August 21st, 1747

Born on August 21st, 1747

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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

Born on August 21st, 1747

88

Franz von Paula Schrank

German biologist (1747–1835)

*August 21st, 1747, Neuburg am Inn †December 22nd, 1835, Munich

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Born in 1747

53

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz

German musician and composer (1747-1800)

*March 31st, 1747, Lüneburg †June 10th, 1800, Schwedt/Oder

29

Philip Vickers Fithian

American writer

*January 1st, 1747, Cumberland County †January 1st, 1776, Fort Washington

46

Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

French duke (1747-1793)

*April 13th, 1747, Château de Saint-Cloud †November 6th, 1793, Paris

79

Johann Elert Bode

Prusian astronomer

*January 19th, 1747, Hamburg †November 23rd, 1826, Berlin

46

Gottfried August Bürger

German poet (1747-1794)

*December 31st, 1747, Molmerswende †June 8th, 1794, Göttingen

48

Eugenio Espejo

18th century Spanish physician

*February 21st, 1747, Real Audiencia de Quito †December 27th, 1795, Quito

77

Robert Burton

American politician (1747-1825)

*October 20th, 1747, North Carolina †May 31st, 1825, Granville County

46

Armand Louis de Gontaut

French general (1747-1793)

*April 13th, 1747, Paris †December 31st, 1793, Paris

46

Maria Katharina Prestel

Painter and engraver from Nuremberg, active in London (1747–1794)

*July 22nd, 1747, Nuremberg †March 16th, 1794, Greater London

59

Prince August of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

German prince (1747-1806)

*August 14th, 1747, Gotha †September 29th, 1806, Gotha

70

Yasuaki Aida

Japanese mathematician

*February 10th, 1747, Yamagata †December 4th, 1817, Edo

71

Johann Karl Wezel

German writer

*October 31st, 1747, Sondershausen †January 28th, 1819, Sondershausen

66

Rose Bertin

French marchande de modes (1747-1813)

*July 2nd, 1747, Abbeville †September 22nd, 1813, Épinay-sur-Seine

55

Friedrich August Ludwig von Burgsdorff

German botanist (1747-1802), canon of the Naumburg cathedral chapter

*March 23rd, 1747, Leipzig †June 18th, 1802, Berlin

59

Andreas Stütz

Austrian mineralogist and abbott

*January 1st, 1747, Vienna †January 1st, 1806, Vienna

72

Vincenzo Brenna

Italian architect and painter (1747-1820)

*August 20th, 1747, Florence †May 17th, 1820, Dresden

71

José da Costa e Silva

Portuguese architect

*July 25th, 1747, Vila Franca de Xira †March 21st, 1819, Rio de Janeiro

80

François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

Duke of France (1747–1827)

*January 11th, 1747, La Roche-Guyon †March 27th, 1827, Paris

74

Józef Wybicki

Polish poet, author of the national anthem (1747–1822)

*September 29th, 1747, Będomin †March 10th, 1822, Manieczki

75

Johann Wilhelm Hässler

German composer, organist, pianist

*March 29th, 1747, Erfurt †March 29th, 1822, Moscow

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1747 is a normal year and no leap year.

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