August 2nd, 1755

Born on August 2nd, 1755

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 2nd?

August 2nd, 1971

The English rock band the Who released Who's Next, their only album to top the UK charts.

August 2nd, 1973

A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.

August 2nd, 1947

Star Dust, a British South American Airways airliner, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes; its wreckage was not found until 1998.

August 2nd, 1939

Leo Szilard (pictured) penned a letter, signed by Albert Einstein and addressed to U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that Germany may develop atomic bombs, leading to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.

August 2nd, 1932

At the California Institute of Technology, American physicist Carl David Anderson proved the existence of antimatter with the discovery of the positron, for which he would receive the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics.

August 2nd, 1923

Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States after Warren G. Harding suffered a fatal heart attack.

August 2nd, 1920

Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari (pictured) was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn alleged to contain attacks on the ruling dynasty.

August 2nd, 1916

An explosion, blamed on Austro-Hungarian saboteurs, sank the Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci.

August 2nd, 1870

One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in the Tower Subway (interior depicted), a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London.

August 2nd, 1790

The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214.

August 2nd, 1100

While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men.

August 2nd, 0461

Unpopular among the Senate aristocracy for his reforming efforts, Roman emperor Majorian was deposed by Ricimer and executed five days later.

January 1st, 1970

An allied army led by Philip II of Macedon overcame the forces of city-states led by Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over the majority of ancient Greece.

August 2nd, 1914

The French army's general headquarters was activated in anticipation of war with Germany.

August 2nd, 1945

World War II: The Potsdam Conference ends.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 2nd

Born on August 2nd, 1755

62

Jan Henryk Dąbrowski

Polish general (1755–1818)

*August 2nd, 1755, Pierzchów †June 6th, 1818, Winna Góra, Greater Poland Voivodeship

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Born in 1755

37

Marie Antoinette

Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution

*November 2nd, 1755, Hofburg Palace †October 16th, 1793, place de la Concorde

58

Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Rochambeau

French soldier

*April 7th, 1755, Paris †September 20th, 1813, Leipzig

68

Louis XVIII of France

Bourbon King of France and of Navarre (1755-1824)

*November 17th, 1755, Palace of Versailles †September 16th, 1824, Tuileries Palace

88

Samuel Hahnemann

German physician known for creating homeopathy

*April 10th, 1755, Meissen †July 2nd, 1843, former 1st arrondissement of Paris

75

Sarah Siddons

Welsh actress (1755-1831)

*July 5th, 1755, Brecon †June 8th, 1831, London

39

Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian

French writer

*March 6th, 1755, Sauve †September 13th, 1794, Sceaux

70

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

French lawyer, politician and writer (1755-1826)

*April 1st, 1755, Hôtel Brillat-Savarin †February 2nd, 1826, rue des Filles-Saint-Thomas

64

François Joseph Lefebvre

Marshal of France (1755-1820)

*October 25th, 1755, Rouffach †September 14th, 1820, Paris

38

Georges Couthon

French politician and lawyer (1755–1794)

*December 22nd, 1755, Orcet †July 28th, 1794, Paris

55

Michel Ordener

General of division and commander in Napoleon's elite Imperial Guard (1755-1811)

*September 2nd, 1755, L'Hôpital †August 30th, 1811, Compiègne

55

Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt

Member of the House of Thurn and Taxis (1755-1810)

*January 16th, 1755, Regensburg †December 20th, 1810, Prague

61

Dorothea Viehmann

German writer

*November 8th, 1755, Rengershausen †November 17th, 1816, Kassel

50

Brigida Banti

Italian opera singer (1755-1806)

*May 1st, 1755, Monticelli d'Ongina †February 18th, 1806, Bologna

83

Jean-Baptiste Huzard

French veterinarian (1755-1838)

*November 3rd, 1755, Paris †December 1st, 1838, Paris

89

Marie Arago

French housewife

*November 3rd, 1755, Corneilla-la-Rivière †September 5th, 1845, Estagel

94

Quatremère de Quincy

French archaeologist, architect and writer (1755–1849)

*October 28th, 1755, Paris †December 28th, 1849, Paris

39

Ignác Martinovics

Hungarian political activist

*July 22nd, 1755, Pest †May 20th, 1795, Buda

86

Bernhard Christoph Faust

German physician (1755-1842)

*May 23rd, 1755, Rotenburg an der Fulda †January 25th, 1842, Bückeburg

53

Benjamin Bourne

American politician (1755-1808)

*September 9th, 1755, Bristol †September 17th, 1808, Bristol

76

Hannah Adams

American author (1755-1831)

*October 2nd, 1755, Medfield †December 15th, 1831, Brookline

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Public holidays on August 2nd

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1755 is a normal year and no leap year.

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