August 7th, 1765

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Born on August 7th, 1765 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 7th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 7th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1765)

Born on August 7th, 1765

Weekday

Wednesday

August 7th, 1765 was a Wednesday.

Age

258

People born on August 7th, 1765 will turn 259 this year (2024), in exactly 101 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1765 - August 23rd, 1765

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 94,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 503 days, exactly on September 13th, 2025, people who were born on August 7th, 1765 will be 95,000 days old!

94,497 Days

13,499 Weeks

3,104 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

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Hours

What happened on August 7th?

August 7th, 1998

Car bombs exploded simultaneously at the American embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.

August 7th, 1987

Lynne Cox became the first person to swim between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, crossing from Little Diomede to Big Diomede in the Bering Strait in 2 hours and 5 minutes.

August 7th, 1985

Five members of the Bamber family were found murdered at a farmhouse in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, England.

August 7th, 1970

Jonathan Jackson kidnapped Harold Haley, a judge in Marin County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers, including Jackson's brother George.

August 7th, 1955

Hurricane Diane, the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than $1 billion in damages, formed between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde.

August 7th, 1946

The Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the latter was handling the Turkish Straits no longer represented the security interests of its fellow Black Sea nations, escalating the Turkish Straits crisis.

August 7th, 1944

IBM presented the first program-controlled calculator to Harvard University, after which it became known as the Mark I.

August 7th, 1942

World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi (pictured), Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

August 7th, 1914

The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the region of Alsace from Germany.

August 7th, 1909

Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City with three passengers, Alice Huyler Ramsey arrived in San Francisco to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the contiguous United States.

August 7th, 1897

Mahdist War: Anglo-Egyptian soldiers clashed with Mahdist Sudanese rebels in the Battle of Abu Hamed.

August 7th, 1794

U.S. president George Washington invoked the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

August 7th, 1782

The Badge of Military Merit (pictured), the precursor to the U.S. Purple Heart, was established as a military decoration of the Continental Army.

August 7th, 1679

Le Griffon (depicted), a barque built by René-Robert de La Salle, began its journey to be the first sailing ship to navigate the upper Great Lakes.

August 7th, 1461

Ming Chinese general Cao Qin staged a failed coup against the Tianshun Emperor.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 7th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 7th?

Jimmy Wales

Co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)

*August 7th, 1966, Huntsville

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

*August 7th, 1909, Swift Current †October 17th, 1981, Toronto

Mariah Angeliq

American singer

*August 7th, 1999, Miami

Lucile de Chateaubriand

French writer

*August 7th, 1764, Saint-Malo †November 10th, 1804, Paris

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

Charlize Theron

South African and American actress and producer

*August 7th, 1975, Benoni

Sigfried Held

German association football player and manager

*August 7th, 1942, Bruntál

John Glover

American actor

*August 7th, 1944, Kingston

Jordan Torunarigha

German association football player

*August 7th, 1997, Chemnitz

Harald Effenberg

German actor and voice actor

*August 7th, 1957, Pätz

Ulrich Salchow

Swedish figure skater

*August 7th, 1877, Copenhagen †April 19th, 1949, Hedvig Eleonora parish

Manfred Lefkes

German association football player

*August 7th, 1959, Cologne

Elinor Ostrom

American political economist (1933-2012)

*August 7th, 1933, Los Angeles †June 12th, 2012, Bloomington

Valter Birsa

Slovenian footballer

*August 7th, 1986, Šempeter pri Gorici

Simon Yates

British road and track racing cyclist

*August 7th, 1992, Bury

Mata Hari

Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and spy (1876-1917)

*August 7th, 1876, Leeuwarden †October 15th, 1917, Vincennes

Kyler Skibidi Murray

American football and baseball player (born 1997)

*August 7th, 1997, Bedford

Sofia Rotaru

Soviet and Ukrainian musician, singer, songwriter, actress, author of Moldovan origin

*August 7th, 1947, Marshyntsi

Stefan Heße

German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Archbishop of Hamburg

*August 7th, 1966, Cologne

Same year
Born in 1765

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

Gregory XVI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846

*September 18th, 1765, Belluno †June 1st, 1846, Rome

Robert Fulton

American engineer and inventor (1765–1815)

*November 14th, 1765, Little Britain Township †February 24th, 1815, New York City

Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon

Marshal of France (1765-1844)

*July 29th, 1765, Reims †January 25th, 1844, Paris

Thomas Attwood

English composer and organist (1765-1838)

