79

Félix de Azara

Spanish scientist (1742-1821)

*May 18th, 1742, Barbuñales †October 20th, 1821, Barbuñales

84

Claus von der Decken

German politician (1742-1826)

*January 5th, 1742, Rittershausen †February 10th, 1826, Hanover

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.) which are celebrated on August 3rd.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1742 is a normal year and no leap year.

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