August 3rd, 1756

Born on August 3rd, 1756

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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 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

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

80

Maria Fitzherbert

Mistress of British king (1756-1837)

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

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

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

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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