August 2nd, 1756

Born on August 2nd, 1756

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

Same year
Born in 1756

35

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)

*January 27th, 1756, Salzburg †December 5th, 1791, Vienna

58

Angelica Schuyler Church

American socialite (1756–1814)

*February 20th, 1756, Albany †March 6th, 1814, New York City

80

Aaron Burr

Vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805, lived (1756–1836)

*February 6th, 1756, Newark †September 14th, 1836, Port Richmond

80

William Godwin

English journalist, political philosopher and novelist

*March 3rd, 1756, Wisbech †April 7th, 1836, London

68

Bernard Germain de Lacépède

French naturalist (1756-1825)

*December 26th, 1756, Agen †October 6th, 1825, Épinay-sur-Seine

80

Maria Fitzherbert

Mistress of British king (1756-1837)

*July 26th, 1756, Tong †March 27th, 1837, Brighton

76

Jean-Antoine Chaptal

French chemist and physician (1756–1832)

*June 4th, 1756, Badaroux †July 29th, 1832, Paris

78

Konrad Mannert

German historian and geographer

*April 17th, 1756, Altdorf bei Nürnberg †September 27th, 1834, Munich

74

Louis Henri, Prince of Condé

French prince (1756-1830)

*April 13th, 1756, Paris †August 30th, 1830, Château de Saint-Leu

67

Mathias von Flurl

German mineralogist (1756-1823)

*February 5th, 1756, Straubing †July 27th, 1823, Bad Kissingen

31

Maria Pellegrina Amoretti

Italian lawyer (1756-1787)

*May 12th, 1756, Oneglia †November 12th, 1787, Oneglia

74

Christian Gottfried Körner

German writer (1756-1831)

*July 2nd, 1756, Leipzig †May 13th, 1831, Berlin

76

James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier

Admiral of the Royal Navy and Governor of Newfoundland (1756–1833)

*October 13th, 1756, New Providence †April 19th, 1833, Iver

89

Christian Frederik Hansen

Danish architect

*February 29th, 1756, Copenhagen †July 10th, 1845, Copenhagen

38

Antoine-François Momoro

Publisher during the French Revolution

*January 1st, 1756, Besançon †March 24th, 1794, Paris

57

Carl Englerth

German politician (1756-1814)

*September 2nd, 1756, Jülich †August 25th, 1814, Eschweiler

37

François Chabot

French politician (1756-1794)

*October 23rd, 1756, Saint-Geniez-d'Olt †April 5th, 1794, Paris

87

John Trumbull

American artist (1756–1843)

*June 6th, 1756, Lebanon †November 10th, 1843, New York City

36

Joseph Martin Kraus

German composer (1756-1792)

*June 20th, 1756, Miltenberg †December 15th, 1792, Stockholm

64

William Richardson Davie

American lawyer and politician (1756-1820)

*June 20th, 1756, Cumberland †November 29th, 1820, South Carolina

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Leap year

Yes: 1756 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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