August 2nd, 1767

Born on August 2nd, 1767

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 2nd?

August 2nd, 1971

The English rock band the Who released Who's Next, their only album to top the UK charts.

August 2nd, 1973

A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.

August 2nd, 1947

Star Dust, a British South American Airways airliner, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes; its wreckage was not found until 1998.

August 2nd, 1939

Leo Szilard (pictured) penned a letter, signed by Albert Einstein and addressed to U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that Germany may develop atomic bombs, leading to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.

August 2nd, 1932

At the California Institute of Technology, American physicist Carl David Anderson proved the existence of antimatter with the discovery of the positron, for which he would receive the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics.

August 2nd, 1923

Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States after Warren G. Harding suffered a fatal heart attack.

August 2nd, 1920

Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari (pictured) was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn alleged to contain attacks on the ruling dynasty.

August 2nd, 1916

An explosion, blamed on Austro-Hungarian saboteurs, sank the Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci.

August 2nd, 1870

One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in the Tower Subway (interior depicted), a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London.

August 2nd, 1790

The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214.

August 2nd, 1100

While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men.

August 2nd, 0461

Unpopular among the Senate aristocracy for his reforming efforts, Roman emperor Majorian was deposed by Ricimer and executed five days later.

January 1st, 1970

An allied army led by Philip II of Macedon overcame the forces of city-states led by Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over the majority of ancient Greece.

August 2nd, 1914

The French army's general headquarters was activated in anticipation of war with Germany.

August 2nd, 1945

World War II: The Potsdam Conference ends.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 2nd

Same year
Born in 1767

78

Andrew Jackson

President of the United States from 1829 to 1837

*March 15th, 1767, Waxhaws †June 8th, 1845, The Hermitage

80

John Quincy Adams

President of the United States from 1825 to 1829

*July 11th, 1767, Braintree †February 23rd, 1848, Washington, D.C.

62

Pierre Daru

French writer, academic and statesman (1767-1829)

*January 12th, 1767, Montpellier †September 5th, 1829, Meulan-en-Yvelines

42

Andreas Hofer

Leader of armed resistance by the people of Tirol against Napoleonic and Bavarian invasion (1767-1810)

*November 22nd, 1767, St. Leonhard in Passeier †February 20th, 1810, Mantua

77

August Wilhelm Schlegel

German poet, translator, critic, and writer (1767–1845)

*September 8th, 1767, Hanover †May 12th, 1845, Bonn

61

Rachel Jackson

Wife of Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (1767–1828)

*June 15th, 1767, Halifax County †December 22nd, 1828, Nashville

80

Nicolas Oudinot

Marshal of France (1767-1847)

*April 25th, 1767, Bar-le-Duc †September 13th, 1847, Paris

84

Manuel Godoy

Prime Minister of Spain (1767-1851)

*May 12th, 1767, Badajoz †October 4th, 1851, Paris

53

Henri Christophe

President and King of Haiti (1767-1820)

*October 6th, 1767, Grenada †October 8th, 1820, Haiti

48

Prince Joseph of Monaco

Prince of Monaco

*September 10th, 1767, Hôtel Matignon †June 28th, 1816, Paris

35

María Isidra de Guzmán y de la Cerda

Spanish translator

*October 31st, 1767, Madrid †March 5th, 1803, Córdoba

69

Martin von Hochmeister

(1767-1837)

*April 19th, 1767, Sibiu †January 9th, 1837, Sibiu

72

Jean-Antoine Verdier

French general (1767-1839)

*May 2nd, 1767, Toulouse †May 30th, 1839, Mâcon

82

Pavel Chichagov

Russian admiral

*June 27th, 1767, Saint Petersburg †September 10th, 1849, former 1st arrondissement of Paris

67

Wenzel Müller

Composer (1759-1835)

*September 26th, 1767, Městečko Trnávka †August 3rd, 1835, Baden

82

Jacques-Laurent Agasse

Painter (1767-1849)

*April 24th, 1767, Geneva †December 27th, 1849, London

91

Edward Pease

British businessman (1767-1858)

*May 31st, 1767, Darlington †July 31st, 1858, County Durham

58

Mathieu de Montmorency

French statesman

*July 10th, 1767, Paris †March 24th, 1826, Paris

84

Georg Friedrich Parrot

German scientist

*July 15th, 1767, Montbéliard †July 8th, 1852, Helsinki

73

Joseph Anderwert

Swiss politician (1767-1841)

*February 26th, 1767, Münsterlingen †February 14th, 1841, Frauenfeld

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1767 is a normal year and no leap year.

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