August 21st, 1763

Born on August 21st, 1763

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What happened on August 21st?

August 21st, 2007

BioShock was released in North America, becoming a critical success and a demonstration of video games as an art form.

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 (one pictured) 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 and 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 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 clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

Same year
Born in 1763

66

Jean-Xavier Lefèvre

Swiss-born French clarinettist (1763-1829)

*March 6th, 1763, Lausanne †November 9th, 1829, Paris

50

Joséphine de Beauharnais

Empress of the French, first wife of Napoleon (1763–1814)

*June 23rd, 1763, Les Trois-Îlets †May 29th, 1814, Rueil-Malmaison

64

Kobayashi Issa

Japanese writer (1763-1828)

*June 15th, 1763, Kashiwabara †January 5th, 1828, Kashiwabara

50

Jean Victor Marie Moreau

French General (1763–1813)

*February 14th, 1763, Morlaix †September 2nd, 1813, Louny

84

John Jacob Astor I

German-American businessman

*July 17th, 1763, Walldorf †March 29th, 1848, Manhattan

66

Louis Nicolas Vauquelin

French professor of chemistry (1763-1829)

*May 16th, 1763, Saint-André-d'Hébertot †November 14th, 1829, Saint-André-d'Hébertot

31

Augustin Robespierre

French lawyer and revolutionary (1763-1794)

*January 21st, 1763, Arras †July 28th, 1794, Paris

73

Teresa Bandettini

Italian dancer, composer of extemporaneous verse, and poet

*August 11th, 1763, Lucca †April 5th, 1837, Lucca

74

Isaac Wilbour

American politician (1763-1837)

*April 25th, 1763, Little Compton †October 4th, 1837, Little Compton

81

Marco Mastrofini

Italian mathematician (1763-1845)

*April 25th, 1763, Monte Compatri †March 3rd, 1845, Rome

68

Charles Meynier

French painter

*November 24th, 1763, Paris †September 6th, 1832, Paris

88

Xavier de Maistre

French writer (1763-1852)

*October 10th, 1763, Chambéry †June 12th, 1852, Saint Petersburg

92

James Wilson

Globe maker from the United States (1763-1855)

*March 15th, 1763, Londonderry †March 26th, 1855, Bradford

24

Jean Germain Drouais

French painter (1763–1788)

*November 25th, 1763, Paris †July 15th, 1788, Rome

57

Juan Germán Roscio

Venezuelan lawyer and politician (1763-1821)

*May 27th, 1763, Parroquia San Francisco †March 10th, 1821, Villa del Rosario

71

Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

German duke (1763-1834)

*April 29th, 1763, Hildburghausen †September 29th, 1834, Hummelshain

62

Thaddäus Müller

(1763-1826)

*October 2nd, 1763, Lucerne †April 10th, 1826, Lucerne

63

François-Joseph Talma

French stage actor (1763-1826)

*January 15th, 1763, Paris †October 19th, 1826, Rue de la Tour-des-Dames

30

Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette

French politician (1763-1794)

*May 24th, 1763, Nevers †April 13th, 1794, Paris

74

Ezra Butler

American politician (1763-1838)

*September 24th, 1763, Lancaster †July 12th, 1838, Waterbury

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1763 is a normal year and no leap year.

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