August 31st, 1762

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Born on August 31st, 1762 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 31st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 31st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1762)

Born on August 31st, 1762

Weekday

Tuesday

August 31st, 1762 was a Tuesday.

Age

261

People born on August 31st, 1762 will turn 262 this year (2024), in exactly 62 days .

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

August 24th, 1762 - September 23rd, 1762

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 95,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 368 days, exactly on July 3rd, 2025, people who were born on August 31st, 1762 will be 96,000 days old!

95,632 Days

13,661 Weeks

3,141 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on August 31st?

August 31st, 2019

A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.

August 31st, 2016

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff was removed from office following her impeachment on charges of criminal administrative misconduct.

August 31st, 2002

Typhoon Rusa made landfall in Goheung as the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, killing at least 236 people.

August 31st, 1997

Diana, Princess of Wales (pictured), her partner Dodi Fayed, and their driver were killed in a car crash in Paris.

August 31st, 1969

On the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival 1969, an event attended by approximately 150,000 people over three days, Bob Dylan appeared in his first gig in three years.

August 31st, 1959

A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, failed to kill Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia.

August 31st, 1942

The Matagorda hurricane, the most intense and costliest tropical cyclone of the 1942 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing $26.5 million in damages and eight deaths.

August 31st, 1941

World War II: A detachment of Chetniks captured the town of Loznica in German-occupied Serbia.

August 31st, 1940

Second World War: Two Royal navy destroyers were lost to mines and two other vessels damaged off Texel, Netherlands, killing around 300 men.

August 31st, 1939

Nazi forces, posing as Poles, staged an attack against the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany, creating an excuse to invade Poland the next day.

August 31st, 1907

Russia and the United Kingdom signed the Anglo-Russian Convention, defining their respective spheres of interest in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet.

August 31st, 1897

Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the Kinetoscope, a precursor to the modern movie projector.

August 31st, 1888

The body of Mary Ann Nichols, the alleged first victim of an unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper (depicted), was found in Buck's Row, London.

August 31st, 1876

Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire was deposed after a reign of 93 days on grounds of mental illness.

August 31st, 1218

Al-Kamil became the fourth sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 31st

Born on August 31st, 1762

Elizabeth Simcoe

British artist and diarist (1762-1850)

*August 31st, 1762, Northamptonshire †January 17th, 1850, Honiton

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Who's birthday is on August 31st?

Hermann von Helmholtz

German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894)

*August 31st, 1821, Potsdam †September 8th, 1894, Charlottenburg

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

Richard Gere

American actor (born 1949)

*August 31st, 1949, Philadelphia

Maria Montessori

Italian pedagogue and physician

*August 31st, 1870, Chiaravalle †May 6th, 1952, Noordwijk

Holger Osieck

German association football player and manager

*August 31st, 1948, Duisburg

Herbert Reul

German politician (CDU)

*August 31st, 1952, Langenfeld

Marc Webb

American music video and film director

*August 31st, 1974, Bloomington

Roland Culver

Actor (1900-1984)

*August 31st, 1900, Highgate †March 1st, 1984, Henley-on-Thames

Amanda Anisimova

American tennis player

*August 31st, 2001, Freehold Township

Chris Tucker

American actor and comedian

*August 31st, 1971, Atlanta

Alain Calmat

French figure skater, surgeon, and politician

*August 31st, 1940, Paris

Emperor Taishō

Emperor of Japan from 1912 until 1926

*August 31st, 1879, Akasaka Estate †December 25th, 1926, Hayama Imperial Villa

Tsai Ing-wen

President of Taiwan since 2016

*August 31st, 1956, Zhongshan District

Pepe Reina

Spanish association football player

*August 31st, 1982, Madrid

Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948 (1880-1962)

*August 31st, 1880, Noordeinde Palace †November 28th, 1962, Het Loo Palace

Charmaine Craig

American actress

*August 31st, 1971, United States of America

Robert Kocharyan

Second President of Armenia

*August 31st, 1954, Khankendi

Andreas Stanislaus von Hatten

*August 31st, 1763, Wojciechy, powiat bartoszycki †January 3rd, 1841, Frombork

Peter Joseph Triest

Belgian canon of the diocese of Ghent, founder of four religious congregations (1760-1836)

*August 31st, 1760, Brussels metropolitan area †June 24th, 1836, Ghent

Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi crown prince and Minister of Defense (born 1985)

*August 31st, 1985, Riyadh

Same year
Born in 1762

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

German philosopher (1762–1814)

*May 19th, 1762, Rammenau †January 27th, 1814, Berlin

Constanze Mozart

Austrian singer

*January 5th, 1762, Zell im Wiesental †March 6th, 1842, Salzburg

Karl Stülpner

German soldier

*September 30th, 1762, Scharfenstein †September 24th, 1841, Scharfenstein

George IV of the United Kingdom

British noble (1762-1830); King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1820

