August 3rd, 1751

Born on August 3rd, 1751

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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 1751

85

James Madison

President of the United States from 1809 to 1817

*March 16th, 1751, Port Conway †June 28th, 1836, Montpelier

64

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Irish-British politician, playwright and writer (1751-1816)

*October 30th, 1751, Dublin †July 7th, 1816, Seoul

78

Maria Anna Mozart

Austrian musician

*July 30th, 1751, Salzburg †October 29th, 1829, Salzburg

76

Francisco Salva Campillo

Spanish/Catalan prominent late-Enlightenment period scientist

*July 12th, 1751, Barcelona †February 13th, 1828, Barcelona

75

Johann Heinrich Voss

German poet and classics translator

*February 20th, 1751, Sommerstorf †March 29th, 1826, Heidelberg

68

Peleg Arnold

Jurist and US congress member (1751-1820)

*June 10th, 1751, Smithfield †January 1st, 1820, Smithfield

80

Karl Ludwig Nitzsch

German theologian

*August 6th, 1751, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †December 5th, 1831, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

66

Étienne-François Letourneur

French general and politician (1751-1817)

*March 15th, 1751, Granville †October 4th, 1817, Laeken

80

Nikolaus Simrock

Musician

*August 23rd, 1751, Mainz †June 12th, 1832, Bonn

67

François-Rodolphe de Weiss

Swiss politician, philosopher and diplomat (1751-1818)

*May 6th, 1751, Yverdon-les-Bains †July 21st, 1818, Coppet

54

Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki

Polish general

*February 20th, 1751, Chervonohrad †March 14th, 1805, Tulchyn

80

Joseph Lange

Austrian actor and artist (1751-1831)

*April 1st, 1751, Würzburg †September 17th, 1831, Vienna

67

Karl Gottlob Anton

Historian (1751-1818)

*July 23rd, 1751, Lubań †November 17th, 1818, Görlitz

69

Cornelis Willem de Rhoer

Dutch historian and writer (1751-1821)

*September 26th, 1751, Deventer †January 15th, 1821, Utrecht

76

Bartolomeo Campagnoli

Italian musician (1751-1827)

*September 10th, 1751, Cento †November 6th, 1827, Neustrelitz

77

Louis Lefèvre-Gineau

French chemist and scientist (1751-1829)

*March 7th, 1751, Authe †February 3rd, 1829, Paris

51

Ferdinando I, Duke of Parma

Duke of Parma (1751-1802)

*January 20th, 1751, Parma †October 9th, 1802, Fontevivo

61

Emanuel Schikaneder

German actor and singer

*September 1st, 1751, Straubing †September 21st, 1812, Vienna

53

Frederika Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt

Queen consort of Prussia

*October 16th, 1751, Prenzlau †August 14th, 1805, Berlin

87

Thomas Blaikie

Scottish gardener (1751-1838)

*March 2nd, 1751, Edinburgh †July 19th, 1838, former 1st arrondissement of Paris

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 1751 is a normal year and no leap year.

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