August 21st, 1758

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Born on August 21st, 1758 – 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 1758)

Born on August 21st, 1758

Weekday

Monday

August 21st, 1758 was a Monday.

Age

265

People born on August 21st, 1758 will turn 266 this year (2024), in exactly 114 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1758 - August 23rd, 1758

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 97,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 959 days, exactly on December 14th, 2026, people who were born on August 21st, 1758 will be 98,000 days old!

97,041 Days

13,863 Weeks

3,188 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

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

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

William Murdoch

Scottish engineer and inventor (1754-1839)

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

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

Melvin Van Peebles

American filmmaker

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

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

Same year
Born in 1758

James Monroe

President of the United States from 1817 to 1825

*April 28th, 1758, Monroe Hall †July 4th, 1831, New York City

Maximilien Robespierre

French revolutionary lawyer and politician (1758–1794)

*May 6th, 1758, Arras †July 28th, 1794, Paris

Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy

French linguist and orientalist (1758–1838)

*September 21st, 1758, Paris †February 21st, 1838, Paris

Horatio Nelson

British Royal Navy admiral (1758–1805)

*September 29th, 1758, Burnham Thorpe †October 21st, 1805, Cape Trafalgar

Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers

German physician and astronomer (1758-1840)

*October 11th, 1758, Hemelingen †March 2nd, 1840, Bremen

Jean-Jacques Dessalines

Leader of Haitian Revolution and first ruler of independent Haiti (1758-1806)

*September 20th, 1758, Plaine-du-Nord †October 17th, 1806, Port-au-Prince

Noah Webster

American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, writer, editor and author (1758-1843)

*October 16th, 1758, West Hartford †May 28th, 1843, New Haven

André Masséna

French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1758-1817)

*May 6th, 1758, Nice †April 4th, 1817, Paris

Go-Momozono

Emperor of Japan (1758-1779)

*August 5th, 1758, Kyoto †December 16th, 1779, Kyoto

Johann Heinrich Wieland

Swiss politician (1758-1838)

*February 14th, 1758, Waldenburg †May 4th, 1838, Basel

John Hoppner

British painter (1758-1810)

*April 4th, 1758, Whitechapel †January 23rd, 1810, London

Louis Adam

French composer

*December 3rd, 1758, Muttersholtz †April 8th, 1848, Paris

Camillo Pacetti

Italian artist (1758-1826)

*May 2nd, 1758, Rome †July 16th, 1826, Milan

Fanny von Arnstein

Austrian salon-holder

*November 29th, 1758, Berlin †June 8th, 1818, Vienna

Thomas Picton

Welsh general who served in the British Army (1758-1815)

*August 24th, 1758, Haverfordwest †June 18th, 1815, Battle of Waterloo

Christian Adam Dann

German theologian (1758-1837)

*December 24th, 1758, Tübingen †March 19th, 1837, Stuttgart

Armand Samuel de Marescot

French general

*March 1st, 1758, Tours †December 25th, 1832, Saint-Quentin-lès-Troo

Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch

German painter (1758-1838)

*September 10th, 1758, Stuttgart †December 31st, 1838, Stuttgart

Fisher Ames

American politician (1758–1808)

*April 9th, 1758, Dedham †July 4th, 1808, Dedham

John Armstrong Jr.

American politician (1758-1843)

*November 25th, 1758, Carlisle †April 1st, 1843, Red Hook

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.MDCCLVIII

21.8.1758

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1758 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1758

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August 21st, 1758

Born on August 21st, 1758

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 97,000 days old!

97,041 Days

13,863 Weeks

3,188 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 1758

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

21.8.1758

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Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 97,000 days old!

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August 1758

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31		1	2	3	4	5	6
32	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
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35	28	29	30	31