August 21st, 1753

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Born on August 21st, 1753 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 21st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 21st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1753)

Born on August 21st, 1753

Weekday

Tuesday

August 21st, 1753 was a Tuesday.

Age

270

People born on August 21st, 1753 will turn 271 this year (2024), in exactly 114 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1753 - August 23rd, 1753

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 98,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 133 days, exactly on September 9th, 2024, people who were born on August 21st, 1753 will be 99,000 days old!

98,867 Days

14,123 Weeks

3,248 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on August 21st?

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 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–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 the command of 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 risings: Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

August 21st, 1689

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 21st?

Elīza Tīruma

Latvian luger

*August 21st, 1990, Sigulda

William IV

King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 1830 to 1837

*August 21st, 1765, Buckingham Palace †June 20th, 1837, Windsor Castle

Malynda Hale

Musical artist

*August 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter

*August 21st, 1986, Sherwood Content

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

William Murdoch

Scottish engineer and inventor (1754-1839)

*August 21st, 1754, Ayrshire †November 15th, 1839, Birmingham

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

*August 21st, 1916, Wallingford †November 3rd, 2005, Northwood

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

Hermann Hammerschmidt

*August 21st, 1887, Cottbus †November 30th, 1944

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

*August 21st, 1988, Leszno, Warsaw West County

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

Wilhelm Ostwald

Baltic German chemist

*August 21st, 1853, Riga †April 4th, 1932, Großbothen

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

Melvin Van Peebles

American filmmaker

*August 21st, 1932, Chicago †September 21st, 2021, Manhattan

Same year
Born in 1753

Louis-Philippe de Ségur

French diplomat (1753-1830)

*December 10th, 1753, Paris †August 27th, 1830, Paris

Benjamin Thompson

American-born British physicist and inventor

*March 26th, 1753, Woburn †August 21st, 1814, Auteuil

Samuel Crompton

British inventor, pioneer of the spinning industry (1753-1827)

*December 3rd, 1753, Bolton †June 26th, 1827, Bolton

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence

*May 8th, 1753, Corralejo de Hidalgo †July 30th, 1811, Chihuahua City

Franz Karl Achard

German chemist

*April 28th, 1753, Berlin †April 20th, 1821, Wołów

Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud

French politician (1753-1793)

*May 31st, 1753, Limoges †October 31st, 1793, Paris

Thomas Bewick

English engraver and natural history author (1753-1828)

*August 10th, 1753, Mickley †November 8th, 1828, Gateshead

Victurnien Bonaventure de Rochechouart de Mortemart

French politician and officer

*October 28th, 1753, Everly †January 16th, 1823, Paris

William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock

Royal Navy admiral (1753-1825)

*July 9th, 1753, England †August 20th, 1825, London

Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux

French politician (1753-1824)

*August 24th, 1753, Montaigu †March 27th, 1824, Paris

Lazare Carnot

French political, engineering and mathematical figure (1753–1823)

*May 13th, 1753, Nolay †August 2nd, 1823, Magdeburg

Augusta Louise zu Stolberg-Stolberg

German Baroness (1753-1835)

*January 7th, 1753, Bad Bramstedt †May 30th, 1835, Kiel

Jean-François Delacroix

French politician (1753-1794)

*April 3rd, 1753, Pont-Audemer †April 5th, 1794, Paris

John Soane

British architect

*September 10th, 1753, Reading †January 20th, 1837, London

Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse

German Grand Duke (1753-1830)

*June 14th, 1753, Prenzlau †April 6th, 1830, Darmstadt

Joseph Bloomfield

American general and 4th Governor of New Jersey (1753–1823)

*October 18th, 1753, Woodbridge Township †October 3rd, 1823, Burlington

Luísa Todi

Portuguese opera singer (mezzo-soprano)

*January 9th, 1753, Setúbal †October 1st, 1833, Lisbon

John Taylor Gilman

American politician (1753–1828)

*December 19th, 1753, Exeter †August 31st, 1828, Exeter

Nicolas Dalayrac

French musician and composer of comic operas (Muret 1753 - Paris 1809)

*June 8th, 1753, Muret †November 27th, 1809, Paris

Caroline Rudolphi

German writer

*August 24th, 1753, Magdeburg †April 15th, 1811, Heidelberg

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on August 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXI.VIII.MDCCLIII

21.8.1753

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1753 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1753

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August 21st, 1753

Born on August 21st, 1753

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 98,000 days old!

98,867 Days

14,123 Weeks

3,248 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 21st?

Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting.

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.

A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.

South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.

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.

World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy.

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.

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.

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.

Peninsular War: British–Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.

The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.

Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

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.

Jacobite risings: Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 21st?

Same year Born in 1753

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Abraham of Smolensk (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Euprepius of Verona

Maximilian of Antioch

Our Lady of Knock

Pope Pius X

Sidonius Apollinaris

August 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)

Youth Day (Morocco)

World Senior Citizen's Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

21.8.1753

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 98,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

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Who's birthday is on August 21st?

Same year
Born in 1753

Calendar
August 1753

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31			1	2	3	4	5
32	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
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35	27	28	29	30	31