August 21st, 1765

Born on August 21st, 1765

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on August 21st, 1765

71

William IV

King of the United Kingdom and Hanover from 1830 to 1837

*August 21st, 1765, Buckingham Palace †June 20th, 1837, Windsor Castle

Same year
Born in 1765

72

Thomas Attwood

English composer and organist

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

78

Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon

Marshal of France (1765-1844)

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

80

Gregory XVI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846

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

49

Robert Fulton

American engineer and inventor (1765–1815)

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

50

Václav Thám

Czech playwright and actor

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

68

Karl Ludwig Harding

German astronomer (1765-1834)

*September 29th, 1765, Lauenburg/Elbe †August 31st, 1834, Göttingen

78

Martín Fernández de Navarrete

Spanish sailor and historian

*November 9th, 1765, Ábalos †October 8th, 1844, Madrid

82

Petros Mavromichalis

Greek notable of Mani, revolutionary army leader, and politician

*August 6th, 1765, Areopoli †January 1st, 1848, Athens

59

Pierre Margaron

French soldier (1765-1824)

*May 1st, 1765, Lyon †December 16th, 1824, Paris

66

James Mackintosh

British politician (1765-1832)

*October 24th, 1765, Inverness †May 30th, 1832, London

83

Jan Kops

Dutch botanist (1765-1849)

*March 6th, 1765, Amsterdam †January 9th, 1849, Utrecht

75

Isidro González Velázquez

Spanish architect

*May 15th, 1765, Madrid †December 7th, 1840, Madrid

28

Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille

French noble

*September 27th, 1765, Paris †January 27th, 1794, Laval

40

Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage

Portuguese writer

*September 15th, 1765, Setúbal †December 21st, 1805, Lisbon

57

Daniel Steibelt

German pianist and composer

*October 22nd, 1765, Berlin †October 2nd, 1823, Saint Petersburg

76

Franz Xaver von Baader

German philosopher and theologian (1765-1841)

*March 27th, 1765, Munich †May 23rd, 1841, Munich

81

Karl Samuel Leberecht Hermann

German chemist (1765-1846)

*January 20th, 1765, Königerode †September 1st, 1846, Schönebeck

51

Samuel Huntington

American politician; Governor of Ohio (1765-1817)

*October 4th, 1765, Coventry †June 8th, 1817, Painesville

52

Alois von Reding

Swiss noble (1765-1818)

*March 6th, 1765, Schwyz †February 5th, 1818, Schwyz

68

Michał Kleofas Ogiński

Polish composer, diplomat and politician (1765-1833)

*September 25th, 1765, Guzów, Żyrardów County †October 15th, 1833, Florence

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Leap year

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

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