*August 12th, 1762, St James's Palace †June 26th, 1830, Windsor Castle

Cécile Stanislas Xavier de Girardin

French politician and general (1762-1827)

*January 19th, 1762, Lunéville †February 26th, 1827, former 2nd arrondissement of Paris

Johann Baptist Wessely

Czech violinist and composer

*June 24th, 1762, Hluboká nad Vltavou †June 1st, 1810, Ballenstedt

Jacob Johan Anckarström

Assassin of Gustav III, military captain

*May 11th, 1762, Roslagen †April 27th, 1792, Stockholm

Stephen Storace

British composer

*April 4th, 1762, London †March 19th, 1796, London

Victor Hugues

French colonial governor

*July 21st, 1762, Marseille †August 12th, 1826, Cayenne

Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

German physician

*August 12th, 1762, Bad Langensalza †August 25th, 1836, Berlin

Johann Melchior Mohr

Swiss politician and priest (1762-1846)

*April 28th, 1762, Lucerne †May 25th, 1846, Lucerne

Walter Leake

American politician (1762-1825)

*May 25th, 1762, Albemarle County †November 17th, 1825, Mississippi

Giuseppe Nicolini

Italian composer (1762-1842)

*January 29th, 1762, Piacenza †December 18th, 1842, Piacenza

George Colman the Younger

English dramatist and writer (1762-1836)

*October 21st, 1762, London †October 17th, 1836, London

Alexey Bobrinsky

(1762-1813)

*April 11th, 1762, Saint Petersburg †June 20th, 1813, Bogoroditsk

Giovanni Aldini

Physicist

*April 10th, 1762, Bologna †January 17th, 1834, Milan

Traugott Karl August Vogt

German physician

*December 2nd, 1762, Gorsleben †July 21st, 1807, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Spencer Perceval

19th-century prime minister of the United Kingdom (1762–1812)

*November 1st, 1762, Mayfair †May 11th, 1812, Westminster

Edmund Ignatius Rice

Founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers

*June 1st, 1762, Callan †August 29th, 1844, Waterford

Giovanni Battista Monteggia

Italian surgeon (1762-1815)

*August 8th, 1762, Laveno-Mombello †January 17th, 1815, Pavia

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 31st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 31st.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Kyrgyzstan)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malaya from the United Kingdom in 1957.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Malaysia)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom in 1962.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Trinidad_and_Tobago

Romanian Language Day (Romania, Moldova)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_Language_Day

North Borneo Self-government Day (Sabah, Borneo)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabah_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXXI.VIII.MDCCLXII

31.8.1762

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1762 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1762

August 1762

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August 31st, 1762

Born on August 31st, 1762

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 95,000 days old!

95,632 Days

13,661 Weeks

3,141 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 31st?

A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff was removed from office following her impeachment on charges of criminal administrative misconduct.

Typhoon Rusa made landfall in Goheung as the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, killing at least 236 people.

Diana, Princess of Wales (pictured), her partner Dodi Fayed, and their driver were killed in a car crash in Paris.

On the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival 1969, an event attended by approximately 150,000 people over three days, Bob Dylan appeared in his first gig in three years.

A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, failed to kill Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia.

The Matagorda hurricane, the most intense and costliest tropical cyclone of the 1942 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing $26.5 million in damages and eight deaths.

World War II: A detachment of Chetniks captured the town of Loznica in German-occupied Serbia.

Second World War: Two Royal navy destroyers were lost to mines and two other vessels damaged off Texel, Netherlands, killing around 300 men.

Nazi forces, posing as Poles, staged an attack against the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany, creating an excuse to invade Poland the next day.

Russia and the United Kingdom signed the Anglo-Russian Convention, defining their respective spheres of interest in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet.

Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the Kinetoscope, a precursor to the modern movie projector.

The body of Mary Ann Nichols, the alleged first victim of an unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper (depicted), was found in Buck's Row, London.

Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire was deposed after a reign of 93 days on grounds of mental illness.

Al-Kamil became the fourth sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 31st

Born on August 31st, 1762

British artist and diarist (1762-1850)

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 31st?

Same year Born in 1762

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 31st

Baloch-Pakhtun Unity Day (Balochs and Pashtuns, International observance)

Aidan of Lindisfarne

Aristides of Athens

Cuthburh

Dominguito del Val

Joseph of Arimathea

Paulinus of Trier

Raymond Nonnatus

Wala of Corbie

Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria

August 31 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malaya from the United Kingdom in 1957.

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom in 1962.

Romanian Language Day (Romania, Moldova)

North Borneo Self-government Day (Sabah, Borneo)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

31.8.1762

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Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Birthdays
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Same year
Born in 1762

Calendar
August 1762

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30							1
31	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
32	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
33	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
34	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
35	30	31