*November 23rd, 1765, London †March 24th, 1838, London

Nicéphore Niépce

French inventor and photographer (1765-1833)

*March 7th, 1765, Chalon-sur-Saône †July 5th, 1833, Saint-Loup-de-Varennes

Jean Gabriel Marchand

French general

*December 10th, 1765, L'Albenc †January 12th, 1851, Saint-Ismier

Johann Friedrich Pfaff

German mathematician (1765-1825)

*December 22nd, 1765, Stuttgart †April 21st, 1825, Halle (Saale)

Domingo Matheu

Argentine politician and businessman (1765-1831)

*August 4th, 1765, Mataró †March 28th, 1831, Buenos Aires

Félix de Beaujour

French diplomat, politician, historian, and French ambassador to the United States (1765-1836)

*December 28th, 1765, Callas †July 1st, 1836, Paris

Johann Friedrich Abegg

Professor of theology

*November 30th, 1765, Roxheim †December 16th, 1840, Heidelberg

Richard Westall

English painter (1765-1836)

*January 2nd, 1765, Norwich †December 4th, 1836, London

Paolo Ruffini

Italian mathematician and physician (1765-1845)

*September 22nd, 1765, Valentano †May 10th, 1822, Modena

Ray Greene

US Senator and Rhode Island Attorney General (1765-1849)

*February 2nd, 1765, Warwick †January 11th, 1849, Warwick

Christiane Vulpius

Mistress and wife of Goethe

*June 1st, 1765, Weimar †June 6th, 1816, Weimar

Sylvestre François Lacroix

French mathematician (1765-1843)

*April 28th, 1765, Paris †May 24th, 1843, Paris

Emma, Lady Hamilton

Mistress of Lord Nelson (1765-1815)

*April 26th, 1765, Neston †January 15th, 1815, Calais

Jean Conan

French poet (1765-1834)

*September 3rd, 1765, Guingamp †December 18th, 1834

Václav Thám

Czech playwright and actor

*October 26th, 1765, Prague †January 1st, 1816, Galicia

François-Antoine Jecker

*November 14th, 1765, Hirtzfelden †September 30th, 1834, Montgeron

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 7th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

VII.VIII.MDCCLXV

7.8.1765

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1765 is a normal year and no leap year.

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August 7th, 1765

Born on August 7th, 1765

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 94,000 days old!

94,497 Days

13,499 Weeks

3,104 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 7th?

Car bombs exploded simultaneously at the American embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.

Lynne Cox became the first person to swim between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, crossing from Little Diomede to Big Diomede in the Bering Strait in 2 hours and 5 minutes.

Five members of the Bamber family were found murdered at a farmhouse in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, England.

Jonathan Jackson kidnapped Harold Haley, a judge in Marin County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers, including Jackson's brother George.

Hurricane Diane, the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than $1 billion in damages, formed between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde.

The Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the latter was handling the Turkish Straits no longer represented the security interests of its fellow Black Sea nations, escalating the Turkish Straits crisis.

IBM presented the first program-controlled calculator to Harvard University, after which it became known as the Mark I.

World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi (pictured), Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the region of Alsace from Germany.

Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City with three passengers, Alice Huyler Ramsey arrived in San Francisco to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the contiguous United States.

Mahdist War: Anglo-Egyptian soldiers clashed with Mahdist Sudanese rebels in the Battle of Abu Hamed.

U.S. president George Washington invoked the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

The Badge of Military Merit (pictured), the precursor to the U.S. Purple Heart, was established as a military decoration of the Continental Army.

Le Griffon (depicted), a barque built by René-Robert de La Salle, began its journey to be the first sailing ship to navigate the upper Great Lakes.

Ming Chinese general Cao Qin staged a failed coup against the Tianshun Emperor.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 7th

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Same year Born in 1765

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 7th

Assyrian Martyrs Day (Assyrian community)

Battle of Boyacá Day (Colombia)

Albert of Trapani

Cajetan of Thienna

Carpophorus and companions

Dometius of Persia

Donatus of Arezzo

Donatus of Besançon

Donatus of Muenstereifel

John Mason Neale and Catherine Winkworth (Episcopal Church (USA))

Nantovinus

Pope Sixtus II

August 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Filseta (Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church)

Emancipation Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

Republic Day (Ivory Coast)

Youth Day (Kiribati)

National Purple Heart Day (United States)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

7.8.1765

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Calendar
August 1765

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