August 6th, 1751

Born on August 6th, 1751

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What happened on August 6th?

August 6th, 2013

A gas leak caused an explosion that collapsed a building and led to the deaths of 22 people in Rosario, Argentina.

August 6th, 2011

A series of riots broke out in several London boroughs and in cities and towns across England in response to the shooting of Mark Duggan by Metropolitan Police officers.

August 6th, 2010

Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.

August 6th, 2008

Mauritanian president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high-ranking generals that he had dismissed from office several hours earlier.

August 6th, 1997

Korean Air Flight 801 crashed into a hill on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam, killing 228 of the 254 people aboard.

August 6th, 1996

Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001 (pictured), discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive.

August 6th, 1991

British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee posted a public invitation to collaborate on a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessible via the Internet, known as the World Wide Web.

August 6th, 1965

U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disfranchisement of African Americans.

August 6th, 1945

World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (mushroom cloud pictured), killing about 70,000 people instantly.

August 6th, 1892

The Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company was founded in Antwerp to exploit natural rubber in the Congo Free State.

August 6th, 1777

The Battle of Oriskany, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War, was fought about 6 mi (10 km) east of Fort Stanwix, New York.

August 6th, 0686

Second Fitna: Pro-Alid forces defeated the Umayyad Caliphate in the Battle of Khazir, allowing them to take control of Mosul in present-day Iraq.

August 6th, 1944

World War II: Allied forces attacked German fortifications at Saint-Malo, France, beginning the Battle of Saint-Malo (pictured).

August 6th, 1623

After the death of Gregory XV, a papal conclave in Rome elected Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII.

August 6th, 1585

Toyotomi Hideyoshi is officially appointed kampaku (Imperial Regent).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 6th

Born on August 6th, 1751

80

Karl Ludwig Nitzsch

German theologian

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

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

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

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

76

Francisco Salva Campillo

Spanish/Catalan prominent late-Enlightenment period scientist

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

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

59

Hermann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

German prince (1751-1810)

*July 30th, 1751, Lockenhaus †November 2nd, 1810, Hechingen

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No: With 365 days 1751 is a normal year and no leap year.

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